Franken-Zap Unleashed

[crazydave]

Finally finished my project car.

Here a brief history:
Started out as a 911. I liked it, but could never get it to go fast, and after I snagged the wheels for my Microsizer, it never steered as good. It then became a project. I put Motorworks guts in it, but decided I wanted motor options, so I took that out, and was left with a bare chassis. I set out to look for a cheap clone for a donor car. Got scammed on a ebay auction. Ordered a LXX from China, and decided I liked it too much to kill. Then Toys R Us started to blow out Microsizer Sports. My MS Sport is a monster, so I knew I had found a donor. The steering has been highly modified using parts from clones and Microsizers. It's been shaved back at every possible point to maximize steering, and holes drilled in the sides of the chassis to move the coils back

Here's what mods have been done:

• Tri-150mah cells
• Perfection 3.0
• Custom painted F&F supra body, with custom air dam
• Severe body drop
• Dual steering springs
• Microsizers rims and tires w/fullsize wheels up front, and the smaller Microsizers tires stretched over them to help clear the fender. Rims are also custom painted.
• Microsizer PCB, and steering coil swap
• Rear axles inserted into bit of plastic tube, and super glued into the chassis to keep gear mesh consistant, and the car quiet and smooth.

The verdict:
It smokes! It is a killer! So smooth and quiet. So fast, and controllable too. If you let off the throttle before you turn it will turn in a tight 2" radius, but if you power through the corner it will turn in about a 1 foot radius. It'll roll over on command, and with a a little practice you can turn those rollovers into power slides. This is by far my fastest, most enjoyable micro RC I've had yet, and it's even more gratifying because i basically started from nothing.

The pics:

Here's the batteries packed in. It's a tight fit cramming 3 cells in there.

and put together.

Most of you have seen the body, but I touched it up a bit, and shortened the air dam.

Here's the side I didn't show before.

The back.

...and finally a pic of the tubes on the axle


I'll try to get some video of it in action this weekend

[ZipZap "SS"]

Man, I haven't been hanging around thi splace that much lately...but this post is all I needed to get me going again. I've got a bunch of parts laying around from about 12 of these things...I do believe I feel a mod night coming on.

Sweet ride, and thanks for the incentive to get me moddin' again!

Chris
Denver, CO
CopCarSS@juno.com

[kwikbb]

Yeah dave, go dave it's your birfday! Lovely work once again, sweet-ass paint job man!

[ViperKid]

how do you kepp it from fliping? that is the biggest problem with mine...just about every time i turn,it flips


nice car though

[Buzzbait]

Flipping? Do like I did. Throw a Bit booster pcb into your dual cell Zip. Speed like crazy on the straightaways, and shift into first gear for the turns.

[crazydave]

ViperKid, before in your thread about your car flipping, you said you were using Microsizer wheels. When I had the small Microsizer wheels on the front it flipped everytime I turned. I put fullsize wheels in the front, and that helped. I also shimmed the inside of the front wheels to widen the front end about 1mm. I used bushings from a Micro Tech Deck. If you have one of these around, the bushings are the perfect size.

It'll still flip, but I have to let it wind all the way up, and then turn suddenly, and that would make even my single cell Bits flip.

Also when I stretched the smaller Microsizer tires over the larger wheels, it narrowed their track, probably reducing traction. Giving the front end let bite allows it to push through corners, instead of digging in and flipping.