[jhautz]

I love seeing the totaly custom builds. You should try it. I'm sure Mike could ake you some of the components like the diff and motor mounts you need. I think he can even get you custom dog bones if you need them. Not sure if his mill is big enough for a chassis though.

I like the thought process you are using here. I have few questions/things to think about on your layout.

1) Are you planning to use a really long steering linkage to connect the steering servo all the way at the back of the chassis?

2)Will the front dog bone be strong enough at that length?

3) To add the extra chassis stiffness you want you could use conventional front and rear chassis stiffeners and then make the battery boxes out of a rigid material like Carbon fiber and bolt them down to the chassis tightly so they act as a structural element in the chassis.

4)If you are able to move the center diff that far back, you probably don't need to make a custom chassis that wide. Moving the diff that far back allows you to get the lipos so much closer to the center of the chassis that you will be able to keep everything inside the lip on the chassis anyway. If you can just get the custom dog bones and a custom diff/motor mount you should be able to make that design happen on a stock chassis with some modified mounting holes for the diff/motor mount. Besides the plastic stone guards are lighter than having those whole sections be aluminum anyway adn you can keep the edge lip for stiffness.



EDIT: Got a link to the German Carbon Buggy Kit? Id be interested in seeing that...