Skyline GT-R R35

[SkylineLvr]

I am gonna be working on my first Mini-Z and am very excited to get to work on it. I plan on using a lot of carbon fiber/graphite parts on the chassis. To keep with the carbon look, I will use dark colored aluminum for all parts that will need to be aluminum. I just got it in the mail yesterday...

Here it is all packaged up w/ the light kit and the graphite front and rear box covers (I really like how Kyosho packages their cars)...

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Here is a nice side/front view of the car (You can really notice the detail they put into their bodies)...

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Here is a straight on view of the front...

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Here is a view of the rear...

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I will continue posting more updates when I get new parts...

[kendallcschm]

nice.... looks excellent

[Spoon_Tuner]

So it does come with wide rear wheels...

[SkylineLvr]

Here are some pics of the graphite front and rear box's that I have installed...

Here is the stock chassis. I notice that the pos battery wire had a capacitor attached to it. The instructions said that it is a circuit breaker the cuts power to the motor when heavy loads or damage to the motor causes excessive electrical flow. Since this is my first Mini-Z, I'm not sure if they all are like that or not.

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Here is a full view of the chassis...

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Here are the graphite pieces...

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Here is what the rear looks like w/ the graphite...

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And here is what the front looks like w/ the graphite...

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The box said that the MA-010 is equipped with an "RA-12" receiver unit that has a built-in speed control amp with approx. 30% more capacity for more running power.
I have another thread that has what I had to do to get the lights to fit since this body style didn't have any spots for the lights.

http://www.xmodsource.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16038

[SkylineLvr]

Yes it did come with wider wheels in the rear

[Spoon_Tuner]

Yeah all of the Mini Z's these days have the circuit breaker on them.

They call those the "revised" motors.

[Dr. Kustom]

The car is looking clean my friend, also, great job on the lights.
Any other upgrades you gonna add on to the chassis?

[SkylineLvr]

I'm probably gonna do bearings next, after that I think I'm gonna get the clear grey Skelton chassis. Do they make a carbon fiber or aluminum chassis? I haven't seen one. After that I will probably do the SAS suspension upgrade after the chassis. Then I think I'm gonna start to get the titanium knuckles, drive shaft, and gears. Not to sure what to do after that. I will eventually upgrade it to the 2.4 ghz. Will probably wait on that though, since it is so expensive.

This is all just a thought right now. Since there is so much I can do, I'm not sure what will be next.

[Action B]

Originally Posted by SkylineLvr

I'm probably gonna do bearings next, after that I think I'm gonna get the clear grey Skelton chassis. Do they make a carbon fiber or aluminum chassis? I haven't seen one. After that I will probably do the SAS suspension upgrade after the chassis. Then I think I'm gonna start to get the titanium knuckles, drive shaft, and gears. Not to sure what to do after that. I will eventually upgrade it to the 2.4 ghz. Will probably wait on that though, since it is so expensive.

This is all just a thought right now. Since there is so much I can do, I'm not sure what will be next.

I have a SAS suspension I'm not using. Let me know if you want it, though I don't like it. I recommend tire upgrade immediately. You will regret it if you do all aluminum gears. Do not change your stock driveshaft, trust me although others are lighter, none are as straight and perfect as the stock. You'll lose mores power from the imperfections than the weight reduction and reduced rotating momentum is worth.

It looks like on RCP that body will slow you down. What kind of offsets are those?

I know you like the body, I can relate because I LOVED my lancia delta body, but had to give it up to be competitive. I still plan on making a drift car out of it one day so I can use that body again. Oh and what length is the chassis? its going to be 90, or 94mm.

[Dr. Kustom]

Do not change your stock driveshaft, trust me although others are lighter, none are as straight and perfect as the stock. You'll lose mores power from the imperfections than the weight reduction and reduced rotating momentum is worth.

Hmm...after i installed the carbon fiber drive shaft in one of my AWD, it seems like it helps increased the acceleration of the car...

[Action B]

They make carbon fiber now? Hmm. maybe those are good. I dont know about them honestly. I was referring to the titanium upgrades. I haven't seen a carbon one yet.

[XMDrifter]

titanium screws are kinda helpful
shafts of titanium i agree are not worth it.
and it looks like a 94mm chassis

a PN chassis extension might be in order here as well as either a mclaren or enzo bodyshell if you're going to race it.
tires have the most effect on the handling. get the right tires, and some corners get so much easier to drive through

[4G63punk]

thats one clean skyline bro!

[Skv012a]

Instead of graphine I'd get full alum front/rear covers with arms. You've strengthened the arms, but the plastic cover might still give out in a long run rendering your new arms useless. Alum would only break if the screw posts get busted, and that may well happen too.

If anything, get the gray/blue SP skeleton and keep it as a reserve.

[SkylineLvr]

I'm not sure what the length is. The box says "Wheelbase/M/90MM L/94MM". I might consider changing some parts to aluminum, or titanium. I wanna keep some of the look Carbon fiber. I will either have to just modify some parts to get the look I want. Not sure how yet though, seeing as I really don't have anything to work with yet. I will get a new body once I get her ready for it. Right now I am just working on drifting.

I re-did the tail lights. I took the lights out of my Xmod GTR and modified them to fit into my Mini-Z. They light up a lot better, and look better too. I will post some pics after work

[Action B]

Originally Posted by Skv012a

Instead of graphine I'd get full alum front/rear covers with arms. You've strengthened the arms, but the plastic cover might still give out in a long run rendering your new arms useless. Alum would only break if the screw posts get busted, and that may well happen too.

If anything, get the gray/blue SP skeleton and keep it as a reserve.

I love the graphite pieces. I dont think it will crack in the center. Though, I have money on that your smoke chassis will crack below the batteries eventually.

[Skv012a]

Never said the graphite will crack, but the plastic gearbox cover underneath.

[Dr. Kustom]

I'm not sure what the length is. The box says "Wheelbase/M/90MM L/94MM". I might consider changing some parts to aluminum, or titanium. I wanna keep some of the look Carbon fiber. I will either have to just modify some parts to get the look I want. Not sure how yet though, seeing as I really don't have anything to work with yet. I will get a new body once I get her ready for it. Right now I am just working on drifting.

I re-did the tail lights. I took the lights out of my Xmod GTR and modified them to fit into my Mini-Z. They light up a lot better, and look better too. I will post some pics after work

The GT-R is 94mm wheelbase.
As for the lights, here's some pics on how I mounted the LEDs. They might give you some ideas.

[SkylineLvr]

I did a similar set-up with my head lights. I wish you would have posted this a few days ago. I like how you have the tail lights set up. I ended up ruining my stock tail lights and had to use my Xmod GTR tail lights. They are a little bit smaller, but they fit pretty well. I may end up buying a new body and trying out that set-up eventually.

[SkylineLvr]

I was gonna get the ceramic bearings for my Mini-Z, but I installed the open bearings from my Skyline X-mod (She has a damaged ep, so she's just on the self for now) and it works great. I think I'm gonna wait on the ceramics until after I get my Xmod up and running.

Now I'm not to sure where I wanna go next. I am thinking about doing a chassis upgrage to the Skelton. I wanna get the clear grey one, but have heard that the clearer plastics aren't as strong as the dark grey/blue chassis. Is this true?