vodka 35 Posted July 22, 2019 l love the Levant... so that is my MK I after a day in the dust: It's made with spare parts and a pretty standard setup: Wild Dagger/Sand Shaker body, tble-02s esc, torque tuned motor and tamiya radio. For the battery I have used a rounded nimh. The body is a perfect fit, you must only add rear body mount. Under the body: Mabuchi and TB01 switch: The TBLE-01 is a nice esc, but has only 5V for the servo, the tble-02s is a good solution: Front stickers: I have tested this beauty in a sunny day on easy hills. On full throttle the car is a little bit boring, but the torque tuned is powerfull enough fo climbing. The temps are ok, but on climbing if the the tyres spins without grip the esc shut down, so a fan can be a nice addon. And here starts the MK II. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vodka 35 Posted July 22, 2019 The MK II is a new project, a simple Levant on steroids: Hex screw all around levand body super levant R-teile (front-bumper) DF-02 universals (#53791) DF-03 damper (#53926) DF-03 hard turnbuckle (#53940) WR-02 long wheel axle 9mm wheel hub (#54610) new tblm-02s 17.5 motor tble-02s with fan tsu-05 digital servo (with #51000 servo saver) tb-01 dust cover Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwistedxSlayer 1290 Posted July 23, 2019 Whole lot of love for the Levant. Love mine. Bit more information for those interested. The main chassis is from the TB01. The arms are from the TNS-B The rear hub carriers are from the TA05. It comes with bearings throughout! Tamiya can do bearings rather than bushes. The pinion gear that drives the diffs is 13t as opposed to the TB01 pinion which is 15t. As said the body is from the Wild Dagger/Dual Hunter. The Levant is 1 of 2 brushless models that Tamiya released XB built. When bought as the XB version it has a 16t tamiya brushless motor. Tamiya made a Super Levant which is loosely based on the Levant but not many parts are interchangeable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vodka 35 Posted July 24, 2019 On 7/23/2019 at 8:22 AM, TwistedxSlayer said: Tamiya made a Super Levant which is loosely based on the Levant but not many parts are interchangeable. The main difference is the slipper clutch, the super levant has longer chassis to accommodate this gear and manage the 8t brushless motor. Arms, propeller shaft, diff house, damper etc are the same. For my Levant MK II i have only one issue, the rear oil damper: df-03 rear damper are too long. The chassis has not something to keep the arm in the correct position, so with longer damper the universals pops out. In my version I have already insert a spacer, but it's not enough: S So I want to use a short piston rod: With a short rod and a correct spacer (or o-rings) at point 5 the goal is to have at least 3 = 4 In the green circle the rod thread is exposed, so I must dremel a little bit (short spacer at 5). is it worth it? Too little piston excursion? The alternative is to use something different like #54028. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderDragonCy 7882 Posted July 24, 2019 According to @Juls1 brilliant Buggy Damper Thread, the rod in the DF03 shock is 53mm long. There are a couple of shorter options. The regular shaft from a CVA (9805917) which is 47mm long or the shaft from the aeration dampers (54043) which are 49.5mm. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juls1 1661 Posted July 25, 2019 23 hours ago, vodka said: The main difference is the slipper clutch, the super levant has longer chassis to accommodate this gear and manage the 8t brushless motor. Arms, propeller shaft, diff house, damper etc are the same. For my Levant MK II i have only one issue, the rear oil damper: df-03 rear damper are too long. The chassis has not something to keep the arm in the correct position, so with longer damper the universals pops out. In my version I have already insert a spacer, but it's not enough: S So I want to use a short piston rod: With a short rod and a correct spacer (or o-rings) at point 5 the goal is to have at least 3 = 4 In the green circle the rod thread is exposed, so I must dremel a little bit (short spacer at 5). is it worth it? Too little piston excursion? The alternative is to use something different like #54028. The spacers need to be installed internally. Most shock kits come with black plastic spacers, you can put as many as you like inside. Failing that, you might be able to find someone with a G601 who bough 2 sets of GF01 dampers and has a pair spare (or just buy a set of 4) the GF01 dampers are slightly longer than the CVA Mini but are a fair bit shorter than the front df03 shock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vodka 35 Posted July 29, 2019 On 7/25/2019 at 11:25 AM, Juls1 said: The spacers need to be installed internally. Most shock kits come with black plastic spacers, you can put as many as you like inside. I know...but i think I lost too much travel... On 7/25/2019 at 11:25 AM, Juls1 said: Failing that, you might be able to find someone with a G601 who bough 2 sets of GF01 dampers and has a pair spare (or just buy a set of 4) the GF01 dampers are slightly longer than the CVA Mini but are a fair bit shorter than the front df03 shock. No issue on the fornt, so for the rear I can swap a TRF version Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juls1 1661 Posted August 1, 2019 You can get the lengths of all tamiya buggy shocks from my buggy damper thread https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/89072-the-buggy-damper-thread/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
