Ellis edition build questions...

[andys]

Finally got around to putting my new Ellis edition X6 together today.

Couple of questions if anyone can help.

1_How do I tell if the chassis is indeed the plastic one, to my eye it looks like it's graphite. I'm sure Darren will have swopped it for the plastic one, any tell tale signs ?

2_On my old X6 I had the losi rear axles and spacers. This meant I could have lots of droop. On the new kit, with the new Xfactory spacers / axles, the dogbone is almost coming out of the diff outdrive at maximum droop.(shocks as per Eliis setup sheet) I've had to alter the shock positions quite a lot to reduce droop significantly to ensure the dogbones don't come out. I'm using the B4 dogbones, is this normal ?

Cheers.

Andy.

[_sleigh_]

weigh the chassis, if it's about 200g then it's the plastic version, about 165g for graphite.

[andys]

Cheers for the tip. Fraid I don't have any decent scales and the chassis is on the car now !

[YoungChazz]

When I put them in the boxes, they were plastic. Maybe the carbon crept in there during the plane ride??? LOL. It's plastic.

The question is, do they come out? If not, run 'em. The new #5661 axle, supplied in the Championship Edition, is about .040" shorter than the old #5660 axle. Yes, it almost comes out, but should not. The old one would bottom out in the outdrive under certain conditions -- not good.

The new axle puts the bone's pin in the proper part of the outdrive most of the time.

[MALLET]

Originally Posted by YoungChazz

The new axle puts the bone's pin in the proper part of the outdrive most of the time.

Most of the time..... At this price it should be in all the time.....

[coolcars782]

Originally Posted by MALLET

Most of the time..... At this price it should be in all the time.....

Agreed