CC-01 IFS KoH Buggy

[tHeo]

So the KoH virus infected me at last, helped by the first hybrid scale buggies being built here in Italy too, and with a few KoH-style scale competitions being held.

I wondered for months on the possibility to make a performance buggy out of a Tamiya CC-01 chassis...then I said "WTH, let's try" and bought a roller.



Plans are to chop everything off, keeping only the rear axle and the front main assembly (i.e. transmission and suspensions), bolt some skids and plates to it and weld up a tube frame that will also integrate shock mounts.

Plan is to obtain a light and stable buggy, than can be driven quite fast but still have some low speed crawling skills.

Given the quite high gearing of the stock CC-01 transmission, I'm thinking about powering it with a high turn motor (80T up) to have some torque and control, and pull the RPM's out of it with 3S LiPo's.

For tires I will stick to my beloved 1,55" IROKs.

For wheels, I plan using the Sand Scorcher rear ones. They are 1,5" and look really nice.
Had a friend try those wheels with some 1,55" Dirt Grabbers and they fit quite well





The only problem is that RC4WD tires have a thicker sidewall than Tamiya SS ones, and the two halves of the wheel do not come in contact, leaving a small gap (about 1mm). I will have to sand the inner rings a bit to solve this issue.

[SFC K]

Cool idea. Need to see more of it though. Keep us posted!

[tHeo]

*chop* *chop* *chop*

[heinie_21]

awesome should be a sweet hybrid! subscribed*

[heinie_21]

[derb]

Cool idea, I love those rims! You weren't wrong about chopping it up.

[tHeo]

Originally Posted by heinie_21

i LOL'd at that
I'm still collecting parts while progressing with other builds. I'm also thinking about a Wraith cage to cut down

Originally Posted by derb

Cool idea, I love those rims! You weren't wrong about chopping it up.