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12-03-2009, 07:46 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Slatington
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|  Home Brewed Chassis
Well, it isn't the prettiest, but it was inexpensive, and so far it seems to work pretty good compared to the stock chassis. http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/...1127091751.jpg http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/...127091751a.jpg http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/...1203091947.jpg http://s1018.photobucket.com/albums/...1203091948.jpg http://s1018.photobucket.com/albums/...1203091949.jpg http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/...1203091903.jpg A couple pieces of aluminum stock from Lowes, a $4 1/4" cutting board from kmart, sawzall, hand grinder and a hand drill and voooila. Used the stock servo mounts for upper link mounts, stock bottom links, #8 threaded rod with traxxas ends for simple upper links for now. The chassis is narrowed to about 2.75" wide or so. The shock mounts are separate so I can make a second set to run different length shocks if needed. The shocks are just stock traxxas 4" for now running loose on 3mm screws. Overall the truck crawls more lines than the way I had it set up before with the stock chassis, (but that may have been lack of effort into the previous setup), however I notice far less torque twist, and much more consistent handling with the new triangulation. |
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12-03-2009, 08:01 PM
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| No idea what I'm doing Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground, CO
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I really like home brewed parts! Building your own stuff is the way to go!
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12-03-2009, 08:06 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wenatchee
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12-03-2009, 08:08 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wenatchee
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Gota put IMG code in to show pics.
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12-03-2009, 11:39 PM
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| Suck it up!   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas
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Gotta love the home brew!  FYI - Get yourself a coping saw and an assortment of blades, it'll make cutting both the plastic and the aluminum sooooo much easier and prettier. Should be able to make it out the door for less than $20. |
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12-04-2009, 09:04 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA
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Looks like your dog is eying up those tennis balls...
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12-17-2009, 01:06 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lehigh Valley, Pa
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Second one is better then the first at least. Now if you could have only gotten the SSS...
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