Ive always wanted to get into rc cars but lacked the confidence since there was so much to learn. Thankfully i found your channel! Just ordered one today. Gonna keep watching your vids to learb more. Thanks!
Thank you for your videos. You've helped me with my MA020S so much. Will you ever follow up on the Acer bearings? I'm interested in a review as I'm looking at getting some but for the price I need more confidence to purchase
Hello, welcome to the club! These little mini-z are a lot of fun for indoors, & I can only imagine how much better it would be to share this with your son. I’m happy for you guys, have fun with it! For the motor mounts, the letter corresponds with a gear ratio & the number refers to the placement on the motor. For example, the stock gear ratio use the A1 & A2 mounts, A1 goes on the front of the motor & A2 goes on the back. If you want to change the gears, you also change the motor mounts so the gears can mesh properly. Hope this helps & let me know if you have any further questions, have a great rest of your day man!
Old video, but with the MA-20 I noticed you can remove the motor without taking off the rear. Just remove the clip and unscrew the wires. From the clip side you can use a slim flat head and gently slide the motor down and out. When re-installing I had the gear flush with the motor and used the pinon tool to adjust the motor gear back to the rear to mesh once back in the car.
True! Never thought of that but when I remove the motor I’m generally doing work on the rear and so that comes off as well. Good tip, thank you brother!
Hey, I just recently diagnosed this problem with my Mini Z ma-020 and I was just curious if you could put a link to the tie bar so I could purchase the same one please?
I hate the little clips that hold in the front suspension pins was considering replacing the whole front differential plate but was concerned how the differential is exposed, hows your experience with it?
I haven’t really thought about switching to shinny screws, but that’s a good idea for this build! I’ll try to keep it in mind next time I place an order with Kenon. The build is coming together beautifully, I’m really happy but wish there was more color in the back. I’ll try to get a video of the completed build up next week
I wanted to ask you something, (not related to this video).. I bought two AWD MA20's (Supra and Celica) and my son and I are having a blast. Both drifting and racing with high grip 20 shore tires. I have a large living room and hard tile floor, so we dont need a "track". I use masking tape to mark off the lanes and beanbags for the sides of the wall. Works well. Anyway, I know some of the super car bodies will fit if I do the mod to 98mm. However, I was just thinking it might be better to get two more (RWD) MR03's BUT, I wanted to get an idea from you on how they will handle vs. what we have now. What we have now is great and the AWD is amazing. With the high grip tires, we never loose traction and get some crazy speed going. My fear, is with a RWD, we will be sliding and loosing grip around corners, or braking? I would also use the Gyro.. so maybe that will help. But, overall wanted to get your thoughts?
Hey man, that’s great to hear your having a blast with your son. That’s what’s it’s all about & I can’t wait to be in a similar position. Regarding the MR-03, you will be surprised with how much faster it is then the ma-020. It’s over all more agile & has a tighter turn radius plus more juice going to the rear tires. They are quick & a lot of fun for your scenario. Don’t worry about it losing grip. Grip is a balancing act of driving surface, tire compound & suspension/spring tension. If you find you need more grip just get softer tires, if you have too much grip & the car is rolling over in corners there are a multitude of things that can be done before going to a harder compound (like gluing sidewalls & playing with T plates). Sorry I’m not a huge help but I have limited experience with RWD touring cars. I suggest looking up some of the channels focused around touring or reach out to the Facebook groups for info, they have a wealth of knowledge.
@@travisharrisphotography thank you for the kind words brother, I’m here to help the community 😸 Let me know if you have any further questions, I can at least point you in the right direction if nothing else. Good luck with your RWD build & have fun with driving your son!
@@BMR3 You're a great guy BMR. Thank you. Yeah, part of me does not want to spend another $500 on two more kits, lol. I am trying to carefully think about it and decide if it's worth doing or not. Part of me worries that the "fun factor" wont go up too much more vs. what we have now (which is amazing). The AWD car's are really great. Your last comment makes sense, that the RWD have tighter turning. I guess this is why they are preferred on actual tracks, as they have tight corners etc. So, that makes sense. Here in my little setup, its more of an oval (zoom up, turn and zoom back), I might add some slight changes, and yes I can see that the Mini Z AWD models I have, dont have the tight turning that even my Mini z buggy has (love them too). But, again hard to say if its worth the spend. I was also thinking of getting the "Speed X" motor (I got that in the buggy and noticed a difference) without having to go brushless. So, no idea what I am going to do, lol. I keep looking at the shopping cart and keep backing out, thinking I need to give it more time with the AWD and just be happy with that and not get crazy with this addiction!
