Superjuice Berg

[4xFord]

Originally Posted by The Violator

It seems kind of silly to try and make your car a light as possible with plastic tubes and paper thin carbon fiber chassis, and then run inch thick upperlink mounts, and servo mounts. And when its all said and done, bolting 40 ounces of weight to the front end to make it work right.

If you wanna hate at least be accurate.





Thats 4 grams of weight savings per axle.

I always use 1/4" delrin for my servo mounts. The extra 1/8" of thickness in these 3/8" mounts isn't going to make a big weight difference. It also is 1/8" less alumiunum spacer that I need to run to raise the servo, so its getting closer to a wash. Oh, and I grooved the bottom of the mount to match the curve of the tube, so there is a loss there. I bet it balanced out to maybe a gram or two heavier than the previous setup, but stronger.

[Erik D_lux]

Originally Posted by krawlfreak

i think the link mounts could be made of a better material too.

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[ittybitty]

I'm guessing he's talking about some carbon fiber...that'd look real nice

[krawlfreak]

Originally Posted by Erik D_lux

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it was sarcastc but i did mean c/f

[Erik D_lux]

Originally Posted by krawlfreak

it was sarcastc but i did mean c/f

It would be sweet to make some from CF but to spend the time and make them double sheer. Thats the only thing that would sketch me out. Hmm, just got an idea. LOL

[The Violator]

Originally Posted by 4xFord

If you wanna hate at least be accurate.





Thats 4 grams of weight savings per axle.

I always use 1/4" delrin for my servo mounts. The extra 1/8" of thickness in these 3/8" mounts isn't going to make a big weight difference. It also is 1/8" less alumiunum spacer that I need to run to raise the servo, so its getting closer to a wash. Oh, and I grooved the bottom of the mount to match the curve of the tube, so there is a loss there. I bet it balanced out to maybe a gram or two heavier than the previous setup, but stronger.

If the mounts were made out of carbon fiber, they would weigh less.

[4xFord]

Originally Posted by The Violator

If the mounts were made out of carbon fiber, they would weigh less.

That's not a bad idea, I think I have some scrap pieces that may work...

[Erik D_lux]

Delrin and Carbon fiber are very close to the same weight. The reason you would want to use carbon fiber is because it is much more rigid. To be of benefit you would want carbon in half the thickness of that delrin.

[krawlfreak]

1/8" carbon is what I had in mind....

Great now I will have to cut him some.

[4xFord]

All thats left is wiring her and tuning the shocks.














Don't mind my hairy wheels....

[krawlfreak]

jeez! do your teeth hurt?

[4xFord]

Originally Posted by krawlfreak

jeez! do your teeth hurt?

My chainsaw was out of gas

[JeremyH]

Were you clearancing them for knuckle weights or something?

Oh, and I dont think a 645 is gonna cut it for steering!

[helhedded]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

Were you clearancing them for knuckle weights or something?

Oh, and I dont think a 645 is gonna cut it for steering!

naw man a 645 is overkill. he needs a 225.

[ittybitty]

Originally Posted by helhedded

naw man a 645 is overkill. he needs a 225.

If he'd just go ahead and step up to an HS-55 it'd match the ano'd hardware too!

[4xFord]

Originally Posted by ittybitty

If he'd just go ahead and step up to an HS-55 it'd match the ano'd hardware too!

I got one of those for my mechanical speed controlers I am testing.

[baddman]

Hey man great job!! They should of started the scores over. In my eyes you should of won.
Thanks for the pin on my XR and being one of the cool drivers that said thanks for the hard work on judging all weekend cuz judging all day really pulls your head out of the game on driving after so many hours and your just wanting to be done.
Thanks

[4xFord]

Originally Posted by baddman

Hey man great job!! They should of started the scores over. In my eyes you should of won.
Thanks for the pin on my XR and being one of the cool drivers that said thanks for the hard work on judging all weekend cuz judging all day really pulls your head out of the game on driving after so many hours and your just wanting to be done.
Thanks

Thank you Jim that is nice of you to say that, but Jake really deserved the win IMO. He drove his ass off. He was the more consistent driver and it showed in his massive lead.

And I really do appreciate the work the judges put in. I have judged a 110 driver comp in the single run format and it definitely takes its toll. Everyone should do it at least once to gain that appreciation.

[Nova's Ark]

Congratulations on 2nd place at the National Championship in Super Shelby. All your hard work has paid off. Congratulations!

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[baddman]

Originally Posted by 4xFord

Thank you Jim that is nice of you to say that, but Jake really deserved the win IMO. He drove his ass off. He was the more consistent driver and it showed in his massive lead.

And I really do appreciate the work the judges put in. I have judged a 110 driver comp in the single run format and it definitely takes its toll. Everyone should do it at least once to gain that appreciation.

I'd never take anything away from Jake he rocked and I really liked the bonus land it make things interesting. All the classes final courses were great to watch.