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Old 04-07-2019 | 10:03 AM
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Thank you, both!

The irony is that the blue metal you see on the pictures and the blue metal that comes next week costs more than all custom parts I have ever installed in this car
I had to bite the lemon once more and ordered some more hardware. Some of it is to make the car bulletproof for a race weekend, but most of the money is to get rid of the heavy steel ballstuds and nuts I have everywhere in the chassis. I want a light and agile car for our south german asphalt tracks. This should also lower the c.o.g., because nearly all of the steel is located in the upper quarter of the chassis.

Today I focussed on details:
I aligned the anti-roll-bars and installed the set screws to take out excessive play.
The rear TT-02RR oil filled gear diff got a service and a lot of Green Slime. Unfortunately it still starts to leak after a day of running, but only out of the left outdrive...

In the front the Tamiya double joint cardans got longer axles (46mm), as the 44mm were a little too short. Luckily I had the 46mm axles at home from the KR-MF project.

Then the arms were upgraded with Awesomatix excenter ballheads and adjusted to the right height. While doing this, I had real trouble with the suspension ballcups (again). Two broke and every second had to be squeezed a lot to get rid of bending. There seems to be the need to learn how to work with this part. I thought it would be more easy...

I also installed the ULP shock absorbers. Early next week I will get RC missions short shock shafts. They recommend to use new plastic parts for their shafts, so I installed my SLP shafts to finally see the car in full:










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