Cause I don't have enough going on....YZ870 edition

[GoMachV]

I guess I needed yet another project. Found this one on eBay for around $25 and threw most everything away lol.

Sourced new bulkheads, motor mount is on the way, and cut out a fresh chassis

I would love to find a jammin upper brace and battery straps to copy if anyone has em laying around

This is how she started


And the "progress"

[Typicray@rainmans]

That chassis cleaned up REALLY nice!

[GoMachV]

That chassis cleaned up REALLY nice!

That's a fresh chassis, cut from a sheet

[littleVETTE]

very impressive jeff. that chassis came out excellent. great start to your buggy.

out of curiosity, what size of counter sink drill bit did you use for the chassis?

[GoMachV]

I use a 6 flute countersink, one is 82* and the other is 100*

[littleVETTE]

excellent. what are you planning with the buggy jeff? anything trick being added? making your own your design top deck and battery hold downs? i know you got something up your sleeve.

[GoMachV]

Just a fresh blank canvas, it will have a Robinson oneway spur and associated shocks, and I want to cut a jammin upper brace and towers. It will be pretty basic just clean and simple

[Charlie don't surf]

I have NIP towers you can use as a template if the ones on there are altered- I also have a couple of sets of white bellcranks if you don't have new ones-

make sure that you are using a serious air draft or filtration system when your grinding on that stuff!

[jwscab]

I have a Jammin' top brace you can copy. PM when you are ready.

[GoMachV]

I have NIP towers you can use as a template if the ones on there are altered- I also have a couple of sets of white bellcranks if you don't have new ones-

make sure that you are using a serious air draft or filtration system when your grinding on that stuff!

Yes! I use a vac, sucks up all the dust and a dust mask just in case. I have heard how bad carbon can be but funny enough the guy that sells the carbon says he won't touch g10 because it's far more dangerous to the lungs. Weird!

[Charlie don't surf]

I have NIP towers you can use as a template if the ones on there are altered- I also have a couple of sets of white bellcranks if you don't have new ones-

make sure that you are using a serious air draft or filtration system when your grinding on that stuff!

Yes! I use a vac, sucks up all the dust and a dust mask just in case. I have heard how bad carbon can be but funny enough the guy that sells the carbon says he won't touch g10 because it's far more dangerous to the lungs. Weird!

We used a dry-wall 5 gallon water filtration system that used a vacuum for suction but didn't run the crap through the actual vac...then just dump the black water and rinse the bucket. Cheap (20-25) and doesn't trash your vac or shop vac-

Coal miners don't get black lung from fiberglass

[GoMachV]

Coal miners don't get black lung from fiberglass

I don't think there are g10/fr4 mines but I know what your saying
I will have to look I to that system....sounds interesting!

[stickboy007]

I'm surprised you picked that up for $25, but then again, I got my 870 for $30 Most 870s that I've seen, even in this condition, have been in the $100-$200 range. So, I'd say you got a really good deal here.

Those pink wheels look like they're in excellent condition, although I've never seen fronts that are quite that narrow. Must be a rare part.

[hondaman]

Gomachv nice project.. looking good..

stickboy007 those wheels are probably cut versions of the stockers.. way too thin compared to the narrow yz10 wheels..

Shawn

[Charlie don't surf]

Gomachv nice project.. looking good..

stickboy007 those wheels are probably cut versions of the stockers.. way too thin compared to the narrow yz10 wheels..

Shawn

Yokomo Z-500 narrow wheels