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I got the Comical Grasshopper I pre-ordered in late September today. At the same time I ordered 2 Baja Champ parts trees, BC CVD axles and a Tamiya 3mm rod set so I can give the Grasshopper a Wide Willy conversion, other than that and bearings, it'll be a stock build. I'll try to find time to start building in the next few days.
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A tiny Grasshopper. Can't wait to see this built.
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Mine should be hopping in today
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First things first. Page 17-18, replacement of plastic and bronze bushings.
Steps 1-4 are attaching control arms, upper links, wheelie bar, c-hubs and axles. I'm replacing the stock arms, links and axles with bits from the Baja Champ parts tree C and aftermarket CVD's to give a little more stability. Time to sleep. I'll try and get up a little early for work and get a couple more steps done. |
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I'm looking forward to see the wide version of a Comical Grasshopper.
Going to use the stock wheels/tyres? Signature now gets correct formatting if you edit it in your Profile. Use normal BBcode if you want.
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Larbut, I'll be using the stock wheels and tyres, at least for now.
Steps 5-7 are dealing with the steering servo, tie rods and front chassis halves. There's a typo in step 6. It calls for part L14 for the servo mounts, but there's no L tree . The mounts are on the N tree. I'm swapping parts BB9 for the threaded shafts in the Tamiya 3mm shaft set. They need shortened by 2cm to make them work. Steps 8-11 are installing the control arms, upper links and hubs. Again I'm going with arms and links from the Baja Champ. Next up is shocks. I'll start them when I get home from work. |
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Dude!!!
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Been working on mine as well.
Stock build sofar except for some slight hopups, bearings, stainless shafts with c clips, adjustable upper arms and on the rear the ww2 wheel axles and alloy hexes. Kit has a stock Silvercan not the torque tuned so may go for a sports tuned. I tested the rear tires on vintage Willy rims they are slightly to big and won't fit, such a disappointment. |
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Very fun to see 2 parallels builts.
Congrats guys.
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