Badd's 2.2s say what ?

[4xFord]

Originally Posted by Badd

Well after this weekends comp I found a few things I want to change right away .

1st
The stage 3 lockers are good for scalers not so much so for comp rigs . I want to loose some of the weight and also the slop . FELSENFEST spools have been ordered .
2nd
I was really disapointed in the JunFac drive shafts . That have always served me well in my scalers . But they have more slop than I can stand on the comp rig . So I ordered so Wraith wildbores and plan on doing some mods to them .
3rd
With running the wildbores I will need to get the right gear sets or drill my pinion gears . Not sure what I will do yet .
4th
I'm going to rework the rear lower linking . They are kicked up to much .
5th
Save some weight here and there . Some of the mods listed about will help that .

Drill and tap the wild bores to take a 4mm set screw. Worked great on my sporty.

[Badd]

Well I got a few mins to work on my new drive shafts tonite . What I did was take a well used but straight Axail 98mm link and cut my some pieces . Everyone has some of these laying around, so it is a cheap mod . The two pieces where 1 3/4" long . I cleaned up the cut marks with a file . I then put a drop or two of oil on the peices and taped them into the male side of the wild bores . Even with the alum. piece they are very light . For those that don't know why I did this . I did it in hopes to keep the shafts from twisting .

some pics of the mod


wild bores before mod 29 grams

after the mod 31 grams

the JunFac shafts 48 grams

[Hittman]

Nice, I will be interested to hear how they hold up

[Badd]

Originally Posted by Stormin2u

It's really come together since I was here last. I'm digging your rig Andy and we all know your a driver. I'm loving the S class getting it up and running has been a real solid idea.

Thank you
As for the me part man I'm rusty as can be . I'm not sure I can drive this rig as good as it needs to be drove . As for the S class, heck yes it was a great move . I have said my thanks to the power that be .

Originally Posted by 4xFord

Drill and tap the wild bores to take a 4mm set screw. Worked great on my sporty.

I use red lockite on my set screws . lol They don"t back out to easy . Well unless you heat them up .


But I will keep that in mind if I have a problem . thanks

[Badd]

Originally Posted by Hittman

Nice, I will be interested to hear how they hold up

Thanks I will update any problems or lack off .

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[Badd]

I ended up changing the arm out in my motor . The 13t 5 slot had all kinds of power . The wheel speeds was great . The lowend startup was not as good as I wanted . But I had it done for a class 3 scale rig . So lowend start up was really not needed . So I got John to make me up a 30t arm to go in my can . I will post up later on how it does .

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[hbj069]

I dunno Andy, "Johns arm in your can" may get people whispering

JK rigs looking good, whats she weigh now?

[Badd]

Originally Posted by hbj069

I dunno Andy, "Johns arm in your can" may get people whispering

JK rigs looking good, whats she weigh now?

lol Johns arm has power and wheel speed . That is all that matters .

As for the weight I'm not sure my links are in Pell City . I hope to have the new ones here early next week .

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[Badd]

My new Tie links came in today . Big thanks to Nick (BTF) for getting them done so fast for me . I got him to do the front uppers/lowers and rear lowers . The rear uppers I where using are alum. so they are light .

old front uppers

new front uppers

old front lowers

new front lowers

old rear lowers

new rear lowers


Slowly losing some weight here and there . I hope my lockers make it in this week . I'm pretty sure that will put me under the 5lbs mark .

[Badd]

I got my felsenfest spools in today . These are some very nice pieces . They are vert light weight . I will post the weight of the Stage 3 lockers amd the new one when I pull the axles apart . I'm sure with these the rig will be in the 4 lbs range .

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[Badd]

The Stage 3 lockers where 47 grams .

The new lockers are 12 grams with the 4 set screw for the axles . Now that is a big difference .

