Yep, here I go again with another Traxxas villain...

[gsbuickman]

You may also want to check out my more recent villain build thread that I did a few months ago because I used the villain EX motor mount system in it because it's a much better motor mount system than the stockville and motor mounts

[emspjay]

You may also want to check out my more recent villain build thread that I did a few months ago because I used the villain EX motor mount system in it because it's a much better motor mount system than the stockville and motor mounts

I'm guessing that is the Monster Horsepower thread? Just went through that. You have done some cool builds with these old boats! I'm into the vintage boats myself but this is my first Villian build, and I think it will be my most expensive vintage build so far. I love the vintage boats because they look more scale. And yes I just ordered the EX mount it looks very solid!

[gsbuickman]

I'm guessing that is the Monster Horsepower thread? Just went through that. You have done some cool builds with these old boats! I'm into the vintage boats myself but this is my first Villian build, and I think it will be my most expensive vintage build so far. I love the vintage boats because they look more scale. And yes I just ordered the EX mount it looks very solid!

Yep, that's the one & Thanks on another note I just ordered all the parts I need for this build as well as the water Outlets I was looking for to finish this build and the monster horsepower build ...

[gsbuickman]

Well holy smokes & Howdy Howdy everybody

I kinda stepped away from things for a little while and took a short hiatus but it lasted a little longer than expected and then all this virus crap came out of nowhere and took me by surprise, needless to say I'm back and I hope everyone is okay and things here in my neck of the woods aren't too bad. Anyhoo, it's time for me to pick up where I left off and get both of these Villain's done.

As far as the monster horsepower goes, I just need to get a Y connector and install the new water Outlets and plug in the speed control and she's done. As far as The Reedy Express goes, I have all the parts I need for the building itself including a nice set of water outlets for it as well. I just need to strip the Hull and see what was done to it since it came with a set of X442's on it, but I'm betting it still has the stock drives on oilite bushings and that just won't do. Good thing I have some new K&S 11/32 tubing & Boca bearings to fix that just in case. The only thing I still need 4 it is some tinted lexan to make a new windshield for it and I still need to get a couple spoilers and struts for both boats for the unlimited class look I like but those are just cosmetics. As far as the new water Outlets go, I mentioned before that I was tired of the standard thru Hull outlets and I wanted to find something different yet still really cool and original just to be different and it definitely took a while to find what I was looking for but I'll give you all a clue cuz I like what I finally found from RC boat Bitz in Australia p

[Boss54]

I found out about GSBuickman off of RCGroups, was told he the GO-TO guy for all thing Villian related.
Just picked up a Villian in pretty decent shape for $50 off of a co-worker. Looking to to upgrade it to modern technology
I have a pair of Turnigy Aquastar 3660-1460 kv motors along with a set of water cooled 120A ESC's capable of running 2s/6s

[gsbuickman]

Well Howdy Howdy Bozzman

Congrats on your new Chapparel , I know we'd love to see some pics if and when you start a thread on it. RCGroups huh?, surprise surprise, I have a few things on there but I haven't been on there for awhile unfortunately, however I suspect you bumped into our friend and fellow vintage boat Junkie Make-A-Wake . He's actually the Go-To guy for all things Villain & Super Hawaii , however and as of late I do pinch-hit for him from time to time.

The #1 thing you need to realize that'll save you time, $ and a few headaches thanks to a lot of trial and error by numerous people is the Villain's are in they're sweet spot @ 30-35 mph . If you want to go faster than that get a better boat and those aquadtars would make a sweet twin 4s catamaran project and for safety sake I would never run those 120's on 6s.

With that being said unfortunately several of the villain parts have been discontinued and long since dried up including the upgraded motor mounts w" the 3mm aluminum motor mount plate that eliminates torsional twist and ads virginity to the Hull. Idk how you are at dik how you are @ diy but I can give you exact dimensions and pictures since it's just a flat piece of aluminum not hard to fab one up but it's not an absolute necessity either as we were building villains w/o them before they came out.

