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I replaced the original motor and esc ( a luxury on its own.. ) with a small Hobbywing XERUN 35amp Brushless system, installed a receiver for my Spektrum DX6i radio, then had to figure out the mechanical issues. It seemed the previous owner had replaced the original servo saver with a generic servo horn and the linkage with a bent piece of wire, the result of which was an enormous amount of slop in the steering that made the buggy undrivable. Fortunately I had a spare one that was suitable for the installed servo so I swapped that in and made a new linkage using more bent wire and a rod-end, glued together with epoxy; that worked a lot better and reduced the slop to almost nothing. As mentioned the shock absorbers were trashed so I bought a cheap set of Emaxx shocks from Ebay and installed those- they aren't great but they work well enough on the lightweight buggy, being oil-filled for damping is a bonus compared to the original spring-only shocks. I did some work to the diff to make it more or less locked ( blue-tac is a valid form of diff lock, I swear.. ), replaced a worn out wheel hex and the buggy was ready for some action. After a summer and winter of fun I went mad and chopped it in half, extended the chassis with a slab of aluminium, and crafted some new body mounts so that I could install a 1/5 scale truck body on it, now the monstrosity looks like a lifted F350 with monster truck tires ( swapped out the original yellow rims for some nice silver Tamiya Lunchbox ones ); it is retired at this point and will live out its days as a shelf queen...
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2020 TRUCKIFIED 'UPGRADE'
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