I have been messing around with my 22 for a little while now never really happy with the way it handled as a rear motor car. It felt rear heavy and front heavy at the same time. The only way I could make the car work was if I hucked it into corners, but my driving style is VERY smooth, I like to carve corners not drift them. After working on some of my other projects:

http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...t-xx-24-a.html

http://www.rctech.net/forum/nitro-of...ory-build.html

and after all of the research that I have done to design my own car from scratch I began to realize that my problem with the 22 is its High Polar Moment of Inertia. See picture:



So I began to research ideas on RcTech and ran across this thread.

http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...2t-thread.html

I liked the idea but didn't like the idea of the brass weight hanging off the back (kind of defeats the purpose of going to mid motor) and flipping the rear arms which shortens the wheelbase, not good for rough tracks. I also didn't like the new drive shaft angle this created.

In preparation I ordered some parts for the long weekend to see if I could get the job done without the compromises listed above.

I researched other cars and realized that every other 2wd buggy, including older Losi biggies, has bell crank steering. I realized that this is to get the proper weight bias. So it became my goal to get the weight bias I want using a sideways battery and bell crank steering. After a quick mock-up on the scale I realized this might be possible. The bell crank I used was a Custom Works CSWC3647. So I started drilling, and this is what I got done today:

Sorry for the crappy pictures the lighting was bad.
















Look; NO BRASS!


Notice the new body mount above the motor. I had to use a different body with higher side pods to clear the battery that's sitting sideways.


This is the new body. Its a Proline bulldog for a Centro C4.1 PN 3382-00. It took a bit of screwing around to get it to fit around the gear cover but it fits well. Hope to throw a quick white paint job on it this week and I'll post some new pics.






So I haven't had it on the track yet because it isn't done yet, I just ran it in front of my house and it feels good. I hope to get it on the track next weekend; if life doesn't get in the way again!