| The retail box. |
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| Parts and upgrades. |
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| Ready to start. |
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| First step is to glue the brake pads. |
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| Assembling rear hubs. |
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| Installing droop and bump stop screws on the rear arms. Mounted the hubs on the arms. |
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| Assembling rear arms on hinges. |
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| Chassis. |
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| Rear suspension on chassis. |
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| Assembling 2-speed transmission. |
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| Assembling transmission shaft with brake disc. |
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| Installing transmission on the shaft. |
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| Rear diff support and cover with brake pads. |
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| Assembling rear diff. |
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| Installed rear diff, transmission, and belt. Installed rear cover with brake pads. |
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| Rear suspension parts, shock tower, and CVDs. |
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| Installed rear shock tower, CVDs, and sway bar. |
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| Installing battery box, servo guard, front lower bulkhead. |
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| Assembling the front shaft. |
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| Building the front diff. |
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| Front diff assembled. |
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| Installed front diff, front shaft, and belts. |
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| Installing steering parts with bearing upgrade. |
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| Installing upper deck. |
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| Front arms, knuckles, shock tower, CVDs, and stabilizer. |
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| Installed arms, tower, CVDs, and stabilizer. |
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| I am using a Hitech HIS-03MK 3-channel FM receiver with built-in failsafe. Also using a Hitec HS-635HB High Torque/High Speed servo for steering and a HS-322HD servo for throttle/brake. The battery switch has a charge port. |
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| Wiring radio. |
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| Picco .12R 3-Port ROAR and a RD Logics Turbo II Legal pipe. |
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| Ready to install motor. |
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| Sealing back plate and carb. |
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| Centax clutch parts. |
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Installed spacer, flywheel, weights, springs, clutch shoe, and adjustment collar.
Installed clutchbell, and pinions (not shown). |
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| Building shocks with optional hard gold springs. |
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| Side bracket with belt adjuster. |
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| Installed shocks, motor, and side bracket. |
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| Linkage parts. |
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| Installed linkage, car done. |
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| Optional light weight transmission and shafts. |
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| Hollow front shaft vs the stock front shaft. Hollow rear shaft vs the stock rear shaft. |
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| Assembled the light weight (0.8M) transmission. The LW transmission is on the left and the standard transmission is on the right. |
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| Replaced stock transmission with the LW transmission. |
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| Charge and transponder ports. |
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| Personal transponder. |
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| Setup board. |
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| Super chassis, graphite towers, and graphite brace. |
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| Starting the install. |
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| Transferred the front and rear bulkheads. |
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| Swapped the heavy flat pack for a Trinity light-weight 5 Cell 800mAh AAA hump pack. |
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| Done, top and bottom. |
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| Done, other views. |
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