(LONG)Another Motor To try "Nurelco Mustache Trimmer"

[Cyfiawnder]

Going by the SBP mod, I decided to try out a few things. I bought the spin brush pro yanked out the motor dropped on a 11 tooth stainless slot-car gear and Away I went. Some problems arose though. I did what most people said and used the entire arse end of my original 26k stage one motor less soldering and all that jive. I noticed that my NiMH rechargable bats were wearing down a lot faster. So i decided to tweek the motor a bit. I took it appart and re-wrapped the wire to as much as the motor would hold... (about about 6 more feet total) Same torque and a little higher rpm. Bats still dying, Now I only have 4 cells because I didn't want to throw off the handling abilities of my car. I decided to look for a different motor. Then I saw it. My old Nurelco Beard and Mustache trimmer. Just out of curriosity I pulled it appart, you can do that without permanantly damaging the thing. The motor is 'almost' the exact same size as the xmods motor. Same size and shape around, but a little longer. The serial or part number on the top of the motor is "FF-180SH" "KN 12 94 07" it has a small blue circular insignia with a strange squigly "m" inside it, no other markings besides "Made in CHina". The motor is completely incased in metal including the "brush" end. I got the motor to fit by bending up the connectors in the back and removing the rear motor "mount" from the chassis. I soldered on the resistor and transistor along with the wiring harness from the stock stage one (in reverse, black harness wire, to red dotted pole. Red harness wire to unmarked pole.) Then I put my 11 tooth 48 degree slot car pinion on it, and used the 23 tooth drag drive gear in the car (white was a bit too tight, red was the best fit.)Everything just barely fit. The torque on this motor is outstanding. If you hold the car in your hand and gun the throttle you can feel the car twist in your hand. Must need a lot of power to power an electric trimmer that is designed to trim tough ass facial hair. It gets to top speed in about 3 feet and its a fast top speed. If you gun the car to full speed and twist the wheel hard the car will flip right over. I have the AWD kit, bearing set, the suspension kit (with hard springs, and 4.5 bar) and tire upgrade (using soft treaded on my carpeted floor.) Now I can do the starski and hutch move. Full throttle in reverse twist the wheel and jam into forward and the car will 180 on its wheels and go the same direction in forward that it was going in reverse. I use the Limited Slip (red) Differential in the rear that came with the awd kit. It stears a lot better for me. The white dif was a bit faster but my top speed turning radious with the white differential was almost twice that of the red. Now when I do top speed full circle turns (doughnuts) it's even tighter than before because the higher torque engine keeps the rear wheels spinning so the ass end flys aroung the front end the front tires control the direction of the car the rear tires are just giving it momentum. I can do a full speed full circle turn in less than 2.5" radious. The Batteries last a little longer than they do with the stage two drag setup so I'm quite happy with the results. Car has more pickup than the stage two drift motor, and higher top speed than the stage two top speed motor. It's a lot faster than it ever was before. I just hope R.S. starts making Headlight replacement lenses. I just ran full speed into my guitar stool and now i have a padiddle. Good thing I haven't purchased the body kit upgrade yet. The best thing is I already have a New beard trimmer so I didn't break anything I needed. This is a good mod to do if you already have one of these sitting around, but to go buy one just to pull out the motor is a bit expensive, maybe they can be ordered from Nurelco as replacement parts. IF so they're probably pretty cheap.