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11-04-2008, 12:40 AM
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| Oppan Gangnam Style   Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Shingle Springs
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I started on this a while ago but the progress has been really slow. I wanted something a bit different and have been waiting on a narrow high clearance axle to hit the market, needless to say, Losi's newest crawler fit the bill. Just your basic scaler I suppose, hard body, steel ladder frame and of course, leaf springs. The body will either be an original Blackfoot or a Blackfoot Extreme body. Bruiser/Highlift leaves are too long so I sourced some Tamiya semi springs which are considerably shorter and are perfect in my opinion. I then made a steel C-channel frame using 22 gauge sheet steel and tried a new for me way to make the bends. Just made several cuts, bent and brazed back together. Not sure how strong it will be but we will see. Here's the frame mocked up with springs on axles. Next step is to make some perches for the springs to attach to the axles.   |
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11-04-2008, 12:46 AM
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| Im Brandon   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Colfax, CA
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Looks good Dean. What about a shot with the body on there!
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11-04-2008, 01:07 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: santa monica
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nice axle guides you have. I guess you build lots of trucks, lol. mine don't have all the wb marked off in 1/4" increments, lol...  I would love to put those axles under my blackfoot...if you can find an og blackfoot that would be my suggestion! Based on your previous builds this will surely be a great one! Looking forward to more... |
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11-04-2008, 01:11 AM
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| Oppan Gangnam Style Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Shingle Springs
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Thanks Pantablo! I have both bodies and am leaning towards the OG Blackfoot. Might have to do both.  P.S. Hows the Hilux 4-door doing? I'd like to get down to Socal again to do some crawling. You guys have some great spots! | |
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11-04-2008, 01:30 AM
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nice, dean I really like the chassis brace/rock slider |
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11-04-2008, 03:21 AM
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damn bro, another great build for me to watch!! i was leaning toward a blackfoot extreme body for my daughters losi crawler that i am building up. forgot that the semi springs are shorter. oh well, i will stick to the 4 link on her rig. keeping an eye on this one also  |
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11-04-2008, 12:41 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: santa monica
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It would be great to run with you! Difuser is coming down from washington to be with family and we're going to run nov 23rd at vasquez too... | |
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11-04-2008, 12:42 PM
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| I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hecho en Tejas
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nice smooth lookin chassis, i see so many with huge humps like mountains. ridonkulous. looks like its going to perform well with the nice shackle angles.
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11-05-2008, 05:46 AM
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| Oppan Gangnam Style Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Shingle Springs
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Well, I got a bit more done today. Spring mounts done but unfortunately they are white.  Oh well, the 12"x12"x.5" sheet of HDPE only cost 4 bucks. I wanted black Delrin but TAP Plastics only had large sheets of it.Anyways, on to the pics of what I have so far. Here are the spring mounts. Kinda big but I didn't want them breaking from abuse.  Here is how they mount, retained by the stock hardware and link mounts.   Underside of the axle. We will see if the rear portion hangs me up. I don't think it will as it is level with the bottom of the axle tube. If it does, I'll just trim it a bit.  Standing on it's own.  Body in position and ready to be mounted. The body will be lower than it sits currently but I'm sure it will still be quite top heavy.   Flex was dismal before I worked the springs over (1/4"). After breaking in the springs for awhile and modding the eyes, it now has about 2 1/4"under a tire. BTW, the tires tuck quite well into the fenders too!   I hacked off the bumper to move the body back some in order to gain some tire clearance. It will be reattached to the frame instead with an aluminum bracket for support. Hopefully I will have it driveable by the weekend.  Last edited by chino63; 11-05-2008 at 05:51 AM. |
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11-05-2008, 08:34 AM
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| Sinking with the ship   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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That looks great Dean, those leaf spring mounts are the killer |
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11-05-2008, 09:24 AM
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looks nice. just makes me want a MRC more |
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11-05-2008, 10:33 AM
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Am I seeing things or did you notch the chassis to get those bends and then braze them to fill in the cuts? If so, is that going to be strong enough? If not, why does your chassis look like that?
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11-05-2008, 10:53 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: santa monica
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11-05-2008, 11:52 AM
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11-05-2008, 11:54 AM
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| Oppan Gangnam Style Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Shingle Springs
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Thanks Mike, this one should be fun to drive. | |
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11-05-2008, 06:18 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: floriduh
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Looks awesome, makes me regret selling my og blackfoot body.:-( -Clint |
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11-06-2008, 12:26 PM
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Ok, I guess I couldn't read very well. I will be waiting to hear about the strength. I have been thinking about trying this for a while.
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11-07-2008, 01:31 AM
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| Oppan Gangnam Style Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Shingle Springs
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Since I wanted to get this going for the weekends trip to Folsom Lake, I didn't have time to put shocks on but they will be added later. Can't wait to give it a proper thrashing! Here are some progress pics. Got the body mounts all sorted out.   Servo mounted and steering all sorted out.   Here is the chassis all ready to go (minus shocks).  Red Losi wheels?   Muddy 1.7's?  Or OG stockers?  Last thing, I did was cut the lower part of the tailgate where the bumper attaches and made a skid plate out of some scrap diamond plate. This should help keep the tail gate from hanging me up.  Last edited by chino63; 11-07-2008 at 01:36 AM. |
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11-07-2008, 01:39 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: santa monica
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that looks great! The 1.7's look better than the red losi wheels. I like the 5 spoke, but think the OG wheels painted gloss black would also look good. Either way you should reduce some better tires ang get them on those wheels... like trail docs. these are reduced to 1.5 and stretched over 1.7 wheel making them look fatter.  |
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11-07-2008, 01:43 AM
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| Oppan Gangnam Style Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Shingle Springs
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Thanks for the idea on the Trail Doctors. Are they the XL's or the regular ones? I might reduce some tires but I want to see how the Sand Blaster 915's work. They are the original ones not the rock hard re-release ones.
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