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Old 10-05-2018 | 02:21 PM
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bertrandsv87
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Originally Posted by Nerobro
Well that was shocking. I swapped out the steel top shaft and gear for the aluminum. That saved 11 grams. I saved another 20 or so grams swapping out a bunch of other screws for aluminum.

I also saved another 2 grams swapping out the metal suspension pivot pins. All high up in the car! Yay.

Next step, is to dive full on into seeing if can-am gearing will be ok.

So.. where will I continue this crazy weight savings adventure? The ESC can be swapped for something lighter. And I can remove the fan.. and some of the heatsink. I can take the reciever out of it's case. Sadly, I want to put the foam bumper back on, which is going to slap a lot of that weight right back on the car.
To pull this off, you will need to first start with the lightest Fwd kit out there and then add all the lightest stuff to it: the plastic chassis is counterproductive.....I tried the same with my AE car and lost 62grams by switching to a cf chassis alone.....Good luck....
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