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Most steel part will be fine if you use something like O1 or W1, annealed. If something needs to be wear resistant or hardened, like an out drive, both of those grades can be hardened and tempered. It's a bit of science and magic though, so i'd consider finding a model that exists that you can lift...

I'm planning on building a 4WD buggy from scratch, I think I have most of what I need to do it. But I'm not an engineer by background. I want the car to be as strong as a modern race buggy, the problem I currently have is materials selection. The easy bits: - Machined parts that are not in the drive...

tintin74 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 3:41 am

BuggyGuy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:40 pm
I belive the Fibre-Lyte chassis is for the original mid, does anyone know if the ReRe gearboxes have the same hole pattern as the original where they get bolted to the chassis?

Many thanks

Yes, the rere and the original have the same hole pattern on the chassis.

Awesome - thanks!

Hi I'd like to convert my rere Mid to LWB I've seen the ExoDesign LWB conversion, but as my car is already full carbon apart from the main chassis plate I was thinking about going with Fibre-Lyte LWB chassis instead: https://fibre-lyte.co.uk/fl/cars/kyosho/optimamidlwb.html I belive the Fibre-Lyte c...

Hi all I'd like to mount a shorty Lipo across the chassis on my Ultima ReRe and have found this on Shapeways: https://www.shapeways.com/product/C2YXHKFNU/shorty-holder-for-ultima-frame-type-chassis?optionId=153718506&li=marketplace Has anyone used this and have any thoughts, and even better - so...