I would buy it if you could make it as light as the stock chassis and choose to add the weights Thrible bonds where you wanted but still have below

I wish i had a CNC machine :( sooooo many possibilities for cheap tuning :D

I would start with the chassis brace, vts slipper and ft/rr roll bars. Learn the truck first then start looking at these other options. For your track I think these few upgrades will make you very competitive. Spend some of your saved money on wheels.

i had the lhs look at it. he said its a tuff job to much heat and the esc is mess up i just send in in

The whole point of the Exotec chassis was it added weight and made it stiffer, now with the FT chassis brace & adding weight I'm not seeing any advantage with the Exotec chassis..and I've seen them for $99 to $109..not $140..

The chassis brace stiffens it up. When you add the exotek you get a super stiffy! Haha. Sc104x4 that is.
It's a good option if you are running sticks and not saddles too.

Ha, I'm sorry Oasis i was looking at the MSRP $134 on the website... But even at $100 that seems high for $10 of alum and a few hours of work. I'm going to make it and see how it goes. Thanks for the input.

The brace only stiffens it against compression. It doesn't help extension or torsion. The Exotek addresses both of those.

$100 does seem high. However, I broke down and purchased one for myself (note, in my experience I maybe shoulda checked with the wife BEFORE ordering, but better to ask forgiveness than permission).

With the part in hand, you can really appreciate the size of the original stock, and a LOT of machining (due both to the amount of material it looks like has to be removed, as well as the detail/precision fitting). TBH, I am shocked they can produce them for $100 without selling a BUNCH to make up for the initial setup and programming (in addition to the ongoing tools/materials costs).

If it is cost effective for you to make one for yourself, you are definitely one of the very few. That being said, if you proceed, I hope it turns out great. There is something about putting that chassis in that looks sharp and feels nice (in hand and on the track).

I love it

Hummm...

Where's that hot video bout
making a EXo yo self with the Dremel ?.....:D

I actually would be curious to see the other two chassis pieces in alloy to see how the vehicle performs

You could also make a chassis that will accept stick packs down the middle as well as the mounting hardware to do that. I bet that could go over really well. Machine your chassis so that using sticks ESCs have more room to fit.

Possibly machine the chassis so the batteries sit lower (assuming this is a possibility) on the chassis.

I only paid $109 for mine. ITs a fair price when you see what it took to make it. You have a machine that can do this, thats great. I dont have 100k to spend on a CNC mill myself or have access to one.

I cant wait to get it on the track with this thing, it looks like a damn pice of jewlery now.

I'm making a 2 week practicum at a company for sheet processing. They have a 2d cnc laser, a cnc punch, a combined cnc punch-laser machine (trumpf trumatic 600l) a bending-press (trumabend v130; amada) and a metalworking. Any ideas what tuning-parts i could produce there?

I paid 65$ for mine shipped! From a dude on here.
Maybe 1 run on it. No scratches even