Modified Baja rebuild with Taylor 5 V2 reed and carbon Chassis

[Dunc2504]

Rebuilding my modded baja with my new Taylor reed 35v2 and a new carbon chassis . Making some parts like rear chassis from 4mm carbon and wheely bar from carbon and alli that I will machine up to fit.
Has a Chinese 32 reed in at the moment , but I have some ideas to try on the buggy as I build it

 

[Dunc2504]

Got he buggy stripped down and received the new carbon chassis today.
Got the Taylor clutch bell holder and my new Vertigo bell fitted ready to go.
Cutting rear chassis plate out of 4mm carbon over the next couple of days.

 

[FG-paul]

niceeeeeeeeee mate looking forward to this build

 

[John Parks]

Nice looking setup

 

[Dunc2504]

Finished making my 4mm carbon fiber rear chassis today at work .
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[Dunc2504]

Built it up with the supports and gearbox. I am using stainless hardware throughout the build.
Next up is to join the rear and main chassis.

 

[Dunc2504]

Started bolting it together over the weekend .
Still waiting for parts to turn up and planning how to build the wheely bar.
work so far.

 

[Dunc2504]

Front end in.

 

[cmbscx10]

Front end in.

Not typically a fan of green but man Oh man that Green is freakin Rad and a beautiful build so far. Nicely done.

 

[Dunc2504]

Like some green on the car so the wife can not tell it from the Baja Q shorty she got me for my birthday.
May go full out and fit the extra long arm set to this , and some big volume shocks , when I can liquidate some assets in the form of Tamiya RC tanks.
Looking to build a carbon roll cage as well.
Body is going to stay green for obvious reasons, works well as long as she never sees both cars at the same time.

 

[Dunc2504]

Ordered a set of FLM extended arms from Taylor today .
Hope they are better than the Heavy chinese ones on the car at the moment . They certainly look nicer finished and longer.

 

[Dunc2504]

Started fitting the FLM kit and ordered Taylor shock mounts .
Keeping the hubs in case I want to fit the hydraulic brakes (which I will) back on.
Started work on carbon roll cage and wheely bar mount. Waiting for parts now and stainless bolts.

 

[Dunc2504]

Done a load more work on the buggy.
Next up is piping up the brakes and building the carbon fiber roll cage, using 8mm alli bar inside the 10mm carbon tube joints to reinforce.
Started cutting and machining ally rear mounts for wheely bar , rest will be carbon sheet.

 

[John Parks]

Very nice, looks sharp

 

[smokinwheel]

That is wild.

 

[Dunc2504]

Working on the carbon tube and sheet roll cage now , turning up alloy end mounts .
made up alloy bar joiners for the carbon joints and will be milling in slots for the roof supports and wing mounts .

 

[Dunc2504]

Work so far on the roll cage. All joints are reinforced with 8mm alloy bar .
Made up the mounts front and rear which need milling out to take cage end bars.
Made up roof and split joint parts for rear of cage .
Made up wing mounts .
Need to mill mounts at an angle to match cage and mill slots for roof mounts and wing mounts , which will be a sliding fit and bonded in with epoxy.
Then clear coat the cage.

 

[Dunc2504]

Milled out the holes in the front cage mounds today and fitted the joiners , glued them in with epoxy and drilled and tapped the hold down bolt locations through the lot .
Filed off the remains of the joiner that was sticking through.
Mounted onto the chassis and loose fitted the main cage bars and roof to see where I need to mill for roof mounts .
Rear section of cage s removable with alloy pin joiners to make it more user friendly in service.

 

[Dunc2504]

Got the roll cage mostly finished and fitted, Temp fitted the body to check clearances .
Temp fitted clamps to carry shock remote cylinders which require shaping to fit onto shock mount better.
Fitted joiners to take brake pipes , piping up and bleeding up next.
Working on the carbon gear cover to make it fit a bit better.
Fitted the old alloy rear wing to test location , but I think I will be fitting a carbon wing when They become available again.
Loads of small jobs still to do.

 

[FG-paul]

really nice work your doing there mate well done