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Stopped by the hobby shop tonight and picked up some new body posts for the front. Then got to working making a cardboard template for my front splitter. Couple of pics getting a feel for how i will set it up. This template is very rough right now. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f312/fourseasonsa...

Little more progress. I got the washers for the diff, thanks John! Also finished up the body for now and working on some little things. Thumb screws and rebuilding the stealth tranny. I still need to get some taller front body posts to fit correctly and then place an order to fibre-lyte for some par...

The body should do fine maounted like that. What is the width on that body 200mm? Looks good. I need a body for mine and want to make sure I get on that fits right. I have a real knack for buying the wrong thing... :roll: It is a 200mm. The back end fits well, but the front wheels need some spacers...

realoldschooldude wrote:How come you changed to the very-narrow body mounts on the rear?

The original body mounts would not work as they were too low on the shock tower to reach the body. I reused some old body mounts I had and placed them on the tranny brace. Trying to work with what parts I already have.

Some lousy photos of some progress. I was able to align the front end. Got the body painted, but still need some more pics to make it fit including some taller from body posts as the front end is way too low. But here is the progress so far. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f312/fourseasonsandles/R...

that should look pretty good...you going to have a flat black or a carbon fiber painted hood? Thank you! I think the hood is going to stay silver. I want to keep it as accurate as possible. The Subaru STI has an aluminum hood and there is no weight to be saved by switching the carbon fiber. If anyt...

Since my real subaru is down for repairs right now, I decided to start hunting for a new project. Within hours of posting in the wanted section for a DS, I was contacted by rc10johnny. I had a choice of 3 different DS cars and chose the one that looked the least new because it is going to be a runne...

I dont think my batteries need to be cycled. The car doesnt really seem any faster or slower than it did when I first got it. I was told a lipo would get the most out of my setup, but felt it was overkill, so i stuck with the 6 cell NIMH. I went with the packs I did because that is what cheapbattery...

That's a cool feature on certain GPS systems. My cousins have one and we loaded up a Midnight Pumpkin with 10 cells and a 9 turn brushed motor about 4 years ago. Got it to 57 with about 3 extra pounds strapped to the front bumper. :lol: A Midnight Pumpkin is about as out of control as it gets at 25...

Ive been a bit bored without my Subaru to mess with until I get it retuned. This afternoon was nice, so I pulled out the RC10 worlds car for a spin and decided to strap my GPS to it for a speed test. Here are the results! 42mph absolute stop speed on a fresh battery. The car is capable of more speed...

I guess I am the oddball of the group. Only car I own and it is a runner.. more like a beater.. I hammer on this thing! Had it since it was new in 94ish and been a runner ever since. I have had to swap in some other parts for the time being until I can come across the parts I need. Running MIP front...

Picked up a big bunch of parts. Some needed to fix the broken other simply just to rebuilding things like the tranny and shocks. I broke my front A-arm a while ago and replaced it with a nylon one of a donor car and that didnt last long. I decided to try out RPMs from A-arms, but also have a spare s...

^^^Nice, I was going to bid on those but decided to hold off

Another handful of parts. I have been cutting back as I am headed out for vacation at the end of this week. Will be holding off for a little while as I am dumping quite a bit of money into my Subaru for the summer. The RC car is on the back burner. But for now, I have a set of Traxxas Anaconda tires...

take a look.. these are some cheap ideas to get started.. chargers.. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&P=9&I=LXJC33 or better http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXSG85 5 hour chargers are cheaper but who wants to wait 5 hours.. with these chargers i just charg...