The bama phoenix

[Lashlee]

Shoot yeah!! I'll do what I can to make it work.

[indybama]

Dang, its been awhile since i posted here. The v3 phoenix is still goin strong. The cliffhanger body finally had enough though. It split up into the windshield, so i decided it was time for a new body.

Ended up goin with the new PL 67 f100, good lookin body imo. I did end up cuttin the headlights n turn signals out of those bulky stickers. They just didnt look right with the darker stickers on the lighter grille. I got caught up watchin 'the ranch' on netflix, which gave me the idea for the paint scheme.

Have any of yall had issues with the front end skipping under pressure? I noticed it in the past few times ive gone out. It doesnt do it all the time though. Watchin it, it seemed like the front diff had some teeth striped, even sounded like it was comin from the front end. So i bought a diff set, which came in today, n pulled the front axle apart. All looked good, added some fresh grease n everything spins smooth.

So i moved on to the next possible culprit, the rear of the trans. The dawgs looked good, meshin together just like new. So i pulled the rear case apart n started checkin gears. Both on the front output looked great, the front center gear had half of a tooth missing, but it was nowhere to be found in the case... The rear center gear, as well as the rear output gear looks good too. It was just the one that had half of a tooth missing. Thankfully i had another set of twin gears from my straight axle phoenix.

Cleaned everything up, greased it good, n threw it back together. Spins smooth as day one. So we'll see how she does next weekend. My buddy told me about a comp in cartersville GA on the 16th. So ill give her a good run on the courses. I cant wait!

But im curious to hear if anybody else has had this issue. It was only on the 6% side, that it would skip. Just a reminder, im runnin a mamba x/slate 2850kv on 4s.

Thanks for checkin in guys!

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[B-MOW71]

Originally Posted by indybama

As for the trans flex at the rear, ive came up with a decent solution. I used a rodend that takes a m3 size screw, a 6mm n a 9mm spacer, n a long screw (cant remember the length). Wish i had a metal rodend, just for the sake of not stripping it out. But with the servo endpoints set, it shouldnt be an issue.



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I see it! The rod end with spacers looks like a great option for mounting the rear of the VFD.

Thanks for the tip! I forgot I saw this in this thread back then! Was nice to revisit your build!

[indybama]

Thanks brian! I need to update on this one. Its got a new body, wheels, n tires

[indybama]

I bought a set of the PL baja pro x tires at ECC, thanks Trace! Had a set of VP 1.9 105, in the clear flavor, layin around, so i mounted them up. Wasnt real sure about them at first, they didnt grip like i had expected. But i pushed on n they started scrubbin in, by the end of the day, they were grabbin pretty well everything. Theyre a bit on the wide side, but i likem.

Oh, brian, the pic above of that rear trans mount. Im not runnin those power HD servos. I got the micro servo adapters n im runnin nsdrc micros for the shift servos

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