Custom Tuber Bug from an LCC

[Tin Soldier]

Originally Posted by Josh_Br

Sweet photo. Are the new tires hard or soft compound?

I think they are the G8 stuff. Nice and sticky. I like them. The center lugs have been trimmed which seems to give them a bit more bite. They have custom foams with a memory type foam and a soft/medium out ring. They work great. But now my steering servo is acting up. Not sure what the deal is with it. Going to tear it down and clean it.

[avanord]

I like the look of the new tires. Did you buy them new or did you get some used ones?

[Tin Soldier]

I snagged up some used ones. They work great.

[Speedweigand]

Dude I got carried away and over did it, now I don't think it'll fit...


I have an idea for a much simpler metal design but I need better dimensions of your esc balloon.

Looks cool sitting on my shelf if nothing else
Speed

[Josh_Br]

Gosh.....that is cool

[Speedweigand]

Thanks! the specifics are on my website... what's made of what
https://sites.google.com/a/speedweig...cale-vw-engine

[Tin Soldier]

I could see if it fits. It not send it back. It is awesome looking. Seems a shame to get it in a crawler that sees mud and such.

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[mgputer]

Mud is good for it. Makes it look more realistic. I think you should put it in!

[Speedweigand]

Originally Posted by Tin Soldier

I could see if it fits. It not send it back. It is awesome looking. Seems a shame to get it in a crawler that sees mud and such.

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I hear what your saying, but think of how awesomely scale it'll look covered in mud!

Actually I skipped a ton of steps since it was intended to be abused... but I am pretty proud of the distributor... and the coil... well most of it lol

I'll make a second version outta sheet aluminum today, a little more practical one.

For the exhaust I was thinking a giant pixie stick split down the side to form the cone stinger, then wedge that with some e6000 into your header elbow

Originally Posted by mgputer

Mud is good for it. Makes it look more realistic. I think you should put it in!

I cleared the bejesus outta it so it could be hosed off! It's not as fragile as it looks either. The intake stacks are sunk into the foam @3/8" and held in place with wood glue. The distributor shaft is 4-40 allthread and runs clear through the motor, it can even be backed out for maintenance! The rest of it is 3grams of foam covered with 5oz of paint

[Tin Soldier]

Cool! I could always move my ESC so that fits. :-)

[Speedweigand]

I know how that is though, my wraith has 5 pounds of crap in a 3 pound bag and moving my esc would be a ton of work

[Tin Soldier]

Nope, this one has a single zip strip holding it in. I just stuck it to that x member because it was easy. :-)

[Speedweigand]

Your going to like this I think


Look at all the space... kinda makes me want one! lol for the record I keep old screws in the dip tin... not trying to condone oral cancer

[Tin Soldier]

Haha. Yeah awesome. I have to remember to save you out some money. Send me your logo and I will make some stickers and run "sponsored"

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[shwng1973]

Holy crap I'm jealous. I so could use one of the engines for my build.
That looks nuts and a MMP would likely fit too...

Awesome detail on the interior Tin. Keep it up.

[Tin Soldier]

Thanks.

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[Speedweigand]

Originally Posted by Tin Soldier

Haha. Yeah awesome. I have to remember to save you out some money. Send me your logo and I will make some stickers and run "sponsored"

PM sent!

So you like the sheetmetal one? gets you your point, flirts with scale lol I'd show you some fresh pics but its clamped in a vice right now.

What color do you want the block? the alternator is black again but different. I made a sheet metal crank pulley cover, foam belt, and the JB welds curing for another dist and coil. Your getting red wires this time... Did you like the intakes? that's sorta easy to do too.

Originally Posted by shwng1973

Holy crap I'm jealous. I so could use one of the engines for my build.
That looks nuts and a MMP would likely fit too...

How jealous? V-dub or V8? Looks like you guys are pretty close to each other, so you cant really get the same thing. Mr.Tin Soldier would have to give the greenlight himself for the bootlegging.

PM me we can talk. I will say though I received some of parts I've been waiting on so for the next week or so I'll be busy.

[Tin Soldier]

HAHA!! Yeah avanord also has a bug class 3 and runs with me at events. The color of the bug pain are black and silver, but that red sure stood out before. I PM'd you on the exhaust pipes. I noticed in the pix that the exhaust ports exit from the bottom of the manifolds and then come out the back. That's cool. I could put the motor in and then attach the pipes from the bottom thru the frame, then I wanted to have like twin mega phone stacks that would stick up between spare and body. I think your idea of flexi straws would work. Just hit them with some silver paint or something. :-)


Heres what the exhaust normally looks like.



And here is a baja exhaust. Maybe I only want one pipe instead of two. Two doesn't seem to exist any that I can find.

[Tin Soldier]

Speedweigand had sent me this pic. I wish I could find more. I didn't base my rig on this one, but I am happy to know that I was not completely crazy in build an off road bug.

[89lxmorepower]

So watching your build thread has got me motivated on my venom bug started as a simple bug chasis with lexan body to now going to be a bug buggie no more shell