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after looking at the chrome springs wasnt digging it so i put the 3 orginal stock black springs back on.

well lucky for me that traxxas used the very same parts off the tamiya hotshot. so the orginal hotshot propeller shaft and out drives worked/fit perfect! since this car had one orginal out drive and was the same in every way to the tamiya part.

lookin like some progress has been made

Todd

yup still waiting on some stuff. thanks for moving it to the traxxas forum for me

well it looks like a car again all done. well car cost me $85 plus anther $85 in parts: propeller shaft, 1 outdrive for the propeller shaft, tires x4, shocks x6, rear shock tower free made by me , rear spoiler sticker. so total $170 is ok i guess. parts always seam to cost more than they should

That really reminds me of The Fox...from the body & yellow plastics right down to the odd-looking undersized wing. What is that second pair of yellow things behind the rear control arms? Kind of looks like an extra set of dampers...If so, I find it strange they doubled up there but skimped out on the front, going with a mono-shock.

Coelacanth wrote:That really reminds me of The Fox...from the body & yellow plastics right down to the odd-looking undersized wing. What is that second pair of yellow things behind the rear control arms? Kind of looks like an extra set of dampers...If so, I find it strange they doubled up there but skimped out on the front, going with a mono-shock.

if u look on the box the car has 2 sets (4 total) rear shocks 2 with springs 2 without. going to leave the single front shock. have nothing to go off of to remake the front shock towers.

didn't Daniel have a drawing of the front and rear shocktowers at the traxxas forums in one of his threads? Might've just been the rears but was thinkin he did fronts also...
Todd

ya but they arent to scale and he only got back to me once so i kinda gave up lol.

Interesting! Those look like the same adjustable friction shocks that are used on the Traxxas "The Cat". Probably not the best choice if you were going to run that car.
On the other hand it's a very unique project and looks like you had some fun with it, which is what it's all about!

the real shocks are white, but he used yellow ones to match the box. Same shock, different color

thats right!

well i found some parts on ebay shock tower set and 2 white shocks all nip. looks like i might be going back to the white shocks maybe think the yellow is growing on me at least ill have a correct full set of shocks it never fails buy one part that is kinda the right thing, than u find the correct one like a couple weeks later

here she is with the correct front shock towers and also found a new driver and resister for the speed control. i left the yellow shocks cause i only have 5 white shocks plus i like the yellow

small update. found the correct tires for the car. they say star light. again the same style as the tamiya ones but say star light insted of super gripper.