Ultra 4 thing chassis ready for powder coat

[cb44v]

This is my first build type thread so ill probably screw it up. After Much building rearranging tearing down brazing and rebrazing I finally finished my ultra 4 chassis. I bead blasted it sanded it and it is ready for the powder coaters I am going to powder coat it a tigerlac safety orange. Here are some photos I'm not sure what to paint the body panels yet I was thinking about a pearlescent white. I know from my art school days that blue is the complementary color to Orange so maybe dark blue. anyone got any ideas?
It uses a narrowed new bright TJ body.
I bought an 18.5 brushless Novak motor with an mmp running through an r2 trans on 3s.

[z71baja]

you didn't screw anything up, except for the layout of your pic's.... I think the idea is to place them below one another.

your brazing and tube work looks sweet . what color are you planning on the powder coat? If I can throw a reccomendation at ya' I would say silver.

[cb44v]

Thanks, it's going to be safety orange like a traffic cone. Silver might look sweet with it. It's going to have a half interior. I was looking for the driver figures from an hpi Baja but I'm having a hard time locating any for sale.

[cb44v]

Ok so back from powdercoat. And I must say it looks amazing. They did a fantastic job.

[cb44v]

Ok so I'm starting the buildup of this beast. Got some wires in. It's cool not to have to worry about the interior in this rig.
I am going to put in a half interior here's my driver.
He comes out of a tamiya frog.
I also fabbed up a fuel-cell for the back.
My only concern so far is that this transmission is geared way too low. now I kind of wish I'd gone with two speed anybody have any experience with one of these? maybe I can get better gears.
Okay that's all for now getting late I'll have some more tomorrow maybe some paint And a little more interior.

[Kylar]

Looks like an awesome start!!

I think your wheel speed will be fine. Are you running 2s or 3s?

What colors are you going to do for the body panels?

[cb44v]

Thanks man I wasn't sure if anyone was watching this. I'm going to be running 3s . I'm not sure what color for the panels yet. Blue maybe. I ordered an exo radiator and fans . My Lego window netting also showed up so ill be starting the interior soon.

[cb44v]

Small update. I made these rock rings for the axial wheels. Then I painted the wheels orange. It was a pain putting all of the 0-80 stews in but they look pretty cool IMO.
I don't think I'm going to use these cut boggers. They are a little large. I wish they made two faced in 1.9 maybe irocks or those maxxis trepadores. Here's a little preview.

[Kylar]

You will have plenty of speed on 3s. Nice job on the rings, they look good.

I think bright blue, like a subaru blue, or real heavy metallic or pearl black would look cool.

For tires 1.9 ttc claws might look good. What are you going to use for axles?(sorry if i missed it)


I really like that chassis, it has a really cool look to it.

[cb44v]

SCX 10 Axles, mip shafts with the traxxas pins. I like the blue idea I think I'll go with that. If it would just stop raining I would be able to do some painting "stupid tropical storm". Got to go to the hobby shop and pick up some pro weld and some styrene then more updates.

[rockhugger]

WOW... this things looks fantastic!!!! I absolutely love the Orange it doesn't get used enough in my opinion. If you are still looking for input on panel color to make the Orange POP, I think blue is the easy go to color but not the only best option, so I suggest silver and blue two tone panels.

[rockhugger]

Originally Posted by cb44v

this looks great

[cb44v]

Okay a small progress update. Got some pain on this thing I decided to go with blue and silver stripes. I think it came out pretty nice I couldn't resist sticker bombing it. But it is full factory race you know so you have to have your sponsors, ha ha. I went with a 4000 number because that's what all the ultra 4 Rigs run. Sorry about the 2 Wheel Dr. but I'm trying to get the front suspension set up, a process that I hate.



I got the rest of my interior components today too. A co driver and an exo radiator and fan set. More updates soon.

[Yaeger]

The tube work looks good, and I'm really digging the orange..
Can't wait to see it finished.

[rockhugger]

this thing is looking nasty I love it

[nd4spd71]

[cb44v]

This isn't really update worthy but a few small things. I'm waiting on some Revo ball ends and some other stuff. So I've Been concentrating on the interior a little bit.
I've got the fuel-cell in place I will probably make a spout for it later. Also a little bit of diamond plate in the back in case I want to put a gas can or some batteries.

Here's a shot of the rear end I found these really cool LEDs at RadioShack for a dollar 50 apiece they Already have the resistors soldered in-line.

Here's my driver and co-driver Jeff and Lou. I got them all painted up and hooked up the forced air to their helmets. It gets a little dusty when you're going a buck 29 in the desert ha ha.
I feel like the wheels stick out a little bit too much but I can't afford any D 44 axles. So I decided to make some heavily offset bead lock wheels out of delrin. I should have those done by next weekend.
More updates next week when I get the rest of my linkage parts.

[cb44v]

Well it's been a long and crazy summer, camp the beach, everything else anyway I haven't had much time to work on this thing. I just about got it wrapped up a few more electronic things hook up the lights and she'll be done. I think it turned out pretty good it's sits up a little high and it doesn't exactly look like a KOH rig but it sure is fun to drive. Have a look and let me know what you think.

[Ramination]

Looks like a monster! How much does it weigh in at?

Also, curious as to the reason for the wire loom on the steering?

[cb44v]

I haven't weighed it its pretty heavy. I'm running a Novak 18.5 brushless with an mmp on 3s so I don't really notice the weight. The wire covers are to cover the threaded rod until I can come up with something else. I had it lower on smaller tires but it just didn't look right.