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dgfordman 09-05-2009 03:37 PM

Project lightning the darkside
 
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Project Lightning the Dark Side
Well i got tired of my Edge being top heavy and kinda bulky, so i bought an eclipse from a guy on here. my first pics are fitting it all together to see what i gotta do to make it right.

dgfordman 09-05-2009 03:41 PM

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Now I'm running Integy shocks that were very well setup on my edge, however they're kinda tall on this. So i think im gonna take it all apart and make some new shock mounts. here is a side view, she's sittin at 3.5" on hb rovers and mayhem 7's.

dgfordman 09-05-2009 03:59 PM

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im gonna tear it all apart and braze on some new mounts. im thinking where the white circles are. (sorry crappy paint skilz) lol that should lower me .5" or so

dgfordman 09-05-2009 04:01 PM

I'm also gonna deanodize the orande parts and polish them. adding a lil bling w/the black

dgfordman 09-10-2009 10:23 AM

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So i tore it all apart and made new mounts on the chassis. then i decided to clean everything up and assemble it so i can wheel it. heres the R2J Kustoms skid mounted to the ax trans with dna dig and 645 mg servo and Mip drivelines.

dgfordman 09-10-2009 10:27 AM

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then i putthe links and shocks on the axles. the front has stock axial bent links with overdrive gears with strc red 4 link plate. i have a JR 8711 mounted next to a 1500 mah 2s ckrc lipo. the rear is stock gears with ckrc 4 link plate. HB white rovers front &rear. the front has proline 2 stage foams with an added custom foam to help the side walls. mayhem 7's front & rear, fronts have 6oz of lead on them. Integy shocks in droop on all four corners with 80w oil.

dgfordman 09-10-2009 10:39 AM

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here is the chassis with the trans mounted. then i put the axles under it. now im happy with the stance 2 .75". thats better:mrgreen:. here are the mounts i made 1/2" higher in front 3/8" higher in the rear

dgfordman 09-10-2009 10:41 AM

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and last here are some flex shots. enough for me. feel free to comment or ask questions

cornsnake 09-21-2009 09:31 PM

Good job man, cool pics. I was woundering if the dig hits that lower back left link, at times? I wanna do that to mine.

dgfordman 09-21-2009 09:40 PM

its close but doesnt hit. had to turn the screw around but thats it. it works awesome. only got to run it for 2 battery packs, then stripped my tcase gears.

Nylintbucket 09-21-2009 09:45 PM

I'm gonna have to build a new tuber. BTW, how many of you damn nightcrawlers are in wheatland anyhow?

cornsnake 09-21-2009 09:46 PM

That sucks man, thanks for that writeup

dgfordman 09-21-2009 10:03 PM

me and 2 others. im one of the founding fathers the original 7. there's 25 of us now. too many. lol. thanks for the "thumbsup" cornsnake how you like the cougars. i want a differnt tire for sandstone/slickrock

dgfordman 10-01-2009 05:10 PM

well, i put the aluminum gears in the trans with good marine grease. Then i put the vf back together with steel gears and a healthy slick of marine grease. Then programed my new DX3R to my eclipse with endpoints for the vf.......... WOW is all i can say. finally got what ive been chasing. The dx3r is worth the money for sure. now what to do for more torque. hmm :roll:. maybe 3s :twisted:

cornsnake 10-01-2009 07:59 PM

I like em alot, i wanna test some lepopards though, right now im usin some badlands on tha eclipse, somthin about em. :D

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...FILE0113-1.jpg

dgfordman 10-02-2009 10:17 AM

ya the lepoards look pretty kool. if i find a set of cheap alu beadlocks ill prolly get something else for tires.


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