Only mine. This happened to the rear wheel during a cartwheel. And since a greater amount of power goes to the rear, the destruction of the hex was accelerated. This is how it used to be. Will post a pic of it in its present condition later.

Hmmm well parts break when we have fun

Haha yup, they do

No RC till I get some new shock oil . Opened my shocks to see why they had no damping and saw that my lower E-clip had come off and the pistons were sitting at the base of the piston . That explained the ZERO damping. Had to remove all the oil in that shock to find out what was wrong with it. Till I get some 40wt oil, no RC'ing

how did the hex get stuck so bad??? btw what is the stock hex size on the slash and is it upgradeable??

ModelArt guys have Tornado shock oil.

@Ajit: During one of the numerous rollovers, it must have come off . For a replacement, Traxxas offers aluminium hexes but they cost a bomb compared to the plastic ones. I think you can buy like 8 plastic hexes for the price of 2 aluminium ones. Its a no- brainer there. The stock size is 12mm if I'm not mistaken. You can get a 17mm adapter kit and use buggy wheels and tires too. Jayanth's friend drove his slash after the addition of swaybars and he said that they made a HUGE difference. Jayanth said that he had almost zero rollovers. I'll know more once I hit the track.

@Rajat: No tornado for me. Will pick it up from Jayanth.

ok. i might be sounding stupid here. but i can understand an MT rolling over because of high COG. but i did not know that SC's can rollover too.

Ajith the slash has the diffs lower than the chassis. The motor , battery and ESC are quite high and this adds to body-roll. I was watching videos about the slash yday and they say the biggest flaw in the slash is the raised chassis.

thx for that rajath. did not know about it.

so the only way to solve the rollover prob is with swaybars like iamahuman suggested or is there an aftermarket low CoG chassis available??

There are aftermarket upgrades available. But they set you back by $$$$

Everybody, say hello to Mr. SSC Slash 4x4...
And welcome Mr. Ezrun SC8 and Mr. FS-GT3B to the family
Build pics should be up in the next 2-3 days. I can't build it now because my exams are going on... 
Please excuse the quality of the pictures and photography.


Yes, its upside down. Nothing much to see apart from a box
Yes, its upside down. Nothing much to see apart from a radio






Bigger motor mount bearing and Aluminium motor mount

Superb Waiting for Tuesday

Quote from: ajit4647 on August 29, 2011, 11:07:26 PM
thx for that rajath. did not know about it.

so the only way to solve the rollover prob is with swaybars like iamahuman suggested or is there an aftermarket low CoG chassis available??

sway bars are very cheap cure for this, only around 6-7 usd, and almost no shipping weight and size

@Arpit: Sway bars cost $22.

@Rajath: I can't wait for Tuesday too

I'll buy some loctite on the way home. I might change my motor's plugs to 4mm ones and run the SC8 or will have to wait till I get the motor...

The radio is AWESOME!!! The trigger on my Traxxas radio feels like an on/ off switch

Quote from: iamahuman on October 02, 2011, 06:24:00 PM
@Arpit: Sway bars cost $22.

@Rajath: I can't wait for Tuesday too

I'll buy some loctite on the way home. I might change my motor's plugs to 4mm ones and run the SC8 or will have to wait till I get the motor...

Trx ones are expensive butsome other brands quote them for under ten usd

No update yet???

Nope Couldn't find loctite anywhere. Went out in a " How hard can it be?" state of mind. I asked for " loctite", " Stuff that comes in  a red bottle", " Stuff that you put on a screw to make sure it never backs out" and got the " This guy is crazy" look ( at 2 hardware shops and 2 automotive supply stores) . Will have to search again today. Should start today. 4mm bullets on the way. I was kinda lazy to go over to RC Bazaar to get them and its pretty far from my home. I'll be converting my vxl esc and 3500 Kv motor to 4mm plugs so that I can use the motor with my SC8 and the vxl. Once I get my motor, The vxl will be a spare. Might sell it. I'll decide on that after I get the new motor. Possibility of a race this Sunday. Want to be prepared for it. If not this Sunday, I'm pretty sure we'll have a race on the 16th. I've heard that the Chennai guys will be invited as well....

No one seems to know what locktit is I was in the same state. You can try model art. PM your ph no. Il let you know if I go to modelart.

I'll check model art at the end. Will go out with dad and look at bigger shops.

Are you going to use permanent locktit - red?

Yup.

The manual suggests red loctite. I mailed the guy who makes the chassis and he said....

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When you consider we're powering a 6lb vehicle with gobs of torque/power
to do disproportionate speeds and airtime, the red stuff isn't as
permanent as it seems.  It will eventually shake loose.  The red stuff
creates a dampener affect between the hardware and aluminum so when you do
remove it, then you can determine if more needs to be added or not (like
the pinion gear set screw spinning at 30,000rpms.  Power scale probably
equals 8,000hp in a pickup truck which can shake the fillings out of a
Dentist!  When a helicopter takes an impact as the shortcourse trucks do
every 5-seconds of use, they only have to worry about salvaging parts.  In
short, red is not permanent in a short course RC truck.

I asked him twice to make sure and he said that I should go with the red stuff. If anyone is planning to get this( chassis) and is on the fence, I suggest you go ahead. The guy( Mark) is extremely helpful and very kind.

have you thought of any mods of your shocks? How high can your car jump w/o bottoming out..?

Mods are TiN coated shock shafts and Al shock caps. I have no idea how high it can jump without bottoming out. I use fuel tubing as a bump stop. With this chassis, they become more of a necessity. The is one big jump at pitstop. I won't go too fast so that I just jump it and not have it jump like a 1/8 buggy