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Old 08-26-2013, 09:42 PM   #1
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Recently through Colby I picked up a wicked chassis that's set to run scx drivelines this one is gonna be a different approach from Showtime. So far I'm gonna be mobbing parts from other rigs for mock ups until their more expensive counterparts are here.




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Old 08-27-2013, 12:14 AM   #2
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Oh man!!! Im excited as hell! Im so glad you jumped all over this thing! Hurry it up!
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Old 08-27-2013, 03:43 PM   #3
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Teardown of my temporary donor xj is in progress so I can get the general idea of how the buggy is gonna sit. Kinda debating some tall 1.9's or smaller to medium sized 2.2's

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Old 08-27-2013, 06:05 PM   #4
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That's gonna be wicked looking

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Here's a couple pics with some stolen running gear and set of tires. Debating on wheel wideners or not.



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art it looks good bro. I wouldn't do wideners, just flip the wheels on the hubs. this will widen it up about a 1/2" or so overall. atleast try it first

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Looks about right, u should run some wheels that use slw hubs so u can get her just right

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art it looks good bro. I wouldn't do wideners, just flip the wheels on the hubs. this will widen it up about a 1/2" or so overall. atleast try it first

just my $0.02
Blonde moment on my part I forgot the damn hubs were reversible :banghead:

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Old 08-27-2013, 07:46 PM   #9
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Hell yeah! On the front, take the shock and move it to the outer most hole on the axle tab. Run a bolt through the shock rod end, through the tab, through a spacer, then through the lower link and then through the inner tab. That way you can move the shocks out and get a little better performance.
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Old 08-27-2013, 09:17 PM   #10
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Hell yeah! On the front, take the shock and move it to the outer most hole on the axle tab. Run a bolt through the shock rod end, through the tab, through a spacer, then through the lower link and then through the inner tab. That way you can move the shocks out and get a little better performance.
agreed with Colby, that's how run all my scx10 axled rigs on the front aswell.
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Old 08-28-2013, 05:13 AM   #11
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When your rig is dancing around on a hill with 700 scale horsepower slinging stuff it helps keep the rig stable instead of slinging it on its lid.
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When your rig is dancing around on a hill with 700 scale horsepower slinging stuff it helps keep the rig stable instead of slinging it on its lid.
You mean dancing around with this motor under the cage?


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Switched up my gameplan a little. I switched over to some good ole Tennessee cut tsls and tried a semi puller motor on 32p gearing which proved to be slow. Going back to the ttc puller on 32p along with a 4500 2s for now to see how it handles. I also took the advice and flipped my shocks outside of the axles, moved the links out and put in revo ball ends.



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Old 08-29-2013, 05:39 AM   #14
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Looks so much better. That things got a bitchin stance dude! Funny that i built this without drawing or measuring anything but to keep the shock mounts level. Lol
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Looks so much better. That things got a bitchin stance dude! Funny that i built this without drawing or measuring anything but to keep the shock mounts level. Lol
I ended up having to put 12mm wideners on it to clear the shocks on the front and didnt want a wide track front with a narrow rear but I have 5 1/2" of flex while maintaining 3" from skid to ground
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Ended up trimming the front upper links so the axle wasn't so overclocked and made the tires lean in so bad


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I ended up having to put wideners on it, didnt want a narrow rear. but she'll still flex!

yeah, I like 'em wide in the rear with a lot a flex too!
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yeah, I like 'em wide in the rear with a lot a flex too!
Don't we all
Now to put these in the front axle


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yeah, those will make her front radius nice and tight!
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Old 08-29-2013, 05:23 PM   #20
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They're silky smooth now lets see if they'll handle that Holmes puller motor on 48p to clear the punisher shafts lol

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