Just being a nerd and doing some home modifications...
To strengthen the crap outta the chassis from bending, I attached two 1/4" steel square stock to the chassis. Used 14 screws (6-32 SS) directly tapped into the steel, making contour bends where needed to clear existing screw spots and the lower control arms. Even made it so the front and rear narrow ends are reinforced. The front where the bars turn up are bolted to the front skid plate, with a thick rubber washer in between for a little shock absorption. The two bars only weigh about 408 grams.
The front bars will also transfer any impact force across the whole reinforced chassis, hopefully preventing plastic parts from breaking. The horizontal bar is just a little attempt to protect the front control arms. I added two carbon fiber tubes to the top two center brace bars for additional rigidity in helping prevent them from bending in case of a bad crash.
Added two battery voltage alarms (Velcro'd to the batteries), re-greased all three differential boxes with good automotive wheel bearing grease, jam-packed the center diff with silicone earplugs, put better motor mount screws in, and changed to the 23t pinion gear.
Car drives really well, front tires hardly balloon at all, and it's freaking fast.
Just thought I'd share...
To strengthen the crap outta the chassis from bending, I attached two 1/4" steel square stock to the chassis. Used 14 screws (6-32 SS) directly tapped into the steel, making contour bends where needed to clear existing screw spots and the lower control arms. Even made it so the front and rear narrow ends are reinforced. The front where the bars turn up are bolted to the front skid plate, with a thick rubber washer in between for a little shock absorption. The two bars only weigh about 408 grams.
The front bars will also transfer any impact force across the whole reinforced chassis, hopefully preventing plastic parts from breaking. The horizontal bar is just a little attempt to protect the front control arms. I added two carbon fiber tubes to the top two center brace bars for additional rigidity in helping prevent them from bending in case of a bad crash.
Added two battery voltage alarms (Velcro'd to the batteries), re-greased all three differential boxes with good automotive wheel bearing grease, jam-packed the center diff with silicone earplugs, put better motor mount screws in, and changed to the 23t pinion gear.
Car drives really well, front tires hardly balloon at all, and it's freaking fast.
Just thought I'd share...
