Harlen

Price drop,

Had loads of emails about splitting the kit, I don't mind selling the car on it's own without an RX/TX or lipos etc. Cheers

For sale, my like new MST MS-01D. It's the S model with the front one way and a few other upgrades. It's on grey dot tyres and completely ready to run at most tracks, most notably Soul RC. Before I get into the details, I've just moved up North a couple of hours away from Soul RC and just don't use this enough to warrant keeping such an expensive bit of kit - I really wish I could keep this! I ran it twice, both times at Soul RC so it's basically a brand new fresh build. The spec list is pretty big, I wanted a competition level car straight away and this is much better than the MS-01D RTR you can buy from MST. I spent nearly

Cheers for the words guys! Can't wait to get back down, will probably head over to soul again in a couple of weeks. The GAs were ridiculously different, the car felt so planted at the rear and they weren't even set up properly even. It's tough getting the setup even all around without the turnbuckles. Was tempted to skint myself out for a couple of weeks just so I could get some on Saturday!

Had loads of fun at Soul today Really feel like I achieved a lot! Met Scratcher and Teshi both top blokes , met a bunch of regulars for the first time too all of which are extremely helpful! Within seconds of getting the shell off I had 3 people over throwing me advice on the alignment. Once the rear camber was gone, front camber and caster was added it drove leaps and bounds better. No longer a twitchy mess of a car which can barely drive in a straight line. Next upgrade will be a pair of GA26 tyres for the rear, I ran on a spare pair of Scratchers all day and they are INCREDIBLE, if you run carpet you need to use these tyres, I can't believe how much better they were. When I've got the cash I'll be getting alloy shocks and a turnbuckle kit too, as setup was a real pain in the arse and took probably an hour longer due to having to pull the car apart every time one thing needed adjusting. Got a good feel of the car too. I'm still sketchy as hell, struggle to do 2 or 3 laps without a spectacular spinout. I was pretty much riding the barriers most of the day. All part of the experience though. Can't wait to get up there again! Cheers lads!

Silver dot mate

Sounds like a plan dude, I'll probably be there too. A few pointers will definitely come in handy as I have no idea where to start

Unsure on the Sierra shells but Matrixline do loads of 200mm shells, decent quality and cheap too. Tamiya are another good shout, a bit pricier but really good.

Haha sorry lol posted that last night in relation to today Went up today and got a new pinion, silver dot tyres and grease as I'd used the wrong stuff. It was awesome! Couldn't program my ESC as I didn't have a PC at hand so had to take it easy as I didn't have lipo cut off set (why on earth is it not set as default?) but had a good 4 or 5 runs and really enjoyed it! All I need to do is program the ESC properly and do some alignment work. The car was a little too understeery which meant needing lots of throttle in the corners, resulting in shallow drifts and lots of spins. It's all a learning curve though! I'll be going up again next Saturday One of my lipos was duff out the box and wouldn't balance properly (cheers for the help Mitto) so I'm getting onto Hobbyking about that now. I'm glad I've got two Lipos but to be honest it's overkill, I'm surprised at how long they last and how quickly they charge, even with just budget stuff!

1: HPI 48DP and 20T pinion. Brand new, opened up and fitted to my car but the pinion was too small to reach the spur. Doh!

Bah, just had my HPI pinion arrive and the clearence between the pinion and spur is too far so they don't touch at all. Furiously searching the internet for tips on how to get them together! Edit: Further investigation shows that even if I put the motor on a small plate to raise it up to the spur, the motor housing then SLIGHTLY touches the belt. Would rather not fart arse around with this and blow belts left and right on top of that. So my job just got a lot bigger! I need to get a new pinion at Soul tomorrow (I'm hitting up Soul tomorrow instead of Saturday, the missus dropped the bombshell we have something to go to Saturday ). Everything is ready to go apart from this pinion. Gonna charge my lipos up tonight ready for the morning start. Once the pinion is in at the shop, I can set the electronics up and get them talking to each other and FINALLY drive the bloody thing. I'm crazy excited.

Yeah pretty much just setting it up! Should have the batteries Wednesday, I'll get everything programmed and ready to go and then see if one of the guys at Soul wants to help me do the alignment. All goes well I should be up there day and night this Saturday if it's open! And there's no need for a sorry I'm glad it's been pointed out Edit: just chucked my last order down. I've got an Etronix Deans lipo harness coming to replace the bullet one, was

Haha how did i not see that! I'll switch them over now. Feeling like a bit of a div! Cheers for the heads up before I really embarrassed myself lol. And yeah that belt is in a really awkward position considering how skinny the chassis is. I'm used to running tamiya which have pretty wide chassis for all your goodies. Glad I've done a decent job. Cheers again

Got it all together tonight as I've ordered the last few bits for it. All it needs on the chassis is a pinion gear which I'm trying to decide on. I've heard a 6-7 fdr ratio is good so I was going to go with a 20t one. Considering I've done no soldering at all on it I think it's come out alright! I've cable tied the crap out of it to keep it neat which was the most important thing for me. The centre between the ESC and servo houses all excess wires cable tied up and tucked away, so I popped the RX upright on top of the servo. I think it looks pretty badass. Image spam inbound The shell fitment is a little bit shonky, partly because it's the first I've done in years and partly because it's a very cheap Matrixline shell. One side seems to sit lower than the other at the moment, and it's bias to the right by a few mm. I need to attack the holes with a dremel so that it sits properly I think, it looks awesome but it's also driving me mad So things to do! - Fit pinion - Correct battery harness (my lipos have bullet connectors ) - Fit body details, mirrors, wipers - Get the batteries charged! I'm going to set the car up at Soul RC I think. Before even powering it up here I want to get down there and do everything in the pits. I know support there from the team is great so I know if I run into any issues I'll be in good hands. I'm also looking forward to setting up the alignment! I've straightened the rear toe up but I have no clue what the recommended setup is down there with their carpet. I can't wait to get cracking