Baja Beetle - Taking on a few radical changes

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Hey guys.

I am doing a baja beetle but I want to do a few radical changes to it.

Firstly i wanted criss-cross rear shocks and revo like front.

I have acheived the rear shocks after machining a few parts, but it looks somewhat naff right now, however the concept does work.

I need to think of a cleaner design.

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Craig
 
Nice idea bud. For a cleaner design can you not simplify it into a tamiya hotshot style single shock?
 
Got the chassis

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And got to work on it right away deanodising, cleaning it up & giving it a quick polish.

The flash dosn't really show the finish very well

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nice chassis thats a kdp patriot aint it im sure youve been here before craig i remember your other build a few years back of the silver/ano red one of these you started it was one of the cars that got me into the hobby i hope you finish this one you should have been jailed for giving up on the first one after all the work/effort you put in lol

i love the front lower arms got the same on mine there uber strong about the best there is for a fg only issue with them is its near impossable to mount a anti roll bar
 
renbar said:
nice chassis thats a kdp patriot aint it im sure youve been here before craig i remember your other build a few years back of the silver/ano red one of these you started it was one of the cars that got me into the hobby i hope you finish this one you should have been jailed for giving up on the first one after all the work/effort you put in lol

i love the front lower arms got the same on mine there uber strong about the best there is for a fg only issue with them is its near impossable to mount a anti roll bar
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Hey man thanks for that.

Well the old one got abandoned because i attempted to bite off more than i could chew and times got tight.

This time around i'm not going to set my goal quite as high - a little more realistic!

Here is the mock up of the front suspension (one side only thus far)

The final position will likley change slightly, and i think for the sake of looks i might use Revo rockers unless i can find some nice FG ones.

Tested this setup and it works well!

So far:

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Craig
 
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Great idea and good to hear from you again.
Still can't help a little 'snigger' at the thought of the 'container and skip incident' !!

Are you going to have enough room for the tank, and the engine / tranny if you continue at the rear?

Al.
 
atom3624 said:
Great idea and good to hear from you again.
Still can't help a little 'snigger' at the thought of the 'container and skip incident' !!

Are you going to have enough room for the tank, and the engine / tranny if you continue at the rear?

Al.
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Going to have normal shock setup on the rear i think - However i will likley do somthing a little different, i was thinking of a ball/socket rollbar mounted on the rear along with shock rezzies.

Craig
 
craig yur on to somthink with wanting to make suspension better have you thought about maybe trying to fit/adapt hpi baa shocks and giving the fg much better travel/clearance ect taller towers longer shocks im sure you could get it working

try looking at the shock set up on fg's comp f1 thats the same set up your trying to get for the front worth a look
 
renbar said:
craig yur on to somthink with wanting to make suspension better have you thought about maybe trying to fit/adapt hpi baa shocks and giving the fg much better travel/clearance ect taller towers longer shocks im sure you could get it working

try looking at the shock set up on fg's comp f1 thats the same set up your trying to get for the front worth a look
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Hi mate.

I have had Baja shocks on an FG before and its night and day difference, this time around i wanted to go all out.

The rear i decided to just leave stood up but i will be adding a ball & socket roll bar to help aid.

Juist need to try and find one, they are like rocking horse $H|T to find.
 
try thepitstop-shop.nl or hoobytek about the best for fg part stock or upgrade i know they have the ball socket anti rollbars but most people on hre have all said they don't bother running the rear r/bar ive tried it with and without both but im not sure mine still ends up on the roof
 
renbar said:
try thepitstop-shop.nl or hoobytek about the best for fg part stock or upgrade i know they have the ball socket anti rollbars but most people on hre have all said they don't bother running the rear r/bar ive tried it with and without both but im not sure mine still ends up on the roof
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Thanks for that - I used to run it on my old FG and i prefered it to be honest.

the only downside to the ball/socket is it can restrict the travel.
 
Major update:

Spent all morning machining, test fitting re machining test fitting....yadda yadda...

So here is the result!

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And i also got alittle video of it all working for you!

 
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atom3624 said:
Looking great.
Do you think there's a need for a reinforcing brace between the strut and the shock bottom, to limit the possibility of the pivot piece folding, or it's fine?

Al.
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Do you mean the connection to the chassis?

I will make somthing a bit stronger for there but i have no alloy bigger than 4mm left right now.

Craig
 
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