My BL Savage

Time to Ressurect this thread, as well as my passion for this hobby. I suddenly quit 2 years ago and don't really know why, I sort of just got sucked into black hole! I have an HPI Baja 5B now (which is awesome) that I run occasionally, but I really want to see this project finished. The way I went around making this, I cut a few corners. This time around I'm not going to do that. The motor mount won't have any plastic incorporated into it like before, and I still have to find some way to protect the spur from being ripped in two. Finishing this is part of my new year's resolution. I have to finish it, I just have to! Since I last posted, it hasn't gotten a single run, it's still just a baby.. THE POWER MUST BE UNLEASHED!

Overall, the concept, general layout, and idea is great (in my opinion) but I have to improve the execution. From the top of my head I have to:
-Find a better way to mount the LST shocks, the current way is much too loose and weak for my liking.
-Give it the full stainless steel screw treatment
-Create a new motor mount system that is more sturdy
-Create a better center slipper and mount (diff maybe? probably not)
-Tighten up the suspension in general (the top A-Arms are needing of adjustment particularily)
-Figure some way to protect the innards of the truck (I'm thinking of a thin sheet of lexan)
-Refamiliarize myself with the electronics and tech behind the project in general.

I'll be revisiting this project and thread soon enough, my first agenda is to design a new motor mount, possibly getting it machined professionally. I'll try to keep you updated.

Well, I have good news, and bad news.
I designed a somewhat simple motor mount on some free CAD software (eMachineShop), and I got some quotes. Lowest I can seem to get is around $150-$200 US for a single production. So, it seems that getting it milled is pretty much out of the equation. I think I will just have to try and fabricate it myself (grrr), unless somebody knows somebody/someplace that could do it for cheap. It's not too complex of a piece, 1cm thick, milled out to 5mm around the motor, with 9 motor holes. I'll post some pictures of it when I get home.