No rainbow colors, but it sure looks ghey! :flipoff:

I like it Tom, And I look forward to seeing it run the next time I'm down there"thumbsup"

Are you going to make it to the comp tomorrow? Maaaybe the ORCRC comp next Sunday?


Anyways, I'm getting a lot of odds and ends done tonight on the GC-3A!

Starting with some motivation!

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...-19-08_777.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...-18-11_655.jpg

More updates as they come! :lmao:

TOM

Gotta thank Zippy for the Monster stickers "thumbsup" They matched really well. And it's even the girlfriends favorite energy drink!

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...-25-40_298.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...-25-51_719.jpg

I just had to put the "trucker chicks" on it! Since this is a girls truck after all...

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...-26-01_382.jpg

Here are some pics of the body on the truck. I cut it too short before I mounted it. I originally thought I could slam the body lower, but without doing a "trick" steering set-up, this is as low as I can go.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...-43-28_141.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...2-43-47_75.jpg

I don't think I can do the Gatekeeper style steering with the pinion angle/caster angles I run anyways.

The last time I drove the truck the front didn't seem to flex well. So before I soften up the springs, I'm going to raise the shocks on the axle. This in boards them 1/4" and lays the angle down flatter. We'll see how it dirves tomorrow at the comp.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...-41-19_364.jpg

Here are pics of my little dig. I used some polishing cloth on the case to keep the shifter sliding smoothly. And of course for the bling factor "thumbsup"

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...-40-50_153.jpg

Here is the top view of how I routed the wiring.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...2-40-27_59.jpg

I used some 1/4" Delrin rod to hold the servo in place at the chassis. The lower piece has all thread through the center clamping the servo in place. I coated it in CA glue after I got it all installed to keep it from moving at all. It's just a temparary mount out of delrin since I broke my 3mm tap :oops:

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...23-36-55_8.jpg

Still has a nice and low COG though "thumbsup"

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...-37-40_161.jpg

Here is the final weight with Cheapbatterypacks.com 850mah 3S lipo

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...-44-27_716.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...-44-48_929.jpg

For you guys wondering about my wheel weight. Front wheel/tire combos are 10.0 oz each and rears are 6.5 oz each. So 7 oz of weight added to the front wheels.

Here is the total weight bias!

Front axle is 3 lbs 1.1 oz

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...22-55-02_5.jpg

Rear axle is 2 lbs 0.7 oz

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...-52-15_490.jpg

So right about a 60% front weight bias... Dunno if that's good, but the truck sure drives great so far! :)

TOM

i want that much caster:shock:

Nice build!
 

Sweet rig, and the motivation is mutual... thanks for the weight specs!

wow i drove this thing today, holy shit by far one of the most capable shafties i have ever seen or drivin"thumbsup"

It'll never work...

:flipoff:

xoxo

Here is a quick vid of Josh driving it up a line I have never made with a no-dig shafty before. One of these days maybe Chris the Battery Guy will come make some sweet video's of the new build. I just need to "cup the balls" better i think... lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLAF6fI1hK0

Ah yes, I recognize that line, nice work Josh"thumbsup"
You mean to tell me the sun shines down there in the winter.....apparently only when I'm not down there:ror:

Nice climb."thumbsup"

Rig looks great.

Is it because of the toobs your able to get the castor u have?

Thanks guys "thumbsup" I'm really sorry it's such a crappy video. But I figured it was better than nothing...

Yes, if you run the beef toobs, then do some more modifying to your axle and then drill/tap the toobs. It's not exactly bolt on, and this much caster makes a BTA set-up near impossible. When I have the knuckles flipped around they just miss the link mounts by a millimeter. Right now I'm running just about 20 degrees of castor.

Here are some old pics of rotating my axle C's

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...1006101527.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...1006101514.jpg

TOM

Hey SDJ, You've got a very clean build. Eritex dig looks tiny. I really debated between this set up and the VP dig. How do you like it?

I'm not liking how it shifts right now with the crappy servo mount I made. So I'm waiting on the eritex servo mount to show up and I'll update then. But I have never had it disengage out of a position, that's for sure.

TOM

I made it out to my buddys machine shop tonight to lighten up my Robinson spool. Here are some pics! Disregard the marks on the gear from when I tried to drill it :lmao:

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ket_45087_.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ket_45088_.jpg

We used a 1/4" carbide end mill, only thing I could find that would cut through the surface hardening.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ket_45089_.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ket_45090_.jpg

Now when the girlfriend strips out the stock trans gears she can install the steel gears "thumbsup"


TOM