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[D4v3]

2 hours ago, Brandon said:

So I decided I wanted to fpv the wr8, so I quickly made a mount to fit the centre diff top mount and so far works great

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice👍.You will have to upload some footage, look forward to it😁.

[DougE]

Good stuff Brandon, how you like FPV? 

I've put camera in Wr8 recently had tons of fun. 

https://youtu.be/NjZ2zgnFXjU

You can check videos on my chanel if you like.

Edited October 23, 2020 by DougE

[Brandon]

Oh I love fpv! Got a few fpv vehicles and now the wr8 is one of them. I haven't taken this out yet as I just finished mounting everything up, but I will try and get a video up once I take it out.

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[Brandon]

So I haven't had the chance to take mine out yet due to the rain and the fpv gear not being waterproof at the time. So today I waterproofed the fpv transmitter and camera and made up a splash guard that hopefully will somewhat protect the camera from dirt and debris hitting the lense.
Definitely not pretty but hopefully it will work


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[raf1ckk]

Hey, guys!!

 

I have just became an owner of hpi wr8 flux ken block electric !! WOOOOHOOO !! ) 

 

Just a few questions... I am looking for upgrades ( cheap and expensive ones....)

 

1. Can i put bigger pinion? Bigger to what size?

2. What sort of 3s battery should i be using?

3. What are the inside upgrades can i do ? ( To make car looks more interesting inside)

 

Maybe any other suggestions about any upgrades ( future...) ?

 

Cheeers!

Raf

Edited November 3, 2020 by raf1ckk

[Brandon]

Hey, guys!!
 
I have just became an owner of hpi wr8 flux ken block electric !! WOOOOHOOO !! ) 
 
Just a few questions... I am looking for upgrades ( cheap and expensive ones....)
 
1. Can i put bigger pinion? Bigger to what size?
2. What sort of 3s battery should i be using?
3. What are the inside upgrades can i do ? ( To make car looks more interesting inside)
 
Maybe any other suggestions about any upgrades ( future...) ?
 
Cheeers!
Raf

Welcome!
Have a look at jazrider parts on ebay. All my parts are jazrider which I've had on for a few years now and so far haven't broke 1 part of it. The expensive upgrades are the hpi upgrades.
For the suspension you can look for the proline powerstrokes front shocks which is the most common shock upgrade.
For cheaper suspension, I've gone for the fastrax 85mm adjustable shocks which are decent but next time I would go for the longer ones.
The pinion gear you can fit a large as you can get. I've got a 25t pinion and it fits no problem.
What 3s lipo do you have?

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[raf1ckk]

14 hours ago, Brandon said:

Welcome!
Have a look at jazrider parts on ebay. All my parts are jazrider which I've had on for a few years now and so far haven't broke 1 part of it. The expensive upgrades are the hpi upgrades.
For the suspension you can look for the proline powerstrokes front shocks which is the most common shock upgrade.
For cheaper suspension, I've gone for the fastrax 85mm adjustable shocks which are decent but next time I would go for the longer ones.
The pinion gear you can fit a large as you can get. I've got a 25t pinion and it fits no problem.
What 3s lipo do you have?

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Thank you for you decent answer... At the moment i am looking for Overlander 3s lipo battery. 

 

By the way, you know them fastrax 85mm adjustable shocks - did you put x4 of them front and back? 

 

Which ones would you go instead?

 

 

[Brandon]

No worries [emoji106]
At the moment I am using a 4000mah 3s but I am able to fit a 5000mah 4s as I 3d printed myself a new battery tray.
For the shocks I used 4 of them front and back. As they have 2 sizes for front and back. 84mm and a longer size. The shock shaft is slightly smaller than standard but the quality is much better, so the larger ones would be better.

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[raf1ckk]

7 hours ago, Brandon said:

No worries
At the moment I am using a 4000mah 3s but I am able to fit a 5000mah 4s as I 3d printed myself a new battery tray.
For the shocks I used 4 of them front and back. As they have 2 sizes for front and back. 84mm and a longer size. The shock shaft is slightly smaller than standard but the quality is much better, so the larger ones would be better.

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Got, it... So having longer size of shocks will lift the actual car a bit higher? Which ones would you go for instead of the one you have? 

[Brandon]

Yeah but only so far. You can adjust the height by moving the shocks at different mounting holes. The ones I currently have will be ok for me at the moment but the shocks bottom out before the chassis hits the floor. So next time I would try these https://www.modelsport.co.uk/index.php?product_id=427695

 

 

 

 

 

 

[vasilisf07]

My wr8 complete!
Hobbywing ez run max 10 esc 120A and 3660 4000kv
All integy front and rear aluminum
Savox servo mst servo saver
cap pack and receiver cap
Axial rebel 2.2 wheels and Bandito c2 tires


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[raf1ckk]

1 hour ago, vasilisf07 said:

My wr8 complete!
Hobbywing ez run max 10 esc 120A and 3660 4000kv
All integy front and rear aluminum
Savox servo mst servo saver
cap pack and receiver cap
Axial rebel 2.2 wheels and Bandito c2 tires


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Great one! Can you share some info on how did you manage them lights ? front and rear ? Is it hard to do them ? How much did you spend on all these upgrades? hundreds ? 

