Justin's "Exo-Caged" Chevy(Clod)

[justinart24]

Started making the links, not sure if I like this setup, I might switch to a VP panhard bar later.








Don't mind the orange links, just using them for mockup....will make beefy ones later.


Uncompressed...


Fully compressed....doesn't hit the driveline....just don't like the short links.

[TLTCrawlin]

What wb are you going with?

Looks nice!

[justinart24]

Originally Posted by TLTCrawlin

What wb are you going with?

Looks nice!

Thanks!. I am shooting for 13.25", driveline spline contact is the main limiter.

[TLTCrawlin]

That gonna be enough? I'd like to stay shorter but not too short. My f150 shell is like 11" wb lol.

How dies the vp housings feel for weight? Piggy ot

[Highmark]

Originally Posted by justinart24

Thanks!. I am shooting for 13.25", driveline spline contact is the main limiter.

I had the same problem - I ended up going to the CI extended outputs (they add something like 10-15mm per side).

It's look awesome - you've only got a few more weeks!

[Grizzly4x4]

And I thought I was pushing it.
I hope it all comes together good for you.

Could you give us a front shot? At first I thought the tires would be sicking out crazy wide, but looking closely at the pics it seems like the inside of the tires is pretty close to the width of the body.

[MG200]

Nice work Justin! Are you sticking with the claws?

[1BadJeepBruiser]

Looks good! Do work son!

[justinart24]

Originally Posted by Highmark

I had the same problem - I ended up going to the CI extended outputs (they add something like 10-15mm per side).
It's look awesome - you've only got a few more weeks!

Thanks sir! I might have to do that later on, thanks for the info.

Originally Posted by Grizzly4x4

And I thought I was pushing it.
I hope it all comes together good for you.
Could you give us a front shot? At first I thought the tires would be sicking out crazy wide, but looking closely at the pics it seems like the inside of the tires is pretty close to the width of the body.

Thanks man! I will have to get a pic in a bit. The track width is about 12", using the CAC wheels really narrow the track width up. I really can't go any more narrow with the width the knuckles are pretty close to the inside of the wheels.

Originally Posted by MG200

Nice work Justin! Are you sticking with the claws?

Thanks Trenton! Well, I won the 2.2 Pitbulls so I am going to try those out. But I plan on making a video of me running the TTC courses after everyone else runs and use the Baja claws.

Originally Posted by 1BadJeepBruiser

Looks good! Do work son!

Thanks 1BJB! BTW, thanks for the thread title update.

[justinart24]

I was looking through some old pics and noticed that Bender had some pics up on his blog. Thanks Bender.

Check of the blog here.
Axial Racing - 2011 Axial/MSD Scale Nationals: Top Truck Challenge

[justinart24]

The track width turned out to be 11.8", not too bad....I would have ran Wraith axles along time ago if I knew I could get them that narrow.


Here is a pic for Grizzly4x4, the tires don't stick out too bad.


Got the servo winch back installed.




The pimpdaddy WarPig spool barley almost hits the steering servo.


I put two 3racing roller fairleads on the winch, to help with feeding the winch line.


I previously had axle mounted steering servo and I had to run a funky tube to get the winch line to the fairlead. So I made a new chassis mounted servo to allow for the winch line to run above it. My new servo mount is surprisingly strong, I have some tube holding it in but I will make delrin block later.



Steering uncompressed....


Steering compressed and fully locked to the right...


Steering compressed and fully locked to the left......not bad.

[Grizzly4x4]

Nice!
If you were running wider tires like the IROK I bet it would be even with the body, but even with the Claws it's not bad at all.

I like the 3Racing winch, I was going to do that when mine died but the dumb thing still works.

Nice steering! Curse you guys and your coilover suspensions.

What motor are you going to run this year?

[justinart24]

Originally Posted by Grizzly4x4

Nice!
If you were running wider tires like the IROK I bet it would be even with the body, but even with the Claws it's not bad at all.

I like the 3Racing winch, I was going to do that when mine died but the dumb thing still works.

Nice steering! Curse you guys and your coilover suspensions.

What motor are you going to run this year?

Thanks man! Yep, no tire rubbing issues here.

I am going to be running a Brood Stump Humper ! It's comes out to be an around a 25t.
Team Brood Racing :: Crawler Motors :: Machine Wound Motors :: Stump Humper 550

[justinart24]

Got the 2.2 Pitbull RockBeast2 in the mail today....wow they are nice! Thanks again to Tim (WarPig) and Pitbull for doing a give away!

Oh yeah, order some new wheels this week too.




Here they are next to the RC4WD Baja Claws.

[dezmoon]

Nice,,Looking Good,, I Cant Wait To See this Rig All Finished With Them All Mounted Up...

[blakeski]

wow dude, just wow! glad to see the chevy making a comeback!!!

[Grizzly4x4]

The Pitbulls look sexxxxxy on those wheels.
Interested to see what the new wheels look like and congrats on the win.

I like the motor choice too, I wanna see how that baby runs.

[ColquittCustom405]

Justin this is my favoritest-bestest pic of this rig.(Currently my desktop at work) I want to build a TTC along the lines of this truck. At first I wasn't really a fan but over the last three years this rig has become one of my favorites. I really dig the axles and tires now. It looks effin awesome bro. Pure beast mode right now. The the setup is really cut and dry. Nothing really off the wall crazy. Just a simple mans rig. Nice work dude. I LOVE IT!

[chino63]

Wow man! That's looking good, one week to go!

[ecoli]

Those new tires are the shizznit on there Justin. Pitbull really did these new 2.2s justice. Truck re-build looks great as well. Good luck!