Body and servo

[lee]

Hello
I was wondering if a 190mm or 200mm body would fit into a BT-4 and if Savox SC-1258 Coreless Digital Servo (High Speed) would be suitable to be used with that car or is it too big?
Thanks!

[ianlloyd]

190mm is standard for most touring cars. The servo should also be OK.

[lee]

Thanks.

[kennedylanduk]

For bodyshells, I think most of us run something like this (you would need paint as well).
www.rccarshop.co.uk/bodyshells/1-10th-on-road-shells/bodyshell/protoform/pl1487-00-protoform-mazda-speed-6-std-weight-p

You can get a budget version as well, but I'm not sure if this comes with a suitable spoiler
www.rcgeeks.co.uk/rcg-racing-mazda-6-hot-rodies-racing-body-shell-green-190mm?search=mazda


That servo is also fine (Savox do make good gear), personally I'd probably go with a low profile one like
www.modelsport.co.uk/savox-sc-1251mg-low-profile-size-servo/rc-car-products/36399

The low profile one gives you a little more space to fit electronics on the chassis, slightly lighter as well. The other good thing about Savox is if you do break it, you can buy replacement gears and cases.

[lee]

Thanks, sadly the servo which i listed at the top of the page does not fit as the front part, where the sticker lays is sticking out bit too much and it is not allowing the servo to fit in. If you put enough pressure it fits but the steering is hindered so i'll have to return it.

[kennedylanduk]

Ahh, I remember that with our BT-4s too. I ended up filing down the case of the servo to make it fit snugly, but I don't think you really want to do that with a brand new servo.

[lee]

Yer i'll return it, will the low profile servo fit?

[kennedylanduk]

Not sure. I'll take a look at our cars in the morning and see what (if any) servos fit. We've got three BT-4s, I think we had to file down the servos on all of them. But I'll check in the morning.

[kennedylanduk]

Only two of our cars have servos in, and both have been filed down a bit to fit.

If you haven't sent the servo back yet, hold onto it. I've got a couple of the plastic servo mounts from our cars that we don't use, you can have one of those and file down if you want.

[kennedylanduk]

I've taken a hacksaw to one of the spares here and taken approx 2mm off. This should be enough so that you can mount the servo, I'll bring it along tonight.