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11-06-2008, 06:11 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pasadena
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|  Overhaulin'
I am starting with my fairly stock AX-10 Scorpion kit. When I first built it and drove it, it was fun, but it was way to top heavy. It could not go much past 60* vertical without rolling over. It was so tall that any side hill much past 30-40* was too much and it would flop over. I struggled with getting the weight down low and finally did when I added weight to the wheels. Currently I am running Proline wheels and Flat Irons with 10.5 ozs in front and 7.5 ozs in the rear. In addition, the steering is terrible and I realized this when we had our first local comp and I was hit with so many backs just to make a simple turn, that I was never in the running. I played with 4ws to help this, although not comp legal, but that was almost worse than before. Any small input to the front steer also put in rear steer and that would usually put me in a worse situation than I was in before. Having gone through all this and still not real happy with its performance, I decided it was time for a rebuild, or .........Overhaulin' !! Here is where I started..... Axial AX-10 Kit Rooster Crawler ESC Novak Fifty-Five motor Stock transmission Stock rears Stock shocks Hitec HS-645MG steering servo (front)/ HS-625MG (rear) Bent rear links Axial Rear steer kit Proline wheels Proline Flat Iron tires 10.5 oz fr/ 7.5 oz rr   Last edited by B4wheeler; 11-06-2008 at 07:11 PM. |
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11-06-2008, 06:44 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kelowna BC Canada
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11-06-2008, 06:51 PM
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Plans will be revealed as the parts come in.. It is all planned out and the parts are purchased. Just need to put them all together....
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11-06-2008, 06:55 PM
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Rear Steer...............   Goodbye.......:-(  |
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11-06-2008, 06:56 PM
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Goodbye Front steering and Electronics.....   |
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11-06-2008, 07:02 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: cape crud... will you be my friend
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wow, you need to stop whatever is eating all your parts up mate.
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11-06-2008, 07:17 PM
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This just arrived today... RCP High clearance knuckles and clockable C's....:grin: Very well machined. Can't wait to see how they work.  |
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11-06-2008, 07:17 PM
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Keep waiting, this is going to really take off this weekend...
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11-06-2008, 07:37 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So.Orange County
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Put down the 2 liters of Mountain Dew, ur getting all jacked up:-P Anyway keep us posted. What are doing with all the old parts??
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11-06-2008, 07:51 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Huntington Beach
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Hey Mike, Let me know how they work. I just put in RCP's one piece locker in rear. Matt  |
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11-06-2008, 08:05 PM
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Not sure what I am doing with the left overs, but lets just say... I should be able to build a second truck with whats left...... |
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11-06-2008, 09:31 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: behind the wheel of a monster truck...
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Looking good so far,keep coming with the updates.Looking forward to seeing how your build turns out.
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11-06-2008, 10:28 PM
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| TEAM RCC   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Novato
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looks good keep it up
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11-07-2008, 04:52 AM
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Lookin good Glad to see your ditching the rear steer. It will make things smoother when we are running our comps. Keep it up!
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11-07-2008, 06:15 AM
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I really did the rear steer just for fun. It was cool to play with it, but it made it real hard to get up any real hard stuff, It would just throw you off your line when all you needed was the front end to find a little better traction... It was cool to play with though....
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11-07-2008, 06:17 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sykesville MD
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John it is looking better already. You need a smaller body.  |
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11-07-2008, 06:35 AM
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11-07-2008, 05:51 PM
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Got a bunch of new parts today...... Daddy got a new pair of shoes.......  Last edited by B4wheeler; 11-07-2008 at 05:57 PM. |
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11-07-2008, 05:55 PM
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Found these in stock at my local Hobby Town, so I had to pick them up New MIP drive shafts and CVD's......  |
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11-07-2008, 05:56 PM
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and a few other odds and ends that we will discuss later......   |
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