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Old 01-20-2009, 07:12 PM
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with the wider rear, i'd say awd would do pretty well since you can run the same offset and width on all four corners on a body with a narrow front and wide rear.
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Old 01-20-2009, 07:51 PM
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I could probably rebuild the front tierod out of turnbuckles set and a micro servo.

If I decide to go RWD, I could possibly get the front end wider...I'll need your thoughts on this one: AWD or RWD.

Finally, the chassis was a bit offset so I'll just cut out a new one.

And thanks for all your inputs guys! Really appreciated.
If you move the rear end to the front it's done and it's wide for you.
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Old 01-20-2009, 08:29 PM
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f-awd?
you'll still have to find a way to get the servo in front(now rear) to steer the wide-end knuckles.
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Old 01-20-2009, 08:37 PM
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Aww man, I got to the last page. So depressing. I love this build, It really looks georgeous. I wanna work on a GEN1 now. I want mo fo toe.
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Old 01-20-2009, 10:27 PM
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ZOMG! KEWL! I mounted my rear towers different from yours, so my is acually wider than yours.
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Old 01-21-2009, 06:32 PM
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Here's the way I've done it,



cut these parts off and drill out holes.

and



Cut these parts off so it fits in the rear deck.

After that, you won't have issue with dogbones slippage.
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Old 01-21-2009, 07:13 PM
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I Did It Other Way Around Like I Said Mine Is Wider
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Old 01-21-2009, 09:18 PM
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try it civic's way. it might work better
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Old 01-24-2009, 05:29 PM
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How much effort would it take you to make a new chassis? Your current one looks pretty good, I'd guess a couple hours of handiwork.
After 3 hours working on it, drawing a new template, drilling and cutting the whole thing, I got something decent.

Stupid as i am, i forgot my camera's battery ran off so I'm currently charging it...

Pics soon!
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Old 01-24-2009, 11:50 PM
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It's not perfect, but the holes are lined up.

Assembly soon!

EDIT: Bad news...already...There's one thign i've realised while assembling the chassis is that the rear holes were drilled out wrong, they are too wide. So I'll have to use the stock rear deck since I don't feel like starting a new chassis again!
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Wanna Make Me A Chassis?
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Old 05-14-2009, 07:30 AM
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UPDATE

I decided to ditch the custom chassis for now, too much trouble for nothing...

Anyways, I got it to work perfectly now.

It's based on a stock gen1,
Swapped the rear suspension geometry
It's RWD
Has sealed Bearings
and some GPM goodies.








Plenty ennough of suspension travel




I used a hacked pn pan car body

don't bother about the paintjob, I screwed up...

Right now, it has a stage2 motor in it which is, IMO it's too quick and uncontrolable. So I think i'll just swap back to the stage1 motor sometimes soon.

tight turns mod wouldn't be a bad idea either.

thanks for watching!
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lol im starting to believe the stage 1 is faster then the stage 2....
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Old 05-14-2009, 03:06 PM
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lol im starting to believe the stage 1 is faster then the stage 2....
Not faster, actually it's way slower, which tends to give me better handling.
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Old 05-14-2009, 05:03 PM
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lol i can never really tell a difference.... lol but i use an atomic ar46 so i guess they both seem the same..
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Old 05-14-2009, 05:32 PM
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stage one is faster if the track is heavily biased towards handling, which most confined-space tracks are
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ok thanks, i'll keep that in mind next time im at the track
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I commend the steel bottom for the improved CG, but before alum diffs and everything else, radio? Not a track car until you put any kind of better radio in.
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This is a great project.
I've always felt that the rear suspension on the gen1 really comprimises the handling.For some reason all the ones I have had seem to go light on the inside rear wheel when cornering,which makes slowing down and accelerating whilst turning somewhat unpredictable.
I would imagine your set up is much better and more consistent in corners?
It certainly looks more stable just looking at the pictures.
Another good thing about it is that you could change the rear toe angle.
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