Finally, 3/8 of the upgrade plans.

Went to winnie's shop Swan Hobby at Orchard Plaza. Got a few stuffs there.
New Body clips. It is much longer now... providing a MUCH LESS hassle to clip the shell to the chassis...
First thing, i took off the spoiler of the 350Z shell, due to majority of people telling me that it was nicer without a spoiler, largely thanks to Alston of SPRCD. I really like my shell like this.
Did what i promised. i changed the driveshaft, a few scratches though.... Some stones got caught even though the shell is there....
My New Attanae, I took 1 hr to do it... Cut the stock CF stick provided by 1/4.... Twined it about 30 mins.... then took some masking tape and made them less messy.
My new heat sink!! This thing was said to be a waste of money. It wasn't, it really kept the motor cooler than expected.... loved the color too =) oh, and one screw went away for some reason...lol.
Lastly, My exhaust hop up. I did this, to enhance the look of the car... Looks like the HKS Muffler though.... just without the blue flame effect.

As you have realised... Theres some aluminium tape on my shell... That is to reinforce the sturdiness of the shell.. i got it from winnie's for $8?? my memory is not very good.

Recently, i cooked my battery.... I mean it. it Burned for god knows how long before MZ aka wonderlite realised.... it melted the whole shrink wrap..

Now i can't force charge using T15, But possible with wall charger. It still is able to take its full capacity.... but it will Melt now when the T15 completes chargiing...

This is going to cost me a bomb.... to get a New battery, Lipo pack+T15/Hyperion charger...

T.T

OK... I'll do this now, My plans are to Hop up this chassis as far as possible, the next upgrade will probably be the CF Underchassis Swap from 3racing.
http://www.3racing.hk/products.php?products_key=3479
http://www.3racing.hk/products.php?products_key=3480

After, it'll be another new chassis...
No idea which one it'll be... but most likely TA05 with CF/Square Conversion..

Pretty much this is it.... I'll be back next week.

A Pile of Bad News

I did not go for the Sp/NP Combine training....

15-jul-09
I Cooked my Battery.

Sorry, i wasn't able to update this last week.

Minor Issues...

Ok, Today what i basically did was do the Aluminium parts swap i promised. The Aluminium Universal Shaft, Was supposed to be done from front to back. I Improvised from back to front, as i felt that the Back diffrentials will have more stress, Thus i kept the stainless steel part.

As for the back, The diffrentials Fit Nicely without problems, Only thing i found was the bigger Feed hole of each driveshaft..... Just hope they won't eat till like Hulk's TA05 Half-Cup...

1/3 Of my Overhaul Plan+Some things i learned from Seniors

Another pretty Big update this week....
First, I must thank Nov aka Alan for being so kind-hearted to help me get these parts at discounted prices. These are basically: Tamiya Aluminium Universal DriveShaft, And Rear Diffrential joint(TB Evo5)

okok, I know Why Most of you guys will ask why TB Evo 5? Basically, All TB Evo Series Are developed from Basic TB Chassis namely the TB02 and TB03. So the parts will Probably be atleast similar, if not, identical. I'll try it out... Most likely will fit.

Second, I got this speed tuned Motor from Jim for $20... it has pretty nice torque, But not as much as my Sport Tuned... Of course. It Gives me higher entry speed, And slighly faster exit speed... bad Side is that The motor doesn't have a very peaky torque... meaning that When the motor revs and stays at any certain Rpm, It is unable to continue its drift longer. there will be more Steering involved due to this motor. Throttle will be increased. Thus the "Heavy feeling".
Interesting fact: It IS in fact xanda's But through hearsay, it was said to belong to Nov before Xanda....

Ok.... This was done last friday. When i had trouble initiating drifts. JK, Helped me to Lock The Diffrential. It was one of the best configs i did for my kit. Just halfway through locking... Jk broke it.... Lol. So he gave me his Aluminium TB03 spare part.... FOC(Free of Charge) Hehe....

Lesson of The Week: Locking Diffrential, locking the front will give a higher corner entry speed, as according to FF cars, the front tires have majority of the power to pull the car into a corner. this is a tradeoff though.... a slow exit speed, as the Back wheels do not have to power to pull forward to bring it out and the centre of gravity is slow in retaining its original postion.

Locking the rear, will give fast exit speed, which is good, as the tires can power the vehicle inertia forward and shift back its Center of gravity... this allows the wheels to gain grip and thus pull away from the opponent. But Slow entry speed is expected on entry, as the back tires have to move almost the whole car weight forward just after CG change.

Locking Both, (No Idea yet... Only JK knows, so i'll try it and see if it coincides with his knowledge)

This Setting is Very important, as both have its own good points and bad points, it just depends on your choice and playing style. BUT too much setting is bad, it becomes too complicated, making the vehicle worse than normal, if done too much. Thats why settings are done only a few weeks later, Newbies like me need time to get used to the car, know its inside out, then we can initiate the tuning aka "Process Of Perfection"

As what Drifters always say:"The problem lies with not the car, its the driver"

Thats all for this week! (Seniors, help me with the explanation if its wrong. Thanks in advance)

Saturday is the NP-SP Combined Training, i will bring back pics and post them.

Notice for SPRCD members

Dear members,

Please take note that training will resume as per normal on Wednesday, 8/07/2009. Report at 1pm or 3pm respectively at the garage. Attendance will be taken. Hope to see you all drifting again….

Muhammad Zaki B Hosain
(Secretary SPRCD)

YAY!

Yesterday... ENDED MY WHOLE WEEK OF MST!! WOOT!

Now i Can Do And Drift As and when i like till monday..... =.=

better than Nothing....

Tmrw... I might be going to Swan Hobby aat orchard plaza to pickup more Stuff for my kit....

Last MST1 Today....

Today is the last one... ET0169,Electronics....

I am not very like can accept things as it is. i Need Evidence(Visual Pictures)
Then can study... Since electronics have almost only 20% of this.... i am the weakest here....

Just hope i survive 3.30pm later.

Then its Celebration! Time to take out the Drifft kit and Pwn on the track on friday...

If i can, i try to take some club pics.