Just went out in the damp weather with my donor firestorm, with the new diff and with a horrible setup. The front wheels have 2° positive camber, the left rear has about 4° neg and the right about 6°... oh, and the front wheels have about 4° toe in. And amazingly, it handles fine. I will put 3° on the rear, as the mid corner grip was astounding. I did the test to see what could be improved, and I have to say not much. When exiting corners on power, the rear comes around and it feels unstable, so the truck will have a longer chassis. For battery placement, how about across/mid?

Personally the best battery / motor lay out would be either similar to the desc210 or x2c with saddle setup

I want a design that is quite different to others, so I thought I could use this layout:
Servo, stick or saddle (both can be used), esc+receiver side by side, then motor. I want quite a thin chassis, made of plastic, so it will have a top deck.

Only problem with stacking is that it raises your centre of gravity

I would only have the top deck at the front covering the servo, so CG wouldn't be that big an issue. Also, to adjust chassis stiffness, turnbuckles attatched to chassis and that top deck - what do you think?

The build: Day three
 

Today I will be taking a break from the project, as I am going to view my new car. I have however sketched some designs, but they are secret!

Sorry for no post yesterday, I was out again. I will probably not be able to get back to it until Saturday, so in the meantime, why not send me some more ideas?

Back to work today. I'm using 3mm acrylic, and is quite stiff, but it'll have a top deck too. Oh, and out with a boring black tub, this truck has a blitz ese style white chassis :drool:

abot toe in toe out, you could make an arms tamiya avante look like, and about your "would this work" thread, you should search for awsomematix dumping solution. Maybe would some good idea came out this.
Cheers

I wouldn't use acrylic as its brittle. I tried once and it fractured from a bump.
Carbon fibre would be better and look better too.

Its back...
 

I am at last back to work, albeit with a very different outset. My original plan was for the ultimate racing truck, but my budget wasn't allowing it. My new idea is for an E Firestorm with cheap yet functional mods with a handful of b4 bits and a dremel, which is what my first attempt was lacking. It will have to stay rear motor, but no biggie. One thing I hate about the truck is the cg, the shock towers are stupidly tall as these pics show against a dest210:
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But nothing a bit of dremeling can't fix:thumbsup:
I have already made some mods that I will post tomorrow. Feel free to post your opinions and suggestions.

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I was not a fan of the 'clip in' style servo mounts used on the car, as it required the top brace which was held in with six screws (a nightmare when it comes to maintenance) so I decided to put in some AE servo mounts. These however move the servo forwards by about 1cm, so the upper servo saver was fouling the servo case. I dremeled the end of the saver off and had to chop some of the ballstud off.
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It just makes it now, not much room at all!
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The lack of that top brace will also free it up a bit and give some flex.

That's pretty sweet servo arm clearance you have there now...I bet the action is pretty smooth.

Can't wait to see this on the track this summer when we get a truck class going again. :thumbsup:

We will be running a 'anything as long as its 1/10 and electric' Truck class at Southport this year.

A few have 4wd Short course trucks and a few have 2wd stadium types should be fun.