Neu E-Revo 1/16th Pics and Videos

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Hey guys, meant to post this a few days ago but forgot my password. Lol, anyways I'm copying and pasting what I put up on the Traxxas forums:


Ok guys so I've had this thing for about 2 weeks and I'm loving it. Mechanically I havent broken anything so far... except the ESC. So while I'm waiting for my new ESC and motor I decided to start on the shoes:






I went with the OFNA BBT Buggy Rear Dishes. They have a nice deep offset that gives it an overall wider stance. Next I went Proline Dirt Hawg Buggy Rears on all 4s. Perfect fit. I wanted a tire that would grip asphalt, do good in dirt, and have good wear. I wish OFNA made some nice molded foams for 1/10 buggy rears. The foams these come with feel cheap. Oh well. I mounted them but not glued yet. I can feel and see they are not even close to balanced. Here are some shots of them mounted:










You can see the wider stance due to the offset. The tires might be a few mm narrower than the stocks but the offset make the truck about half an inch wider at the wheels. Oh yeah they look NICE!

Ok I got my scale in the mail today... too bad it only weighs accurate to .1 ounce or within +- 5grams. Accurate enough. The stocks weighed out to about 62 grams ea totaling 248 grams. The DirtHawg/OFNA combo came out to about 74 grams ea totaling about 296g. Give or take a few grams it's roughly 1.6oz heavier for the new combo. Not much at all.

As you can see the tires are about 1/4 inch taller than stock giving it more clearance. Thats good for me as I'm a basher. For the racers this might pose a problem as the COG is raised. But then you have a wider stance so they just might offset each other.

Now the problem. The wheels are 12mm and fit perfectly, BUT, the hexes look to be a little too deep. Not good. There's only a few mm of axle to screw the lock nut on, unlike the stocks. I will try and put a few spacers on the axle side of the hex so the wheel hex does not touch steering block. Problem to that is it will make the threaded part of the axle even shorter for the nut to screw on. Maybe a mm or 2 spacers will do the trick. Hopefully there will be enough thread for the nut to securely fasten to. We'll find out tomorrow.

Also tomorrow night after work I should have my Quark 65a Roadster ESC that I'll be putting in as well as my Neu 1112 1y 3900kv motor. It'll be a long night of tinkering but I will keep everybody informed with the project.