180sx truck teaser

My 180sx Drift truck. kinda like how it turned out.

please ignore the crappy cell phone picture quality... but I finally get to the end of the build... just need a few little adjustments and I'm done... finally!

S15 art-via

here's the video teaser... photoshoot coming soon ;)

ARD Setup sheet

Make: ARD Alex racing design
Model: CER D11

Date: 6.11.11
Track surface: asphalt, polished concrete, carpet
Tire: T-drift, StreetJam Hard 45°
Motor & ESC: LRP Vector X12 Octawind 8.5T sensored with SPX super reverse ESC

Front

Camber: -10°
Toe: 0°. when pushed down it gets a little toe in, maybe 0.5°
Kick up: 1mm
Caster hubs: 7°
Ride height: 8mm
Springs: stock ARD springs
Bumper weight: none
Sway-Bar: none
Shock Oil: Tamiya #400
Other: Street Jam OTA-R31 suspension kit, shocks as vertical as possible

Rear

Camber: -8°
Toe: 0
Kick up: 1mm
Ride height: 1cm
Springs: stock ARD
Sway-Bar: none
Shock Oil: #300
Other: shocks as vertically as possible again, slow rebound mod

Drive Train

Front: 38
Center: 14 / 21
Rear: 32
Spur: 120
Pinion: 32
Other: using stealth CS (no new belts)

180truck

Let's get trucking :)

recycling my old 180sx from yokomo for a battle on our forum.

W.I.P till now. Still so much work to do

ARD CER D11 OTA-R31 Steering mod + Countersteer

Finally got my new parts for the CER... Now I have higher CS-ratio (1.8CS) and better Steering (OTA-R31 suspension set).... Really like the new look and feel of the part, fits very well... can't wait to test drive it ;-) 

 

The Destruction :D

First I had to disassamble nearly everything... but it didnt nearly took as much time as I thought it would.. the layout of the CER is much simpler then the one on my VDF... Only have to unscrew like 10 screws to remove the whole front bulkhead and engine mount...I like that :) 

then I cleaned the front one way with WD-40. I already disassembled everything so I was like: "well, why not clean it when I'm at it".. runs a lot smoother now then before... I also shimmed the front oneway and the rear spool with spacers to reduce play. So far I really like the "new" feeling.. cant wait to get it on the track. 

New pulleys... D-like 38T pulley for the one-way, 14T center one-way and Square 21T pulley for center-rear. Too bad I havent found a black Square pulley in stock, but this blue one will do for now.

OTA-R31 suspension set installed. I use it in the front and back to replace the kinda weird ARD CVDs which have (imo) bad aftermarket support in case you break something (like I did). I had to use quite a lot of spacer (from tamiya) but after all that work the reward was great. Much better steering concept from Streetjam IMO...only thing I'll eventually MAYBE change are the CVDs... Angle is great though, all the pictures here aren't even with maxed angle, but I haven't connected the servo rod yet, so it already "swings back" a bit when I took the photo (because of the caster)...

I run now:

~80% CS
a LOT of camber back and front (-10° would be my first guess) to fit the CVDs and my new VIP Drift car WIP :P
and finally lipos to reduce the weight even more.

I really can't wait for the next driftsession because I wanna see how it'll affect the chassis.

New parts for my CER D11

HPI JZX100 body and Eagle Racing brake discs.

Streetjam OTA-R31 Suspension set, 21T Square pulley and Yokomo DRB white tie-rod ends.

D-like CS Pulleys, Xenon racing perfect pinion + spur gear, HPI light buckets for JZX100 and some shims and spacers from tamiya...



Damn, my car is really becoming a "bastard child" driftmonster with the best parts from every company......^_^

drifted.com t-shirt

got my drifted.com shirt today in the mail. Thanks to the promo-code on their facebook-page it was free shipping to my location (saved 3.5pounds)
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First Run of my ARD CER D11

Finally.... felt like a month 'till I finished building and got all my electronics...

Setup:

Most of it still stock...
* CER CS Kit ~1.4 ratio
* battery as far forward as possible.
* -~4°Camber front, 1-2° camber in the rear, will measure it better once I get my Camber-gauge back^^.
* Rear Damper with slow rebound mod.

Electronics:
LRP Vector X12 Octawind 8.5T
LRP SPX super reverse ESC
Graupner DES 805BB Servo
Spectrum DX3E with SR300 receiver

recycled AE86

 

Pictures of my old HPI AE86 body. Now in black instead of neon-orange :) Took these pictures on our Sunday-driftmeet at the track.

Alex Racing Design CER-D11 Build thread Part3

 ARD CER Cvds. Nice stock angle ;)

 installed the front C-hubs and cvds

 Stock angle without steeringmod (yet *hehe*)

 7°Caster C-hub and CvD

 Finally mounted my servo...

 filling the dampers with #300 Tamiya oil.

 installed the dampers in the front....

 .... and the rear of my D11

 my whole chassis. Electronics coming soon :)

 Bodyposts in the rear....

... and front.

And now I've finally finished my build...Really cant wait for the first test-run.

Alex Racing Design CER-D11 Build thread Part2

Rear Tensioner installed it Steering links... will change them to the D-like alu-ones as soon as the Yen exchange rates are back to normal. installed steering links Damper-stay front rear and damper stay