Traxxas/Factory Five Racing ‘33 3-Window coupe made fenderless, brushless, and tread-less!

[Joe Handley]

Here’s the latest R/C “build” of mine, took one of the Traxxas Factory Five Hot Rod RTRs the were selling at 2 for $300 took it from a cruise night pocketbook build looking car to a full on, fresh out of a shed brawler!

Here’s what I started with, straight out of the box with the flashy paint and rolling stock, plus a decent but not Hot Rod worthy 12 turn brushed motor and brushed only speed control that won’t take more than 8.4v, kinda like dressing up a long block SBC for an 80’s to 90’s truck to look pretty and make noise.

Here it is with the Traxxas brushless system that will take up to 11.1v but is an animal on only 7.4v in the other vehicles I’ve put them in , ESC with stability control (that can be disabled 100% too), adjustable steel camber and toe links vs the non adjustable plastic links it came with, as well as the much grippier tires from the Gazoo Racing Toyota Supra version of this chassis, which have a smaller rim with more sidewall to boot!

 

And here’s the pic I posted in the mock up thread after it was all cut out.

 

and finally, other than programming the electronics to work with a different transmitter that it came with, it is otherwise done!

[cobraman]

Great looking R/C car . 

[Joe Handley]

3 hours ago, cobraman said:

Great looking R/C car . 

Thanks, it’s amazing how different it looks by primarily swapping a different set of rolling stock and trimming and painting the same body differently!

It’m kinda looking around for some R/C Dirt Track tires next, just out of curiosity. Proline Racing and Custom Works both make 1/10 Buggy sized tires that are diagonal cut and if I were to get a set of 4 rears wit the right wheels (which is difficult, it appears) might also look pretty nasty on this, and in the best way possible ?

[Joe Handley]

Here’s a few pics and the video they were taken from!