@@travisharrisphotography good point & I agree that your fun factor won’t go up much by switching to RWD. You only really notice the difference when clocking lap times, but with racing around the house a few tenths of a second are not even noticeable. To be perfectly honest I think you should stick with the AWD & get the 98mm conversion kit if you want to run some super car bodies. I mean you could use a dedicated MR-03 chassis for the longer racing style bodies, but I don’t know if that’s worth the extra cash… You might enjoy spending that money on some rare bodies more then a “racing” chassis.
I still love the 020 platform & it’s not like the 030 blows it out of the water. It’s a great drift car & it’s almost superior to the 030 in the fact that it can fit almost every autoscale body.
Stock gearing is as torquey as it’s going to get. If you want to make the car easier to break lose, then look into different tires. Specifically DS Racing LF-5 or LF-5s, they will noticeably slow the drifts down & make the car much easier to break lose. Hope this helps brother! Good luck
Did you use the wide or narrow for your Front differential cover from mpower, trying to get the whole setup and I’m not sure witch one to get. Thanks for all your help! Much appreciated
I was wondering if you knew how the front suspension shaft “upgrade” part from Kyosho with the like bead looking things worked? Does it work good? Do they get lost? I lost a suspension shaft clip and I wonder if there is a better method without spending a lot on aluminum front suspension systems
love your videos brother you have some sick ass little rigs an iv learned a lot from you. iv been looking into the mini rc an were is the best place to buy parts, wheels an everything for the mini Zs online ?
Thank you brother! I love these little cars & they make the videos easy since there so much to look at ;) Where are you located? To be perfectly honest, I recommend ordering from local distributors or hobby shops so you can save on shipping. If you dont have any local shops, RCM8 is a wonderful website that makes shopping super easy because of the search filters, you can really narrow down what your looking at. Here is a link, if you buy though it ill get a small percentage ;) www.rcm8.net?sca_ref=312304.oK4xOMQWY0 Let me know if you have any questions, im happy to help!
I can't find front knuckles anywhere! need narrow red ones. Mpower didn't have them. I did a $300 order lastnight FOR SOME REASON. I still think I should just get a BZ3
There is a decent sized track close by, not a traditional Mini track but rather large carpet with style lol. I build fpv quadcopters and used to money vacuums. I'm sure I'll be happy with just the upgrades I got. Do the carbon frame cars weigh a lot less or handle better?
@@anti-popfpv4638 yep the kit cars are a bit lighter & have MUCH MUCH better handling since steering geometry is light years ahead of mini-z. The mini-z is great fun & a good place to start with the micro RC hobby, but once you get serious about performance they just can’t compare. Are you into drifting at all or just racing? There is a new chassis called the Art V2 that just came out & it’s belt drive, might be something you would be into. I can link if needed
I was thinking of doing a video like this, but I need to get a second camera. I would have to have one camera on the car & one on my hands to demonstrate. I’ll get to this at some point soon
Hey bro quick question for upgrades, should I buy the complete set upgrades front and back ? Or just start with a few pieces at once like ball diff/springs/ aluminum arms? Also do all these upgrades work on the ma030 EVO?
And also I’m looking at metal front suspension upgrade from Mpower, does that come with a ball diff set or is that sold separately. Seems Like it should come with it since it’s 120€
Welcome. I have a question whether these aluminum parts do not adversely affect the weight of the car? Second question: you have installed Al-alloy Front Upper Cover from m-power. Will it not get dust and dirt into the bearings and through the Front Oneway Unit through this hole?
If you watch the whole video, I weigh the parts so you can see exactly how much weight is added per part. But in total, the aluminum front end parts weight only 3 grams more then the stock plastic parts. The added weight is negligible since it’s so small. The diff could get more dirt in there, but the open cover also makes it easier to blow it out with pressurized air to clean it. I always make sure to clean the area I’m drifting in before I start so it really doesn’t matter for me
@@BMR3 Thank you very much for valuable information. Just one more question. If a mini-z car has front tires with a width of 8.5mm and rear tires with a width of 11mm, when buying tires from another company should you choose tires of the same size?
ado gde happy to help! Yes keep the same size tiers so they match the body perfectly. You you use 8.5 in the front & 8.5 in the rear the car will look funny
@@BMR3 thanks for the vids and was wondering if I can change the stock motor to a X speed V motor (MDW023) in my MA-020 awd and will that make it a lot faster....sorry Just starting out and if it’s not necessary pls lmk thanks again
@@matthewpoon5402 it depends on the board you are using, do you have the fhs or FHSS version? The fhs can only handle 70t motors but the newer FHSS boards can handle 50t. Just depends on what you have
@@BMR3 might be a stupid question, but this is 50t? And would this work for MA-020 FHSS. Sorry not trying to bother you. www.amainhobbies.com/kyosho-miniz-xspeed-v-motor-kyomdw023/p216523
