My TB II Pro - Updates and Mods

[Merlin]

Heres some pics of my nutech TBII pro now with some mods :D

Massive thanks to Nutech NL who done the work for me, as lately work commitments have left me with almost no free time!! So MASSIVE THANKS to Nutech NL, and they come very highly recomended!!

Now, the TBII... The car has had a complete strip down and rebuild, all diffs have been fiiled with silicone diff oil, TORX screws fitted throught the car..

MT Lower arms, and MT Shocks all round, Upgraded turnbuckles and rose joints, new steering linkage, and much more than i can remember.. Also i have roughly fitted the Cleon shell, will fine fit this at the weekend.

Looking forward to giving it a good thrashing haha..

heres the pics..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/Merlin2k4/IMG_3584.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/Merlin2k4/IMG_3583.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/Merlin2k4/IMG_3582.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/Merlin2k4/IMG_3580.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/Merlin2k4/IMG_3579.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/Merlin2k4/IMG_3577.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/Merlin2k4/IMG_3576.jpg

[Pipeous]

That Cleon shell is pretty wide!@!

[Ron E]

great looking buggy, very nice.

[RCKIWI]

Very nice love the paint job!

[mynameismud76]

Nice mods Merlin. Sweet paint job, sweeter steering servo link. What pieces did you use for that?

[andyw]

Could you please explain what you have done with the front hubs.
Nice looking car mate.

[mradlin]

Looking really good!
I'm also curious as the the mods for your front hubs. :excited:

[Merlin]

Your best off asking Lee from Nutech NL, hes the one who done the Mods for me, i will direct him to this thread :)

[mooman007uk]

looks like spherical bearing mod on the hubs...rest is looking good...i prefer the MT arms on the tb2...wider and more stable.

[sickboy]

Hi Paul
Glad your happy with the end result at your service LOL

Heirs a list for you and others , of what we did to your TB2.

1/ Total strip down
2/ New CNC Chassis Torque Rod Rear
3/ Rear center dogbone pin as the one on your tb2 was warn from coming in contact with the torque rod
4/ Shock oil rear 3000w
5/ Shock oil front 2000w
6/MT rear lower arms
7/ MT front lower arms
8/ Turnbuckles M8 7.5 cm long x 6
9/ M8 nuts from any local DIY shop for the upper arms front & back
10/ 4 x spherical bearing for the C-hub modification

http://www.nutechracingforum.com/vb/showthread.php?p=10024#post10024
(POST 14)

11/ Drilling and taping of the back upper arms to allow for the M8 turnbuckle
12/ Rebuilding the diffs with
13/ Front diff oil change from stock to 30000
14/ Rear diff oil change from stock to 10000
15/ Center diff oil change from stock to 100000
16/ Sealing of the diff case where it its mounted to the chassis
17/ Replacing stock rubbers inside the center diff out drive cups with springs to sit the drive shaft (dogbones) properly.
18/ 2 x M5 rose joints for the steering mod
19/ 1 x M5 threaded bar for the steering link + shrink rap for the aesthetics LOL
20/ New bat box as the one on your car was not the sealed one.
21/ Correct height setting for the throttle and brake servo plate
22/ All round torx screws

Now release the beast & don't for get the video lol

[NutechNL]

excellent work lee, glad to have you on my team :)


glad you happy with the result paul, told you lee is a wizz when it comes to these cars :yahoo:

cheers mate,

[Merlin]

Indeed, i needed to have the mods dont, but just didnt have the time to do em :( You guys come very highly recomended!!

Vid to follow at the weekend!

Thanks again fellas!

[hugo]

Hi there,

Thank you for this info, very good stuff.

As I have a stock TB2 I am looking for some improvements.
I will try the front and back diff oil setup you have here.
I have an issue with the lower suspension arms, the stock ones are really not that stiff and if you look at them from the side already heavily twisted from the spring itself. I see in this setup here you use MT lower arms? From the pics they look non-alu to me but they look much more solid then the ones on my TB2. Do these fit the stock TB2 without other adaptations?
Some people advise not to use aluminium suspension arms as they can bend where the plastic ones just jump back after a good bashin', any advise on this?

Also I have looked at the shock spring rear and front but they look the same to me? Are they?

Tx for a reply,

hugo

[NutechNL]

Hi there,

Thank you for this info, very good stuff.

As I have a stock TB2 I am looking for some improvements.
I will try the front and back diff oil setup you have here.
I have an issue with the lower suspension arms, the stock ones are really not that stiff and if you look at them from the side already heavily twisted from the spring itself. I see in this setup here you use MT lower arms? From the pics they look non-alu to me but they look much more solid then the ones on my TB2. Do these fit the stock TB2 without other adaptations?
Some people advise not to use aluminium suspension arms as they can bend where the plastic ones just jump back after a good bashin', any advise on this?

Also I have looked at the shock spring rear and front but they look the same to me? Are they?

Tx for a reply,

hugo

hi hugo
the diff oil is a must, it makes a big difference. are you sure you have not bent the hinge pins?
the wide conversion helps with handling, also use the MT shocks,
some use alloy, others plastic, i find that the alloy helps to remove alot of play in the steering etc.
cheers