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05-27-2007, 08:36 AM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: jacksonville
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what body are you going to use?
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05-27-2007, 09:34 AM
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Thanks for all the comments, The body will be made from thin aluminum sheet or lexan if i can get it formed the way i want it to be. I am still playing with steering setup trying to get as little bump steer as possible is a feat with such short arms and long travel. but i'll get it.
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05-27-2007, 10:13 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ready to rock!
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Lookin good!  The only thing i would recomend doing is put fuel tubing on the inside of your shock shaft to limit the amount of droop. Other than that great work!!
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05-28-2007, 11:15 AM
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First no flaming allowed the body panels are just to get an idea of what the finish product will look like. steering is getting close and i swapped out the long shocks for a set of associated t4 rears , much better.
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05-28-2007, 04:39 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Colorado
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wow, it looks amazing.... ive always wanted to make a Baja style desert truck. But i think the body should be a one piece from Pro-Line or HPI.... so it would look like this.  |
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05-28-2007, 07:56 PM
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I would like to build a truck next if i can find a body that will work that doesn't look too overdone. IMO the body would need to be about 8" wide , most are too narrow or too wide and look kinda screwed up for a good scale look. |
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05-29-2007, 02:41 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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Looks great so far! Youre giving me ideas for my upcoming wheelyking prerunner build.
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05-29-2007, 03:32 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: England, Where the birds fly backwards.
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i feel an uncontrolable wheelie coming on if you keep the battery there.
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05-30-2007, 08:31 AM
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We have steering. bump steer is good through its cylce as you can see from the pics . All i need to do now is clean up the front end add a couple of small braces tighten everything down. on to the motor mounts and battery location mounts.
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05-30-2007, 09:20 AM
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05-30-2007, 07:26 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Raleigh
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sniper, Awesome job. that is insane Great job, keep up the great work Everything has been put on hold for me. I had my baby Friday at 4:28PM she's 9lbs 1.5oz. She is so beautiful, I'm so happy. We finally got home yesterday after a very long weekend. later gator
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05-30-2007, 08:54 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ready to rock!
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Oh great. Now you got a 1/6th scale Ranger Pre-runner idea started up in my head.  Great job on the truck. And i 2nd that individual panel idea. Let the frame show inbetween pieces.
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05-30-2007, 09:01 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chattanooga
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you could set the front suspension up a little better by getting rid of the bump steer and u could set the upper links to keep the same camber thru the sweep of the suspension. oh and those tlt shocks are gonna suck as far as fronts go. otherwise nice idea
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05-30-2007, 10:45 PM
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| Tig congrats on the new crawler in the family I have already swapped out the tlt fronts with another set of associateds that i had laying around they work much better and i can chage spring rates to get what i need for it . right now as far as bump steer goes its not really too bad but with a few more adj it should be very minimal. I got some ideas going on motor mounts i 'll see what i can get put together in the next couple of days. Thanks again for all comments and suggestions. |
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05-30-2007, 11:57 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hiding in a Cornfield
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Heres a good site for some trophy truck pics if you need them later http://www.fstmotorsports.com/racetruck.htm |
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06-03-2007, 07:52 PM
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small update got the motor in it and also finished the tube work for now. I may add some small braces here and ther but i think the big stuff is all done. The motor plate is a recycled TLT motor mount but that may change the large out runner may require a different plate but i'm not sure yet. Battery mounts and a driveshaft and its a runner. I will try and not bash on it too hard before i get a video this time. I'm not sure yet if i like the rear lockout tried to make it look like an axle brace but it looks a little bulky to me.
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06-03-2007, 07:56 PM
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looks damn good dude.....
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06-03-2007, 08:37 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Pascagoula,Ms
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x2^ looks real good i tried to make a pre-runner chassis out of an old stampede but ended up stealing the trans for my tlt scaler truck!
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06-03-2007, 08:48 PM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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any chance of youi throwing a truck body on it down the road?
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06-03-2007, 09:09 PM
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The wheel base is off for that but..... I will be starting on a truck when this is finished. | |
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