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Old 05-02-2008, 08:29 PM
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Sportwerks Recoil - Re-build thread

Just bought a used Sportwerks Recoil Spashett Edition from flea bay and so far I seem happy with the purchase. What I received was exactly what I had bid on. I plan on racing this in the fall/winter of this year and next year with the other Recoil racers in my area.

Came with:
2 bodies (one clear), 7 tires (I wonder where the last one went?), 2 plastic wrenches for wheel nuts, 2 sets of springs and 1 custom cut set, 2 decal sheets and a buncha misc spare screws/part. Chassis has CVDs all around and blue alum motor mounts, driveshaft, shock bodies, rods. Also came with JR-285MG servo.

Here are some pics I snapped a few minutes ago:
















Next task, to clean this up and rebuild it. Also to get some electronics installed into. I'm thinking about going Mamba 25 and a Dynamite C4 brushless. Possibly upgrade to Spektrum Dx3r by summertime.

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Old 05-02-2008, 08:45 PM
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That sucker should handle well by then......and its about time you get a spektrum system.......the recoil does look nice......post some pics when you get the elec's installed.
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Old 05-02-2008, 10:01 PM
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That sucker should handle well by then......and its about time you get a spektrum system.......the recoil does look nice......post some pics when you get the elec's installed.
Well I know another fellow in the recoil class is running that same mamba / c4 combo. So I figure that is the only route to go. Plus he said he would give me a spare mamba 25 he had.. LOL.

I know the crawler guys in my area want me to go Spektrum and ditch my FM system. Downside is, i just bought the JR XS3 Pro in November'ish 2005. Ahh well, we will see what happens in the next few months.

Oh I will post some pics. It probably will be a very slow process since this doesn't have to be complete until about September. Unless I wanted to race it outdoors in the summer time, but I know I won't be able to attend all the races anyways (cottage on weekends and going boating).

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Old 05-02-2008, 10:07 PM
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Dude just take your time man....im in no rush at all.
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Old 05-14-2008, 10:26 PM
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updated pics

Snapped some pics of my tear down and rebuild tonight. I wanted to clean up and redo the shocks with oil that I wanted in there.

Right now the rear shocks have 40w and the fronts will have 45w. I ran out of time for working on front end parts for tonight so I will finish that another time. I still have to work on setting up caster / camber on here.

SteveM is hooking me up with his stock of the 38 Elite 1500 cells (3x 6cell are going into this thing for racing) and I'm considering going with a Wraith 7K motor from Bishop Products.

Some pics to look at:


Front shocks taken apart to be cleaned:




Rear diff and diff parts scattered. The rear diff is back together now however.




Front lower chassis parts and front diff and servo assemblies




CVDs and motor mount (yes aluminum)




Rear diff assembly. If you look close enough you can see a slight bend in the diff cup where that pin for the CVD meets up inside the cup. It is "a hair" to the left of where that pin is in the photo.




So that is what I have done for now. Rear shocks have 40w oil and the fronts will be getting 45w. The ball diffs will be setup to half a turn out from snug (this will be a setting I will have to tweak later on). I will eventually have to set or reset the camber on this thing as well.

Thanks for lookin @ my "rebuild thread"
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Old 05-14-2008, 10:34 PM
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So far its looking good man......its nice that Stevem is going to hook you up with some batts.
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hello everyone.
Let me introduce myself.
I'm a spabnish rc fan and i recently found this forum. Is one of mostactive recoil forum and you seem to be rc marters. Sorry for my english I'll try to write the best that i can.
I bought 2 weeks ago the japanese brother of sportwerks recoil. and last week i found a good ebay offer and i get a a recoil and a spashett pro version for a ridiculous price. i'm waitting for those cars but as soon as i get them i'll post some pics of sportwerks sedan and carisma skyline.
Hope you help me when i get in troubles and of course to give you a hand when you need it.
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Old 10-27-2008, 09:01 AM
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hello everyone.
Let me introduce myself.
I'm a spabnish rc fan and i recently found this forum. Is one of mostactive recoil forum and you seem to be rc marters. Sorry for my english I'll try to write the best that i can.
I bought 2 weeks ago the japanese brother of sportwerks recoil. and last week i found a good ebay offer and i get a a recoil and a spashett pro version for a ridiculous price. i'm waitting for those cars but as soon as i get them i'll post some pics of sportwerks sedan and carisma skyline.
Hope you help me when i get in troubles and of course to give you a hand when you need it.
Best regards from spain.
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Welcome to the forums !

Yeah I have started to see some wicked deals on Recoils in the past few days on Ebay. Amain hobbies also has them on sale for $99 USD.

The one good part about something being discontinued, cheaper prices..LOL!
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Welcome to the forum, Nibble77...It's always good to have new people interested in the hobby. I think Nerve, Kavvika and I have been basically leaning about the Recoil as we go. Please feel free to post any questions or suggestions as you can.
Also, please post a pic of the Japanese Recoil...I would like to see the differences.
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Old 10-28-2008, 02:08 PM
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Setting toe in/out

Not sure if Kav or Russ have touched on this subject or not.. setting Toe in/out on the Recoil.

I do realize on how to adjust it on the car (the threaded links on the rear of the steering knuckles), but how do you measure what degree of Toe In/Out you are currently sitting with..?

I do have a RPM Camber Gauge to check my camber setting. So that is fine. But trying to figure out where my toe in/out degree setting has been somewhat confusing without a gauge of some sort.

Stock is apparently 1 degree out, but I have no idea where that is. As I have a used chassis and the links all show signs of plier teeth marks on them.
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Old 10-28-2008, 10:17 PM
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Photos ?~!

What .. really .. are you serious... some photos in this overly large chat build thread ...



Snapped some tonight of my progress.


Semi close up shot showing the DS285mg (notice the mount):



Photo of my layout so far. Shrink wrapped the wires a bit to hold them in there. My receiver is snug up against that centre support and the wire goes straight up that tube



Batteries ...?



Updated pack design. My shrink wrap idea didn't quite turn out as planned, but well I think it will work... LOL.



Top shot with everything installed etc.




So that is basically where I stand on it. Still need to finish the battery building and perfect my shrinking skills... LOL.
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Old 11-07-2008, 01:31 AM
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Here are the pics finally.
Itook them yesterday night.
Now i'll start the reconstruction work.
First of all i'll reasemble and clean my new cars. check and rewire the esc and then i'll make a test. Later i'll get some good servos,Rx and some lipo batterys.










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And here more pics
hope you like them



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Old 11-07-2008, 10:23 AM
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Interesting. Thanks for the pics of the charisma. That body is pretty detailed (side mirrors).. lol.

Reminds me of my Micro RS4 body...heh.
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Yes i agree that body is pretty detailed......i would like to get feed back on the Carisma when you get the chance to get out and play.
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