JQ Products THE Car – THE Release Part 2

Part 2: This sees JQ go through THE Car Features

Part 2 of THE Release, nothing special, but it has to be done. The Features list and a few pictures. In the next parts I will explain my design.

• Narrow layout, along with one of the narrowest chassis ever seen on a 1:8 buggy. (108mm at widest point). A narrow car is more nimble and fast compared with a wider one.
• Central engine location. The key to building a narrow car.
• Revolutionary Adjustable Weight Distribution. Engine and Centre Diff move 8mm forwards-back.

The Centre Diff mount slides 8mm forwards-backwards. Engine has 4 positions on the engine mount.

• Laydown Brake System. In order to make the weight distribution change easily, and taking out the centre diff easily, laydown brakes was the way to go.
• Simplest throttle/brake linkage on the market. Because simple is always better.

Normal throttle linkage, just one brake link. Still pre-production – Don’t worry, it will look cooler!

• Balanced left to right. Because we turn both ways on our tracks.
• Out of the box, about 3240g. Because no matter what anyone says, a lighter car is faster, wears less, consumes less fuel, and less tyres, and it is the future of our hobby. If a heavy car is faster than a light one, the light one has the wrong setup or the wrong tyres!

Testing in Portugal, no lightened parts, but a couple prototype parts.

 

• Failsafe servo saver for the threadlock challenged individuals out there. Impossible to work loose.
• The first un-complicated radiotray. Changing a servo in a hurry, with tray in the car is easy. Everything on the tray can be changed with the tray, and linkages intact.
• Distinctive rear end geometry for great on power traction, acceleration and cornerspeed.
• New style roll-centre adjustments on rear.

New adjustments. Lowest hole is just there so arms are interchangeable left to right.

• Designed for European and American tracks and drivers. Possibility to set the car up for Euro style tracks and driving style, maximum cornerspeed, or US style jumps and bumps.
• Pre-assembled turnbuckles, because we all hate building them.
• 14.5mm threaded, hard-anodized shocks feature 3.5mm shafts. Because bigger isn’t better, better is better. We tested all sizes, and this is the best for THE Car.

THE Shock

 

• Hard Anodised CNC Aluminium Arm Holders with inserts for tuning toe-in, anti-squat and kick-up as standard. Since this is a Pro racing car, why should you have to immediately buy option parts?
• Optimized steering geometry for maximum, yet linear steering, and reduced bump-steer. Steering = Cornerspeed = Fast Laptimes = Wins. It’s all about steering.
• Moulded composite front and rear chassis braces. CNC may be option parts, because they aren’t needed, except for the people who like bling, “just because”.
• 3-shoe clutch, with aluminium clutch shoes.
• Lightened Aluminium 4mm hard-anodized chassis with ballast locations as standard. Because THE Car is underweight with lightweight options installed.
• CNC Aluminium Steering Knuckles as standard. Plastic ones are for RTR:s, even if they don’t break. We do have a certain bling requirement at JQ Products.
• Clunk style fuel tank because we all crash, and it feeds fuel to the engine while upside down.

 

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