[nativepaul]

Necro post warning: I thought this thread had snuffed it when the old forum died but just came across it, guess it was only the search tags that croaked.

As you might expect after so long without an update things have changed a bit, I got Mike to make me a diff top brace and a 3mm spacer to go under the front diff mount so I could get rid of the bodged up 3mm nuts acting as spacers and re-drilled top brace with only 3 screws attached as pictured earlier in the thread (very nice work Mike thanks).




Unfortunately I didn't manage to get my Bowler Wildcat body moulded but I did find a source of pre-made scale bodies stretched to the right dimensions for the buggy and some extra long body posts to mount it with so my buggy is now rocking a Ford Focus WRC body for on-road.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...l/e86557aa.jpg

I am getting an XT8 truggy for Xmas so this buggy will only ever be see on-road use now and is undergoing an extensive lightening and stiffening program currently with a carbon chassis, braces, towers, battery tray etc and a smaller motor, I'm tempted by smaller LiPos too but I have so many 4s 5000mAh packs I'm doubtful that will happen.

I am waiting for 3.5mm carbon for the chassis and shock towers, but I have some 2mm on hand for the rest of it, so far all I have made is a new servo top plate but I hope to have more updates with carbon replacements for plenty of the alloy stuff soon.