[D4v3]

19 hours ago, vasilisf07 said:

My wr8 complete!
Hobbywing ez run max 10 esc 120A and 3660 4000kv
All integy front and rear aluminum
Savox servo mst servo saver
cap pack and receiver cap
Axial rebel 2.2 wheels and Bandito c2 tires


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Looks really good mate, you've done a wicked job on the whole car.👍

[raf1ckk]

HEY!!!:)

 

Anybody knows will these brake discs :

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32924022644.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.5d7855efh6r0Ns&algo_pvid=5e0fb208-85a0-4a0c-84f3-dc79caea358a&algo_expid=5e0fb208-85a0-4a0c-84f3-dc79caea358a-1&btsid=2100bdf116048348599136385e575d&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

 

fit my hpi wr8 flux ken block ? i think my car size 1/8 

 

Can anyone also advice me how to choose the right size of tyres for my car ? i need just the tyres... 2.2' inc... etc.??? hex size? what sort of parameters to look for ? 

 

Thnx!

Edited November 8, 2020 by raf1ckk

[Brandon]

Hello! For the brake disks, I've never used them before but the hpi wr8 is true 1/8th scale but is more of the 1/10th scale. They should fit but I won't be able to say for sure.
The tyres that fit the wr8 rims are 57X80mm.
I have bought wheel and tyre set from ebay which were made to fit the wr8 for about £15 and they are very decent tyres.

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[raf1ckk]

Great, cheers!

 

By the way these are the parameters you normally see on the advert:

 

Overall diameter: 110mm
Wheel diameter: 88mm
Overall width: 42mm

 

or similar...

 

Can you show which tyres you bought? 

 

The thing is ... i want to leave my wheels and just bought a set of tyres... Do you know where to buy just tyres?

 

Will all these tyres be alright for my wheels?

 

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/tyres/rc-car-categories/9960/996010&ManufacturerID=18&MSAttributeID[58]=973

 

Cheers.

Edited November 8, 2020 by raf1ckk

[Brandon]

For the hpi wr8 rims, only the wr8 tires will fit.
The off road rims have a slightly wider width and only the off road tyres fit them.
The tarmac and gymkhana tyres will fit the gymkhana rims.
The onroaf rims are 1.9 and the offroads are 2.2. I'm sure there are other tyres that will fit them rims, but I haven't tried any others.
These are some of the tyres that will fit.
https://www.modelsport.co.uk/tyres/rc-car-categories/9960/996010&ManufacturerID=18&MSAttributeID%5B58%5D=973?products%5Bquery%5D=hli%20wr8%20tires%20



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[DougE]

On 08/11/2020 at 16:47, raf1ckk said:

Great, cheers!

 

By the way these are the parameters you normally see on the advert:

 

Overall diameter: 110mm
Wheel diameter: 88mm
Overall width: 42mm

 

or similar...

 

Can you show which tyres you bought? 

 

The thing is ... i want to leave my wheels and just bought a set of tyres... Do you know where to buy just tyres?

 

Will all these tyres be alright for my wheels?

 

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/tyres/rc-car-categories/9960/996010&ManufacturerID=18&MSAttributeID[58]=973

 

Cheers.

In theory all 1/10 buggy tires will fit wr8 on road rims, one thing to be aware is outside diameter  (anything above 85mm od will look out of scale and you risking damaging bodyshell).

Only tires for 1.9 rims that I'm aware of are HB beams (discontinued and hard to find in Europe )https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HB-Racing-61757-Beams-SC-Tires-Pink-Super-Soft-Hot-Bodies-Shortcourse-Truck-/283970819983?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10

Edited November 14, 2020 by DougE
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[mightybart]

If anybody interested, I’m currently working on a custom 3D printed e-brake 😉

 

 

[Brandon]

If anybody interested, I’m currently working on a custom 3D printed e-brake [emoji6]
 
 
http://cdn.msuk-forum.co.uk/monthly_2020_11/BE0BA8FC-CAAC-44EC-AA7F-BB8C529E5BBA.thumb.jpeg.b8ea3b9e0e1652270c53807d13a52af8.jpeg

Oooo nice! Have you managed to get it working?

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[mightybart]

This was the first attempt, just a proof of concept, and yes it does work! I ran it a couple of times and it eventually broke (there was too much flex where the servo sits). Now I'm about to test v2. So far I tested it only with a stock diff setup (should be 100k oil), I'm interested if it's going to work with a thicker fluid...

 

It's especially fun on loose/low grip surfaces, it also works on tarmac but in general, I find it very hard (almost impossible) to drift with the stock tires on dry tarmac. They are just too grippy.

 

I'll post a video once I manage to assemble the new print.

[D4v3]

On 17/11/2020 at 19:10, mightybart said:

If anybody interested, I’m currently working on a custom 3D printed e-brake 😉

 

 

This looks cool, when you get it working properly with no problems I might be interested if the price is reasonable.

Keep us updated👍.

[Brandon]

I'm trying to design inner wheel wells to stop a lot a mud etc from spraying up, but it's a lot more difficult than I thought [emoji23]
Anyone has ago at making them?
The most I've done so far

[Ag100]

On 04/11/2020 at 21:06, vasilisf07 said:

My wr8 complete!
Hobbywing ez run max 10 esc 120A and 3660 4000kv
All integy front and rear aluminum
Savox servo mst servo saver
cap pack and receiver cap
Axial rebel 2.2 wheels and Bandito c2 tires


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Love this, great attention to detail👍

[Jimwr8]

Flux wr8 or nitro