Building a Mugen Seiki MBX5T ProSpec Truggy - Part 1

By Paul Piotrowski on Jun 12, 2007 in Fun and Relaxation

Well, I’ve made the decision to go ahead with the Mugen Seiki MBX5T Pro Spec Truggy Kit. My brother is going to get the Hellfire SS Kit and we’ll see which one is better. In the end, I think both kits are good, it really just boils down to personal taste and brand loyalty. I’ve had a few HPI kits, so I decided to try out a Mugen kit. My brother has stuck with HPI pretty much all the way so he’s going to keep sticking to the HPI Hellfire for his truggy.

I began building my kit today with the famous Bag A. It’s been a while since I’ve put together a kit, as the Savage I got last year was RTR, so I’ve got to pickup some tools. A nice pair of tweezers, some threadlock and some rubber cement will be needed. I’ll see if I can run out and pick those up tomorrow. Unlike the first RC kit I put together I think I’ll have some patience and take some time to build this kit. Bag A and the first few steps dive right into building the front, rear and centre differentials. It took a little bit of studying the pictures and comparing of part numbers to make sure I’m putting them together right. If you’re building this kit, make sure your OW washers are not sticking together and you’re not putting two stuck together in place of one. Also for Step 3 for the Centre Diff, it is a little bit unclear whether you’re supposed to put the S3 O-Ring on both C0222 shafts or just one. I decided to just put it on one like the picture shows, however I am left with two S3 O-Rings from the baggy so I am not sure. Maybe I’ll ask Seb at Racetech tomorrow what he did.

So far I’m liking this kit. The parts look very solid. The first 12 screws I had to put in went in just right (nice and tight, but not too tight) unlike some other kits I’ve put together where the screws rip through plastic and don’t hold very well or they are so tight to put in that your hands go numb after putting in two screws and you’ve got calluses on your fingers. This kit is not like that. Stuff fits. One thing I would strongly suggest for people would be to invest in some good quality screwdriver type hex drivers, instead of trying to use the L shaped allen hex keys. They are worth the investment.

I’ll try to get some pictures of the kit up as soon as I find the charger for my digital camera.

Paul

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