Bored of mid motor 2wds yet?

[BloodClod]

The "I made this" part of Oople is one of my favourite forums - some awesome projects here. I saw the different mid motor 2wd buggies and thought they were really unique and interesting. As I never really fancied how my XXX handled I decided to take it out of storage and build a mid motor buggy out of it.

... yes yes, another one...

Started by hacking up the chassis and after some measurements the backbone of the chassis was designed and cut from aluminum and G10



The rear brace was designed to be narrow so as to provide some rigidity but yet allow a saddle pack configuration...

The battery hold-downs were fabricated next and this is how the setup looked.



Actually the hole where the antennae tube holder is mounted was actually designed as a spot for an additional stand off to increase chassis rigidity but after bolting everything up as in the pic I found the chassis didn't really have too much flex (using the sophisticated "hand-twist" test)

If you excuse the unsightly wiring, here's some simple test gear I put in there. I figure if I like the performance I'll swap it out for some higher spec gear.



Here's a pic with the ugly hacked up cover (I really don't like the color but the whole car was bought used)



Comments would be most welcome.

I'd love to hear from other mid motor 2wd drivers what your experiences are with the handling of these cars and what setup changes you've made.

Cheers,

BC