Tuesday, January 17, 2017

B6D parts transfer

I'm partway through my build, and have pretty much all the parts transferred over from my B6 to my B6D.  You can see them in the pics.  I don't have any bling parts -- all of these are performance-related and have helped my buggy tremendously at my local, small, indoor clay track.  A quick review of the hop-ups and the situations I found them to be useful:


  • Aluminum steering rack (less slop):   The stock plastic steering rack has a lot of slop that this eliminates.  Be sure to get an aluminum servo horn also to go with it.
  • Schelle Type 1 steering arms (small, tight tracks):  They add more Ackermann at full lock, allowing you to rotate around tight 180 degree turns more quickly without pushing mid-corner.
  • Laydown transmission (mid-high traction tracks):  The laydown helps  by allowing you to carry more corner speed into and through the corner.  It also allows you to mount your shocks on the front of the arms which lets you carry even more speed by centralizing the weight.
  • Slipper eliminator (17.5 buggy):  Drops a bunch of weight from the drivetrain for quicker acceleration and top speed.
  • MIP bi-metal outdrives (17.5 buggy): Drops a bunch of weight from the drivetrain for quicker acceleration and top speed.
  • 12g brass C-block (used with Laydown):  The laydown transmission gives up a bit of forward traction.  This adds it back.  If you have a heavy motor (like my Reedy M3), the 12g block is good.  If you have a light motor, go with the 25g block.
  • Aluminum D-block (more adjustments):  This D-block allows you to use the insert pills to give more adjustment for track width, toe-in, and anti-squat in the rear.

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