New RTR weight 4.91 lbs

My goal has been to get this rig under 5 lbs RTR . Looks like I made it, but darn . Light weight cost money to go slow or go fast . lol

[Badd]

Parts list (update 07/25/12)
chassis
SC-1 proto
Not using the axle link mounts with the chassis . custom front and STRC rear plate

Links
T1E bent and cut to my specs .
front uppers and lowers are tie
rear lower are tie
rear upper are homemade alum . straight
Traxxas 5355X alum. Hollow balls threw out .
Traxxas Revo rodends
shocks
Traxxas Bigbores
shock cap mod (done with T-maxx rodends)
jeepindoug mini T cups
mini T red springs on front
with 4mm external limiters on the fronts
mini T red springs on the rear
with 4mm external limiters on the rears and 2mm inside

front axle
AX-10 case
36/14 (2.5714285) hardend gear
Fesnelfest spool
Avid bearings
XR-10 vanquish products knuckles and Cs
XR-10 inter shafts
Home made steel Mid tubes
Home made BTA sterring
Blue Monkey XR-10 knuckle weights
Blue Monkey super20tuner kit

rear axle
AX10 case
43/13 (3:3076923)hardend gears
Fesnelfest spool
Avid bearings
stock lockouts and straight axles

trans .
Hot Racing alum. gears
Stage 3 outdrives
NO slipper clutch
87 spur gear
Avid bearings
Heavy duty motor plate (unknow marker)

drive shafts
Wildbore with alum. rod pressed inside the male shaft .

motor
30t Holmes Hobbies Crawlmaster
13 tooth pinion

ESC
Holmes Hobbies BRXL
(decased)
with 10amp castle BEC set at 6v

servo
JR8711 Wired straight to the bec .
Crawler Innovations servo protector drill to remove weight .

RX/TX (decased)
DX3R / SR3000 (only using 2 channels)

wheels
Mayhem Evolution
front 1"
rears 1"
hub sizes changes I have 4 setsof hubs

tires
White Rovers
siped a lot
foams
Crawler Innovations
closed cell duel stage
Hardline body
Painted by me pearl white with metallic black .

[Badd]

Well the little rig done good at Nationals . First course I had a -4 , second course I broke the locker . Yep the locker, that locked up the front axle . It was before gate one so 40 . Third course -12 & forth course -2 . I think I ended up in 20th place . I was happy with the rig and my driving . But I was not happy with the set screw locker . Let us say there is some alum up on the Mnt . Oh yes I didn't try any of the bonus gate . My goal was to finish all courses . But that locker messed that up . lol
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[boosted4lyf]

the felsenfest locker f***ed up? damn sorry to hear that man. i have ran a few of em and never had an issue, sucks to have it happen at a time like that. i have been paying close attention to your build thread im thinking sporty is gonna be my next build. sweet little truck man

[Badd]

Originally Posted by boosted4lyf

the felsenfest locker f***ed up? damn sorry to hear that man. i have ran a few of em and never had an issue, sucks to have it happen at a time like that. i have been paying close attention to your build thread im thinking sporty is gonna be my next build. sweet little truck man

It was a very bad time for it to happend . I might have pulled out a top 10 . Thanks for the kind words .

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[Badd]

Well this rig was a blast to build . It was even more fun to take it to Nationals and hang out with old friends and make new ones . But now I remember why I walked away in 2009 . It is just to hard on me to try and keep up with a comp rig . My health is not where it needs to be . It has took me all week to get over last weekend . With that said this rigs has a new home as of this morning . I don't think I will be building another comp rig anytime soon . Thanks to everyone that help me get back up to speed . It was fun !!

[helhedded]

It was good to see you Andy. Who bought it?

[Badd]

Originally Posted by helhedded

It was good to see you Andy. Who bought it?

thanks Ashton , it was a local guy . I pretty sure you never have seen him . He has only been to one comp .

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[hbj069]

:flipoff :

[yukon635]

Dang that's a shame Andy but you gotta take care of yourself. It was great to see ya again. If you need anything give me call or pm me here. I aint going anywhere.

also if you feel like every coming to another comp to hang out, you can drive my truck. I am sure you will place it better than I can