Crawl Space's Isuzu Amigo Class 1 build (STRC)

[kakachille]

Nice ima need one for my jeep build lol can't wait to see this thing running

[bongsten]

im gonna clearance the panhard mount tonight so your the servo arm clears

[Crawl Space]

Panhard mount looks slick! I'll post up pics later.

Phoned up Eddie at the CI compound today and decided on some 4.25" lil' novas with soft outers for front and rear


Also picked up some tail lights that will work nicely with the body - gonna have to sand and re-paint a bit. see pics below...

[Crawl Space]

Originally Posted by iluvdrt

FYI the square axial light buckets will fit into the headlight of those bodies. That's what I did with the Brat to give it headlights.

Are you referring to the cow-bell shaped light buckets? Would you mind posting a couple close up pics inside/outside the brat?

On the inside of the body there is a bumper mount screw post right behind the lens. I might have to fab my own custom bucket out of styrene if the axial bucket doesn't fit.

[iluvdrt]

I didn't have that bumper mount.

Here are the pics though

[Crawl Space]

Cool, thanks for posting those pics - the buckets seem to fit well. However, it looks like the headlights on the amigo are a bit larger than those on the brat. I may end up cutting down some TF2 lenses to fit and build my own light buckets out of styrene.


Got CI foams from Eddie that will go in soon! I want to do a benchmark crawl first that shows climb angle and sidehill performance.


The Bongsten CMS is done! I get plenty of steering lock to lock and minimal if no bump-steer as far as I can tell.

[kakachille]

Now we need a vid of this crawling lol

[Crawl Space]

Originally Posted by kakachille

Now we need a vid of this crawling lol

Gonna try and attach the body tonight with magnets and/or velcro

[kakachille]

Thing is sweet the wheel wells are so tiny though

[Crawl Space]

Originally Posted by kakachille

Thing is sweet the wheel wells are so tiny though

Yah, I'm going to slightly shorten the rear links to get the wheels exactly within the wells and then probably make the wells larger to accommodate the mtz's.

[iluvdrt]

With these short wheel bases you need to run full droop. They sit too high and roll over easy.

Looks sweet though and I love the CMS. I want it on mine!

[Crawl Space]

Thanks! Yes, it does roll over easily as you'll see in the video I shot with Bongsten on thanksgiving. The body has been mounted temporarily with magnets on modified body posts, though I am thinking of changing to or adding Velcro. I mocked up the body a little more rearward to center the wheel arches better over the wheels and moved it down as close as I can to the chassis to lower the COG.

[Crawl Space]

1st outing ever!

[darkghost92]

how do you find the savox steering servo?

[iluvdrt]

It did great man. Needs lowered a bit, but awesome. We should gtg on the weekend and cruise a bit.

[Crawl Space]

Originally Posted by darkghost92

how do you find the savox steering servo?

RCC classifieds - Lots of great deals to be had

[darkghost92]

Originally Posted by Crawl Space

RCC classifieds - Lots of great deals to be had

One day I will find these RCC Classifieds haha. I was referring to how do you like the Savox Servo compared to say a HiTec

EDIT: Found the RCC Classifieds today!

[Crawl Space]

Seems to work just fine for light trailing, though I haven't had a chance to put it through the paces yet. It's the only servo I have that maxes out at 6v so we'll see how it holds up to some tough crawling.

[Crawl Space]

Originally Posted by iluvdrt

It did great man. Needs lowered a bit, but awesome. We should gtg on the weekend and cruise a bit.

For sure. I'm in the process of lowering the body and re-mounting it so it's centered over the wheel wells. I had to remove the inner window plastic to get the mounting spot I wanted in the front. I may end up doing a full interior with a clear windshield and windows.

However, once I get the new body mounts in I can just trim the part of the window plastic that interfered with the new mount location and re-install the window piece. That'l get me back on the trail temporarily

What is your schedule for December? I'm free most Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays this month.

[iluvdrt]

I might be able to do the 28th if you want. I won't have my truck next weekend, she's getting a roll bar made.