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Old 11-08-2009
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Originally Posted by YoungChazz View Post
This thing of lengthening molded chassies to make something different is not for amateurs. Paul's spectacular crash at the ROAR Nats involved an home-made lengthened chassis splitting apart where it had been joined. Nothing else on the car was broken. Days of hard work down the tubes in an instant.

There are soo many things that must be done perfectly, so many things that must fit snugly and perfectly to make a really good strong one. We would love to sell multiple chassies to everyone and have everyone cutting and gluing, but we've seen the results when it's not perfect. I didn't say, "done right" or "done well." I said "perfect." Plus, you have to make the bumper mount, and it's a complicated part. You must have the right CF for reinforcement and cut it correctly on the bias. Just any piece you'ce got lying around will not do. Please don't try this at home.

SpeedyDad and X Factory are trying to come up with a way for Dad to make X - 60 SC chassies for us to sell. Note I said, "trying to come up with a way" -- this thing is far from done. Paul's chassis at the Nats was NOT made by SpeedyDad, and everybody saw what happened to it. No chassis made by SpeedyDad has ever broken in the spot where it was put together.

We will CNC machine bumper mounts, and we'll put the thing together in two different Kits. 1) Convert your existing X - 60 to SC. 2) Convert your T4 to X - 60 SC. Both will be expensive because of all the one-at-a-time hand work. #1 will probably be around $200, and #2 could be as high as $400. In both cases, you will supply the body.

As these things go, they will be good. You get what you pay for.
Hmmm, interesting

Would'nt it make sense to do a SC10 to X-60SC?

If only there were 60 hour days and money grew on trees hey Chazz
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