Once again, a possible premature posting here, but I like to keep you all on the cutting edge of my Shapeways adventure!
Now these just got uploaded tonight so I have not ordered them or tested them yet, and it will more than likely be a while until I do. I would prefer that you all wait until I do get some testing in before you do make a purchase because this is one of those parts where every little surface and fitment really matters! I'm confident that I did my job correctly but there's always that chance that the materials may not print within a required tolerance.
Big thanks to Rune for driving this design to market! It's one of those things I've thought about but was still a bit worried about producing for all of the aforementioned reasons.
Ok, so you're getting 9 tie-rods for a very reasonable price. Why nine you ask?... well the same reason Spinal Tap's equiptment dials to eleven! Actually... no, but you will be getting some in-between degree settings you can't get anywhere else (I think). The "C" tie-rod is the one that is equivalent to the "W-0" rod that comes with the Z. "A" & "B" are negatives, the rest are positives. Here's some pics:
The dimensions are shown to prove the size differences. While reverse designing these, I've noticed that there is some variations between batches of tie-rods that I had around... so if you've ever wondered why one zero degree tie-rod seems better than another zero degree tie-rod, I can tell you why. Between three batches of the stock rods, there was no matching measurements. Probably not noticeable to many on the track, but maybe to a few. I'm hoping these tie-rods give everyone a good in-between degree route to take if they want to.
If these work out well in my testing, I do plan to finish off the design for the F1 tie-rods next! Also... If I find that anything above 2 degrees is just unnecessary to most of us racers, I may just include duplicates on there of the ones racers will be using the most. I am also thinking about messing with the Ackerman on future batches just to see what I can get out of them.
The new model is already in my shop and ready for sale, but please hold off unless you just don't care what I say and you really want to be a test-mule for my shop!
Once again, the Shapeways link to my shop is in my signature below. I am offering them in White and Polished, And also planning to give the Polished Alumide a shot as well. The default material is white so make sure you have it set to what you want when you order!
No fine print here, just the facts!
I am in no way, shape or form responsible for production or shipping or manufacturing quality of these products. All I can say is that it takes around 15 days to show up at my house after I place an order and the quality is top-notch! What I design is what I get. Shapeways has an excellent record of part quality which is one of the major reasons I went with them for this stuff.
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Did you include any that are longer than what is available now. I ask as we need one for the reflex raised lower arm setup. The kyosho +3 is still toed out to much for me
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Did you include any that are longer than what is available now. I ask as we need one for the reflex raised lower arm setup. The kyosho +3 is still toed out to much for me
I can build a set of "J", "K" & "L" bars for you to try if you like... no problem. Not sure if I'll be back in the designers seat tonight, but if I do get some trigger time I will update immediately.
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