Ellis Staffords X-6

[Garry Driffill]

Ellis / Dan / Chris..

is this a prototype on the car or is this available now?

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/works.../OOP_1167.html

The rear toe in block

[trekkerkk]

hi,
the toe in block on the car are now standard parts when ordering replacement toe in blocks,

trekkker

[Big E]

As Trekker said

E.

[Garry Driffill]

Cheers lads, ye i was just skipping through the pictures and noticed that. My dad wasted one of the older ones a few weeks ago, But these newer ones like ten times stronger.

just need to get a 2wd sorted out soon. I do fancy anouther X-6, but not tried the B4 properly yet ...

[ashleyb4]

One quesstion why do cars have the hinge pin brace on the bacl on the wishbones because the x6 the xx4 and the x5 both have one on the rear could someone exsplain to me why as if you are going to catch the wishbone your gerenrally going to need one infront ofthe wishbones? Im not questioning it im just wondering why?

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[super__dan]

On an X6 it's becasue there is no room in front of the pivot pins as that's where the motor is

[ashleyb4]

ooooohhhhhhhh

does it offer as much strength as if it was infront of the wishbones?

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[super__dan]

Well as you say, if a wishbone is hit backward you want the a 'brace' to stops the pins opening at the front so a brace would be in tension and at the rear in compression to stop the pins closing. As long as a car it designed to with stand the forces there is no problem.

On the X6 the whole of the thick part of the chassis where the pivot pin mounts screw in are across the front of the pins and the existing rear toe in mount/brace has now been beefed up over what it was originally.

Does that answer your quesion?

[ashleyb4]

Yes that does thanks dan im just inquisitive

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[SHY]

http://www.oople.com/forums/showpost...36&postcount=1

Can these still be used?

[super__dan]

Yeah no dangers, Glenns shims are ace. There is nothing wrong with the old braces, I don't think I've ever broken one but could be wrong. They've been beefed up with the truck in mind and common parts.

[Paul_Sinclair]

Yeah, you guys might not care much, but testing the truck over here our first prototypes were eating the old-style toe-in bars for lunch. The extra leverage provided by the long truck arms just snapped them right off, sometimes without any real sort of a wreck. So the bars were beefed up some.

[Lee]

I care paul, iim just that kinda guy

I still think the x6 is the best 2wd i have driven, i would like to try one with the 4 gear tranny, they just seem to suit my style on the uk tracks

[mattym0310]

mine's available next time i race with you lee [it's not quite as good as dans or chris' but atleast it as AE shocks ]

[YoungChazz]

All you need to turn your car into a 4-Gear is one of the three Upgrade Kits; still available.

[Darren Boyle]

Could not agree more LOL...............