Replacement for the DX - I present you the Mi1

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Hello everyone.
After a bad episode yesterday morning, I crashed my DX too hard and it's boxed now.

I bought this from a friend that has this weird hobby of building display chassis (don't know why) instead of running them, but anyway she agreed to sell me this gem for just 90€.
So here it is, the Shumacher Mi1:
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I just had to take a few shots to appreciate it, it's so unusual to see a brand new built chassis with shelf dust and no scratches.
Those wheels are not Shumacher, I believe they're from either Serpent or X-Ray, it's a shame they're useless for drifting as they're 24mm wide... typical for touring car tires only 
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And here is the main reason why I bought this particular chassis, no C-hub, so you know what that means... super angle mod soon
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For some unknown reason when I took off the front CVD's I found one of the king pins was broken, no problem though, I don't need front traction anyway
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Started to disassemble the CVD's as I don't need more than the shafts
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And after a few hours feddling I managed to pull out the diffs, the front belt and opened up the front diff (that will eventually go into the rear) so I can lock it to act as a spool
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Unfortunatly this took hours due to this particular chassis having torx screws instead of the usual hex or phillips.
I don't have a torx set so I had to use the key that came with the car, by the time I opened the diff it was already night and I was really tired.
So that's all for now, today I'll continue and take more pictures of the chassis and maybe the body too (I got it stored still waiting for paint).

See you at my next post. :Wink:
(This post was last modified: 11-02-2015, 10:39 AM by Electro-Industrial.)
Good morning, everyone.
Yesterday was a good day, got to finally have a 1st try with this new chassis.

Continuing what I left unfinished...
I took some time to properly lock the rear diff (after a test I figured that the front diff didn't fit the rear) with the help of a used latex glove.
The cleanup took forever since the diff oil was very thick like grease, so it took me almost half hour to clean the whole diff.
Drew circles around the diff's pressure discs and cut those in latex, as these would be later placed inside
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Hmmm... wear in the discs? Maybe this chassis had a run or two after all.
Here you see how it looks with the first latex bit put between the right end of diff where the shaft connects and the disc that would make contact with the balls inside.
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Of course after doing this for both sides, still need to lock the centre gear where the balls were placed before.
So I drew 2 more latex rings and placed those between the discs and the diff case, when I assembled the whole thing I ended up with a nice locked diff.

Had to take away the original battery tray as this area will have the ballancing weights, Rx and ESC taped on
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And the battery tray goes to the back, just like in the DX
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After that I put the electronics and wheels to take it for a test drive
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When the test was over, I was very pleased.
This chassis isn't even turning as half as the DX was but it's so much more stable, I believe it will be amazing once I do the super angle mod.

See you at my next post. :Wink:
Good evening, everyone.
Today I came back sooner than usual but with great results.

Continuing the mods...
Started by taking out the A-arms to trim the steering limiters that were making this car steer so little
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Here you can see the difference, the left side is original compared to the right side where the limiter was trimmed
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Now we're getting somewhere! The extra angle shatters the original by K.O.
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Those little metal cups you see near the bolts were originally from the DX's C-hubs, their purpose now will be heading to my longer steering bar
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One longer steering bar done, next was installing it with the shorter links (the one's you see there are from the DX, but they're in bad shape so I'll switch to new ones later)
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All that was left to do was testing, and it was a terrific success.
This car is so much sharper and stable than the DX, just goes to show how much of a difference build quality can do to your track performance.

Btw, this is a shot of the actual state of my own track (it's a mess, hence why I'm only using 2/3 of it)... it's also a WIP as I do wish to decorate it properly
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And that's all for now, the car isn't finished but I'm getting there.

See you at my next post. :Wink:
(This post was last modified: 11-03-2015, 10:06 PM by Electro-Industrial.)
That looks great.



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