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the lowest possible, lol. no i don't know, but it is gonna be some load on her.

i am just loving your build man, i cant wait to see the finish product!
 
hi thanks mate,
got the rear diff mounted so i can move towards the front , tank inplace and then mount the engine and centre diff, will use the std lengh drive from the rear diff to centre and a longer one to the front,got the dog bones modded with mcd inner and hpi out, will get some made later on once im happy with the width
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Looking good chop, i going to have ago at building a sandrail early next year,
i found a cool design i like and may even install a twin or 62cc


Troy
 
hi thats cool as, i can see how it would work with an r/c input, i like the way the tyres are the first thing that will make contact rather than bumpers and skids,
last year i did this chassis which was a copy of the fisher buggy, i was stuck on the front end as i wanted a copy of the v dub beam with no shock towers, nearly there now with some torsion leaves in the beam like the orig,
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what would you use as running gear, hpi fg mcd etc
 
roofchopper said:
hi thats cool as, i can see how it would work with an r/c input, i like the way the tyres are the first thing that will make contact rather than bumpers and skids,
last year i did this chassis which was a copy of the fisher buggy, i was stuck on the front end as i wanted a copy of the v dub beam with no shock towers, nearly there now with some torsion leaves in the beam like the orig,
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what would you use as running gear, hpi fg mcd etc
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Thats awsome mate,

The only thing i will use is the tr quick diff and fuel tank everything else i will fabricate from scratch, A arms, engine plate, ect ect,

I may have to pick your brain on afew things lol

Troy
 
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hi mate, yes same here , didnt need mega susp travel so i done these swing trailing arms
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looking at the pic of the sandrail , if your gonna run trailing arms and hpi baja eng/box set up youve got to watch the clearence with the fan housing so its sometime good to move the eng forward abit
 
hi, got the lower mounts for the steering in and to see if the drive clears it
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now removed the old shock mount ready for the new one with front end suport
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roofchopper said:
hi, got the lower mounts for the steering in and to see if the drive clears it
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now removed the old shock mount ready for the new one with front end suport
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Can you bolt the steering linkage ontop of the drive shaft ? for better clearence and will give it a cleaner look and easier maintenance!

Just a thought lol

Troy
 
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hi mate tried that but there wasnt enough angle on the rod ends to reach the stub axel when the susp is at its highest, will swop these over to metal rod end i think later on
 
ahhh i see ok, im sure you'll work something out! Looking good tho very impressive, cant wait to see how it turns outs and runs :D
 
hi cheers mate, got abit more done
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now ive got the front frame sorted i can put the front top shock mounts in
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nice work chopper! looks great, i like your custom upper arm bracket you fabbed on the hub carrier. shocks are gonna be interesting to see how you solve that. i got some talents with this kinda stuff but never really dove into it. watching you makes me wanna do something custom. maybe not as indepth, but a little something. thanks for sharing.
 
hi cheers mate, might have something that will do if you wanna have ago at building your own, will post some pics soon cheers Dennis
 
hi , got the steering redone without bump steer now, sorted the twin shock mount on the susp arm and got the top mounts sorted and nearly mounted, getting abit cluttered now so need to nail it and move onto the next one
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hi
got the second front shock mount ready to fit
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took ages to sort out
got the servo tray done
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more trimming of the shell
 
hi changed the front tubing around the steering to clear servo linkage
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started on the pipe
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sorted the last tubes under the hood
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