VAE's Ten4

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Re: VAE's Ten4

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Nice work Anthony, and thanks for the kind words.

FYI, the hardware kit i will be offering will include the shaft, bearings and shaft retainer screw for the rear, and the bearings, screws, nut, and washer for the front tensioner.

I will start a "building tips and tricks" thread once we start releasing parts to insure people's builds go smoothly. There is definitely a particular order that the front needs to be assembled in, its a tight fit up there and everything fits like pieces of a puzzle. And there are a few holes that need to be reamed due to shapeways manufacturing processes.

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Re: VAE's Ten4

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interesting choice on the yokomo shocks.

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Re: VAE's Ten4

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jwscab wrote:interesting choice on the yokomo shocks.
Yea, he is a "special" fellow! :lol:

Just poking fun at Anthony, but I know the Yok shocks are all he had laying around! :mrgreen:

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Re: VAE's Ten4

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jwscab wrote:interesting choice on the yokomo shocks.
Shocks are back on the 870 and Associated shocks are installed.
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Here are some pics that haven't made it online yet, just some mid build pics
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I no longer have 2 nose tubes, when punching the spot for the new hole I bent and then broke the other one.

The ride height has changed for the better with the Assoc. shocks. The yokey ones just weren't cutting it.
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I'm going to attempt to make a filler plate for the nose. It's not too pretty right now, but once it's painted it should blend right in.
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Re: VAE's Ten4

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I made a little more progress on my Ten4 today :D

I got my battery tray from Jeff. I polished up the posts and got her installed. Since this is a show car and not a go car, I opted out of drilling the forward holes in the chassis, but you'd have to look for it to notice it. My belt is on it's way along with an out drive for the front diff, front CVDs and large hex adapters (I hope, since it's been ordered). Oh, I need a new set of rear tires too since I stole the other ones to run my RC10M.

I still need my extended body. I remember talking about paying for one, but that's as far as it went.
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Re: VAE's Ten4

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Nearly done :D

I'm going to swap the blue nuts with white nylon ones or silver ones, then once I get my front CVDs and my extended Mirage body, she will be complete.

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Blue nuts, that must go
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Silver nuts might go too... for the white ones
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Re: VAE's Ten4

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Looks sharp Anthony!

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Re: VAE's Ten4

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what is the width of the car ?.......same as other modern 4wd buggies ?
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Re: VAE's Ten4

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The front is about .4 inches narrower than my b44.3, if that tells you anything.

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Re: VAE's Ten4

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Wow,

That is looking really sweet!

Cheers, Dave. :)

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Re: VAE's Ten4

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mk-Zero wrote:The front is about .4 inches narrower than my b44.3, if that tells you anything.
Thanks Brian......which front rims would be more suitable for Ten4 ?.....the B44.3 or B5M front rims ?
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Re: VAE's Ten4

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I'm running a b44 wheel and 4wd front tire with 10mm hexes. If you wanted to run b5 wheels you would have to get the 12mm hexes (stock b44 is 10mm he in front).

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Re: VAE's Ten4

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I didn't think B5m front wheels were wide enough. I thought 2wd and 4wd were two totally different widths.

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Re: VAE's Ten4

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B4.2 wheels are on my short arm car and have a ton of offset compared to the b44 wheels (but same wheel width). It adds a lot of width but I haven't measured it. I had to go to 12mm adapters to use them
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