Luckily 11/16" K&S brass tubing and 3mm x 5mm x 8mm flanged bearings are plentiful and the best thing you can do is build some new stuffing tubes and 86 all the oilite bushings and put the driveshafts and outdrives on flanged bearings with a set of conversion prop shafts and aluminum CNC laser cut villain props from Steven here at the OSE parts shop. As far a motors go you just need a good set of matched 540 brushed motors like the Speed Gems 2 mills ( they're color-coded but I prefer the platinum's) but I've experimented with all kinds of motors and my two latest builds have Trinity Monster Horsepowers & a nice pair of Team Associated Reedy's with counter-rotating X442 props. The speed control of choice is the traxxas EVX2 from the Emaxx truck. Forget about the water cooled version as the cooling plate is made of plastic and the esc fets usually melt thru them causing issues so stick with a standard EVX2 and a Traxxas water cooling kit for the motors and you'll be golden on 4S lipo all day long.

With a good set of motors, upgraded drives and outdrives w/ props & shafts and a water cooling kit for the motors and possibly a set of turn fins it should easily put you in The Sweet Spot and you can't get much better than that and they're a lot of fun and suprisingly agile and fast especially considering they were designed in the early 80s as nicad powered boats

[gsbuickman]

Btw, I have a few villain build threads sure on the board you can follow as how to's

[Boss54]

Well Howdy Howdy Bozzman

Congrats on your new Chapparel , I know we'd love to see some pics if and when you start a thread on it. RCGroups huh?, surprise surprise, I have a few things on there but I haven't been on there for awhile unfortunately, however I suspect you bumped into our friend and fellow vintage boat Junkie Make-A-Wake . He's actually the Go-To guy for all things Villain & Super Hawaii , however and as of late I do pinch-hit for him from time to time.

The #1 thing you need to realize that'll save you time, $ and a few headaches thanks to a lot of trial and error by numerous people is the Villain's are in they're sweet spot @ 30-35 mph . If you want to go faster than that get a better boat and those aquadtars would make a sweet twin 4s catamaran project and for safety sake I would never run those 120's on 6s.

With that being said unfortunately several of the villain parts have been discontinued and long since dried up including the upgraded motor mounts w" the 3mm aluminum motor mount plate that eliminates torsional twist and ads virginity to the Hull. Idk how you are at dik how you are @ diy but I can give you exact dimensions and pictures since it's just a flat piece of aluminum not hard to fab one up but it's not an absolute necessity either as we were building villains w/o them before they came out.

Luckily 11/16" K&S brass tubing and 3mm x 5mm x 8mm flanged bearings are plentiful and the best thing you can do is build some new stuffing tubes and 86 all the oilite bushings and put the driveshafts and outdrives on flanged bearings with a set of conversion prop shafts and aluminum CNC laser cut villain props from Steven here at the OSE parts shop. As far a motors go you just need a good set of matched 540 brushed motors like the Speed Gems 2 mills ( they're color-coded but I prefer the platinum's) but I've experimented with all kinds of motors and my two latest builds have Trinity Monster Horsepowers & a nice pair of Team Associated Reedy's with counter-rotating X442 props. The speed control of choice is the traxxas EVX2 from the Emaxx truck. Forget about the water cooled version as the cooling plate is made of plastic and the esc fets usually melt thru them causing issues so stick with a standard EVX2 and a Traxxas water cooling kit for the motors and you'll be golden on 4S lipo all day long.

With a good set of motors, upgraded drives and outdrives w/ props & shafts and a water cooling kit for the motors and possibly a set of turn fins it should easily put you in The Sweet Spot and you can't get much better than that and they're a lot of fun and suprisingly agile and fast especially considering they were designed in the early 80s as nicad powered boats

Btw, I have a few villain build threads sure on the board you can follow as how to's

Thanks for all the Info.
Yes, I've read about all your builds. I just copied and pasted all of them to a word document for easier accessibility along with pics :)

Your details will definitely save me from wasting time and money.