srBFF Silliness Build

[Dadio]

This stupid idea popped into my head and everyone loves an FF right ?

[1300GT]

Absolutely!

[Dadio]

Quite a thorough redesign of the front piece and drew up some shock towers , then i had to redesign the shock towers because the dog bones would be obstructed

[Dadio]

Just realised that for added silliness it could be 4wd twin motor not going that way though .I'm kind of undecided on the rear suspension , originally i was going to mod the rear suspension to have steering hubs but moved onto using the front trailing arms , again my original plan was to use the front trailing arms at the rear but it might be a bit much cosmetically to use them both ends ?

[Dadio]

Now with steering and drive shafts

[Dadio]

More silliness

Not sure I like the Samurai rear arms ,the chassis needs to be wider at the rear and not so long although the wheelbase will be longer than shown as I just used existing holes to mount it up the rear suspension for now .Still hoping to find an SRB front suspension set for a reasonable price to use at the rear , there's usually one or two on eBay for 25-35 quid but typically not right now

[Frankentruck]

Depending where battery weight gets placed, this looks like it might be able to do endos/stoppies at will.

[Dadio]

Depending where battery weight gets placed, this looks like it might be able to do endos/stoppies at will.

Worth doing then !

[Phin]

Looking sufficiently silly. Don't forget to reverse the motor rotation.

[silvertriple]

@Dadio , not sure why you call this a stupid idea!!
It's great work... Looking forward for next steps and a stoppie video

[Dadio]

Thanks guys , the more i look at it the more I think it needs another front end set of suspension for the rear , I'm just not digging the plastic rear arms .

[Dadio]

This had stalled because I just could not love the plastic rear end soooo...

Feeling the love again

[Frankentruck]

If your steering setup isn't complete yet, this seems like a natural build to have a 2 servo steering setup, one for each wheel, connected with a Y harness. Just a thought.

[Dadio]

If your steering setup isn't complete yet, this seems like a natural build to have a 2 servo steering setup, one for each wheel, connected with a Y harness. Just a thought.

I'm planning on quite a compact setup but I can see what you mean , I can just fit a bell crank and wrack setup .

[Dadio]

modelled up a test piece for mounting the trailing arms , quite tricky as the axle is 70 degrees angled from the pivot pin and the pin is 5 degrees angled from the chassis , I also gave it 0.5 degree toe in on each rear wheel , not sure if I'll fit it to the stock chassis or cut a whole chassis plate . Also did some minor changes to the steering that nobody would notice except they are now black , I'm really tempted (mostly because I want to have go ) to try electro plate some of the plastic bits with nickel so they match the suspension better , I've already ordered a pair of Optima steering knuckles and I'm thinking of suitable shocks .