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12-16-2010, 05:21 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sandy, OR
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No rainbow colors, but it sure looks ghey!  |
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12-17-2010, 11:03 PM
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| Keep it real   Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Yakima,WA
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I like it Tom, And I look forward to seeing it run the next time I'm down there  |
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01-01-2011, 11:24 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Where the foams are always wet
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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!   More updates as they come!  TOM | |
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01-01-2011, 11:31 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Where the foams are always wet
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Gotta thank Zippy for the Monster stickers They matched really well. And it's even the girlfriends favorite energy drink!  I just had to put the "trucker chicks" on it! Since this is a girls truck after all...  Last edited by sourdojack; 01-02-2011 at 12:02 AM. |
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01-02-2011, 12:09 AM
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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.   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.  |
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01-02-2011, 01:07 AM
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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  Here is the top view of how I routed the wiring.  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   Still has a nice and low COG though  Here is the final weight with Cheapbatterypacks.com 850mah 3S lipo   |
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01-02-2011, 01:17 AM
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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  Rear axle is 2 lbs 0.7 oz  So right about a 60% front weight bias... Dunno if that's good, but the truck sure drives great so far!  TOM |
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01-02-2011, 02:37 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: estacada
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i want that much caster  |
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01-02-2011, 06:51 PM
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| Rock Stacker  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: On the edge of sanity...
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Sweet rig, and the motivation is mutual... thanks for the weight specs!
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01-02-2011, 10:14 PM
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wow i drove this thing today, holy shit by far one of the most capable shafties i have ever seen or drivin |
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01-02-2011, 10:25 PM
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It'll never work... xoxo |
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01-03-2011, 01:38 PM
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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 Last edited by sourdojack; 01-03-2011 at 01:43 PM. |
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01-03-2011, 09:27 PM
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Ah yes, I recognize that line, nice work Josh You mean to tell me the sun shines down there in the winter.....apparently only when I'm not down there  |
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01-05-2011, 01:24 AM
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01-05-2011, 05:33 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Goin broke losing weight.....
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Rig looks great. Is it because of the toobs your able to get the castor u have? |
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01-05-2011, 08:43 AM
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Here are some old pics of rotating my axle C's   TOM | |
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01-05-2011, 11:04 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Shreveport, LA
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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?
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01-05-2011, 11:47 PM
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01-05-2011, 11:58 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Where the foams are always wet
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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   We used a 1/4" carbide end mill, only thing I could find that would cut through the surface hardening.   Now when the girlfriend strips out the stock trans gears she can install the steel gears TOM |
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