Here’s the sweet AJS Machine brace again in sunlight. Very nice craftsmanship for something just whipped up quick on manual equipment.

Look how good that thing looks on pavement!!

and here’s our latest video of this project (last until spring probably).

Overall, this project has gone better than expected. The motor is SUPER fast, almost uncontrollable. In most of the videos, even at the fastest speed runs, I don’t think we cleared more than 75% throttle. There either wasn’t enough room, the truck went airborne, or sideways, etc. All of this was done with stock gearing as well. I bet there’s room to gear up for even more speed. Our next mods will be to actually mount the servo with posts instead of tape (the last wreck in the video, the servo came unstuck again and sent me in the grass). After that we gave up as it was getting dark.

The AJS Machine kingpin brace, and the additional weight up front helped a lot. It no longer pulled wheelies, felt much more stable up front, and held a straighter line. I will be replacing the 2 part steering linkage when I securely mount the servo. This should solve a lot of slop in the steering and help us keep it straight.

Future plans also include locating a radar gun to get a speed measurement on this beast. My best guess, based on a Nitro TC3 I used to have, is that this truck in it’s current state is capable of 50+mph, and we likely broke 40mph in the fastest parts of the video. I think we could get it even faster with a gear change. We’ll see… to be continued (at some point).