Vesla first run with ESP34cc and Taylor pipe

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Had a good time while it lasted. The front spindle carrier on this rig seem to be made of glass. It does not take much of an impact to snap.

I think the stock diff fluid is too thin as others have said. Kind of hard to keep it in a straight line.

This rig does not jump well in its current configuration. I am not doing crazy jumps, but it just seems very off balance. I honestly don't know what I can do about that.

So far I much prefer my Baja 5b and My Vekta.5 to the Vesla. I'm sure the Vesla will come around with some tinkering, but my hopes aren't high.

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Since I already have aluminum front bulkhead and a-arms, would it be a bad idea to upgrade the spindles to aluminum? I don't want the impact to end up breaking expensive aluminum.
 
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Try to balance your suspension out with fluid and rebound adjustments on your springs. The kraken heavy duty springs may be a good idea if your jumping it also. Diff fluid is a easy fix, common with all models to have super thin in them rtr.

As far as alloy hubs, you can definitely upgrade them, biggest issue though is if you have a big wreck it will just transfer somewhere else. I've had good luck with my bajas and alloy as long as it's quality
 
John Parks said:
Try to balance your suspension out with fluid and rebound adjustments on your springs. The kraken heavy duty springs may be a good idea if your jumping it also. Diff fluid is a easy fix, common with all models to have super thin in them rtr.

As far as alloy hubs, you can definitely upgrade them, biggest issue though is if you have a big wreck it will just transfer somewhere else. I've had good luck with my bajas and alloy as long as it's quality
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Right now I have the stock springs with 40wt oil. I think heavier diff fluid will really wake this thing up. I actually bought the heavy duty springs, but they are insanely stiff. I tried them and they barely compress even with 2x25lb weights on top of it.

As far as the jumps, I'm not hitting anything crazy. Normal jumps like a grassy mound where I get maybe 4 or 5 feet off the ground. My Baja just soars over it, so maybe it's the extra weight of the Vesla.
 
Kratonwatch said:
Bummer about the breakage. I haven’t jumped mine yet. We will see what the outcome is. How heavy diff fluid are you thinking?
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I honestly don't know. I am new to 2wd, so I will have to experiment. I'm honestly thinking as heavy as I get get because the rig is so heavy.

Edit: I just ordered 1,000,000 cst oil. I will see how that works.
 
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Hey that looks like a great field to do some tuning and make some speed runs.

I have a Vesla but have limited time on it , My suspension balls at the tie rod end and upper arm popped off last time , I did send it into the weeds but didn't think I hit that hard ; maybe I did hit just a little harder than what I thought. I was able to pop them back together so lets see how long that lasts , hope fully it is not a weak link now since they were obviously past their limit.
Stock tires , not so good. If the grass is anything close to damp it just blows the tires off. I have to try to find something better that won't add a ton of weight.
If anyone has a suggestion, I am all ears.

Still like my DBXL and 5T but can't say this one isn't fun.
 
smokinwheel said:
Hey that looks like a great field to do some tuning and make some speed runs.

I have a Vesla but have limited time on it , My suspension balls at the tie rod end and upper arm popped off last time , I did send it into the weeds but didn't think I hit that hard ; maybe I did hit just a little harder than what I thought. I was able to pop them back together so lets see how long that lasts , hope fully it is not a weak link now since they were obviously past their limit.
Stock tires , not so good. If the grass is anything close to damp it just blows the tires off. I have to try to find something better that won't add a ton of weight.
If anyone has a suggestion, I am all ears.

Still like my DBXL and 5T but can't say this one isn't fun.
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I put the DDM giant grip tires on and they have loads of traction. They eat grass. The stock tires on the Vesla are absolute garbage for that platform
 
Ferrebee88 said:
The front spindle carrier on this rig seem to be made of glass. It does not take much of an impact to snap.

Since I already have aluminum front bulkhead and a-arms, would it be a bad idea to upgrade the spindles to aluminum? I don't want the impact to end up breaking expensive aluminum.
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IMO the Spindle is designed to take only so much abuse when paired with a Plastic Arm and Carrier. Change one of those components to something that is 300% stronger like the aluminum Arm and the you just found your weakest point. Get an Aluminum Spindle and Carrier and change the Arm back to a plastic and i bet the Arm will be the weakest point. Luckily the Spindle and Carrier are cheap. You just need to go all Aluminum or find the Alum/Plastic combo that works for you.
 
I'll get it dialed in eventually. Those arms are just so wide that it puts alot of stress at the end. I have aluminum spindles on the way. If those reveal a new week spot I may try out the stock arms to see how they fair. Honestly, it seems to me like the newer plastic Kraken has been using is more brittle. In the same rollover that broke my spindle, it broke both top rails of the front bumper part of the cage. It was not a full speed rollover either. It got off balance and cartwheeled a couple of times. Something my Vekta has done many times.
 
I'm going to do what I should have done in the first place! I'm taking the Aluminum arms and front bulkhead off and putting stock on. Then I can see where the true week links are and come up with a combo to strengthen it. And I'm putting the max5/800kv combo back in because I'm bipolar!🤣
 
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