another update:
Finally finished the lower arms....took me a few days of grinding, milling, and getting totally crazy in my hobbyroom but they're ready....
These should be the final versions of the arms and are being moulded while i'm typing hehehe!
They will be cast again and tested soon i hope coz i still need to finish the upper arms, the shocktowers too and then the diffs and the motor, esc wiring,....lol

This chunky beast sure takes alot of time and sometimes it drove me crazy but in the end it will be original ;)
While i was getting crazy i gave it a name also: Chunky Donkey will be his/her name :)

some pics of the arms ready for moulding!

http://oi43.tinypic.com/23izcq8.jpg

naming the little buggers :)

http://oi42.tinypic.com/xct2yt.jpg

http://oi42.tinypic.com/se1384.jpg

tomorrow a day off probably and just waiting for the moulds to cure.
Maybe finishing the upper arms if i find the courage hehehe

that's all for now!

ok been a while but i had to take a bit of time off and AWAY from this project...
It's all fun when you're having progress and things are going the way you want but i had a few major setbacks and it started getting pretty frustrating but i found some solutions after taking a break and looking at it freshly again so here we go again :)

So i made the arms, dyed them and they looked pink, lets start with that! :)

http://oi40.tinypic.com/2880cns.jpg

i guess you must add more colouring to the resin but they state it also affects the properties so don't know what to do... anyway i like the white effect so i'll keep them white for the moment.


I also thought of reinforcing the arms and i bought some kevlar tape to do that.
All stress points are now reinforced with the kevlar so they should be pretty breakproof but time will tell...
Some pics

http://oi39.tinypic.com/2s6m1yd.jpg
http://oi43.tinypic.com/11mfb4g.jpg
http://oi44.tinypic.com/alj7ex.jpg

ok now i had some time to work on my diffs...always a pleasure humhum...

I changed all the cups to vorza cups, used the HD spider gears from hot bodies and changed all the bearings with boca bearings, the yellow ones who should be pretty dirt proof.

encountered a problem with the bulkheads... it seems you have to use a thinner inner bearing otherwise the pinion doenst fit...
anywayz don't know if the problem is with the bulkheads but i ordered thinner bearings from boca.

pics:

http://oi43.tinypic.com/ndrn0m.jpg
http://oi40.tinypic.com/2wmpfgn.jpg
http://oi44.tinypic.com/73jc40.jpg

painted the carriers in metallic black and changed all the bearings with yellow boca ones also

http://oi41.tinypic.com/ejhgjo.jpg
http://oi44.tinypic.com/1z58007.jpg

then finally mounting the arms! YAY!

http://oi41.tinypic.com/md1v2u.jpg
http://oi39.tinypic.com/2cnzdzc.jpg
http://oi43.tinypic.com/15ohw75.jpg

Since i wont use the standard shocktowers and bumpers/skidplates anymore the upper hingepins can fly away so i came up with this kinda euhm protective cover. Threaded the holes in the bulkheads first. You can flip it up and down when you want to remove the pins or when you want to remove the shocktower.

http://oi39.tinypic.com/v4yp3k.jpg
http://oi43.tinypic.com/25jfv3b.jpg
http://oi40.tinypic.com/1zf0dpj.jpg

then i changed the pins for the drive cups into longer ones, the ones in the diff output cups remain the same.

here's what i did, just hammered a hardened steel nail through it and cut it off to the length i wanted.

http://oi39.tinypic.com/54eznt.jpg
http://oi40.tinypic.com/izahqw.jpg

After that it was time to put the entire thing together!



when i did i encountered a problem and a big one.... the dogbones just didnt fit well they did but they where like jammed like he ll :p in the cups...
First i thought the holes were the reason and i measured everything wrong but thank god i didnt change the holes...

The reason was this, the pins in the ballends where not completely centered and straight so a bit out of center and maybe 1 degree skewed... F U CkkKkkk!!!!! CENSOR this :lol: :lol: i thought i was going to throw it throught the window but when i found my calm again i thinked about what could be done now and since ordering new bones was completely out of the question i started grinding the cups.... after grinding the cups both in the diff and drive cups everything ran smoothly...

pfjjjiiiioew.....

didnt know what i would have done if it didnt hehehehe

anyway the pics are here, i just finished the front section and added the skidplate, the shocktowers and the shocks but still have to make steerings links but after typing this i'll get on with it! ;)

http://oi39.tinypic.com/30aba1c.jpg
http://oi43.tinypic.com/14lqxkg.jpg
http://oi39.tinypic.com/25ujrjn.jpg

compared to a baja 5b front end 8)
http://oi42.tinypic.com/1z4bw92.jpg

hope you enjoy it, it gave me headaches but hopefully it will give me some pleasure lol

cheerz!

