Bugle and my Mugen Bulldog
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Bugle and my Mugen Bulldog
Most of you here have seen Thomas's (Bugle) B34 racer. This car realy is very well designed and built by Thomas and his machining skills are the best Ive seen anybody apply to the vintage R/C scene here in Australia.
Ive been good friends with Thomas for a while now and he's always been willing to help me out on some of my vintage projects.
I aquired this Bulldog from a fellow racer and it was new built and just about never run. Sitting on a shelf in this guys garage covered in dust I grabbed the car and had it stored away for a good 6 months before starting this project.
The car was stripped down and inspected for future ideas of modification. The red ball diff pulleys were drilled out to accomodate bigger Tungsten diff balls and the rings polished to a perfect finish.
Next the hubs were to be replaced with a set of Kyosho Optima units. Innitialy it was hard to find the right length dog bones but after scouring ebay I found a set the right legth. It didnt take long before i found the front dog bones popping out on hard cornering. It was back to the drawing board. Nothing I did would prevent or stop the shafts coming out so my next thought was universals. I simply could not find the right length uni's so called on Thomas for a solution. In the end Thomas cut the uni shaft to length and fabricated a sleeve for both ends to be glued and pressed into place. These jems work a treat and have been the best solution to a nagging problem.
While the chassis was apart I added the brass steering rack that was handed to me by the late Bob Bourbage. Bob was a legendry old skool racer from the 80's and had a successful history with the Bulldog.
Now with the rack in place, uni's sorted and Optima hubs with 2.2" hex rims on board this car was looking set for the track. After a vintage meeting I found the belts to skip after a while so I have since installed a front and rear belt tensioner to keep the belts meshed to the drive teeth.
Still not completelysatisfied with the look of the disc wheels (looking too modern) I came across some Yokomo MX-4 white spoked rims. I picked up around 5 sets of these rims along with some MX-4 discs aswell. It wasn't long before I was on to Thomas yet again this time to see if he could fab some alloy wheel hubs to mount these rims to my Kyosho taper fit axles.
Then yesterday they finaly went on to my Mugen Bulldog and I couldn't be happier. I was stoked to finaly have the look I wanted and for me these rims look like they could have been designed for this car.
Thomas i just wanted to say a very public thankyou for all your help. Im chuffed to say the least. Thanks mate.
Ive been good friends with Thomas for a while now and he's always been willing to help me out on some of my vintage projects.
I aquired this Bulldog from a fellow racer and it was new built and just about never run. Sitting on a shelf in this guys garage covered in dust I grabbed the car and had it stored away for a good 6 months before starting this project.
The car was stripped down and inspected for future ideas of modification. The red ball diff pulleys were drilled out to accomodate bigger Tungsten diff balls and the rings polished to a perfect finish.
Next the hubs were to be replaced with a set of Kyosho Optima units. Innitialy it was hard to find the right length dog bones but after scouring ebay I found a set the right legth. It didnt take long before i found the front dog bones popping out on hard cornering. It was back to the drawing board. Nothing I did would prevent or stop the shafts coming out so my next thought was universals. I simply could not find the right length uni's so called on Thomas for a solution. In the end Thomas cut the uni shaft to length and fabricated a sleeve for both ends to be glued and pressed into place. These jems work a treat and have been the best solution to a nagging problem.
While the chassis was apart I added the brass steering rack that was handed to me by the late Bob Bourbage. Bob was a legendry old skool racer from the 80's and had a successful history with the Bulldog.
Now with the rack in place, uni's sorted and Optima hubs with 2.2" hex rims on board this car was looking set for the track. After a vintage meeting I found the belts to skip after a while so I have since installed a front and rear belt tensioner to keep the belts meshed to the drive teeth.
Still not completelysatisfied with the look of the disc wheels (looking too modern) I came across some Yokomo MX-4 white spoked rims. I picked up around 5 sets of these rims along with some MX-4 discs aswell. It wasn't long before I was on to Thomas yet again this time to see if he could fab some alloy wheel hubs to mount these rims to my Kyosho taper fit axles.
Then yesterday they finaly went on to my Mugen Bulldog and I couldn't be happier. I was stoked to finaly have the look I wanted and for me these rims look like they could have been designed for this car.
Thomas i just wanted to say a very public thankyou for all your help. Im chuffed to say the least. Thanks mate.
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Re: Bugle and my Mugen Bulldog
Very nice. I really like the universals. That sleeve makes them look very impressive. Great machining work on the hubs.
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Re: Bugle and my Mugen Bulldog
Wow, that is a great car. Those rims make the car look 21st century.
Show some more photos for us Bulldog lovers.
Show some more photos for us Bulldog lovers.
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Re: Bugle and my Mugen Bulldog
Thanks. I like these rims because they look a little bit like a spoked wagon wheel. Kinda vintage.
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Re: Bugle and my Mugen Bulldog
Interesting, you thought it looks vintage but I thought it looks contemporary
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Re: Bugle and my Mugen Bulldog
Contemporary would be 2.2" disc type rims like B4, XXX, B44, 501X etc... I think spokes look old skool.
Re: Bugle and my Mugen Bulldog
Definitely the best suited 2.2" rims for the car, way better than those yellow Kyosho ones!
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Re: Bugle and my Mugen Bulldog
Wow Jason .
That looks awsome.
Thomas your machine work is simply stunning.
A real credit to your skills and know who.
First class engineering and a Aussie.
That looks awsome.
Thomas your machine work is simply stunning.
A real credit to your skills and know who.
First class engineering and a Aussie.
Vintage . Older is Better !!!!!!! Vintage At Boondal, Australia.
http://www.rctech.net/forum/australian-racing/548133-off-road-vintage-boondal.html
http://www.rctech.net/forum/australian-racing/548133-off-road-vintage-boondal.html
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Re: Bugle and my Mugen Bulldog
Definitely the most tricked out I've ever seen Jason, Kudoz to you and your friend Thomas! Have fun with that bad boy!
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Re: Bugle and my Mugen Bulldog
Bormac:
drooling over this car again today....
BTW. Which universal was that in the front??
drooling over this car again today....
BTW. Which universal was that in the front??
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Re: Bugle and my Mugen Bulldog
Wow! Awesome Bulldog!
Are you still using 4-wheel steering? Could you show some pictures of the steering set-up?
When I try to run my Bulldog at a decent ride-height (i.e. with the arms roughly parallel to the ground), the steering binds up - the L bracket to the front runs into the steering link itself...
Are you still using 4-wheel steering? Could you show some pictures of the steering set-up?
When I try to run my Bulldog at a decent ride-height (i.e. with the arms roughly parallel to the ground), the steering binds up - the L bracket to the front runs into the steering link itself...
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Re: Bugle and my Mugen Bulldog
Not using four wheel steer just the front via a home made brass steering rack which slides back and forth through the chassis housing.
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