My new Ride....
 

Hiya everyone,

My new Xtreme X11 is here, None of that carboard box rubbish... Proper plastic box / carry case and full colour manual ! :lol:..

Ill get some pictures up as soon as its built !

Garry

Would be cool to see the manual, the car in the pictures is my X11 :lol:

G

Just got some photos take of what i have received today, I tell you what guys how many companys offer that ! . Regarding the actual Kit it looks VERY well made indeed, parts quality is fantastic and the alloy finish is super hot ! and the shell... man its out of this world !

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/DSCF2854.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/DSCF2853.jpg

Thanks soo much Yanina ! cant wait to get it all built !


Garry

he always liked the boxes at christmas when he was a lad :D

that does look very nice,especially the packaging, thats just awesome detail.

The box looks awesome garry!!! :drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:


Car looks ok aswell lol

if the car goes as good as the packaging then he is onto a winner..... roflol

I really dont get people like that..... :eh?:. Grow up mate..

SOrry garry:wub atleast u will be able to follow your car with those bright orange wheels!! lol

hey, not insulting you or the car, just a light hearted quip about people commenting on how good the 'box' is.

Ah well, humour lost

Maybe i took it to heart... :lol:

sorry DCM im abit stressed ! :woot: ask my dad he will tell ya LOL

no worries dude, just made me giggle about the box, good idea though....

Very nice, ill stick a photo up of the aero box, its white with aero written on it:(

One thing i noticed garry was, they are using AERO wishbones, its in bold on the front of the manual:thumbsup::lol:

Garry, step away from the post button.... he didn't mean it man.... roflol

Thanks for clearing that up, i guessed when i got down to the aero body styling bit, it looks nothing like an aero does it:o



:lol:

:drool::drool::drool:

Got a few more snaps of the new car,

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/DSCF2855.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/DSCF2856.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/DSCF2861.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/DSCF2860.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...r/DSCF2862.jpg

Just need to get it all set up correctly camber / caster wise. Right now its all ski wiff ! :lol:


Garry

Looks fine to me mate! :wtf: :lol:

Garry whats the hole in the rear shock tower on the right hand side for????:confused:

Maybe the shock tower is 100% symmetric, and can be turned around 180.
If it break on the side holding the shock, you can always turn it around.
Without replacing the shocktower....

Just my thought, when I saw it.

Edit! Second look, the "wall2 look to thin. So I take back my comment above.

How would you remove the shock nut of the inside shock if that hole wasnt there :confused: Penny dropped? :D

It does look really nice, but to be honest i wouldn`t know what adjustment did what to begin with, its not like a conventional car:confused:

That was one thing that has put me off getting one for a while.

That is exactly correct !

Just makes life alot easier when removing shocks, The set up for the camber and caster have all recomended starting points, so im just going to try them first i think Lee. The main reason why people say things about this car is because its not a repeated design like everything else. Its more of a "Concept Car", people may be affraid of trying somthing new like this because its soo differnt to anything else out there which is understandable and very fair.

In the back of the colour manual there is set ups offerd for differnt types of tracks, gearing and such. In there it offers some good help :)

Garry

on the adjustment thought,
is it possible to move the top link hight on the inside
i cant see it myself,?
or adjust the king pin hight on the front / rear wheels
i can only see camber and ride high adjustment
surely that not the limit of adjustment on this new car
also how do you adjust the anti squat ?

I like the emphasis there garry - no expense spared! I've got an XK5 manual at home in black and white (and orange) :p :thumbsup:

lol i missed that
show off lol

Carl,

The top link height on the inside ? are we taliking front or rear :)..

Regarding the king pin hight, it cant be changed i dont beleive, but if somone would like to correct this then fine.

Its awkward to say off hand, about the anti squat, just give me a min.. LOL obviously with it being new still having a good look round on curtain things but ill get back to you on that one.

ill get some pictures posted up on the areas youve said as soon as everything is finished off, not long till its all ready mate :).

Garry

Looks good, allbeit looking like a blinged X10 to me....

New matirial too ! :D, Gotta say its abit better looking that some of the chunky cars hey carl ;)

Garry

O yes i understand that, just looks similar :)
Anyway you have done a great job with the car, i hope it goes as well as it looks.

It's exactly like a conventional car, the only thing thats different is the shocks are connected to the wishbones via rockers. All the usual camberink/caster/antisquat ect adjustments still apply ;)

Assuming that they still have a choice of lower hinge pin holes in the rear hubs you can adjust the roll centre that way.

Roll centre on the front can be adjusted by spacing the outer upper ball joint up or down.

The only thing that needs some thought with applying set-up changes to a Pred is the lever arm effect of the bell cranks / rear shock mounting blocks. Once you get your head around it then it's the same as any other car .... more lever ratio = softer ... less = stiffer

To be fair for the many years I ran Preds all I felt the need to change to dial the car into various tracks was the rear roll centre, front oil & spring and rear spring. It was one of the most simple cars to set-up I have ever driven!

Good luck with it.

I used to play with those holes all the time, i can't remember which i used now, it's been 9 years since i last drove the pred, but they are a great tuning aid for high/low grip tracks.

Car looks cool - i think the most important thing on the Pred was always the ride height and roll bars.

Very rarely did we ever need to adjust the Camber, Anti-Squat, Toe-in or anything, just get the shocks right and make sure it's not sat too high, then depending on how "loose" you wanted the rear end to feel just change the thickness of the roll bar - we would also run one on the front at times if it was a high bite track, but it was easy really as we rarely changed anything else!

On the rear it's exactly the same as moving a shock in or out on a wishbone, only you move it up and down. It's ony the front thats really any different given the progressive nature of the rockers.

Because there was almost nothing to change on the old Preds :lol:

I Built the car...

Ive seen some of the posts this user has done previuosly moderators... nothing going to be done ?
:thumbdown: HEY NORTHY !!!!! :thumbdown: