And so it begins... sneak peek

[mjderstine]

what kinda car are you driving man? sounds fun. a fiesta ST huh. wouldnt be fast, but it would be fun to drive around the track in it.

[simon170]

Ford Focus ST170 (SVT) with big spec turbo engine. Cosworth bottom end, Custom spec GT30 turbo, 404bhp, blah blah. Works out at about 325bhp/per tonne... Same as an Mercedes AMG SLS! (which I got to drive the other day by the way lol)
just to help it live, cars with similar bhp/ton ratio: Ferrari F430 ,Porsche GT3 RS, Ford GT

I wouldn't be so sure about not being fast on the track... The chassis is insane, sticks like glue to the road. Plus my girlfriends brother laps the Ring in around 8:40 and his fully restored XR2 Fiesta with only 101bhp! (1.6 8v) but he does have sticky tires, and it's setup for track days.

[simon170]

Fiesta MK2 XR2 Nurburgring Nordschleife 9mins 32secs - YouTube

Thought you might be interested in seeing the XR2 video, I got it wrong it was 9:24, but he did get held up a few times... and its only 101bhp lol
Sarahs ST is 160bhp and has an amazing chassis, could do well in the right hands (not mine haha)

[mjderstine]

looked like it was real fast man. til that mini cooper came by still alot faster looking than i would ahve guessed.

[vwmopar]

You would know the id of those team bluestar shocks would you? I tried emailing.them but havent had a reply. Also not to sound stupid but those are for.the HPI 5b right?

[simon170]

Yeah for the fronts of a 5B, I think from memory it's about 15.5mm I'll check for you when I get home, as I'm speeding along a German autobahn at the moment...

[vwmopar]

Hey man you get a chance to check those shocks yet?

[simon170]

Forgot all about it, sorry man, will check and post tomorrow.

[simon170]

Hey guys, sorry for the lack if info, I made a mistake on the build and it bummed me out and I lost motivation cos I had to re-do a bunch of stuff, but things are moving again.

Got the driveshafts machined, so now have drive from the trans to the axles. Mocked it up with wheels and body, looks killer!

Figuring out steering at the moment. Then its electrics, then mount the body.

[Bart bender]

What's this thing look like? I forget

[simon170]

A little bit of movement, my motor and ESC combo are landing in the UK on Sunday (via my girlfriends parants who have been to North Carolina suck it UK customs import duty lol

Got some custom 40 series being designed, and just ordered some axles housings and 17mm hexes from Rick. God bless SuperShafty.com

[simon170]

I promise things are still happening here lol, just mega busy....

motor and ESC are here, wheels on way, doing some minor fab work and trying to figure out where to mount everything.

[simon170]

Anyone have recommendations for a strong alloy servo saver? Got my 7980 in the mail and given the size and weight of these wheels its going to need protection... titanium gears be damned

[buggynutt]

I made mine out of aluminum tubing 2"x3" and just used one corner of the tubing. its crazy strong



hope this helps.

ummm oh you said servo saver lol well here is a good servo mount...lmao

[Cordwood]

The hot racing is aluminum but it sucks. I had much better luck with the ofna heavy duty.

[simon170]

Buggynutt, a damn fine mount lol what thickness is the plate?


Cordwood: Awesome, I'll see if I can find one. Cheers.

[buggynutt]

Its just over 1/8" I think. I was running 40 series mud slingers and had some big falls and had the mounting ears break off before the servo striped. You might be looking at the wrong place to beef it up. Thats why I built the servo mount.. lol I upgraded to the savox 1283 aluminum case servo also. I dont think a servo saver is going to make you happy but give it a shot and let us all know what you find and how it works.

[simon170]

A shade over 3mm then, cool. Thanks bro

[simon170]

Buggynutt, what size screws did you use to clamp it down? I've made my mount and was wondering what screws to use. Want to make it strong but didnt want to put too many big holes in the axle casing and end up weakening it.

[simon170]

Update coming...