Mini-Z 4x4 Motor Upgrade and Neo Magnet Swap!

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2 жыл бұрын

Today I upgrade my Mini-Z 4x4 with a beefy PN Racing motor meant for the SCX24. PN Racing is well known for their high quality Mini-Z hop up parts and it’s no surprise that this motor works great in the 4x4. Swapping the standard ceramic magnets for neodymium upgrades makes it a torque beast!
UPDATE: After changing to the PN Racing magnets, the "cogging" issue is much better and still has plenty of torque and low-speed control. Highly recommend the PN Racing magnets or other similar slim magnets.
PN Racing SCX2490 90 Turn Motor: www.kenonhobby.com/PN-Racing-...
PN Racing Gold Neo Magnets: www.kenonhobby.com/PN-Racing-...
AliExpress Neo Magnets: www.aliexpress.com/item/10050...
Mini-Z Motor Wires: www.kenonhobby.com/PN-Racing-...

Пікірлер: 26

@joseflindbom7680 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are Great. So mutch info. Goood work dude.!!!!

@GIJha Жыл бұрын

Absolutely enjoyed the upgrade. Just got myself the Furitek upgrade package for my 2 mini z 4x4s. Changes battery to LiPo and a ESC and Bluetooth card too. Cost an arm and a leg. 😢 Not a KZfaqr. But will post the end result of the build here for you to see…Guess in a month or so.

@nicholasaltuz6753 2 жыл бұрын

This was a great, and educational video! If you’re looking for ideas for testing / comparing the stock electronics with the upgrades, maybe compare how much weight they can push / pull?

@cajunsrcandoutdooradventur4437 2 жыл бұрын

Love the video. I have an scx24 and have been looking for free and cheap upgrades and would love to see more content like this!! Please

@nj2033 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@zz-tama 2 жыл бұрын

I'm amazed at the replacement magnets. It's a great idea. I recently installed a Furitek Lizard and brushless motor to my Mini-z4x4. It can crawl slower but has the problem of less torque. However, I was able to get it running fast, so I'm happy about that. I'm looking for a good motor.

@mattynice740 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! So far I'm really happy with this motor, but brushless sounds like a great option too. Maybe try gearing way down to a 7 or 8 tooth pinion? That should get you quite a bit more torque than the stock gearing.

@zz-tama 2 жыл бұрын

@@mattynice740 Thanks for the tip. I used stock 10 tooth pinion. I'll try to find 7 or 8 pinion.

@nicholasaltuz6753 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice, and educational video! If you’d like some ideas for comparing upgrades to stock - maybe comparing how much weight it can push / pull? I know my stock Mini Z 4x4 can’t push nearly as much as my SCX24.

@andrewshin4688 2 жыл бұрын

Finally I've been waiting for someone to make a video on this, I'm using the 70turn with the stock pinion for a little more speed. Went with a more stock trail truck build instead of a true crawler

@mattynice740 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you like it!

@andrewshin4688 2 жыл бұрын

@@mattynice740 highly recommend the nb4 with mini z fhss module to solve your throttle dead zone. I had to tune the exponential because the 70t constantly wants to go fast and suffers from huge loss of low speed control

@xeon_one Жыл бұрын

Good video! Question can you show us how well it dose over the stock one ( Performance test). If you go to kenon it has warnings about using the pinion gear. But will not show mini z 4x4 only scx 24.

@timothyandelmo541 2 жыл бұрын

I could be wrong but id be careful with using those magnets they might draw too much current n maybe fry the board

@SmartFool24 3 ай бұрын

Was wondering how the mod has held up? Did you keep it modded? Did you see a lot of improvement? Thanks for the video. Very educational.

@boost808 Жыл бұрын

Just got a mini z 4x4 wanted to know is there a servo upgrade that you would recommend? Thanks

@VermontScaleCustoms 2 жыл бұрын

Great info. Just goty into the Z platform, myself. I didn't know the magnets could be swapped, that's deep modding! I'm interested in trying to find out how to get a stronger servo in mine. Any thoughts?

@mattynice740 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That's on the list for me as well, but haven't figured it out yet. I'll for sure post a video when I get there.

@juancarlosdelcid9984 2 жыл бұрын

I have a question, the magnets from pn racing are those both poles or are single pole?

@mattynice740 2 жыл бұрын

They include the correct pair, one of each pole. So does the aliexpress version, but I bought two pairs of those and mixed them up.

@nixosnixos1227 2 жыл бұрын

Hey man, i have the brass front knuckles, front diecast axle, the alum front join set & weighted wheels. Now the servo is having a lot of trouble steering the wheels. How did you tackle this issue? I just had to remove some weight for it to steer correctly

@mattynice740 2 жыл бұрын

I recently switched to running Li-ion batteries. No mod needed, you just use 2 li-ion batteries and 2 dummy cells. Way less battery weight which helps everything and the increased voltage increases the steering power a lot. Hope that helps!

@bob.shishka Жыл бұрын

@@mattynice740 I didn't know you can do this. Do you have any links to the batteries you are using??

@SmartFool24 3 ай бұрын

@@mattynice740yeah can you link to what is needed? Will the added power and weight of this setup burn out the servo? I decided not to get the weighted wheels so I could keep my servo less stressed.