Custom Mini-Z Buggy using buggy parts, carbon fiber chassis, and standard electronics [Part 1/2]

This is my Mini-Z Buggy (MB-010VE 2.0). If you've been on this channel for a while, you know I'm a big fan of this 1:24 RC. It drives pretty nicely in my apartment. The few times I drove it in larger areas, it was crazy fast. Over time it's gotten many alloy upgrade parts, such as the big bore shocks, shock towers, knuckles, hubs, CVD swing shafts, etc. What happened to all the stock parts replaced by the upgraded components?

They've been sitting in a box collecting dust. This is the life of many stock RC parts. Those stock red oil shocks are actually really nice. Not being able to use them seems very wasteful. In addition, I had previously ordered some parts as spare or upgrade parts. I have these adjustable upper suspension arms and tie rods (MBW021). Plus these lower suspension arms (MB006) as spare parts. And even this green Inferno body set that I got before I took the time to paint the clear body.

Last week I finally figured out how to use all these extra parts! I'm going to build an additional Mini-Z Buggy, but this time with Sai Lai's Carbon Fiber Version, aka CFV. As the name implies, it's a carbon fiber chassis. Not only does it look cool, it's an open platform expecting standard electronics. The drivetrain, motor mount, suspension arms, shocks, etc are Mini-Z Buggy parts. Normally, someone would transplant parts of an existing buggy onto this chassis, but I'm going to use my spare parts and order ones I don't already have. At the time of this video, the CFV chassis cost around $80 shipped to the USA. As we will see later, the full build with buggy parts and decent electronics will not be cheap. Although I have about 50% of the parts already, as well as spare electronics for the build, I still need to put in another $100.

By examining the exploded diagrams carefully, I was able to identify which additional parts to order.

MB009B for the ball end pieces holding the lower hinge pins.
MB011 and MB016 for the center drive shaft and drivetrain gears.
MB018 for ball studs for steering tie rods.
MB003B for motor mount and wing mount.
MB015 for upper hinge pins and screw set to connect c-hubs to steering knuckles.
MB017 for an extra set of hinge pins. I couldn't find MBW025R-2 anymore.
MB021 for the screw set and e-clips on the center drive shaft.

Finally, rather than using my Mini-Q ball diffs, I splurged on these high end Kyosho AWD ball differentials! The standard AWD gear diffs don't work on the CFV because the bottom cut out is only wide enough for the ball diff crown gear. That's unfortunate because just the two ball diffs cost $50. I then ordered some inexpensive 6x10x3 bearings to hold the diffs. The rest of the build uses 3x6x2.5 bearings which I have plenty.

Yes, this is a rather expensive build, but it should be quite epic! The next video will be the build itself! This is Sammy and thanks for watching!

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