Mr. Bigstuff's Traxxas Street Sport Project

Phase 2

As I had planned, I have pushed the SS to the limit. These are the Phase 2 modifications.

ESC:

I knew I wanted to drop a hot motor in the car, but that first required an ESC. I also wanted to choose a very hot motor, so the motor limit on the ESC had to be low. It also needed reverse. I would have loved to use a Tekin Rebel, which I've used before and will handle down to 10 turns. But Tekin is no longer in business, so I paid a little more for the LRP F1 Pro. This is even better since there is no motor limit!

Motor:

Trinity's P-94's had just come out, and as the next generation in motors, I decided to try it. I chose an 8 turn, split wind, high variance, quad P-94. At that point I had never seen a motor below 12 turns in action. This motor is smokin'! The speed and power it provides is literally scary. It makes the car nearly uncontrolable.

Gearing:

I initially put the P-94 in with the stock gearing. It was actually able to handle it--the motor didn't overheat at all. That setup was a little to wild, so I went down to 19 teeth on the pinion.

Tires:

In phase 1, I had replaced the stock tires with Pro-Line Sedan Hawgs. They look really cool, but the handling wasn't as good as I had hoped. I switched to Road Rages instead. I like to use a treaded tire with good scale realism. Both Sedan Hawgs and Road Rages fit that bill, but the Road Rages hold the road much better.

Wheels:

I had hoped that the inside-out stock wheels would last for a while. I thought the black rims looked pretty good. The problem was that they were way too weak. If the rear tires touched a curb, wall, or even from a hard start, the car had so much power that the axles would break loose from the rim. Wheels were literally blown off. The solution was to go with a metal wheel. Hammad Ghuman (HG) offered the best value, and had very nice looking stuff. I went with the Carerra wheels. I may also get some Harcore wheels, or some of the other nice wheels in the future.

Body:

In addition to the Lotus Elise (Britney Spears) body, I also picked up a BMW M Coupe.

Below are pics of the phase 2 car. Click on any of them to bring up a larger image (more than double the size).