just for fun....

i could not resist....

http://oi44.tinypic.com/eiqxl0.jpg

http://oi40.tinypic.com/2djz69y.jpg

http://oi41.tinypic.com/2wlvxo0.jpg

http://oi40.tinypic.com/minewm.jpg

mock up is cool!

don't like the bumpers rear and front 1 bit so i'll remake those!

think i'll be up and running end of next week :)

I believe the one you have is the super hybrid bulk:

http://fastlanemachine.net/proddetai...LM40020&cat=22

This bulk is designed to be used with buggy diffs. Since the ring gear of the buggy diff is smaller, they moved the pinion section towards the ring gear. That is why you cant use the 16x8x5 bearings. So what bearing size did you use?

nopes i have these...
http://fastlanemachine.net/proddetai...LM40010&cat=22
the xl hybrid bulkheads...they do state : Accepts stock gears with no modification

anyway no probz for me, they really are great pieces of art and i ordered 16x8x4 bearings from boca and they work like a charm now so no worries.

Damn, progress as i see :)

How do you like the widened truck ?

I will go back to stock wide lenght with wide axles front and keep the wide brace kit at the rear. Truck will turn a lot better this way.
It is not such a big deal but for a track with sharp turn it might be a problem.

We need front CVDs and something similar to LRP S8 BX steering knuckles.
That would be grat and nice turning radius.

hellohello! it's been a while but i have some updates for you all! :)

Dejan from Alza Racing made me some custom tvp's with engravings so now it's really one of a kind and really Chunky donkey style :)

http://oi41.tinypic.com/295rayx.jpg

http://oi42.tinypic.com/9tzww6.jpg

time for some advertising

http://oi43.tinypic.com/8vrfhu.jpg

they're pretty heavy but it will move i'm sure 8)

Allmost everything was ready from that point, i just had to drill some holes to fit the center diff, battery plate, esc plate....
Then i encountered some probs with my previous center diff so i decided to make another one myself.
I used 10mm thick alu plates, a handsaw and a drill, tapped thread and this is the result, it's pretty Chunky...

http://oi42.tinypic.com/21brort.jpg

offna spider diff with 500k oil.

mounted on the tvp

http://oi42.tinypic.com/8vpy78.jpg

with the motor

http://oi39.tinypic.com/2zr43l1.jpg

overall view

http://oi40.tinypic.com/2dvl8hz.jpg

then the rest was pretty simple, just had to add a battery tray, position the esc recieverbox plate and add the electronics.

http://oi42.tinypic.com/sg1l42.jpg

the front bumper was also a bit beefed up ;)

http://oi40.tinypic.com/vx1ca9.jpg

The upper arms are now also fully adjustable and made from 5mm rvs threaded rods and the adjustable Savage upper arms set from hpi.

http://oi41.tinypic.com/33f82gz.jpg


after that it's SHOWTIME!

pics are a bit dark but its finished and ready to roll :)
the lexan body is from Grafil and designed for the mcd race runner.

compared to his real baja brother

http://oi41.tinypic.com/11ah9ph.jpg

http://oi41.tinypic.com/2hnx8hj.jpg

http://oi44.tinypic.com/33y6tg0.jpg

and all alone in the snow 8)

http://oi39.tinypic.com/ei2ys3.jpg

http://oi39.tinypic.com/b3r1mv.jpg

YIHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA i did it and i'm happy about it lolllzzzz
Took me some time but i'm glad i finished it hehehehe.

Have i run it yet? euhm you can start laughing now coz i installed the rear diff backwards so my wheels turned in opposite directions. Good thing the wheels were off the ground when i tested it so i just have to switch that diff and off i go!

some specs:
- the weight of the car with batteries and body is 11,5kg or 25,35 pounds, my friends baja 5b without fuel is 10kg.
- the wheelbase is: 56cm and a baja 5B has a 56,5cm wheelbase.-
- width: Fr = 50cm or 19,7 inches Rear = 52cm or 20,5 inches NOTE: is use the standard Flux drive axles not the XL ones to reduce stress on the bearings and i just have long arms lol :)

vids will be made soon!

how has this been holding up for you?

Looking at the pics of the servo mount, do you think someone could rig a dual servo setup?