So I got my shock towers installed.. They look pretty cool, and are lighter than what I had on there.
This custom made one I had on there is pretty nice though, seriously "heavy duty". Some guy at the track, around 1998- 1999 made it, and gave or sold it to me. It was originally white, I made it black with a magic marker about 15 years ago.
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thicker..
I forgot to weigh the new front shock tower, but I bet it's a lot lighter.
rear..
New rear tower
Also with this rear tower and the new style bleeder shock caps, I was able to mount the shocks farther in-board without adding extra washers to push them farther away from surface of tower. The old style shock tower was a little too thick and interfered with the new style shock caps.
I used some left-over RC10 B3 front shock mounting stuff and a turnbuckle for a better shock tower brace. I may leave it on there I may not. I think it'll add some durability if nothing else. Extra weight up front doesn't bother me at all.
All new hardware for servo installation.. and going to try this smaller servo saver. That means I can mount sevo with less spacers on the chassis.
This one might be too weak though.. If I turn the wheels manually, the servo saver starts flexing before the servo turns.. It will be safe, but I might have to put the bigger heavier servo saver back on there.
Almost done..
But the next day I got these in the mail. Going to try the zero degree hub carriers with the correct bearings this time.
And I also got the carbon fiber trans brace in the mail.. This this is soooo pretty...
I will have to elongate or cut a new hole in body though.. as I used the other one on the plastic brace. Also it was strange how much this brace pushed the stealth trans back and shock tower forward. I almost though it wasn't going to fit. I assume they meant for it to be like that though.
So now all that is left is to build up the new style shocks, which I can do because I bought two rear shock bodies and the e-bay-er that sold me the defective ones reimbursed me for them.. so nothing lost there.
I also need to cut more of the body around the ESC fan unfortunately. It pushes the body up a few mm and there is nothing I can do about that. I was looking for a thinner fan, but even if I went from a 10mm thick one to a 6mm thick one, it would still have the same issue. I definitely want to run a fan so there is only one thing left to do. I might try to make some sort of a mesh or screen cover for the opening though. After that, I just have to paint the body, and this one will be done!