First, I'm going to thank everybody here in advance for helping with parts. These cars are NOT easy to find parts for! That is, until I looked here. Eternal thanks!
So here's what I've got. It's an original gold pan, 6-gear, short-arm car (you can see it still has the 0.5" shocks) but over the years, I upgraded it as I could.
This is what it looked like when I pulled it out:
Currently has these upgrades:
Black Stealth Pan/nose/motor plate (pan countersunk for the 6-gear)
17-turn double mod motor
Worlds front arms
MIP Ball bearing steering
In-line front aluminum axles and carriers
Was originally a bushing car, upgraded it to BB 20+ years ago
Novak 410 ESC
Traxxas TRX-1 front wheels (with flanged bearing adapters)
Worlds/CE rear wheels?
Original kidney wheels, short arms, and gold pan are long gone. I've gotten some 7-cell NiMH packs and a new 2.4 Ghz radio to get it running, and here's what it does with the stock gearing:
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Since this, I've busted it up a little... got a few bits and pieces coming in the mail. The 7-cell packs trashed the tranny's original idler gears, so I just installed a new 6614 gear set in it.
Plans for it? Well... not going to race it. I'll get a B4 for that. Still, I'd like to make it robust, and with the knowledge here, I should be able to keep it running a bit longer. Probably going to clean it up and convert it to the .89 front shocks and worlds tower, and get some new shocks all around. New wheels/tires (either JC Racing, or convert some B4 wheels). I'm not planning on replacing the 1/4" rear axles and carriers just yet.
Do I go with a WOIN build? Or restore it back to stock? I'm leaning towards OIN.
So... yeah. Welcome to the madness!