I am waiting for my CNC machine to come. In the meantime i am playing with my dremel and a RB6 chassi,
I need to order the front parts for the RB6, but i will probably try to use the d413 front arms/caster/hub and hingepins and attach them to the rb6 hingepinholder(bulkhead) At leaast that will be my initial take on it. If that doesnt work well i will use a comple RB6 front.
The chassiplate doesn`t look so nice, drilled the first set of holes wrong som had to shorten the plate a bit and drill new holes. I will countersing the holes tomorrow, and make the motor and centerdiff holder holes. I also need to carve down a slot for the spur to run free. Can also use a 1 or 2mm shims under the centerdiff holder to get it up from the chassi.
Whats most interesting will be the testing. Because i think the wheelbase length will be around 265-272. I will put shims on the hingepins to get the longest possible wheelbase. Maybe this will give me a quicker car in narrow parts, but probably a bit more unstable car in high speed parts. We will see
I think swapping the rear end back to the original chassi will take me between 5-8 min. I will use plugs for the esc and motor so i can change fast between different motors.
I belive there will be quite mutch weight at the rear compared to other similar 2wd? s like the XB4 conversion