thanx alot! i'll drive it asap and make some vids of it!
some specs:
- the weight of the car with batteries and body is 11,5kg or 25,35 pounds, my friends baja 5b without fuel is 10kg.
- the wheelbase is: 56cm and a baja 5B has a 56,5cm wheelbase.-
- width: Fr = 50cm or 19,7 inches Rear =...
hellohello! it's been a while but i have some updates for you all! :)
Dejan from Alza Racing made me some custom tvp's with engravings so now it's really one of a kind and really Chunky donkey style :)
time for some advertising lol
they're pretty heavy but it will move i'm...
Thanx alot for the comments! :beer:
It really means alot for me if people like what i do, i do it for myself ofcourse but reactions like this make me continue when i think of stopping and that occasionally happens hehehe :)
next thing is electronics and painting a new body (MCD race runner...
lets hope so!
i could not resist....
mock up is cool!
don't like the bumpers rear and front 1 bit so i'll remake those!
think i'll be up and running end of next week :)
ok been a while but i had to take a bit of time off and AWAY from this project :)
It's all fun when you're having progress and things are going the way you want but i had a few major setbacks and it started getting pretty frustrating but i found some solutions after taking a break and looking...
another update ;)
Finally finished the lower arms....took me a few days of grinding, milling, and getting totally crazy in my hobbyroom but they're ready....
These should be the final versions of the arms and are being moulded while i'm typing hehehe!
They will be cast again and tested soon i...
update! :)
After a few months of waiting i got a phonecall my dogbones were ready so WOOOOOOP!!!!
Psyched to say the least and when i got them i was really impressed!
they really look damned sexy!
here some pics!
compared to a stock flux bone
little gimmick ;)
you can...
another update :)
I have been working on 1 arm but got some doubts about the finish...
some pics:
had to mill out some material to let the shock move freely and allow 100% movement.
milled a bit inside the arm also to lose some weight but don't know if i'll keep it that way because...
to answer your question, i didnt upgrade the pins, i only upgraded the pins with e-clips to screws so no more stupid e-clips to worry about! :)
i finished some resin casts and they ended up better than i expected especially because i never did this before. Made some mistakes but that's the...
Well the arms are now made of hmpe, its a high-modulus polyethylene but its a pain in the ### to shape it. You can't sand it to make it smooth you can just cut it in a form and that's it without having special tools i guess...
So i'm making molds of these rough versions and then i'll cast them...
moulding time is finished! i hope i did everything ok...fingers crossed but it looks quite good for a first time :)
coated the arms with a film to make sure the rubber doesnt stick.
my mold recipients also coated ;)
the arms in the rubber, had to put some pieces on them to make...
forgot to answer your question but I can't make arms for baja's coz then i would also need custom baja dogbones and that would be toooo expensive :)
I will be making Baja 5B bumpers but that's it ;)
On material costs (custom bones, resins, silicone,....everything needed for 4 arms) it will...
hey 2strokes!
I don't mind posting and nobody replying but it would be cool to have some feedback and get some usefull tips. That's why i post on the other Savage forums also to get feedback and tips if nothing come's up here ;)
In the meantime i'll just keep posting and sometimes guys...
after alot of cutting and sweating i finished the rough versions of the lower arms :D
just going to post pics, these are just the rough ones that will be moulded and then finished and then moulded again...
picture time!
cutting with the fretsaw
finally got to mount...
I'm cutting the arms as we speak, just taking a short break coz the handsaw is killing me but it will be DIY all the way :FarleyParty:
this is a drawing of how they will look like, can't draw in 3d lol so ,its oldschool with mm paper and a pencil and then scanned it and coloured it :)...
Made some more progress with the shocktowers :)
Somebody told me i was going to have trouble with the screwheads and the hmpe and had the idea of a plate to hold/press the shocktower against the bulkhead... This way securing the shocktower much better and ensuring the screwheads don't damage...
I just finished the shocktowers, the edges remain rough, i tried sanding them, heating and slicing off the rough sides but this is the best result i ended up with. The edges where cut with a stanley knife.
They aren't 100% identical to each other coz i cut them out with a handsaw lol but they...
been a while, been much to lazy but i made something today hehehe, more in the making, like the a-arms and stuff but it just takes ages to hear from dogbone manufacturers and.....
Anywayz i bought some new shocks and they are BIG so i wanted beefy shocktowers that wont bend under the pressure...