My Two Optics

[Col_Sanders]

Since Vanquish has been out of bronze 2.2 Sierras for a long time, i haven't been too motivated to get finished with this build. Fortunately, the guy i sold my Carbon fiber panels to had a set of them and he sold them to me for a fair price. I should have them by the end of the week.

With motivation restored, its back to the build. Next was servos. I had 3 spares here but i couldn't decide what to use. Since I'm going to be converting my Carbon to BTA and Holmes new Cralwmaster V2, i decided to go ahead and pull my old style SHV650 from the Carbon and replace it with the low profile BMF1095L. Then I pulled the SHV650 from my Phoenix and installed a Shift X2 in its place. So my Optic will have dual SHV650s.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

Have you had much experience with the 1Tenth servos? This is a relatively new-to me brand.

 

[Col_Sanders]

Have you had much experience with the 1Tenth servos? This is a relatively new-to me brand.

I only ran one or two comps with it before swapping to the Holmes iirc. It is very fast, very strong. One guy in our club ran a whole season with one and he liked it.

 

[Col_Sanders]

And here we are in current state. If @JatoTheRipper will look close, he will notice my mix of stainless and black oxide screws because i ran out of black 20mm cap heads. Currently running SEMA approved driveshafts. Will mess with that later.

For 4ws, the rear lower crossmember has to be removed. The huge fuel cell would also need to be cut or removed. A low profile servo on the rear at least would be a good idea.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

And here we are in current state. If @JatoTheRipper will look close, he will notice my mix of stainless and black oxide screws because i ran out of black 20mm cap heads. Currently running SEMA approved driveshafts. Will mess with that later.

For 4ws, the rear lower crossmember has to be removed. The huge fuel cell would also need to be cut or removed. A low profile servo on the rear at least would be a good idea.

Haha! A white van will soon be at your house. Inside, there will be a bunch of people in lab coats and one straight jacket for you!

Looks great. You inspired me to turn my ass around, move to my other chair and get to working on mine.

 

[Col_Sanders]

After i posted that i swapped out the other 4 capheads in the skid to stainless so at least they all match. I really miss screw loose hardware. His packs were sold in plastic containers all separated and labeled. Soooooo much better than KNK's plastic baggies. I wish i had bought way more before he closed shop.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

After i posted that i swapped out the other 4 capheads in the skid to stainless so at least they all match. I really miss screw loose hardware. His packs were sold in plastic containers all separated and labeled. Soooooo much better than KNK's plastic baggies. I wish i had bought way more before he closed shop.

Never ordered any of his stuff because it seemed expensive. That is nicely packed though. Shame it's gone. I don't see many brands offering high quality hardware in compartmentalized containers these days. Dynamite and Yeah Racing do. Dynamite only offers SS I believe and I have no experience with Yeah Racing hardware to speak about their quality. I don't think Team KNK has the highest quality of fasteners either, but Mike is a super nice guy.

 

[Col_Sanders]

Samix has some sorted in plastic containers on Amain, but its a bit pricey and no idea of the quality.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

Samix has some sorted in plastic containers on Amain, but its a bit pricey and no idea of the quality.

Yeah Racing sets are also on AMain and much cheaper. The few reviews posted are all positive.

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