Slightly different old is new
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:35 am
Tonight was supposed to be just making new rear arm mounts for the frankenbuggy and get that back together so its drivable. Then I thought I would be nice and share the combo for anyone wanting to experiment. Then before it was all done I ended up taknig the front arms off of frankie and the caster blocks off of the WTF buggy and before long I had 3 partially built buggys on the bench. Which reminds me I need to hide two of them before the wife gets home lol. Anyway heres what I came up with.
The chassis is an RPM truck chassis that I havent decided what I am going to do with yet but it was the only unmolested chassis I had so it worked for measurements. The rear mounts are AE 0 degree mounts with traxxas bandit arms. The arms have 2 or 3 degrees of toe built in to them already. The associated mounts were about 3/16 wider than the traxxas arms. A little work with the dremel and I had this.
Actual measurement was 1.21 inches. For whatever reason I had a constant picture of Doc Brown running around yelling about 1.21 gigawats stuck in my head. Possibly a sign I need sleep.
Anyway, on mine I took it all off of the front of the mount to move the arm back so it would line up with the shock tower on frankie. For the stock bulkhead and tower it looks like it would be better to take it off of the back and move the arm ahead. What ever works for you.
Hub carriers are the custom works ones with b4 cvds and wheels.
Up front is a standard 10T/T2 bulkhead with RPM bandit arms again. On the ends are Losi XXX-SCT steering arms and caster blocks modified for associated inline axles.
As it sits the rear is right at 250mm and the front is maybe 252 depending on the tires used. Wheel base is 11 inches. Just thought I would share that with you guys.
Nick
The chassis is an RPM truck chassis that I havent decided what I am going to do with yet but it was the only unmolested chassis I had so it worked for measurements. The rear mounts are AE 0 degree mounts with traxxas bandit arms. The arms have 2 or 3 degrees of toe built in to them already. The associated mounts were about 3/16 wider than the traxxas arms. A little work with the dremel and I had this.
Actual measurement was 1.21 inches. For whatever reason I had a constant picture of Doc Brown running around yelling about 1.21 gigawats stuck in my head. Possibly a sign I need sleep.
Anyway, on mine I took it all off of the front of the mount to move the arm back so it would line up with the shock tower on frankie. For the stock bulkhead and tower it looks like it would be better to take it off of the back and move the arm ahead. What ever works for you.
Hub carriers are the custom works ones with b4 cvds and wheels.
Up front is a standard 10T/T2 bulkhead with RPM bandit arms again. On the ends are Losi XXX-SCT steering arms and caster blocks modified for associated inline axles.
As it sits the rear is right at 250mm and the front is maybe 252 depending on the tires used. Wheel base is 11 inches. Just thought I would share that with you guys.
Nick