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Old 05-12-2009, 05:27 PM
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Cool How to: working supercharger

this is just a short walkthrough on how to make a working supercharger for any xmod.

first off you need a few things.
1. a model supercharger and blower-
you can find this in alot of model cars in any hobby shop
2. you need zipzap motor and a single wheel & tire
3. wires- i used wire from an old car and a motor, that had quick disconnect plastic clip.
4. some type of glue and tape


first

put the model supercharger and blower together, making sure that that the bottom of the supercharger is hollow

second

you need to take a motor from the zipzap and attach a wheel and rim to it by glueing the center of the rim to the gear of the motor this will be the supercharger pulley and belt



Third

solder up the wires to the motor, making the opposite end long enough to reach the screws that give power to the chassis motor




Fourth

take the zipzap motor that you have made the pulley out of, and glue the whole motor into the bottom of the model motor you have put together.


Finally

cut a hole in the hood for the motor to go through tape the motor to the underside of the hood adding glue and wait for it to set then test drive, as you rev the motor on the chassis, the zipzap motor will crank over giving a good look and a pretty good sound (note i have done a few of theses and a cheap trick is to just use tape on the bottom so the zipzap motor will torque the model motor when it REVS)


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Nic tut, but i think you mean zip zap not mini z.
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Old 05-12-2009, 05:32 PM
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yea lol thanks for that

sorry the picture quality is too great i did it from my cellphone didnt have time to get my camera out
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Good tutorial, just you posted it in the wrong section.

I like it original.

Post it here next time:
http://www.xmodsource.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=42
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A little off topic talk~~~

Woah... Alvin, been a while since you've been on here...

In the video, the supercharger sounds like a crying baby XD
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yea i started college and im triple majoring so it takes up all my time, and my money lol glad to be back tho
thanks for redirecting it to the HOW to, its my first one ive done in a long time sorry bout that
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Nice tut and idea. Only thing I can think of to perfect this would be to reduce the voltage that goes to the zip-zap motor to make it sound less irritating with resistors or something similar.
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its a good idea, lol but most people like me dont have zipzap motors sitting around
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winner i'll ship you some and some wheels if you want, no cost, as long as you walk me through how to set up a crawler out of one of my trucks
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winner i'll ship you some and some wheels if you want, no cost, as long as you walk me through how to set up a crawler out of one of my trucks
lol if i want set that up on one of my cars i'll just get some zipzap parts off ebay, but if you want help with building a crawler i'll help you all i can
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thanks man lol i really wanna build a crawler i gotta get some parts and all then get going on it
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Nice tut and idea. Only thing I can think of to perfect this would be to reduce the voltage that goes to the zip-zap motor to make it sound less irritating with resistors or something similar.
I thought superchargers were supposed to be loud and irritating.
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