Mr. Ed's Sawback 4LS "No rules applied"

[Mr_Ed]

Here's my 4 link Sawback as it stands now. It's pretty much new but got some heavy personal seasoning, awaiting better weather at first, and new rear shafts after its maiden run.
A quick run-through:
Added weight in wheels, new foams in the tires, 14mm wheel wideners, red alu lock-outs, C hubs and steering knuckles, homemade battery mounts to put the saddle pack cells on the front and rear axles rather than on the chassis, reversed and moved forward center gearbox, shortened front center shaft. flipped axles, homemade esc mount, homemade rear shock mounts, tucked in bumper, trimmed chassis rails, raised steering links, relocated suspension links, Kimbrough servo saver, GPM rear shafts.
These last 2 were added after my first time out. The car tipped sideways and bounced down a long steep hill. The rear shaft got bent badly and savox low profile servo lost some teeth.

[Mr_Ed]

I had Pamela Anderson in mind, with a little red bikini... but a machine gun mount is sadly enough easier to find.

[aiden102408]

I like this


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[Mike Flea]

Actually, ebay has some 7 inch Pamela Anderson dolls

[Mr_Ed]

I found this barbie doll on a flea market just around the corner. She costed me only 2 euros.
I cut her legs and bent and shortened her neck. Now i just need to figure out how to keep her in place.

[aiden102408]

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

I found this barbie doll on a flea market just around the corner. She costed me only 2 euros.

I cut her legs and bent and shortened her neck. Now i just need to figure out how to keep her in place.

Blast a screw through her ass


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[Mike Flea]

What aiden said, or make a seatbelt/shoulder harness out of a shoelace to hold her in place.

[Mr_Ed]

Originally Posted by Mike Flea

What aiden said, or make a seatbelt/shoulder harness out of a shoelace to hold her in place.

I think a single screw through the seat won't hold, so I'll look into adding one in the seatback too.

[aiden102408]

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

I think a single screw through the seat won't hold, so I'll look into adding one in the seatback too.

Use a self tapping screw either through her butt or put one in her upper back and one through her tramp stamp


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[M J]

If you get one of the larger dolls, I believe they have predrilled holes.

[Reaxion911]

Can u please explain your reasoning on flipping the axles?


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[Mr_Ed]

Originally Posted by Reaxion911

Can u please explain your reasoning on flipping the axles?


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Sure, but I don't know if my reasoning was correct ;) .

when I first ran the car I felt like it had lots of torque twist. And I had read about other cars where people were flipping the center gearbox to counter this. At the time I wasn't ready to flip the gearbox... Yet. So I filipped the front axle, and rear axle. (Meaning the top of the axle becomes the bottom side.)
And then reversed the motor rotation sense.

Since then I've had the gearbox flipped, axles turned over again, gearbox turned back again and moved an inch forward, moved, and moved back again.
I just like tinkering I guess

Right now I'm finalizing the car to match some chop-chop body mods I did:

[Mr_Ed]

I slislightly over trimmed the front wanting to take out the old body post holes. But the ultra short front bonnet reminds me of the old wild-willy, so it's no disaster and there's no way back anyway .