[Rosborne]

Magnus I have tried the DOT 4 method on a 10 year old painted super nitro Porsche and had great results. It took about 6 hours total, but all I had to do was just keep coating the paint every 30 or 45 minutes. At the end it was all just falling off. I did have to redo the area where the wing mounts, but all told very easy. My total labor time was probably 45 minutes including washing it off.

[magnus213]

Originally Posted by Rosborne

Magnus I have tried the DOT 4 method on a 10 year old painted super nitro Porsche and had great results. It took about 6 hours total, but all I had to do was just keep coating the paint every 30 or 45 minutes. At the end it was all just falling off. I did have to redo the area where the wing mounts, but all told very easy. My total labor time was probably 45 minutes including washing it off.

That's great news, thanks! I've never used brake fluid before and I'm concerned about the effect it will have on the decals. I know they're on the outside of the shell, but I'm sure the fluid gets all over the place. Maybe I'll tape over them? I don't have time to try this today, maybe Wednesday.

You're from Duluth? I grew up off of 141 and Old Alabama, at college now! Wish we'd known each other sooner.

In other news, I've received word that my custom Super Nitro (and RS4 3) chassis are FINALLY waterjetted, and I'll be picking them up in a couple of hours. Expect some pictures later today!

[Rosborne]

When I removed the paint on mine, I taped over all the decals twice. Even still some of the decals, like the exhaust tips started coming lose. So I removed the exhaust decals and used a heat gun to warm the adhesive on the back of the decal up. Once it was sticky again I just put it back on the body. Have ran it twice since then and no problems with them releasing.


I am off Peachtree Industrial (140) on the border of Berkeley Lake and Duluth.

[C0NTENDER]

Hi guys,

The decals from last night are gone. Glad to be able to send them to someone vs trashing them.

[cudacharger]

Nice gesture Contender.......picked a few bodies up last week to round up the SNRS4 fleet.....an O.S. COP Vette and stock GTSR Viper.

[Rosborne]

Contender I know you have been looking for a certain Porsche body. Not sure if this one will work but have a look on the bay 280627949069

[C0NTENDER]

Thanks Rosborne, close but not exactly. Put it this way, the body is so hard to find, I don't even look anymore.

[C0NTENDER]

Originally Posted by cudacharger

Nice gesture Contender.......picked a few bodies up last week to round up the SNRS4 fleet.....an O.S. COP Vette and stock GTSR Viper.

Cool, I'm still debating on if I should paint my last viper or sell it. I have painted a few over the past several years, with the most recent one being the best viper I have painted. Decisions Decisions

[magnus213]

Better late than never - the custom chassis are finally cut! Talk is cheap, so:



Had enough stock to cut two! If one of you like what you see, let me know



It's not finished. Holes need to be drilled, and engine mount holes need to be milled down





Lots of weight loss in the rear



I like this structure



To give you an idea of thickness vs. stock



Thickness again



Waiting for snow to melt



It's not the most elegant solution, but the best way to ensure proper hole placement is to clamp the stock and custom pieces together and drill straight through the stock part. Of course, that requires disassembly of the entire car. Hopefully I'll be getting that done tomorrow. I've got a couple job interviews on campus on Wednesday and nothing to do in between, so I'll probably be able to get my holes drilled out then.

The chassis is obviously quite long and narrow. There is some flex front to back, but it isn't drastic. I'll provide a subjective review once I have the stock piece uninstalled and in my hands for comparison. The torsional stiffness is pretty solid though - the chassis doesn't tweak at all even with a strong effort.

More pictures soon!

[cudacharger]

That's really cool magnus thanks for posting the photo's. Once completed are you going to polish or anodize the final product. What will the weight difference be in comparison to the upgraded 3mm from HPI. Very cool project keep us updated on the progress.


Contender, I recall seeing that cool viper body you painted awhile back....very nice!

[C0NTENDER]

The chassis looks really nice. Looks sturdy as well !!!!!

[C0NTENDER]

Originally Posted by cudacharger

That's really cool magnus thanks for posting the photo's. Once completed are you going to polish or anodize the final product. What will the weight difference be in comparison to the upgraded 3mm from HPI. Very cool project keep us updated on the progress.


Contender, I recall seeing that cool viper body you painted awhile back....very nice!

I'm just not sure if I have another viper paint job in me. The last one came out really well.

[magnus213]

Originally Posted by cudacharger

That's really cool magnus thanks for posting the photo's. Once completed are you going to polish or anodize the final product. What will the weight difference be in comparison to the upgraded 3mm from HPI. Very cool project keep us updated on the progress.


Contender, I recall seeing that cool viper body you painted awhile back....very nice!

The weight of the custom piece is actually right on par with the weight of the stock chassis. There's a lot of removed material, but the thickness (3.18 mm vs. 2.5 mm) is a pretty significant increase across the entire shape.

I didn't know that HPI ever offered an upgraded Super chassis, so I can't help you there. I don't know how I'll finish this piece. I sandblasted the custom chassis I did for my RS4 3, which looked pretty decent but wasn't particularly exciting. I'm going to go ahead and say that anodizing isn't an option because it's rather pricey (aka, not free).

