X6 squared

[ian h]

Guys, I plan on putting in an order on monday for the conversion kit. My donor car is an FT B4. What extra parts should i get? And should I go with LOSI shocks?

[mark christopher]

keep your associated shocks, works good out of the box, if you want to spend, parts id recomend, longer rear cvd axles, e speed hangers losi red pistons and if you want your lipo out quick get the quick release battery kit and 4 thumb screws

[matdodd]

Id say go for which ever shocks you happy working on, I much prefer the Losi ones as do most of the Team but I'm sure the AE ones will be fine. The ES001 camber link mod is the only thing id say you will need but there are a few things which are nice to have like:

ES002 Motor plate support
DMS124 Carbon anti squat shims
DMS133 Carbon motor plate
XF5660 Long rear drive shafts

Mat

[ian h]

Thanks guys, I will get all those bits and see how I go from there. Looking forward to getting this together. Will post a few pics soon.

[stegger]

Matt, when using the carbon fiber motor plate how is it supported ? are there inserts in the plate for the screws to go in too ?

[matdodd]

The screws just screw in to the carbon mate I just put a little ca on them

[stegger]

Cheers fella

[ian h]

Build pretty much complete, went quite well, with regard to the carbon anti squat shims, what angle is created by which shim? The set up I have gone with requires 4 deg. which shim is that? ie how many holes in the shim?

[Lee]

4 degrees on the squared is 0 shims.

I'm sure this is correct and someone will correct me if i am wrong

[ian h]

Cool thanks, will try no shims and take it from there.

[jono83]

that is correct. i think the shims have a hole in them to help identify them

ie 1 hole for one degree 2 holes for degree and so on

i could be wrong though as this is jus from memory

[Lee]

Originally Posted by jono83

that is correct. i think the shims have a hole in them to help identify them

ie 1 hole for one degree 2 holes for degree and so on

i could be wrong though as this is jus from memory

This was the case with the pre-squared car but the rear end is slightly different now so where as 0 shims on the old car was approx 5 deg (i think) it is now 4, so the 4 holed shim would now be 3 and so on.

[jono83]

ah ok i dont have a squared yet so didnt realise the changes to the rear end had been made

[Darren Boyle]

Yep, Lee is correct () the new car is slighly different, each shim now is one hole "more" than the anti-squat it delivers on the new "X6 Sq" car, ie 4 holes is now 3 degree, 3 holes is now 2 degree, no shim is in fact now 4 degrees.

We have contemplated changing the markings but that would then cause confusion in whether you have a "new" shim or "old" shim, so we have kept the current batch the same for this reason alone.

[Lee]

Originally Posted by DMS Racing

Yep, Lee is correct ()

You sound surprised

Oh Darren, top gear girl is no more

[ian h]

Thanks guys, I get it now. Maybe a set up sheet could be supplied with the shims?

[Darren Boyle]

Originally Posted by Lee

Oh Darren, top gear girl is no more

Why am I not surprised to hear that.......

[Darren Boyle]

Originally Posted by ian h

Thanks guys, I get it now. Maybe a set up sheet could be supplied with the shims?

Maybe be somthing we can look at once the current batch sells out, but we have only recently had a fresh batch done, which are all packaged up and ready to go so it wont be real soon.

[jono83]

The current batch is compatable with the non squared right?

[Mike Hudson]

Originally Posted by jono83

The current batch is compatable with the non squared right?

they are fine with either car you just have to do the math with the squared