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Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!)
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:49 am
by GoMachV
Wanted to try this for a while now. Material is scrap and it's far from perfect but the concept is there. Now to find a decent Raider to build up
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 4:10 am
by Lonestar
This is weird but I like it! MM are all the rage anyway...
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:05 am
by Incredible_Serious
gomachv wrote:Now to find a decent Raider to build up
Good luck in your quest, adventurer....
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 8:15 am
by kaiser
Lonestar wrote:This is weird but I like it! MM are all the rage anyway...
that was my thought when I recently picked one up, I thought it would be an interesting car for a vonats classic racer, being held on high grip indoor clay nowadays.
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 8:19 am
by SFC K
I have a doner if you need parts. I was going to rebuild it but have lost interest. I like what you have brewing though...
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 10:44 am
by kaiser
does anyone know what 2.2 wheel's will fit these things?
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 10:54 am
by DennisM
Those shocktowers look mean.
Did You use Your new router for these?
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:51 am
by GoMachV
Yes Dennis these are on the new router:-)
Not sure about modern wheels but aren't most 12mm these days? Front is compatible with a associated tq wheel with 5/16 bearing, not sure if anything uses that still tho
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:56 am
by kaiser
oh, I thought they might have been that odd 10mm hex, didn't optimas and optima mids have a 10mm, or am I insane?
well I'm insane but am I crazy. lol
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:41 pm
by Phin
gomachv wrote:...
Not sure about modern wheels but aren't most 12mm these days? Front is compatible with a associated tq wheel with 5/16 bearing, not sure if anything uses that still tho
You could use Rocky knuckles to run hex wheels up front.
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:46 pm
by RichieRich
Well, this looks like a fun project!
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:34 pm
by LTO_Dave
Would this be considered the
Oregon Raider and not the
California Raider?
I remember always wanting a Raider after seeing the big ads for them in Tower catalogs.
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:24 pm
by terry.sc
kaiser wrote:oh, I thought they might have been that odd 10mm hex, didn't optimas and optima mids have a 10mm, or am I insane?
well I'm insane but am I crazy. lol
The Kyosho Optima is the car that invented the 12mm hex that's become a standard wheel fixing. The difference is that they fitted on a tapered shaft rather than using a cross pin.
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:08 pm
by Lonestar
terry.sc wrote:
The Kyosho Optima is the car that invented the 12mm hex that's become a standard wheel fixing.
OMG it's terry - welcome back, Sir!!!
terry.sc wrote:
The difference is that they fitted on a tapered shaft rather than using a cross pin.
amazing how Kyosho only got it
partly right
Paul
Re: Taking a Raider to the next level.... (aint saying much!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:29 pm
by GoMachV
True, but the ones with holes in the axles bitd tended to break at said hole also. I never had much trouble with the taper systems