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VFD Stubby transmission and steering relocation

Vanquish Products VRD Carbon Kit · VPS09015

The stubby kit makes room for a short motor and moves the steering servo behind the axle. It suits a build arranged around a compact motor, but it excludes ordinary 540-length motors and cannot be combined with the chassis-mounted-servo conversion.

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Parts & installation

Manufacturer documented
Vehicle
Vanquish Products VRD Carbon KitVPS09015
Position
front / center
Change
Shorten the VFD transmission and relocate the steering servo behind the front axle using the VPS10402 kit.

Parts needed

One manufacturer conversion kit; electronics separate
PartQty
VPS10402VFD Stubby transmission and steering relocation1

Mechanical kit option for VPS09015. A short motor, suitable servo horn and matched electronics are separate choices; a complete installed package is not specified.

Installation notes

  • Maker limits motor length to 35 mm or less and recommends a 24 mm servo horn. The original Carbon manual supplies a 20 mm 25T horn; do not silently treat that as the recommended stubby horn.
  • Kit includes behind-axle F10 servo mount, shortened skid, chassis braces, shortened topshaft and aluminum posts, rod ends/pivot balls, 50 mm drag link, hardware and an instruction sheet.
  • The complete kit is documented for VPS09015 VRD Carbon only. Partial VFD shaft/post reuse does not make the whole kit fit a VS4-10. VRD Stance, Mullet and straight-axle builds are not added by family name.
  • VPS10401 CMS and VPS10402 Stubby are mutually exclusive choices. This reference identifies the listed mechanical kit; it does not establish a measured handling benefit.
  • For a 25T steering servo, separately sold VPS02410 is a 24 mm horn option matching the maker recommendation. Other servo splines need their own horn. Check offset and full articulation clearance; the original 20 mm horn does not meet that recommendation.
  • A short motor is separately required. The 27.4 mm Holmes Revolver V3 Snubnose 1800KV (120100092) meets the maker's length limit and nominal mount/shaft dimensions, but this does not establish an installed motor/ESC package. Motor screw engagement must not exceed 3 mm.
  • Holmes CrawlMaster Mini v3 RTR 210100021 supplies 4 mm motor plugs, XT60 battery connection and a fixed 7.4 V/3A BEC. Motor leads match its 4 mm plugs. The selected steering servo must accept 7.4 V; receiver, servo and motor wiring remain build-specific.

Sources

Vanquish VPS10402 product
  • VPS10402 is listed for VPS09015 with a 35 mm maximum motor length and 24 mm horn recommendation. It cannot be combined with CMS.
Vanquish VRD Carbon factory manual
  • The Carbon kit has a 20 mm 25T horn. VPS10401 CMS and VPS10402 Stubby are separate options; the stock parts list is not their installation guide.
Vanquish VPS02410 24 mm 25T horn
  • VPS02410 is a 24 mm 25T horn. Length and spline agreement do not establish servo offset or full-travel clearance.
Holmes Revolver V3 Snubnose 1800kv 120100092
  • The 27.4 mm Snubnose motor meets the 35 mm kit envelope. Dimensional agreement does not establish complete installed clearance.
Holmes CrawlMaster Mini v3 RTR 210100021
  • The controller has a fixed 7.4 V/3A BEC. The steering servo must support 7.4 V; this is not a universal two-speed or rock-racer electronics recipe.