What do I need for an associated 18T

[Shodog]

Just bought a used one of these over the weekend.  What are the must have hot mods for these? 

[aconsola]

Take a look over at one18th.com forums for a decent faq in the rc18 section.

They are fun little cars. I was at the local track and drove one of the guys 18b's on the dirt oval. it was a blast, so I ordered one for myself, should be here this week.

I'd make sure it has the outdrive sleeves and diff shims in place at a minimum, which was a running addition to the original T.

As usual, there are a ton of upgrades available, but most are probably eye-candy.

The only problem I've seen firsthand is missing lower spring retainers after a couple crashes(which is hard not to do with 8 of these fast little things buzzing all along the track at once), and dirt in the main gears.

I've read that there are some problems with the "D" on the stock plastic outdrives which engages the diff rings wearing out and rounding off. They reccomend ca gluing the diff rings to the outdrive.  MIP makes a set of metal outdrives which should take care of that, and knowing your other cars, I'm sure you'll have the mip parts to try out before I do  .

CVD's for the front would also be nice, as you can hear a bit of noise/binding at full steering.

The servo saver supposedly has a weak/easily weakened plastic c-spring. The cheap fix there is to stretch a shock o-ring over it to give more support and less slop.

I'll have more in a couple weeks after I get it built.

-Anthony

[Shodog]

Thanks for the Info guys.  I figured there would be a dedicated site for these machines.  I will have a lot of reading to do

Jim

[Slyp Dawg]

the D-ring outdrive problem was only a problem with the pre-january '05 batch, after which it was fixed. but if yours seems to have any diff slippage, take the ring gear out with the two diff halves apart, take the D-ring out, get some glue and glue it on. wait for the glue to dry and then sand off the excess that squirted out of the side. also, the GPM 57 tooth spur gear is a good idea, as it is alloy meaning less chances of it getting mauled. plus, if you use the 60 tooth gear cover (good idea because the stock one prolly won't clear) you'll have a bit of extra clearance incase any small debris gets into the area. also, a large front bumper (BRP, RPM and integy/topcad all have these, tho I'd recomend the integy/topcad one due to it being alloy and not sticking out as far as the others) will help protect the shocks in the event of a crash. that is all I can think of right now. hope it helps!

[aconsola]

Sorry about the double post!

[aconsola]

I got my rc-18 buggy kit today and started building until I got to the tie-rods.

Can anyone tell me why I couldn't go any farther?

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