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Doug

Now this is one really sweet project!
All the benefits of the B6 style trans without having to cobble the goldpans chassis.
Very clever indeed.

Chuck

Ok fair enough Doug, I’ve got Will looking at a stealth with B6 parts and layshaft etc but won’t be an overnight project as he is busy with his day job

The right case has been updated. I've added a counter-bored screw hole inside next to the diff gear. This will align with the existing bottom hole in the motor plate eliminating the need to modify that part. The original screw hole remains but has been resized to allow the case halves to be screwed ...

With most of the machine work completed on the prototype cases, I thought I’d pause here for an update and step you the machining process. As many of you who have ever made anything on a lathe or milling machine already know, most of the time is spent on equipment setup so, rather than making only o...

Easier to solve by creating new rear hub carriers that both fix the driveshaft angle and also correct the bone engagement. The ones I made adapt b6 cva’s over which also fixes the wheel offset problem by using modern wheels. That’s my .02 anyway

real decent tune!

I think they only made like 3,000 Classic kits, and it didn't take long for people to snatch them all up. So I don't see how it could be considerd a flop.

The Worlds... that was just plauged with issues.

Yeah, hard to call something a flop when you only make a limited number of something and it sells out, but you fail to make more when the demand is clearly still there.

It's entirely possible that if the demand is high enough it could be reproduced. Though they'd probably want to sell more than the initial run of Classics to make it worthwhile.

The worlds suffered top shaft issues among other things. The aluminum 8/32 screws that came in both the kits are crap and will snap with the slightest of torque. The worlds kits lingered in stores and were eventually heavily discounted. Wow, that's brutal. I guess the takeover has done more harm th...

Deans got a bad rap because most of the “deans” connectors you see today are Chinese knockoffs and they melt. The ones on your awanfi will be Chinese knockoffs. I haven’t seen a real deans have a meltdown, but the knockoffs are junk.

Chinese Deans are the problem, and like Jeff said real Deans plugs rarely have any issues. Like also mentioned a lot of problems stem from poor soldering and bad connections.

Hard to find very much info, but here is their 11/1987 Catalog with a lot of good stuff;

http://www.dirt-burners.com/rcdox/Catalogs/Mini-Mags/1987%20-%20Mini-Mags%20Catalog.pdf

.035 for idler gears. New idlers come with a simple Allen key. .050 for pinion and steering linkage. Likely can skip this one! 1/16 for chassis screws. This is the most valuable driver 5/64 only for stealth trans adjustment and you can use a 2mm in its place. Skip this one 3/32 for cap head screws. ...

This here is my RC10 street buggy. It started out as a spare parts build and morphed into a little more. It's mostly a basic A stamp with black dyed parts, setup in full long wheelbase. The six gear was rebuilt with some re-re parts and outdrive bearings. - The hex conversion is a little different, ...