Modified To Win! Team Associated Reflex 14B Race Buggy Build

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@tonyben3 10 ай бұрын

I've had a pair of reflex 14B's for my son and I since 2020. I've probably rebuilt both of our buggies 10 times replacing gears and broken shock tower supports. We beat the crap out of ours as bashers, but we're both still learning to control our jumps. We've never taken them to a track, just bashing them down the street, the playground and local dirt lots. These things scream down the pavement and I can't believe how controllable they are on the dirt. We even opened them up on the Oregon shores during low tide and had a blast on the sand. At one point we put on bigger street tires, a Hobbywing Quicrun ESC and 3S LiPo's. I actually chased my buggy down the back roads with my car and a GoPro with GPS enabled and the GPS tracked us at about 55 MPH. That didn't last long before the motor had a nuclear meltdown. I upgraded to a larger motor but kept stripping out the main center diff gears, even after going with the larger main gear and the extended gear housing on the bottom of the chassis. I also upgraded to the metal diff gears as well on both buggies. We're now back down to running Hobbywing Quicrun 2435 motors on both buggies and are sticking with 2S LiPo's. Plenty of fun with those setups. I think the aftermarket 16T pinion gears we were using had different gear geometry than the original which was causing our gears to shred early. We went with an aftermarket pinion because the original pinion didn't work with the larger motor's shaft size. The new 2435's work with the original pinion gear, so we're back in business. Good news to hear about the metal hubs though! I didn't know those existed! We also upgraded both buggies with Fast Eddie bearings. We've since moved to Florida and are just bashing ours on the local empty lots. It would be nice to find a local track though. Tony.

@EMac06 10 ай бұрын

I race at the hobby town track thank you for the call out

@aaroncooke2493 9 ай бұрын

I bought mine in Aug of 2023....only raced and only on carpet. I've beat the heck out of it and it just keeps going. On my third servo, now....still running the stock motor/ESC. I LOVE these little buggies!

@nickpelland74 10 ай бұрын

I got the reflex 14t mini truggy and I replaced the stock radio. I had a weird throttle delay response with the stock radio even after calibrating the esc. Swapped to a spectrum radio setup and no more delayed response. I also broke the servo saver in the first two packs. I think the plastic that originally came with those servo savers are weak but the new part is stronger. Nothing else has broken on it besides bodys and I'm driving it on 8th scale tracks on stock plastic everything.

@chrismorgan9290 10 ай бұрын

Pretty cool car, nice build

@WeirdScienceTime 10 ай бұрын

Looks like it runs great! Nice setup. Mini scale is super fun. Love my Reflex

@JMOSORT 10 ай бұрын

I bought the old one never really upgraded it, but this 14 class looks like a beast.

@tm15-15 10 ай бұрын

Bought of one these a little while ago but I'm still waiting on it to ship into my LHS. You've got everything available for it so I'm sure that was quite expensive, but it should be good. I just got the RTR version, the sway bars, and then carbon fiber shock towers and bellcrank base from Hackfab. I think that was it and everything else will be stock for now. Looking forward to it since it's my first RC car and I will try to use it in a mix of (careful) bashing outdoors and hopefully on a carpet track eventually. There's only one near me but it's still a fair drive.

@jamisonsenitz2528 10 ай бұрын

Love the racing content, man. That ring looks like it really gets down!!!!!!!!

@heffe17 10 ай бұрын

Nice video!

@madsrcbuggy 10 ай бұрын

Looks really nice with those upgrades, very cool! I'm interested in this buggy for the summer, but more of a basher/runner sort of machine, just for some goodtimes, RC fun!

@rpmotocross 7 ай бұрын

How do we get that setup sheet???

@CplVeers 10 ай бұрын

I didn't see anywhere that it said what the camera was that was attached on the buggy

@mikeruiz6335 8 ай бұрын

Just picked one up, my friends have been in RC’s for a while and they got me two weeks ago. Had the old AA battery powered one as a kid, but man is this better! Already got new tires,upgraded batteries and other goods on the way 😂 buy once, cry once

@joergerich 10 ай бұрын

Great video. I‘m currently upgrading mine. Maybe the castle 0707 I‘ve orderes is a bit small. But what pinion did You use? And what main gear? Afaik the 1007 has 1/8“ pinionshaft and the stock one is 2mm 🤔 any help would be great.

@rc4kicks 10 ай бұрын

Cool!❤🎉

@stevec9704 7 ай бұрын

I have a 14b gamma and I love it. Unfortunately there is no indoor racing where I live but I do enjoy playing with it, even more than my 1/10 scale bashers or racers. The one issue I have with this car is the stock motor mount. It’s made of pot metal and breaks easily. I wish that associated or some aftermarket parts company could design an aluminum mount that is stronger and provided better mesh for different pinions or motors. Maybe soon I hope? Otherwise a great 1/14 scale car that I would love to race indoors on carpet or clay. Thanks

@shuster1921 8 ай бұрын

I love that onboard camara!

@clayshepherd1841 3 ай бұрын

Yeah what set up is that please??

@heavymetalhero13 10 ай бұрын

I considered ont for the mini nats but i just cant get past the plastic tub chassis. If someone else made a better option i probally would have got one instead of the LC

@Rgpracer 23 күн бұрын

Can I ask about the camera on it. Car looks awesome......I am picking one up soon.

@its_parzival6251 10 ай бұрын

How much would it be to make a running or non running mini model of the Bentley W12 with twin turbo kit from an I think 2008 Bentley?

@robrego7715 Ай бұрын

Hey guys so we just started rain mini in my home town. I can’t seen to find the set up on hobby town I’m really curios on the fluids your running in the reflex 14. Also do u have another recommendation on the servo. Horizon does not sell that servo. Unfortunately the hobby store we have here only deals with horizon hobby. Thanks

@adrianryan1975 8 ай бұрын

What did you do as far as pinion gear goes? The reedy set up is a 2.3 mm shaft?

@flippinkwads 10 ай бұрын

Couldnt get my eyes off the falcon in the background

@writedeanb 10 ай бұрын

That was my first car from years ago.

@StickyGeko 4 ай бұрын

Do you have a carpet setup?

@timgroom2078 2 ай бұрын

What camera was used atop the RC?

@racedouge1 6 ай бұрын

So you have a Reflex at 74.2 price. Outstanding

@van_r2222 5 ай бұрын

May i know is there any different if i upgrade the shock tower and the alu shock ?am considering about it.is the shock tower from the factory ?

@craig841317 7 ай бұрын

Care to share what 23t servo horn you have there?

@writedeanb 7 ай бұрын

Servo horn is from LC Racing

@jessedelgado7413 3 ай бұрын

Hello, new to RC but I am mechanically inclined. I bought this rig to race with other buddies who have this rig. Installed a brushless motor and blew the center differential after 4 uses. Have you ran into center diff issues? I like how the AARMA Typhon Grom has a solid center diff. Let me know your inputs. Thanks

@christophhess6066 5 ай бұрын

Whats that for a micro x Combo?

@cyclecats 7 ай бұрын

What pinion gears are you running?? Gears are the hardest part of this car IMO, the mesh system is bad and I blow through spurs and can’t find aftermarket pinions easily.