Dan's RC10-4 conversion project

[DanB4]

Hi All,

About a year ago I scored a new partial original RC10 worlds kit and new partial RC10 Team Car kit in a bargain deal. I sold some of the bits like the worlds chassis (thankfully before the rere was announced) but built a Worlds/Team Car hybrid new car from the remainder of the parts - which ended up looking like this:



After it sat on the shelf for a few months, and in my never ending search for an Intruder EX, I decided to sell it.

However, inspired by Jeff (Gomachv) and Mini's threads on 10talk I decided to pull it from sale and start a project to convert it to 4wd in the style of the old and extremely rare ($$$$) MIP 4-10 legend kits I always drool over.

I had plenty of spares from years of collecting so was excited to get started!

I liaised with Mini and Jeff at length and set about getting to work.

The pulleys were available from RCRacingUK so I bought 2 of them, but could only find 1 layshaft (another is en route as I type and will hopefully not get lost in Omans hopeless postal system) - the pinions used for the idler which drive the belt/pulley combo were purchased from eBay USA and I managed to source an original belt for an MIP Legend (which was not cheap!).....there are a few rumours of MIP re-re'ing the 4-10 conversion but I am impatient and this is a lot of fun!

The essence of the build is to retain the Stealth box at the back of the car and use another stealth up front, which will be in a laydown orientation - mounted to a custom shock tower, bolted to a custom nose plate. The front mounts have also been modified to accomodate the front gearbox.

Due to the belt running off the idler shaft, the belt will run in the opposite direction to the motor and wheels, i.e. when the car is moving forwards the belt will be running backwards - this is cool and the same as the original MIP kits.

The rear gearbox was quite straightforward, make holes for the flanged bearings in the stealth casings and fit the pulley/pinion.

The front however as you can imagine takes some more thought - I initially started using Optima Mid wishbones (as I have a few) and hubs/carriers but tonight I'm going to try RC10 front wishbones with the Mid hubs and carriers.

Luckily I had some Kyosho Lazer CVD's which are a perfect fit - just need to check the length once the RC10 arms are on.

There isn't much clearance for the steering system so I got the dremel out and it should now be ok.

Once the 2nd shaft arrives for the front g/box I'll be able to route the belt and cut the rear bulkhead/tower.

Anyway a few pics, more to come - hope you like it so far






More soon!