I just got my new BMI DB12R together...wow. Jason (protc3) did some amazing work on this car. Except for the screws, center shock and front suspension BMI machined every part. The pivot balls, pivot balls housings, flex plates, pod plates, threaded steel front axles, custom damper tubes and of course all the carbon chassis plates are all custom BMI pieces.
I talked to Jason today and he explained how his damper tubes use a smaller o.d. piston so you can use thicker damping fluid and end up with lighter damping. Instead of running 100wt oil and having it run out of the tubes over time you can run 5000wt and it feels the same and stays put.
The flex plate pivots have a big setscrew in them that presses on a delrin cup on top of the pivot ball to allow you to adjust the pivots so they are super free but have zero slop.
The kit comes with threaded from axles, IRS alloy pivot balls for the front suspension, IRS upper hinge pins, steel threaded front axles and an IRS rear axle kit. Most of this is stuff you buy after you get a kit to improve you car.
How about this...I needed to add lead to make it legal weight! With a light Parma Speed 8, Spektrum Micro Rx, IB4200, EA Komodo, Airtronics 94761 servo and Keyence speedo I needed top add 7g to make weight with a safe margin of error. All I added was an alloy screw kit in the low stress areas.
Like I said...wow
