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  1. nicjasno
    Finally managed to build mine: I'll make a video review next week.
  2. nicjasno
    The 4 speed gearbox is 50% finished. It'll be awesome. I had no time yet to assemble the lego version, from which i'll then take all measurements. Thing is, that building the drivetrain layout accurately would actually make things a lot simpler and more compact (as i intend to prove). The designer of the lego version just built himself into a corner following the old lego model formula.
  3. nicjasno
    The problem is, that the gearbox has no business being where it is and needs to be behind the engine. The reduction gear needs to be behind the gearbox. And the steering rack has no business being behind the front axle, where it is in the way of the gearbox.
  4. nicjasno
    This U joint setup has no business being there in the first place.
  5. nicjasno
    With the shock absorbers i was thinking about the rear axle.
  6. nicjasno
    Use a different shock absorber setup then. Why are you engineering yourself into a corner? I'd use an elevated double wishbone setup in front.
  7. nicjasno
    I didn't mean the lego torque tube. More something like this:
  8. nicjasno
    A few things: If you are doing a gear reduction in the diff, use the new planetary hubs. The rear axle is way too big and heavy. When doing a live axle like that, i'd consider using a torque tube. When making a unibody, have the drivetrain (gearbox+engine) removable and not part of the structure of the car, like in TLG models. You want to save weight werever possible.
  9. nicjasno
    Some of the things i'll do will be mods that anyone can implement, some will require a complete (satisfying) rebuild. The biggest issue i have are the wheel hubs. They just limit the steering angle so much. :(
  10. nicjasno
    It's a multilink bottom with an elevated wishbone on top. I just got my set in the mail today, so after i build it, expect some pictures of this setup and this unibody made out of lego to be dropping in this thread.
  11. nicjasno
    I'll just leave this here:
  12. nicjasno
    I am amazed why the car has an i6, because the real life one has a v6.
  13. nicjasno
    This looks so much better. May i ask how you got em white? Paint? My plans are to keep only exterior and give the car the chasis, suspension and gearbox it deserves. Unibody chasis, multilink elevated double wishbone front, multilink rear, realistic 4 speed sequential and a few more bits.
  14. nicjasno
    I am waiting for the changeover plates before i can make my version. But just a comment... i'd use the old 2 stud driving rings, just to decrease overall length by 2 studs. Also, there's only 3 axles needed. The changeover axle being directly operated by the switching mechanism, like this:
  15. nicjasno
    There's simmilar issues on youtube. Misuse of copyright.
  16. nicjasno
    If lego wants to curtail all this, they should start designing better products. Models lately (last 10 years at least) are getting worse and worse. No innovation, sloppy designs that don't work well.. and the copyers show that there's a huge demand for good models (and some parts).
  17. nicjasno
    Need to get the orange shifting gears first to see how this would work. But the order can ofc be shuffeled around to get the desired order.
  18. nicjasno
    There need to be 3 shafts. 2 with gears and 1 with the rotational sequential switches. The 2 variants. One without modified gears and one with modified gears:
  19. nicjasno
    I'll build it in the afternoon.
  20. nicjasno
    Essentially making it even more compact than i planned. That is brilliant.
  21. nicjasno
    If you noticed, the 3 black conectors on the top in my version are designed to prevent this springing back effect. They add a second pivot, so the steering works smoothly.
  22. nicjasno
    @sirslayer i couldn't resist the urge to add a kingpin inclination :) It's not perfect, but it's a starting point for your axle. You need to add some positive caster and you will suddenly have controll over your wheels.
  23. nicjasno
    In this setup they mesh perfectly. This is just a compacted proof of concept. The gears will be controlled via the standard clutches. I am waiting for parts from bricklink to be able to build the final setup.
  24. nicjasno
    I would use the new CV joints. Will try to devise something in the afternoon. The new hubs are useless because they are reduction hubs. I wish lego would make a version without reduction. I was hoping for one in the Discovery, but we got shafted again and have to live with a mere suggestion of steering.
  25. nicjasno
    Turning radious might be tough. I was hoping for wheel hubs with the new cv joints, but lego cheaped out. Those old cv joints are pretty useless.
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