more dirty bling bling!

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- March 21, 2004 at 7:55 pm #12062
  betty.k
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  hey gang!:smiley2: i haven t been creating any new cars lately, more like bashing the ones ive got!:dead: now that my se is steering well i decided to give it hell and put some big ol lego wheels on it! i also managed to get another millimeter of front suspension travel by shaving some plastic from the knuckle mounts, and i replaced the stock springs with softer ones. just gotta sort out some kinda shell to protect the pcb from the inevitable rollovers.
  
  the pics live here http://www.geocities.com/bettyk3332003/gallerydirtybits5.html
  
  one thing i did that s kinda new is make some cool looking skid pans for a couple of my favourite jumping beasties. they re more for show than anything, but certainly work well as a physical barrier. i used the aluminium bit off a 1.4 mb floppy, but an aluminium can would be fine. leon made a phat skid pan/bumper outta one. the important factor though is to use something that s not magnetically attractive or your steering will be useless. i just glued them on with good quality superglue.
  
  WARNING!! if you get upset when you discover a little scratch on your shells then look away now!!!
  
  man, how trashed is them shells!!
  
  more pics here http://www.geocities.com/bettyk3332003/skidpanstute.html:8ball:
- March 21, 2004 at 11:07 pm #50210
  brendan
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  man that se looks awsome with them lego wheels on it! an dem skid plates look great aswell.
- March 21, 2004 at 11:18 pm #50212
  barto_85
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  nice improvising on the scratch plate. Looks good too.
- March 22, 2004 at 2:50 am #50215
  z-beam
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  that s2k sure has had a few collisions!
  
  the scratch plate looks cool, i like the holes you put in it… what did u use to make the holes?
- March 22, 2004 at 5:11 am #50217
  betty.k
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  i really should come back with a smartarse comment like “starts with d and rhymes with dill!!” ……..but i won’t:D
  i just marked the holes using a little packet from some surface mount components and used a small drill bit:8ball:
- March 26, 2004 at 6:20 am #50302
  z-beam
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  cool, i picked up a cheap dremel at clints cr*zy bargains todar for $15! came with 30+ attachments to… nice 😀
  
  might just have a go at drilling some cans…
- March 26, 2004 at 6:20 am #50503
  z-beam
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  cool, i picked up a cheap dremel at clints cr*zy bargains todar for $15! came with 30+ attachments to… nice 😀
  
  might just have a go at drilling some cans…
- March 27, 2004 at 7:08 am #50314
  betty.k
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  got some more alloy coolness to inspire yous all, made an air scoop for my ferrari. it works really well, channelling air directly onto the motor which gets nice and warm with the fets and nicads:shock:
  
  pics don’t work? try here http://www.geocities.com/bettyk3332003/gallerymyrides.html:8ball:
- March 27, 2004 at 7:08 am #50515
  betty.k
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  got some more alloy coolness to inspire yous all, made an air scoop for my ferrari. it works really well, channelling air directly onto the motor which gets nice and warm with the fets and nicads:shock:
  
  pics don’t work? try here http://www.geocities.com/bettyk3332003/gallerymyrides.html:8ball:
- March 31, 2004 at 7:34 am #50323
  betty.k
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  more piccies!:p
  first have a look at what a week of ramp jumping does to the skid pans!
  
  i redesigned the hinge on the enertec monster to allow the rear end to do tha twist so to speak! now it looks and behaves much like the h plate on a mini z. it’s a definate improvement, dunno why i didn’t do it this way to start with, bleedin’ obvious in hindsight! doh!:D anyways you can see the old design resting on the wheel in the first pic. and the added bonus is that i get to do some tttt style shots!:smiley16:
  
  X? http://www.geocities.com/bettyksprivatestash/postedpics.html:8ball:
- March 31, 2004 at 7:34 am #50524
  betty.k
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  more piccies!:p
  first have a look at what a week of ramp jumping does to the skid pans!
  
  i redesigned the hinge on the enertec monster to allow the rear end to do tha twist so to speak! now it looks and behaves much like the h plate on a mini z. it’s a definate improvement, dunno why i didn’t do it this way to start with, bleedin’ obvious in hindsight! doh!:D anyways you can see the old design resting on the wheel in the first pic. and the added bonus is that i get to do some tttt style shots!:smiley16:
  
  X? http://www.geocities.com/bettyksprivatestash/postedpics.html:8ball:
- March 31, 2004 at 10:47 am #50324
  Evo
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  Yeah, the H-plate is nice.
  
  My H-plate on the diablo just had a dumb feature of breaking alot. But hey – i didnt screw mine to the chassis.
  
  🙂
- March 31, 2004 at 10:47 am #50525
  Evo
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  Yeah, the H-plate is nice.
  
  My H-plate on the diablo just had a dumb feature of breaking alot. But hey – i didnt screw mine to the chassis.
  
  🙂
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