The start of something new (Quadra car)

Post by **mk-Zero** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:11 am

Looks great Joey!
You've got to ditch those bushings in your steering though

Post by **JK Racing** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:28 am

The bushings are polished as well as the plastic inserts...pretty darn amazing with a little elbow grease and fiddling will do with bushings.

Post by **GoMachV** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:33 am

I always liked bushings better too

those thin bearings would fall apart all the time

Post by **JK Racing** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 10:38 am

Little late night work...now just paint and electronics to finish it up.

Post by **JasonB** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:34 pm

Loving everything about this build!
Isn't the front "too wide" to be legal with the b4.2 caster blocks on the quadra arms?

Post by **twisted** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 5:21 pm

looks good. explain to me what the quad set up is gonna do for handling?

Post by **Niki** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 5:21 pm

Most likely too wide bacause arms were designed for RC10 caster blocks with #6220 axles.

Post by **JK Racing** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 11:26 pm

I'll measure, if it is too wide, it may only be off by a couple mm. I have narrower hexes to use if I need to.

Post by **JK Racing** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 11:28 pm

twisted wrote:looks good. explain to me what the quad set up is gonna do for handling?

Its a move toward newer style suspensions where the front and rear arms have the same hinge points both inner and outer. Niki may be able to explain what it does better, but basically, its a long arm version of the rc10

Post by **twisted** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 11:57 pm

whats needed besides the arms to convert from a regular rc10? rc10t bulk head and??

Post by **JK Racing** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 12:02 am

RC10T or GT nose plate, bulkhead and nose tubes. NIX Concepts (shapeways or i.materialize) quadra arm set up, narrow front tower (or RPM clone, or RC10T/GT).

Time & a donor car

Post by **CraigB** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 12:24 am

Looks awesome! What would happen if you used a regular RC10 nose instead of the truck? Too wide?

Post by **GoMachV** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 1:11 am

It would be too wide and defeat the whole Quadra base

Post by **JasonB** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:35 pm

JK Racing wrote:I'll measure, if it is too wide, it may only be off by a couple mm. I have narrower hexes to use if I need to.

Please let us know, because I would be very interested in being able to use my B5M's hex front wheels on my quadra car at some point... but it has to be ROAR legal because (at least here) when you beat people with a gold pan they want to look at your car closely; nobody wants to be called a cheater. Now I wish I still had a b4 so I could just measure it

Post by **JK Racing** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 10:08 pm

JasonB, I measure the top of the tires are at 250, the bottom about 253, so just a hair outside ROAR limits.

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