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[Payney]

Hi I'm looking into building or buying a baja shorty (in the wanted section) can anyone tell me the best place or company to buy the chassis iv been looking at the scorpion chassis, am I best to buy a new chassis or modifiy my original 1? Are the any hidden nightmares involved, I was thinking about an fg steering conversion any feed back will b greatly appreciated!!!!!!! Cheers fellas!

[pnightxr600]

Inovative rc in the uk is in the middle of production of a shorty conversion kit so maybe worth the wait

[ad uk]

im not a fan of them shortys they look like a baja that has hit a tree at full speed lol

[Payney]

ad uk, on 04 February 2012 - 05:47 AM, said:

im not a fan of them shortys they look like a baja that has hit a tree at full speed lol

Ye a bit like them marders lol

[Payney]

pnightxr600, on 04 February 2012 - 05:44 AM, said:

Inovative rc in the uk is in the middle of production of a shorty conversion kit so maybe worth the wait

Iv looked into this but can't find out wen it's due I think it was supposed to b the end off last month if anyone nos anythin could you plz let me no!

[Kwackerman]

I say go ahead and try it on your old v1 chassis, just finished doing mine, and as long as you take your time and measure carefully, there are no nightmares, i suppose the most difficult part of the build is the fuel tank, on mine i did away with the radio box, and got the fast eddy servo mount, cut a small section out of the corner of the fuel tank to mount the throttle servo, and mounted a 1600mah life battery on the front window, works fine.Give it go.

[stebro]

I would do your own too buddy.
I did it to my baja and made all the plates i needed and it only cost me the price of a cutting blade for angle grinder

http://www.msuk-foru...y/page__st__315

[Nitroholic]

I thought about doing a conversion but the more I run my Baja the less I want to .

The main issues I have with it are keeping the front end on the deck and the turn in. The FG steering conversion does interest me though, as I reckon the HPI setup is overly complex and doesn;t make best use of hte servo power. It seems awkward, where the FG one is simple.

Also...I would not want  to cut and shut my fuel tank. I would run with a stock one and cram the rest of teh stuff in. Might be an idea to use a couple of 1/8 strip packs in parallel to give the capacity. Would be easier to site. Also..if you go for an FG layout, turn the servo so it runs across the chassisand it makes for more room. You will need to make up your own servo tray though.

If it's a shortie you want, go for it.

[djbuzzard]

Before...



After, with a Scorpion shorty chassis...

[stebro]

Nitroholic, on 06 February 2012 - 11:16 AM, said:

I thought about doing a conversion but the more I run my Baja the less I want to .

The main issues I have with it are keeping the front end on the deck and the turn in. The FG steering conversion does interest me though, as I reckon the HPI setup is overly complex and doesn;t make best use of hte servo power. It seems awkward, where the FG one is simple.

Also...I would not want  to cut and shut my fuel tank. I would run with a stock one and cram the rest of teh stuff in. Might be an idea to use a couple of 1/8 strip packs in parallel to give the capacity. Would be easier to site. Also..if you go for an FG layout, turn the servo so it runs across the chassisand it makes for more room. You will need to make up your own servo tray though.

If it's a shortie you want, go for it.

You don't need to cut the tank.
Easier to make radio tray.

I may look at do a fg style mod with the servo

[stebro]

Nitroholic, on 06 February 2012 - 11:16 AM, said:

I thought about doing a conversion but the more I run my Baja the less I want to .

The main issues I have with it are keeping the front end on the deck and the turn in. The FG steering conversion does interest me though, as I reckon the HPI setup is overly complex and doesn;t make best use of hte servo power. It seems awkward, where the FG one is simple.

Also...I would not want  to cut and shut my fuel tank. I would run with a stock one and cram the rest of teh stuff in. Might be an idea to use a couple of 1/8 strip packs in parallel to give the capacity. Would be easier to site. Also..if you go for an FG layout, turn the servo so it runs across the chassisand it makes for more room. You will need to make up your own servo tray though.

If it's a shortie you want, go for it.

Any idea where i can find the links for the fg mod. Have found 1 but it not the best

[Payney]

stebro, on 06 February 2012 - 02:47 PM, said:

Any idea where i can find the links for the fg mod. Have found 1 but it not the best

I was looking into this also,does anyone no if you can buy the scorpion shorty servo mount on its own as I can source a chassis?

[stebro]

Payney, on 06 February 2012 - 03:13 PM, said:

I was looking into this also,does anyone no if you can buy the scorpion shorty servo mount on its own as I can source a chassis?

Pretty sure you can't mate

[toys4x4boys]

Get the Team Fast Eddy Mounts ?

http://www.davesmoto...it.A/id.8588/.f
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http://www.davesmoto...it.A/id.8589/.f
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http://www.davesmoto...it.A/id.8741/.f

Makes a proper nice setup on a stock cutdown chassis

Edited by toys4x4boys, 06 February 2012 - 03:29 PM.

[Nitroholic]

Stebro .... this is the one I found

http://ozlargescale....hp?topic=4326.0