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09-05-2009, 03:37 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wheatland
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|  Project lightning the darkside
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. Last edited by dgfordman; 09-10-2009 at 09:50 AM. |
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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.
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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
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09-05-2009, 04:01 PM
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I'm also gonna deanodize the orande parts and polish them. adding a lil bling w/the black
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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.
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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.
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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  . here are the mounts i made 1/2" higher in front 3/8" higher in the rear
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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
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09-21-2009, 09:31 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Valley Village
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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.
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09-21-2009, 09:40 PM
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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.
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09-21-2009, 09:45 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: sacramento
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I'm gonna have to build a new tuber. BTW, how many of you damn nightcrawlers are in wheatland anyhow?
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09-21-2009, 09:46 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Valley Village
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That sucks man, thanks for that writeup
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09-21-2009, 10:03 PM
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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  cornsnake how you like the cougars. i want a differnt tire for sandstone/slickrock
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10-01-2009, 05:10 PM
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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  . maybe 3s  |
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10-01-2009, 07:59 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Valley Village
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I like em alot, i wanna test some lepopards though, right now im usin some badlands on tha eclipse, somthin about em.   |
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10-02-2009, 10:17 AM
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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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