Any Build tips for the KF

[grobson1970]

As Above

Any build tips

ie shock oil ,diff oil , before the jokes start yes i no i need both .

any setup help !

Cheers

Gary

[Dudders]

Mine is 35 in the front and 27.5 in the rear. Everything else as per the book!

[dobber]

400 front and 350 in the rear, drill the rear pistons out to 1.65mm

[jlucas]

Ignore all of the above and build it exactly as the book and see how you go with it
:)

[dobber]

Ignore all of the above and build it exactly as the book and see how you go with it
:)

To be fair kit setup in the dry will be good, in the wet though will be a different matter however.

[absolute alignment]

Put 70 in the front and 5 in the rear and have the diff filled with sand... That should keep the kf' hords away from the losi boys.

[grobson1970]

Got my KF yesterday(birthday gift) ,started the build and found out half the gear diff was missing out of the box (not a happy bunny )
i have been told i will get the other half in the post tommorow .
:thumbdown:

[grobson1970]

How much rebound are people building into there shocks ?

Cheers

Gary

[dobber]

None

[grobson1970]

before i paint the body shell can someone tell me

Are the body shell window stickers pre cut ,as all i have is one plain sheet in the box with no pre cut shapes ?

Cheers

Gary

[dobber]

Yes they are pre cut. Your not having much luck with it are you. Perhaps it's a Friday afternoon car ;-)

[Dudders]

Give it to Jimmy McCabe and some dish and get a pro job done ;) plenty of loan shells around.

[grobson1970]

It been a pain is the ass :bored:
just to top it off i installed a new motor & ESC from hobbyking
and that went up in smoke as soon as i turned it on (no it was not my soldering before i get any comments)
Do you think someone is trying to tell me somthing !!!!

Gary

[Dudders]

Was it your soldering Gary?

[dobber]

Soldering was fine he just plugged it in wrong.

[grobson1970]

Thanks for all your support NOT
My soldering and wireing were fine (i have been an electronics engineer for 20 years )

It was connected via a deans connector on the ESC & the battery

So i did not plug it in wrong :p


Gary

[jlucas]

No but you were stupid enough to use an esc from hobbyking only thing they sell that's any good is the batteries and they aren't even brca legal! Anyway morale of said story buy cheap buy twice :)

[Dudders]

Haha poor Gary! Love youuuu!

[grobson1970]

It was only the motor from hobbyking .The Esc that went up in smoke was a Novak GTB.
But yes you are right james the batterys are the only good thing they sell

Gary

[grobson1970]

I take it everyone in running cut bladders(emulsion shocks )
as i built mine with the bladders in and they were rock hard :confused:
If i get this problem sorted i can come out to play Thursday

Cheers

Gary

[dobber]

I run mine with the bladders in and they have zero rebound.

[grobson1970]

i have built mine with zero rebound and they are very very slow to react .
:(
So what am i doing wrong ?