I've been doing this a long time, and surprisingly, this is my first B2. Did a little trading with Eddie and got this one to mess around with. There's a good chance this may become my VONATS car for this year, but we'll see.
if you run it at VONATS, swap out the nose brace for a B3/T3 one for sure. Save the B2 one for when you are done and put it on the shelf. unless of course you have a few, then sell me one
jwscab wrote:if you run it at VONATS, swap out the nose brace for a B3/T3 one for sure. Save the B2 one for when you are done and put it on the shelf. unless of course you have a few, then sell me one
I thought about that too.
I bought a front brace off ebay early last year. It was super cheap, looked like it didn't have the sway bar holes, and had a B2 header card. But unfortunately it did. Oh well......
The car has b3 front arms on it right now, but Eddie sent along new b2 arms, as well as a new bulkhead. I'll stock up on some parts before the race.
I don't have any huge plans for this. I may have the aluminum pieces re-anodized a different color. Add some V2 shocks, titanium turnbuckles, probably an Avid Triad slipper since I have a stack of spurs for it already.
Looks good, I still have to convince myself to add a B2 to the collection. I always promised myself to stop at the alloy tub era. Looks like your car has a wrong right rear arm mount?
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Asso_man! wrote:Looks like your car has a wrong right rear arm mount?
I saw that too.
If you don't have any, I do have a few sets of B2 rear arm mounts that are the correct 4-40 screw type. I have been stockpiling B2 stuff for a while...
The arm mounts are correct B2 mounts (L & R). But, the left one was broke at some point, and was glued and screwed back together. It no longer sits flush with the chassis and makes it look like it has a bunch of anti-squat.
I find it fascinating with the RC10 series, with each new model you can see evidence of the previous version, on every single one. From the RC10 to the B2, and even from the B4 to the B5, there arr obvious similarities. They just keep perfecting and perfecting, what was originally an excellent design.
scr8p wrote:The arm mounts are correct B2 mounts (L & R). But, the left one was broke at some point, and was glued and screwed back together. It no longer sits flush with the chassis and makes it look like it has a bunch of anti-squat.
I think I have some rear arm mounts... I'll look through my stuff. The most unicorn stuff that is NIP is the correct chassis, Tranny plate and the body IMO. I also have a short chassis NIP if you are interested in that?
I have 3 new built B2's.... 1 original, 1 original with a short chassis, and a prototype.... Just need a sport model and one body for the short chassis and that set will be complete.
Figured I would get this thread started. I'm still gathering parts so it will be some time before any real progress happens. But first, I just want to thank Jake and Niki for all of the time and effort they have put into this deal. It's gonna be...
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Nah, nothing new.
I pushed this to the back burner trying to get other stuff done first.
so mrlexan felt the need to send me an ultima project.....
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it seemed to be in pretty nice shape. so i got it all torn down, and cleaned up all of the parts in preparation of it's scr8pification (that could be a real word :lol:...
I know... if you've seen one you've seen them all. :wink:
I didn't stray too much from the manual. I did put a stack of spacers in the rear shocks, and I should have gone a little more. Installed bearings. I also drilled the lower set of shock...
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Fair enough.
If something changes let me know,I like the way that blue turned out.
now i have wanted to get a blackfoot for many many years............ mainly since childhood. just never did. well, a few months back jeff (civilguy) and i worked out a deal for blackfoot project that he was planning on selling. i promised myself i...
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Sweet! We should see it mounted around 2014 :mrgreen: :lol:
That's only a couple of months away...... wow, what pressure!!!!!
I had plans to build up another B1.5 for next year's race. But A-main Hobbies was blowing out Worlds kits last week, and with the coupon codes on top of it, I could not pass up buying one. It'll be so much cheaper for me in the long run. So I got...
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Ahh, I do that all the time... waste money on stuff that I thought would work and it doesn't or it's a part that I already have!