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Originally Posted by Overdriven
Instead of using a longer turnbuckle for the rear chassis brace, how about moving it to the outside of the mount. I know the mounting screw won't be double shear then, but it is only for onroad. Although if you have a longer turnbuckle lying around... Looks nice though, never knew Hot Bodies made a 1/7, thanks for sharing.
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I was thinking this, just use a longer screw and put a sapcer in the space that is left so I can run the screw thru both tabs. Might do this as it is easier than digging up another turnbuckle.
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Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE
Hey James. Your setup looks pretty clean to me and practical to. The only issue I see so far is the battery center diff gear spacing. I will assume that you plan on using a battery tray of some kind to keep them from coming into contact with each other. That could be one ugly incident. Looks good James.
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Yep, will have a full height sides battery box with velcro straps, I aften put a piece of al on the outside of the box just in case the box breaks and gets too close to the spur.
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Originally Posted by Finnster
How radical are you thinking about getting? There seems to be quite a bit of real estate on that chassis. Any thoughts to maybe moving the center diff back a few inches and offset towards the batt side, that flips the motor around too, and you could bring it and the battery closer to the center line of the chassis?
There seems to be some space around the nitro motor mount holes where you could fit the CD in. Makes mounting the rear brace a bit trickier tho. F brace could move to other side of driveline, which is fine as the brake servo goes back w/ the CD, and there may be space in front of the motor. Just a wild thought. GLWTB.
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If I was going to make another chassis I would do just about what you have said. I would have the center drive at the back, and use a long center dogbone to get power up to the front diff. The motor would sit in the middle, pinion facing rearwards, and possibly offset the center drive so the battery could move in closer to the centerline. Even balance side to side would be nice, and I would like the ft to rear balance to be about 1/3 of the way from the front of the chassis, for more forward bite under acceleration.
Might do this at some point, but sticking to the center drives and stock chassis on this one. I do plan to make the motor plate big enough to go under the center drive and act as a brace. Something similar to the xray truggy chassis brace Mike makes.