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Comp Craft Wide nose
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 1:03 pm
by Johnboy72
Ok, so was tired of seeing the wide nose sitting looking retarded. So I'm going to work on this car some. Just thrown together for now but I'll blow it apart and whiten the parts on it. I'm thinking of an old Probe modified body or some sort of Nascar Mod body.
The wide arms really make it look retarded...wanted to run Andy's all the way around. Rethink....
So have a bunch of Bolink foams so figured, why not a cheap retro racer?
Just for giggles...set an old beater body on....kind of dig a stocker look. But leaning towards a Modified!
Re: Comp Craft Wide nose
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:36 pm
by harvey
Sweet buggy, nice to throw something together you have laying around. I can recommend the short andy's oval a-arms; I put them on my hot trick front end (same width as that beauty chassis) and it made a big difference. They have about 1/4" less backward sweep. They're rare, of course!
Re: Comp Craft Wide nose
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 8:43 am
by fredswain
I have that same chassis lying around and the shock towers to go with it. When I was a kid I had to choose between this setup or the standard graphite chassis with Andy's arms. I chose this. I chose wrong! It was goofy but still a fond memory. I've thought about building another one since I've got the parts.
Re: Comp Craft Wide nose
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:07 pm
by Johnboy72
Fred, was I mistaken thinking this was a Comp Craft chassis? I know your sitting on Rayborn stuff so figured I'd ask.
Re: Comp Craft Wide nose
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:27 pm
by Phin
Those chassis were sold by both Trinity and Composite Craft. Same exact chassis, just repackaged with different header cards.
Re: Comp Craft Wide nose
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:47 pm
by fredswain
To be fair all of the Raborn chassis were made by Composite Craft but no this wasn't sold as a Raborn product. I got mine about 1987 which was 4 years before Raborn.
Re: Comp Craft Wide nose
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:47 am
by Spoon
Is that chassis wider then a normal RC10 front end ? And if it is I'm guessing you need a matching front shock tower ?
Re: Comp Craft Wide nose
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 8:59 am
by Phin
Spoon wrote:Is that chassis wider then a normal RC10 front end ? And if it is I'm guessing you need a matching front shock tower ?
It brings the short arms out to the same width as the rear....or it'd be just as wide as a RC10 with a stock nose and team length arms. Geometry isn't as good as a car with narrower front kick-up and longer arms though.
Yes you need a wider tower.