xv-01 carbon chassis

[richglanzav 8]

i want to use my shorty packs on my new xv-01 build so just wondering about a carbon conversion kit for it. has anyone done this? theres some going on ebay that look decent. cars only ever going to have on road use no crazy rallying or jumping lol

[Andreas W 3163]

I know @Verskis has a carbon chassis from Embie Racing.

 

If it's only about using shorty batteries you can add self adhesuve foam on strategic places in the battery compartment like I have. Then the battery is under light tension and stays in place and you have the opportunity to move it back and forth for different weight distribution. 

 

I have added foam on the battery door as well. I have a second battery door without foam if I want to run a full size square pack. My shorties are Gens Ace Redline,  so they are lower than for example the ones from Sunpadow.

[richglanzav 8]

1 hour ago, richglanzav said:

i want to use my shorty packs on my new xv-01 build so just wondering about a carbon conversion kit for it. has anyone done 

ah cool, in all honesty i really like the look of the carbon conversion but just wondered which ones the best to go for. main thing is to use a shorty and would like to retain the drive belt cover.

[Andreas W 3163]

Then we're two .  I like the looks of the Embie chassis. I like it so much,  so I got myself a well used 3rd XV-01 chassis to have as a basis for a dedicated Endurance Postal Racing car with such a chassis. 

[Verskis 418]

On 10/27/2024 at 1:00 PM, Andreas W said:

I know @Verskis has a carbon chassis from Embie Racing.

 

 

 

Yes, I have the Embie All-in-one XV-01 chassis kit. I've done both mid motor and rear motor RWD versions out of it so far.

It is a nice quality chassis, but the RWD cars are so hard to drive on gravel that the car has not seen too much use yet... I either need to learn to drive and setup it properly, or change it to 4WD or FWD at some point.

I have a couple of RWD Traxxas Slashes which are great fun on gravel, and I was hoping to get the same feeling with the RWD XV-01, but there seems to be quite much difference on the driving characteristics between these cars.

[ImALlama 1697]

The Embie chassis also makes it easy to do a dual motor XV01 as well, can do front/rear or front/mid setup, no need for a belt cover if there’s no belt 

[richglanzav 8]

lol thats awesome