M05 to RWD conversion?

[kalsh 44]

Ok I purchased a flower power type 2 VW van (2 of them actually as you do) but being a VW lover I would prefer the chassis to be RWD and rather than have to purchase new chassis outright I would like to know if anyone has converted a standard M05 chassis to RWD and how they did it please. I had a search on TC and the web without much success. Looking forward to hearing people’s ideas, suggestions and experiences in attempting this.

[berman 5315]

I think someone on here might have done it 🤔 Think it involved swapping the arms/hubs front to back and reversing the servo and running top mounted steering links.

Local distributor had the red/white painted version on the M06 (RR) until recently, suprised you didn't get that one?

[Fabia130vRS 2098]

https://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-drifting-304/11607353-m-class-rwd-drifter.html

[Mad Ax 9306]

It's worth mentioning that if you reverse the chassis, your motor will be running backwards.  That's OK for a silvercan - you just reverse the bullet connectors to the ESC and it will run backwards with no problems.

However it does mean you're limited to motors with 0 degrees static timing, or motors with adjustable timing that allow you to select 0 degrees or rotate past the 0 degree point so you can get some advance with the motor running backwards.  In other words, beware mildly tuned motors that have some static advance.

[kalsh 44]

On 6/6/2021 at 2:39 PM, berman said:

I think someone on here might have done it 🤔 Think it involved swapping the arms/hubs front to back and reversing the servo and running top mounted steering links.

Local distributor had the red/white painted version on the M06 (RR) until recently, suprised you didn't get that one?

I might have a couple of those ones also of course….you know how I roll Neil. The one I got was pretty cheap also which was nice for a change. Trying to buy local these days but not to often.

[kalsh 44]

On 6/6/2021 at 5:05 PM, Fabia130vRS said:

https://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-drifting-304/11607353-m-class-rwd-drifter.html

Thanks for that but my question was for the standard chassis - I did see this. Cheers.