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04-25-2010, 01:20 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Auburn
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|  The yuppie jeep
So, i started this build a couple months back and Ive been doing a build thread on my local forum. But frankly today im bored out of my witts, so im gonna start one here. Im hoping to have it running by next Sunday for a GTG my clubs putting on, then it'll get torn down to fix any problems, and painted up for Montana. Ok to get you guys up to date, I started with a SCX 10 and a Tamiya wrangler body. I hadn't seen anyone cut the doors off one so i went that route. After the doors were gone i started on a interior.    I got a idea to build a electronic box/ box to cover the shocks sticking up though the back floor, and i figured that being as i was goning for the mall crawler look it would be perfect. I built the center console to hold a mp3 player.    |
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04-25-2010, 01:26 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Beloit,ohio
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| Looks great so far. I love the 1.5 stompers. Some tube doors would be sick!!  |
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04-25-2010, 01:33 PM
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Right around this time i got some more parts. I got a set of rc3wd shocks for temperary.  and i got a transfer case from GCM. I cant tell you how impressed i am with this transfer case, it is super small and i dont think i could break it if i tried.     Around this point, I started thinking about how heavy this pig was gonna get, and I started to worry about the roof breaking off. So it was time for a rollcage.    My plan origanally was to run a rc3wd disrupter transmission, but that plan kinda fell through so i made up a mount for my axial trans.  had to trim up the floor and console alittle  Then I built some bumpers   And a servo winch mount. The traxxas servo is only for mock up   This is how it sits now, i just gotta hook up the servos and finish up the battery mount and shes a runner    |
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04-25-2010, 02:20 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calgary
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WOW! Amazing build . Great job, i cant wait to see more pics of it.
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04-25-2010, 04:41 PM
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that thing looks killer in this picture really makes me want to build another jeep nowQuote:
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04-25-2010, 09:58 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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Kick ass!
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04-25-2010, 11:09 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Auburn
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Thanks guys, I drove it around a little today, and it actually did alot better than I expected. It wasnt nearly as top heavy as i was figuring it would be. The only problem I had was the motor is faster in reverse than in forward ( the wires are hooked up right though), and I havent put lock nuts on the steering yet, so it kept coming loose.
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04-25-2010, 11:13 PM
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reverse the throttle channel and switch the wires on the motor
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04-25-2010, 11:25 PM
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04-26-2010, 06:12 AM
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Great work so far man! Now you are making me regret selling my Jeep body  I wanted to cut the doors off the one I had but just couldn't do it |
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04-26-2010, 08:21 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Phoenixville
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Nice work. like the center console. |
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04-27-2010, 01:22 AM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: May 2005 Location: the land of the midnight sun
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Looks awesome so far. |
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04-27-2010, 11:58 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Barboursville, WV
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| that looks great and the GCM transfer case looks like a really nice piece! |
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05-02-2010, 08:10 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Auburn
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Took it to its first gtg today. We had two teams of 5, 20 gates, and all the reverses you want, and the only penaltys were gates and winches. Im still amazed at the performace of this turd. only rolled over twice (once down about a 10 foot cliff) other than that it worked flawlessly. But I did break the output shft on the transmission...      |
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05-02-2010, 09:34 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Barboursville, WV
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05-07-2010, 07:09 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Detroit
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mines better  i got cut fenders and in rear too. lol
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05-07-2010, 02:00 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stuck on a Rig in the middle of nowhere Utah.
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Those are some sweet pictures. That looks like a fun place to cawl. Nice looking Jeep |
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05-08-2010, 08:43 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lake Michigan
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Nice build With the winch servo mounted like that, how are you directing the line from the drum to the front farilead? Curious because I am chassis mounting a winch, back in front of the central mounted trans and running the line up to the front, possibly through 1-2 pulleys. |
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05-08-2010, 10:04 AM
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05-13-2010, 10:03 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: sterling
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great looking rig |
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Linear Mode
