Zippy Basher's Rides

[ZippyBasher]

Chad - If and when you do find those Saver parts shoot me a PM with a price. I May take you up on that if the price is right.

Man I went and ran a pack through this weekend on the newly rebuilt diffs. CRAP, I locked/blew the rear diff on the first run. Nova cup actually failed. The pins that hold the 4 spider gears mashed into the sidewall on the Diff Cup. Therefore locking the diff and chipping some of the gears teeth. But you should have seen the "doughnuts" I was doing. It was literally like a Gyro, the faster I gassed it, the faster it spun. Spun so fast It was just a big blur. Crazy.

So new Bevel gears are OTW and I will just go back to the Losi HD cup (on the rear). What a shame. The CD is holding up OK.

[mothman]

Originally Posted by ZippyBasher

Chad - If and when you do find those Saver parts shoot me a PM with a price. I May take you up on that if the price is right.

Man I went and ran a pack through this weekend on the newly rebuilt diffs. CRAP, I locked/blew the rear diff on the first run. Nova cup actually failed. The pins that hold the 4 spider gears mashed into the sidewall on the Diff Cup. Therefore locking the diff and chipping some of the gears teeth. But you should have seen the "doughnuts" I was doing. It was literally like a Gyro, the faster I gassed it, the faster it spun. Spun so fast It was just a big blur. Crazy.

So new Bevel gears are OTW and I will just go back to the Losi HD cup (on the rear). What a shame. The CD is holding up OK.

Wow.. u managed to cause some damage to the diff? How bad did you abuse the truck? I am very impress since this is the first time I hear about Nova cup failure. All this while I thought they are bulletproof.

[ZippyBasher]

I thought the same thing about the Aluminum Nova Cups Being bulletproof. The rear cup is useless after 1 pack and I just took the CD cup out to refill with a lighter fluid and give it a thorough inspection and it actually is starting to wear pin slots in the side of the cup as well...(at least a dozen runs or so) I can try to get a picture but Its not that cool Well there goes $40.

I will just go back to the Losi XXL HD plastic cup. I looked at the one I was using for over a year in the rear diff and it looks new... the ring and pinion also look brand new. I guess those little metal inserts in the XXL really save the cup. I think a CNC cup designed after the XXL cup would be bulletproof, but not cheap to get CNC'd...

[Chadworkz]

No prob man...I found the springs, just gotta find the rest of the parts!

[mothman]

Weird though since people have no issues with the nova cup at all. A 7075 cup cant be that soft. When exactly did you buy the cup? FYI, Nova changed the material to 6061 recently. Are yours 6061 of the 7075?

[ZippyBasher]

Sadly its the new 6061 I have had the CD for maybe 2 months and the rear I bought about 3 weeks ago. Could be why. Big mistake on Nova's part to change... I would like to know though if the 7075 would've held up. 1717 - 6s - no slipper in a 13lb rig. I also swapped a Nova cup into the SC8ight and I have been blasting that rig so hard on 1520 - 6s - no slipper, for about 8 packs or so racing my dad. I will check it at about 15-20 and see how its holding up. But I doubt it will be bad as that was using a stock non HD plastic cup and it held up.

I guess I should have stuck to: If it 'Aint Broke; Dont Fix It. Another thing to note as well with the AL CD Cup. Its gets really f'ing hot man, like burn your ass hot. Never had a prob with the plastic one.

[mothman]

Originally Posted by ZippyBasher

Sadly its the new 6061 I have had the CD for maybe 2 months and the rear I bought about 3 weeks ago. Could be why. Big mistake on Nova's part to change... I would like to know though if the 7075 would've held up. 1717 - 6s - no slipper in a 13lb rig. I also swapped a Nova cup into the SC8ight and I have been blasting that rig so hard on 1520 - 6s - no slipper, for about 8 packs or so racing my dad. I will check it at about 15-20 and see how its holding up. But I doubt it will be bad as that was using a stock non HD plastic cup and it held up.

I guess I should have stuck to: If it 'Aint Broke; Dont Fix It. Another thing to note as well with the AL CD Cup. Its gets really f'ing hot man, like burn your ass hot. Never had a prob with the plastic one.

Hey bud, did you manage to check whether the 7075 nova cup is any better than the 6061?

[Bmr4life]

Nice rigs. I plan on doing something similar with my rustler.

[ZippyBasher]

Thank you! I really have to upgrade the slipper on it though. Its all old and worn out and the extra weight and power just make it squeal... The whole thing was actually really easy. The Rustler is a very simple and easy design to work with. Good Luck! Post it up when you get on it...

[ZippyBasher]

WOOHOO! New D8T Came Today! Coming Soon...

[ZippyBasher]

Well shoot, its been a year and a half.

Finally, rebuilding the Maxx with new suspension and 4mm pins.

Rebuilt the 8ight to buggy form for now (1520 on 6s is just too fun on a 10lber!!!).

Havent touched the Rustler/Baja.

D8T was an awesome car with the 1717, built it, bashed it, finally broke it(minor=CVD & Shock end). I have to say that this was by far my best RC buy ever. This car is very tough and handled like a dream. Not to mention it was less than $250 for the kit. Gonna fix it for $30 or so and get a new body.

Pics to come TEXT is BORING.

[ZippyBasher]

Overall Shot:









Got some Knockoff High Impact arms. Wish I had 2 sets of single shock arms but, oh well. I do have an extra pair of double shock arms though.

Also got some GPM upper arms for $10 a pair shipped. Couldnt pass that up so I opted for them instead of some Wide Trac or FLM upper arms.

I drilled the Hinge pin holes out on the UE knockoff arms to 5/32" or 3.96mm. and used some 5/32" hardened drill rod cut to size for hinge pins. cut a small slot on the pins and secured them with set screws. no more E-clips The GPM arms have a slghtly larger hinge pin hole already and used a small plastic bushing to ride on the actual pin. I ditched the plastic bushing and made an aluminum sleeve the takes up any slack between the Arm and the Hinge pin. I BETTER NOT BEND THESE PINS!

[ZippyBasher]

IT SURE HAS COME A LONG WAY: