OK, I've done a little work and decided to totally re-do the interior with something better. I made all the parts from 1/16" 6061 Al. Obviously, it's not totally done yet. I have yet to procure a bolt and standoff to help support the servo mount (where the little tab is), as well as the proper mounting bolts. All chassis bolts will be countersunk from underneath to keep the same look (nothing is mounted to the dirt guards). I also have to wire up the battery (2s2p emolis) with taps (coming next week), main connector, and heatshrink. The Rx will be padded and held down with a zip tie. I did use the antenna mounting scheme from the stock plastic carriage though since it works well (on the corner of the servo mount). The raw Aluminum (4mm thick 6061) angle bar for the motor mount will be here next week, and of course I need to get an ESC and motor. The padding you see here is just temporary for display purposes.
I tried to even out the side-to-side weight as much as possible while keeping the weight front-to-back at about 40%/60%, respectively. I am going to paint all Al I made black, but want to make sure there isn't something else I was forgetting, or better ideas from you guys.
One thing I wanted to ask though; How are those Traxxas steel CVD upgrades? The stock sliders seem a little weak for BL power.
