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Time to build kit #4

Session 1

First order of business. Trim the side pods to accommodate a shorty pack

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Next, trial fit the battery and hack appriopriate opening for the battery terminals.

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Custom upper brace 

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Added cooling fan

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Session 1 cont'd

 

Installed gears for the rear - essential upgrade alert - metal bevel gears to transfer power from spur to drive shaft to the front gear box

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Closed rear upper hatch

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Session 2

 

Rear Ball Diff

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Essential upgrade for the ball diff - the 3mm alloy diff screw retainer

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Thrust bearing of the ball diff

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Installed Tamiya 10.5T BL motor & shimmed the rear diff - 0.9mm additional on top of kit supplied shims

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Session 2 con'd

 

Rear lower hatch closed

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Installed rear arms - 0.1mm shims on the main chassis and 0.3mm shim on the rear hub

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Session 2 cont'd

 

Shim here

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Backend assembly done. Yeah Racing big bore 90mm shocks #550 oil & soft spring

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Steering servo - 18mm standoff needed. Modified for a direct link to the steering yoke

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Session 3 night build

 

Front end assembly - same thing, additional 0.9mm shims added

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Steering assembly

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Bits & pieces

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Front end done. Installed Yeag Racing big bore shocks (70mm). Use A31 ball end for the shock end. #800 oil with medium springs

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4 wheel drive drive train complete

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A tip - for relatively pain free way to do up a turmbuckle, insert ball end and secure it with the chuck of an electric drill. Holding the turnbuckle with professional hex wrench, power up the drill for satisfaction.

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Session 4

 

Try on the wheels

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Electronics. Added weight 50g to the front

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Tamiya 10.5T motor

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Installed battery brace

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Battery guard

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Weight system

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 Weight bias to the rear

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In my mind, this is Iron Man but my friend says it looks more like McDonald's :lol:

 

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Onto kit #5

 

Backend

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Front end

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Tub

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PoerHD D12

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Nearly there

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