eric113's honcho flatbed now with portals

[eric113]

Originally Posted by raiders32

Anyone know where to get that dodge ram body!

SAL's Dodge Hard Body build

[eric113]

I went back out today, The honcho is working awesome with tires love them! The portals are holding up to 4s well, I'm really liking 4s packs.

[eric113]

R2J made me custom set of his Stainless steel links for the honcho.

I bought BOWTIE's honcho cab.











I also threw in Holmes hobbies waterproof BR-XL and just to try out Reedy MVP 24* stock motor in.

I know the wiring is mess, Once I settle on motor it will get cleaned up.



I scored these wheels. I also scored a set of 5 1.9 pitbulls. MThead made me up a set of rings too.

[STANG KILLA SS]

all nice upgrades eric!
man youve had a ton of wheels and tires for this rig!

[eric113]

Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS

all nice upgrades eric!
man youve had a ton of wheels and tires for this rig!

Thanks.

What I can say I'm wheels and tires whore.

[@tw!ll]

Nice to see you still beating the snot out of this thing Eric!

[NFA Fabrication]

I am a picky bastard, but I REALLY like the bed you have made for this truck!

[eric113]

Originally Posted by @tw!ll

Nice to see you still beating the snot out of this thing Eric!

Thanks Dave. Still going strong too. It hard to bring myself to tear it down and build something else. It just flat out works!

Originally Posted by NFA Fabrication

I am a picky bastard, but I REALLY like the bed you have made for this truck!

Thanks. But I didn't build the bed. @tw!ll did.

[chicklet]

Looking awesome Eric! No go scratch up those purdy links!

[eric113]

Me and Stgsteve went out to one our local parks Saturday. I was testing out Holmes BR-XL esc and 24* stock motor out.

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[ejohnson]

i love it with the blue cab, do think this rigs preforms better with the portals or worse?

[eric113]

Originally Posted by ejohnson

i love it with the blue cab, do think this rigs preforms better with the portals or worse?

After running them for few months I would say better.

But portals aren't for everyone.

[ejohnson]

ok, so the help, i love the look of the portals and i want to get a set for my CC-01 and do what Chino63 did

[eric113]

Originally Posted by ejohnson

ok, so the help, i love the look of the portals and i want to get a set for my CC-01 and do what Chino63 did

I would say do it. I heard Chino's rig was unstoppable and awesome platform If I had the money and extra parts, I would build portal CC-01

It won't be cheap to do portals since you have to get 2 different sets.

[4xFord]

Man I love this thread and that you just keep making this rig better and better! Any pics with the pitbulls mounted?

[eric113]

Originally Posted by 4xFord

Man I love this thread and that you just keep making this rig better and better! Any pics with the pitbulls mounted?

Working on it, I broke my tap last night.

[eric113]

I started working on my wheels lastnight and broke my tap, I stopped by LHS and picked up new. Got them finished up tonight.

[team3six]

Hey Eric, I know this might of been asked before but maybe I can ask again.

What gearing is your portals?
Im just asking to get an idea what your overall final gearing is. Not really sure what your running in the entire drive train.

Also, from the side you would never suspect you have portals at all.
Wheels look good and natural, like you could get some tire crinkle on them.
What foams and weights if any are you running?

And can you feel any stress in the portals running weights?

Keep up the great work. Appreciate the info.

[eric113]

Originally Posted by team3six

Hey Eric, I know this might of been asked before but maybe I can ask again.

What gearing is your portals?
Im just asking to get an idea what your overall final gearing is. Not really sure what your running in the entire drive train.

Also, from the side you would never suspect you have portals at all.
Wheels look good and natural, like you could get some tire crinkle on them.
What foams and weights if any are you running?

And can you feel any stress in the portals running weights?

Keep up the great work. Appreciate the info.

Stock gears - 39/13 = 3.00:1
High Speed - 36/16 = 2.25:1
Low Speed - 43/13 = 3.31:1
Portal - 16/10 = 1.6:1


Stock -> Portal = 4.8:1
Low -> Portal = 5.29:1
High -> Portal = 3.6:1

I have stock gearing in the rear and overdrive in the front.

Spur is 87t and 16t pinion.



Axial weight rings front and the rear are weighted, the weight are cut to fit in the groove and taped.

I do believe the foams are stock.

I haven't felt much stress, I haven't been babying my rig either. 8lbs and 4s. No problems so far. (knock on wood)

I really wish they made portals for the wraith axles.

[chicklet]

Very nice! You're gonna love the pits...they just grip and grip!