Modified Baja rebuild with Taylor 5 V2 reed and carbon Chassis

[Dunc2504]

Got the wing finished and gunned clear on .when dry I will be cutting the surface back and polishing.
Made a structure under wing to turn curved profile into flat for the wing mounts

 

[FG-paul]

man got talent could earn of your work selling them lol
love when this thead has update
paul

 

[Dunc2504]

Got it finished (other than the wheely bar I am working on).
Set it up and tested , had loads of fun rebleeding the brakes to lock up.
Pain to start from cold without a choke , had to remove filter and stick my hand over velocity stack.
Going to buy one of Taylor's performance carbs with a choke.
Other than that it runs great.
Now for the wheely bar.

 

[1000Gsxs]

Nice built!
The WT1257 from Taylor is a really good carb easy to tune and give a little more perf over the 1107

 

[Dunc2504]

Yep That's the one , got a WT 1242 on it at the moment.

 

[Dunc2504]

Made up alloy blocks to bolt to chassis plate and through rear hinge bracket , to rear bulkhead and rear of back frame .
They will carry 4mm carbon side plates into which I will mount top hat bushes in bronze to carry wheely bar chassis.
This will be 2 shaped carbon sides with spacer bars inside and turned alloy pivot at front and axle box at rear for 2 wheels.
Ordered 2 internal sprung dampers to absorb shock loadings and adjust height of bar.

 

[1000Gsxs]

Nice work! Hand made or with milling machine? or may be both?

 

[Dunc2504]

Roughed out on the mill and then hand fettled to fit the chassis.
Bolted them down temp to make sideplate template so I can cut the 4mm carbon sides out tonight.

 

[Dunc2504]

COMPLETED , Well as far as they ever are finished .
Made up and fitted my wheely bar , adjustable with the 2 turnbuckles .
Just waiting for summer now to get some runs on it.

 

[1000Gsxs]

very clean job!

 

[Dunc2504]

Thanks.
Gonna have a break and build my Kyosho optima mid from vintage parts next.

 

[zxb466]

Looks great!

 

[Dunc2504]

Anyone got any vintage kyosho Optime Mid servo saver , wing mount or gear saver parts laying about for a decent price ?
Going to work on something smaller for a while.

 

[FG-paul]

f***ing sick mate......did not know we had talent like yours left in this country

 

[FG-paul]

i think you need a weeks rest just working on a simple fg roll cage to wind down lol £££££££

 

[TrickyTris]

This thing looks the mutts nuts!! Will you actually be bashing this Baja? I feel like it should just be sat on a shelf & admired

 

[Dunc2504]

Going to run it when the weather gets warmer and I find some nice soft grass without bricks in it.
Run my Baja q shorty most , as it owes me nothing.
I clean all my cars after use , always have , which is probably why I still have my 80s Kyosho lazer ZXR

 

[Dunc2504]

HAH!.
Just found some more jobs to do on the car.
Got a billet diff and changed all the gears in it for Black Bone gears, Built it up with my FLM outputs and hub ends.
I got a full set of Black Bone gears for the gearbox as well.
I am going to have to remove the gearbox to fit them and my Taylor titanium input shaft at the same time.
Just got a new FID master cylinder for the brakes as the old GTB racing one is a pain to bleed and very messy to fill, this new one has a nice big pot on the top to fill up with fluid, didn't come with a mounting base though , so I made one .
I am also making up carbon driveshaft guards to fit my FLM rear arms , so they will be shaped to follow the shape of them and mounted with the tapped holes in the tops of the arms.

 

[Dunc2504]

Made the carbon fiber driveshaft guards for my FLM rear wishbones.
They have to be shaped to fit the contours of the arms , and one side to clear the gear cover.

 

[Dunc2504]

Got the guards on today.