the bugs new mods coming soon

[atom3624]

Good mud-pluggin' fun then!!

Now the big clean up, ready for next time!!

Al.

 

[renbar]

oh yes al that was great fun fg bug 1 footy pitch 0

but the farmers field was better proper sticky wet mud,,,few changes in the pipeline now mate before next outing

 

[dwarfy]

just to prove im not a keith heres some dirty pics lol

Keith has some of that spray on dirt :lol::lol:

 

[renbar]

bugs all fixed ready for more punishment wagon kindly donated a servo gear so im back in business the body and wheels are still covered in shite but the chassis is cleaned fixed and looking good

 

[renbar]

few little tweaks done front brakes have had new cables plus holders and alloy arms, still running the bigger disc's only doubled so each side has 3 pads and 2 disc's





fitted some monster truck side to keep some crap out plus mount the body [had to cut end down to mount bug shell]





replaced the bent rear wing mount and added a steering arm to stiffen the rear



to all the km/rovan haters that rant about poor quality parts check the tyres ive had tons of use from these done burnouts and doughnuts since fitting them a few years back and there still good to use lol

another support this ones for the gear plate and rear mount

 

[hyper 78]

good idea bracing the engine mate, the amount of times my engine has moved , sometimes resulting in the lay gear being stripped. I wish fg would have done this from the start.

 

[dhirsty]

The bug looks mean renbar also sum good mods u done too may ave too copy sum of them.... I like how u ave braced up the engine too that's how u can get all that power down wiv out spinning out lol :lol:

 

[renbar]

more little changes first up engines back in after the touring car brainwave that failed due to having to much torque so new bearings/seals copper head gasket matched to the porting new ring plus its had the red race kit refitted due to it not fitting the obr/tr billet bottom end

fitted the metal carb support and a hormann angled filter tube although ive had to mod the fg filter to fit, but it sits well out of the way just under the wing, got to oil the filter and fit the outerware before use and wire in the killswitch not sure on fitting the ecu lead yet

 

[renbar]

the bugs been bombed sticker bombed that is




ive also added a driver figure meet Charles he came from a kids toy and after some plastic surgery he fits looks a bit like a 5th scale sand scorcher now



you may notice the cable tie its not its a hans device lol

 

[claude bigelow]

Very creative, looks good!!!

 

[Skinner]

Sweet bug and mods!!! Bet a lot of fun with that horsepower !!

 

[renbar]

ok been ages since ive updated this thread so here goes the front cable brakes have been removed and now in its place are a set of contrast hydro's with oddified disc's and pads only these are very different and must be the first fitted to a fg marder beetle the disc's
are ians new big brake conversion set up which includes spacers bolts pads and huge 85mm grp disc's

due to it being a marder theres no room for a extra master cylinder so im running these from my hydro layshaft one and this works quite well plus saves me having to change a lot of stuff ie extra servo and moving a few bits so this worked out a better choice





also fitted oddie disc and pads to layshaft brake

 

[Hendo7249]

It's looking well mate, it's amazing how time flies, not had my bug out for months cos of work, gonna try and get out for a drive on Sunday!

 

[renbar]

last bash of 2014 this time I was joined by the little grasshopper driven by my daughter she wasn't to impressed with the mud though great fun even if I did end up ripping the wing off lol

 

[dwarfy]

I don't see no bug or grasshopper........just piles of dirt Looks like you had a good time. Will be getting mine out again this year but need to get the 1:1 sorted first. Unfortunately I cant get that engine on the kitchen table to rebuild it

 

[MonsterAir]

Your bug is awesome bud! To be honest was never a fan of the bug until I came across yours! Really diggin the paint. Its got a cool street art feel to it! Also noticed the antenna tube around the throttle linkage. Great idea! I had some motor interference and shrink wrapped it but looks messy. Yours is nice neat and thick.

 

[renbar]

cheers dude the pipe over throttle rod is hydro brake pipe theres a shop on ebay that has a few different colours

 

[MonsterAir]

Hey Ren, could you do me a favor and give me the link to the sellers page. I can't seem to find them. Thanks bud.

 

[renbar]

hi mate try this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140707070015?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[MonsterAir]

Thanks buddy! I keep experiencing this random glitching issue on my Marder. Hopeing maybe this will solve my problem.