alloy FRONT damper mount is finally available

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    • June 4, 2004 at 3:07 am #12180
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      and it s about bloody time, I have gone through 3 already….

      3racing_mzm006.jpg

      it ain t cheap, $16.90USD. someone s sure gonna make their money on this lil baby….

      http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=144_21_512&products_id=8290

      (happy)ph2t.

    • June 4, 2004 at 7:36 am #52014
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      no wonder toyeast was sellin standard dampners for 3 bucks each!

      might get that baby when its a bit cheaper or i have broken all my dampners which ever comes first

    • June 4, 2004 at 1:07 pm #52021
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      when they come out in silver i’ll get the front & rear… yeah, they’re abit pricey eh?

    • June 4, 2004 at 1:28 pm #52026
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      well, I bought the front and rear on ebay a few days ago, and then this pops up at rcmart. they were a few $$ cheaper but still, at the end of the day it’s costing me $33USD inc shipping to get ’em here.

    • June 5, 2004 at 5:51 am #52058
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      Build your own 😀

    • June 7, 2004 at 1:40 pm #52101
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      ever run a CAD program OTP? What you speak of is not impossible (unless you’ve never done it before…) but the ground work needed to pump em out is huge. Lets just say I understand why these aluminium parts are so expensive…

    • June 7, 2004 at 6:00 pm #52116
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      Yes, but I’ve reverted back to pencil and paper. It’s a lot quicker for me since I don’t have any CAM machinery anyway.

      My OL chassis is about 1/4 done. It’s about an inch longer than stock for this project:

      http://www.wegotu.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=1604&forum_id=20

      Once that’s done there are MOL, 4wd OL, and possibly a bus chassis to build.

      Although I have to say, I don’t think $17 is all that much for any alloy damper mount (not cheap, but not unreasonable either). See how far US$17 gets you in an Aussie hobby shop.

    • June 7, 2004 at 6:19 pm #52119
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      beats forking out again and again for plastic parts. Once alloy is in, end of breakage. There, anyway…

    • June 7, 2004 at 6:34 pm #52122
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      I think some ausmicro.com’ers will differ 😯

    • June 7, 2004 at 6:44 pm #52126
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      hey normal plastic shock stay sets are cheeeep now days.

      but alloy looks cool.

    • June 7, 2004 at 6:49 pm #52127
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      like I said… it will decrease/stop breakage thee, but will no doubt create a new weak spot…
      think I prefer the stock now that I think of it…

    • June 7, 2004 at 8:23 pm #52135
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      my churning rate sofar:

      new broken front damper mounts: 3
      re-broken front mounts(after glued): 6-7 times

      got alloy front damper mount (OL bastard son version).

      Now….

      new busted front servo case: 3
      re-busted front servo case: 5 times

      now getting OL alloy servo case, the top half will fit….. 🙂

      this is the general casualty list:

      busted oil shock shaft
      busted front right steering knuckle
      severly cracked rear rims
      front rims cracked
      broken servo wires, replaced with own, better now
      fried 3 seperate FET stacks
      fried stock FETS
      and I won’t even talk about the shell……

      ph2t.

    • June 7, 2004 at 9:25 pm #52137
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      oh yeh not a bad list…. heheheh my x mod has run only for a total of 8 minuets and has destroyed:

      3 frount knuckles
      3 set of fetts (one stock. 2 single stack)
      about 8 wheel nuts.
      one set of brushes (were abit pre worn)
      2 shocks
      5 sets of inductors (bloddy antenar kept coming unscrewed and hiting misc parts (either battery or pcb)

      not bad for 8 minuets heehehehehe

    • June 7, 2004 at 10:13 pm #52139
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      How do you drive merc blue? demolation derby or something?
      How do you smash so many things in 8minutes?
      Looks like another L-plater,LOL!

    • June 7, 2004 at 10:45 pm #52141
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      My z: 1st servo gear x5, plastic h plate x1, carbon fibre x2, 6×2 fet stack and tamiya plasma dash, front bulkhead, bulkhead mount, shell x2, stock diff spur, 2 tyre sets, 3 wheelnut sets…Ah what a waste

    • June 8, 2004 at 12:34 pm #52147
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      i drive like a grandma.. but when i do let it go and it crashes its ALL over

    • June 8, 2004 at 5:39 pm #52163
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      …im sure that piece will do the job but it looks like crap 🙁 I REALLY need to some work on the world-saving M-PLATE 😉

    • June 8, 2004 at 8:34 pm #52172
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      what’s an M-Plate? > O-Plate?

      novin

    • June 8, 2004 at 8:36 pm #52173
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      jamie what did you do to your PD and your FETS?

    • June 9, 2004 at 1:01 pm #52184
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      Stu/ Nov; O plates are an alternative to H plates, a lot stiffer, hence less likely to snap. M plate? Well, i’ll tell you when I find out but I bet it’s a Monster thing…

    • June 10, 2004 at 2:21 am #52242
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      Well, sales must of been good cause rcmart is now out of stock on the front damper mount.

      So I hope all you madforce owners out there got your order in soon enough!

      ph2t.

    • June 10, 2004 at 3:25 am #52243
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      jamie what did you do to your PD and your FETS?

      Well, i left a shim out of the motor mount, which made the gear mesh too tight and overloaded the motor, which made it get hot enough to burn the enamell wire on the armature and make a dead short. The FETs couldn’t take this load at all and blew. There was a trail o smoke coming from under the car when it died.

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