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I noticed right off the bat that weight and center of gravity was not a concern in the development of these trucks, which really doesn't matter in the backyard or gravel pit.
But..... my trucks are going to the race track!!!
Here's a picture of it in it's stock form. As you can see, everything is well protected from the elements and.... damn near anything else too.
Yes I know, I didn't take the time to glue the tires on yet.
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Time for it to loose some weight! Protection?...... yeah right!!!
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The first and easiest thing to do was to lower the throttle servo. The servo was setting up about a 1/2 inch off of the chassis.
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Next, let's put something on the opposite side of the chassis to offset the weight of the motor. Hmmmm.....I think the fuel tank will fit the bill but instead of the stock tank, I'll use a lower profile tank from my old retired racer.
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While I was lowering things, I decided to lower the steering servo as well. As you can see in the above left side picture, I already drilled holes in the chassis for it and used the pieces I cut off of the throttle servo mount as spacers to hold the steering servo off of the chassis.
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Now the truck is looking more like a lean mean racing machine. I will lower the engine and loose the pull start but...... since I drilled a hole in my pointer finger (Dahhh), I'll lick my wounds and start again another day. Seriously, the major surgery is about finished, I'll shave off more weight here and there along with a few other changes and I'll take pictures of that as well. bbs :-)
I'm back!!!!!!!
