4xFord's Sportsman

[JeremyH]

It's Bee-U-Tee-Full Clark!

[ittybitty]

It's looking good Shelby...the 2.2S class @ ECC this year is gonna have some TOUGH competition

[RickM]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

It's Bee-U-Tee-Full Clark!

"But the little lights are twinkling.", "I know and I thank you for noticing."

[Szczerba]

Looking good Shelby.
My 2.2s rig really liked the ultra light weight wheel setup.

[RickM]

What front drive shafts are you running on your rig? Looks like you have a wider stance.

[TURBOFEST]

"S" rig explosion!!! Looks good Shelby...even with the body on it ;)

[4xFord]

Thanks everyone! I still hate the body but in better news, the car came out WAY lighter than I expected. 4lbs 10oz. And thats with over 6oz of knuckle weight on each knuckle. Its a little too much bias but will do for now. It should get even lighter when I switch to SCX shocks, and delrin beef tubes from Creation fab.

And the driveshafts are wraith shafts.

[TSK]

Those ate some cluttered axle housings

Truck looks great. I don't think my sportsman will ever get under 5lbs

[4xFord]

Well, the first national level USRCCA 2.2s comp was an absolute blast! The sporty worked amazing. I made a few rookie mistakes and placed 7th, but i let Jake drive it also and he was able to pilot my car to a 1st place finish!

Here are a few pics courtesy of Ittybitty.

[Harvo]

The most impressive 2.2 shaft truck I saw all day

[Oz Bruiser]

Well done with teh results.

Quick question i have been thinking over and seeing Itty Bitty pics, im hoping you can answer for me. AS this is light weight in design and a Sortsman rig, how do you find the shaved side walls work for you?

In a Pro rig with shaved sidewalls once the tyre bites with use of the dig you can make the tyres bite.

On a Sporty with no dig do you find it better or not as good having smooth shaved side walls with no side biters?

I been wondering would the side biters be needed on a light weight sporty?

Thanks

[TURBOFEST]

Your rig worked real well Shelby. With guys like yourself and Jake driving it, certainly made for some tough competition!

Good hangin with ya again man!

[Stormin2u]

Awesome result sir, congrats Shelby.

[Chris_The_Battery_Man]

Nice work! Now you need to get those cool tubes on that bad boy

[4xFord]

Originally Posted by Harvo

The most impressive 2.2 shaft truck I saw all day

Thanks Harvo!!!

Originally Posted by Oz Bruiser

Well done with teh results.

Quick question i have been thinking over and seeing Itty Bitty pics, im hoping you can answer for me. AS this is light weight in design and a Sortsman rig, how do you find the shaved side walls work for you?

In a Pro rig with shaved sidewalls once the tyre bites with use of the dig you can make the tyres bite.

On a Sporty with no dig do you find it better or not as good having smooth shaved side walls with no side biters?

I been wondering would the side biters be needed on a light weight sporty?

Thanks

Thanks! I really like these tires on both cars.

Originally Posted by TURBOFEST

Your rig worked real well Shelby. With guys like yourself and Jake driving it, certainly made for some tough competition!

Good hangin with ya again man!

Dude it's always good seeing you Jimmy! I knew you were going to be on fire with your sporty, great job man.

Originally Posted by Stormin2u

Awesome result sir, congrats Shelby.

Thanks Norm!

Originally Posted by Chris_The_Battery_Man

Nice work! Now you need to get those cool tubes on that bad boy

Oh you know it!

[Szczerba]

Yep, Truck and driver(s) were handling those 2.2s courses last week.

Great work on the truck setup.

[4xFord]

Originally Posted by 4xFord

Thanks everyone! I still hate the body but in better news, the car came out WAY lighter than I expected. 4lbs 10oz. And thats with over 6oz of knuckle weight on each knuckle. Its a little too much bias but will do for now. It should get even lighter when I switch to SCX shocks, and delrin beef tubes from Creation fab.

And the driveshafts are wraith shafts.

Found the picture of this setup.



The current weight with SLW's and lockout weight is 5lbs 2oz. I am really happy with the car at this point. I'm not going to change it until after our State Finals, but after that I will play with lighter setups.

[4xFord]

Originally Posted by Szczerba

Yep, Truck and driver(s) were handling those 2.2s courses last week.

Great work on the truck setup.

Thanks Shane!

[4xFord]

So, I wasn't going to change anthing on the car except maybe switch to some SCX shocks over the prolines.

But then I noticed one of the chubs was loose. Michael had warned me about this and that it will just get worse and worse.

I had been wanting to switch over to the creation fab delrin splined tubes, but that's not a good fix when I still would have SS rear tubes, so.....

I completely rebuilt the damn thing. So much for sticking with this setup for states (which is in 3 days btw).

Pics and updates to come.

[4xFord]

So, I wanted to run the delrin spined Creation Fab front tubes, and just couldn't get past the idea of running a heavier rear axle than the front. Plus the whole idea is lighter with weight better placed.

So, here is the weight of my old front axle.



And the newly assemble front axle.



So, thats great savings, I wanted the same for the rear. So I built a rear axle with the Hulksta rear wraith lockout length Ti shafts.

The old rear axle.



The new rear axle, much lighter and almost just as wide.