If possible, I'll try to sandblast it again or I'll see if I can get it on a buffing wheel. It really all depends on who's willing to let me use their machine shop.

[SerpentCT4S]

Does anyone need Super parts?

My shop seems to have some. I saw a stock and possibly the upgraded chassis there.

Let me know and I will give the parts a closer look next time.

[magnus213]

Stock chassis has been pulled. Tugging on both of the units, I have to say that my design has less tweak longitudinally as well as torsionally. This is pretty exciting, since up to this point I didn't really know whether my new design was going to be an improvement or just a differently-shaped piece of metal.

As I said before, the plan is to get the holes drilled out tomorrow.

[cudacharger]

Keep us posted magnus can't wait to see the final product.

[Rosborne]

That chassis looks good magnus. I used to run a Mutlicam router for a sign shop, we were able to place the holes in the material and also countersink it. Is that not possible with the machine that you used? As for paint if you had access to a 6 to 12 volt battery charger, anodizing yourself is pretty cheap and not to hard. But it is addictive, so make sure to hide all other metal parts.

Cuda I almost bid on that body, but decided against it. Glad to see it in good hands, looks great with the black wheels.

[magnus213]

Originally Posted by Rosborne

That chassis looks good magnus. I used to run a Mutlicam router for a sign shop, we were able to place the holes in the material and also countersink it. Is that not possible with the machine that you used? As for paint if you had access to a 6 to 12 volt battery charger, anodizing yourself is pretty cheap and not to hard. But it is addictive, so make sure to hide all other metal parts.

Cuda I almost bid on that body, but decided against it. Glad to see it in good hands, looks great with the black wheels.

I would have liked to cut the chassis on a CNC mill, but the shop guys on campus are pretty protective of their stuff and don't let you use the machines for personal projects. I had to be sneaky and get a friend with access to a waterjet to cut my chassis for me. It's much faster than milling, but quite expensive. It's on the order of $100 per hour to run...

There are some other students around here who have anodized their own stuff, but I'd end up paying a bit to gather the materials. I also live in a fraternity house, and it's simply not practical to set up a big and nasty chemical process.

[cudacharger]

Originally Posted by Rosborne

That chassis looks good magnus. I used to run a Mutlicam router for a sign shop, we were able to place the holes in the material and also countersink it. Is that not possible with the machine that you used? As for paint if you had access to a 6 to 12 volt battery charger, anodizing yourself is pretty cheap and not to hard. But it is addictive, so make sure to hide all other metal parts.

Cuda I almost bid on that body, but decided against it. Glad to see it in good hands, looks great with the black wheels.

I wasn't sure at first but happy with the purchase once the body arrived. The lights are really cool and add to the COP treatment. When the weather breaks I'm going to run this body on my wolfpack OS super RS4 at night to wake up the neighbors.

[C0NTENDER]

Originally Posted by cudacharger

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I wasn't sure at first but happy with the purchase once the body arrived. The lights are really cool and add to the COP treatment. When the weather breaks I'm going to run this body on my wolfpack OS super RS4 at night to wake up the neighbors.

You guys are funny. I saw that body and gave it a couple of thoughts also. I thought it had an interesting look and it caught my attention. It really does look good with the black rims.

[cudacharger]

Originally Posted by C0NTENDER

You guys are funny. I saw that body and gave it a couple of thoughts also. I thought it had an interesting look and it caught my attention. It really does look good with the black rims.

The body is cool.....but still can't hold a candle to any of the CONTENDERS special paint SNRS4 bodies!

[C0NTENDER]

Originally Posted by cudacharger

The body is cool.....but still can't hold a candle to any of the CONTENDERS special paint SNRS4 bodies!

Ahhhh, thank you! Well I just hope the ones I paint this summer measure up.


BTW, I have an offer on the table for anyone interested in trading a unpainted new 280mm or 30mm Super body. Offer stands until April.

The ones that I have that are up for trade are:

280mm
Lambo Murcielago
Dodge Viper
Skyline GTR

300mm
Lambo Diablo
350Z
Subaru Impreza

[cudacharger]

Contender you have PM.

[magnus213]

Well, in typical fashion I wasn't able to get the machining done that I wanted to. I had two job interviews today 6 hours apart and decided against going into the machine shop in my nice clothes before the second one.

I wish I could say that it'll get done soon, but it'll be another week at the earliest. I'm visiting New York this weekend with my girlfriend, flying straight to Detroit for job interviews until Tuesday. Heading back to Detroit again for another company on Friday... no rest!

Contender, hopefully you're holding a Diablo body that I can buy off you in the spring? Just checking.

As a consolation for my failed chassis effort, I got my drift wheels and tires in from Hong Kong today for my Pro-D. I mocked up my GT3 body to get a feel for them... I'm a big fan. The actual shell will be an HPI Aero Supra. Wheels are (probably a knock-off, put perfect replica of) HPI LM-R wheels. 32mm front and 35mm rear. Please disregard paint bleeding :-/

[cudacharger]

That looks great Magnus good luck with the job interviews!