Car update

Hi everyone,
Well time for an update on the car. Had a miserable second round of the Ardent Winter Series. Big shunt in the second round of qualifying and it killed the sensor board on my motor, day kinda went downhill from there. Qualified second in the B final and won the first final, second in the next so a B Final win overall. Gutted as the car was handling fantastic before the shunt! Ho Hum roll on next weekend. 
Now I had the choice of replacing the sensor board or getting a new motor. I opted for the latter as the GM was second hand when I got it and it was getting on a bit. So I came across a bargain Trinity D3 that had only been ran twice. Weighed it before I put it in the car and as you can see its 6.8grams heavier. Was hoping not to add any more weight to the car but this can't be helped!!

Once that was fitted I turned my attentions to the new front end parts from CRC:

The new front lower and upper braces including servo mounts. Now this is how the car looked at the start:

One of the first things I noticed about the new lower plate was it was quite thick carbon fibre. I ran the suspension mounting plates as well as the carbon riser plates. I decided to still use the riser plates as I have a lot of new tyres and don't want to true them right down. 

Now I thought I would put the servo on before I mounted the plate to the car. I put the servo mounts on and noticed that the holes are different spaces from side to side. With the mounts fitted as below it didn't allow for my futaba S9602. I am guessing they for JR or KO servos?

Swapped the mounts round and it fit my servo fine. 

Mounted the plate to the car with the riser plates underneath. 

Reattached the front suspension, mounted the servo saver and sorted out the links. 

Now I had the front brace to fit. I had previous run with a raised roll centre, this was done by raising the castor pin with another plastic holder. With this kit the screws that you get with it don't allow for that so I have had to remove that extra plastic part to get it fitted. The mount is fantastic though Really stiffens up the front end. 

Well I have to say I am massively impressed with the quality of these new parts. Top notch like the rest of CRC products. Thanks to John at CRC for getting me them sent out. Can't wait to try them at round three of the Ardent Winter Series this weekend. Weighed the completed car after all this and the weight had gone from 945 to 950gms so there is a weight saving with the new front end parts, shame the motor was so heavy! Going to be a interesting first few laps though, new motor and new front end parts. Hoping for good things!