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04-01-2011, 06:18 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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|  Diesel's AX10 1.9 rock racer "El Tortuga Rapido" (update post #41)
Ok, so I've been working on a Sportsman class tuber for a few weeks now and i think I'm far enough along in the build to have gotten past my build thread curse. (every time i start a build thread when i start a build, it gets scrapped for parts.) it's pretty much a roller now, just waiting on orders from RPP and TCS to finish the front suspension and axle. oh and tortuga is turtle in spanish, i don't speak spanish, i just like the word. my very first crawler back in '05 was a TXT super rig that i called TXTurtle so i figured this was fitting... I designed and built the tube chassis in my garage, i drew up a basic idea and just kinda winged it from there. i'm happy with the looks now that all the brazing is done. not every joint is perfect but its square. i just did the shock mounts today. i reused an old K2-5 skid plate, i might swap for one with more triangulation later. like i said overall i'm happy with how it's looking. specs: ax10 axles beef toobs with lots of caster OD gears up front UD gears out back axial HD lockers aluminum lockouts aluminum C-hubs vanquish zero ackerman knuckles (on the way from TCS) stock dogbones/modded cups straight rear shafts BWD rear 4 link plate steel yoked 'pede shafts bender customs front 4 link plate (on the way from RPP) Mayhem Eng Evolution wheels white dot rovers castle sidewinder ESC castle BEC spektrum rx 35t cheapo motor shocks are SCX10s for now, fronts are limited to 75mm. probably end up running big bores anyway enough BS. bare chassis before finishing  grooved the ends of the skid and screwed straight through the tube to attach it.       not bad for modded stock axle shafts   love that caster  Last edited by dieselfuel; 01-01-2012 at 07:32 PM. |
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04-02-2011, 10:12 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ukraine
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reminds me a frogger, but tuber version  |
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04-02-2011, 10:27 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Amish Buggy PA
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Well you dont see many tuber builds anymore so this is cool to see. Good start so far waiting on updates!
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04-04-2011, 10:44 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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The front 4 like plate and some misc hardware showed up today, the knuckles will probably be in tomorrow, just in time to make it a roller for the weekend. ( my weekend starts wednesday morning)
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04-05-2011, 11:06 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Grand Rapids
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get that thing sanded and painted nd throw some panels on it im impatient
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04-05-2011, 11:43 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sin City
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Scott when is it hitting the for sale section  |
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04-06-2011, 07:00 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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04-06-2011, 11:57 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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got some goodies in the mail today. El Tortuga is a roller now.    shitty phone pics, sorry. |
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04-07-2011, 07:21 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: boise
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thats a sick tuber! good work! i havent seen a comp tuber for a while, you reminded me why i love them soo much!
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04-07-2011, 08:48 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Lake County
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Nice Roach Clip. i got one like that. i was looking all over the work bench for the joint sweet build. im a big fan of the VP knuckles |
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04-07-2011, 10:29 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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04-08-2011, 09:35 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ukiah
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You gotta run a 75t motor in this thing.
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04-08-2011, 12:46 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Hey that's a comp truck, I thought you said you were a scale guy? Looks promising man. Don't be to hard on the bodiless rigs, I had reservations till I tried one. |
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04-08-2011, 02:00 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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i needed to build something and sportsman sounded fun. i'm sure the goofy looking plastic wannabe tubers drive really well, they wouldnt be so popular otherwise. i just think they look retarded. i've always had the most respect for guys that compete with tubers but until just last year, didnt know how to build them. | ||
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04-21-2011, 08:50 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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Did a little work on tortuga today, mounted the trans and drivelines and brazed a tab onto the tie rod to attach a drag link. Also got the battery mounting figured out. Just need a servo arm, esc and panels now.  The battery will hide under the hood.   5yr old TLT parts on the steering. Keeping it real.  Last edited by dieselfuel; 04-21-2011 at 09:01 PM. |
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05-05-2011, 08:30 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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Tortuga got a new aluminum servo arm and a Mamba Max/CCBEC today, i'll get it soldered up tomorrow and take it for a test run. look for pics soon.
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05-05-2011, 08:50 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sundre, Alberta
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looks great! |
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05-05-2011, 08:59 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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That's coming along really nice, keep up the good work.
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05-07-2011, 12:51 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sneads Ferry
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Looks great man, did you use hollow tubing for the tie rod or did you sleeve some threaded rod?
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05-07-2011, 01:06 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vacaville, CA
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this is really bad ass... keep up the good work. |
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