My project!! HELP!!!!!

[ashleyb4]

OK i didnt want to show you but i must now as i need some help!

You may says its pointless as it will handel crap. Well it proberly will but its fun ding this.

I was looking at my TC4 FT yesterday and i thought i love this car but i hate touring car racing so to get the best of boat worlds i set about making a 4wd buggy out of it. I have mounted b4 rear wishbones to the back ive got the whole back end sorted bar the shock tower and wing mount But i still havent put the hub carriers on yet. I have cardboard cut outs of the shock towers and the top deck. So it was all going ok. And here are some pictures.






So now this is my problem! I was looking at the BJ4 to see if the BJ4 body would fit it. When i sudenly realised oh poo slipper. Now i am wondering will i need a slipper as a dark impact hasnt got one has it?????? As i proberly wont run anything more than a 19 in it as it will be more of a club car and a shelf queen. And just for fun.

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[BenG]

looks cool, but won't this just be a Bj4 using tc4 bits? anyway, look at the tc3 '0' and bj4, you be able to fit a slipper from them with minor mods

[tc2k]

Ash, you could bolt the B4 rear arms to almost any touring car and make custom shock towers. The slipped will be very hard to get working unless the BJ4 one is a perfect fit. good luck though

[ashleyb4]

HAHA are you taking the piss.

I havent just put them inplace of the touring car arms. I have had to dream about 1.5cm off the chassis on both sides. Remount the arm mounts dremel down the arms. On the front ive had to dremel down ene more of the chassis. Ive got the full speeting working now. Ive had to remove part of the fron arm's so it will allow you full suspension travel. And ive had to remove some material from the chassis to allow for the steering so it doesnt bind on the cassis. And i still have to make upper deck and the 2 shock towers.

So ive just bolted some rear wishbones on have i.

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[tc2k]

Calm down dear

[LiamD]

Why not just sell the TC4 and buy a BJ4??

Just seems a bit pointless (to me) to ruin a perfectly good touring car which could be sold on to fund a good 4WD buggy.

[terry.sc]

Using the standard TC4 chassis there is also the fact the wheelbase will be at least 25mm shorter than every other buggy, which will make it very responsive, but you'll find most of the cars running at the York vintage masters will have a 250mm wheelbase and no slipper.
Makes it difficult to fit any current body on it though.

If you are sticking to 19 turn motors you don't need a slipper. It all depends on the surface, if there is enough grip then the only use for a slipper would be to protect the gears from damage when landing from jumps.

Without a slipper on low grip surfaces your options are either to loosen the ball diffs so they slip (means they need rebuilding often - this is how we all used to do it), adjust the throttle settings on the transmitter, put in a motor more appropriate to the conditions, or learn how to drive with a smoother throtle.