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Am I wasting my time and money by taking my old graphite chassis car and putting all dhawk racing aluminum on it and converting it to brushless and lipo?

It's your car and your money. Only you can decide if the enjoyment you'll get from it would be a waste or not. Lots of us here spend a seemingly illogical amount of money on older cars because it's what we like. If you do decide to do it, we'd love to see it.

I don't thnk your wasting any type of resources by restoring your old graphite chassis. It's super fun to hunt for parts and build them up exactly the way you want. You get a sense of accomplishment when you're done and maybe you'll even get to inspire someone else to do the same.

Good luck and remember to enjoy whatever decision you make.

I think your combo of a graphite buggy and aluminum parts would look awesome. My take is that a Graphite car should get lightweight racing arms and a gold pan or black pan chassis is better suited to a heavy metal build.

I love being actually talking to people that know about this stuff thanks. Shodog, which lightweight parts would you recommend? Thanks.

Does anyone reply to these more than once or do you have to re post? (I'll find out 1 question).

Full aluminum looks good but weighs a "ton".
So if the plan is to build a race buggy, plastic components would be preferred.

Thanks Dennis, do you prefer anything?

You could simply sell me your car (if it's a stealth) hehe

I'm not a big fan of aluminium parts on vintage cars. I would simply restore it, maybe with some racey goodies (mip's, maybe a hidra drive, other bellcranks, lunsford turnbuckles...this kinda of stuff)

Keep the buggy lightweight by using the stock arms, a set of Andy's or RPM arms on. Spend your money on an upgraded transmission. Either a stealth or a vintage MIP SP2 gearbox.

i'd stay away from the alloy parts. they add weight and can break the parts they attach to.

I bought the Dhawk kit for the RC10 Graphite in mind, I just recently installed them..
Some pic's..

pretty for sure. you don't plan on running that beauty though, do you?

No question, the alloy stuff looks fantastic. I used Dhawk parts on my heavy metal tuber build and my Rere classic





The issue is weight as those aluminum parts add a lot. I think if you were to get anything aluminum, I think the rear arm mounts would be beneficial.

I didnt know that Dhawk stuff looked so nice!