Dlux Sportsman build

[Erik D_lux]

Oh yeah, will do.... tomorrow...

[SkaldidDog]

Me to...I hope.

[Erik D_lux]

Lets talk some shock!

Why do I love the Big bores?

• They come in multiple lengths
• There are multiple ways to get specific lengths by using a cap mod or stock cap with a ball
• Super smooth
• When lathed down, they are not much heavier than a plastic SCX, lighter than an AL SCX
• Smaller diameter than an SCX
• You can buy parts probably at any hobby shop around the world
• NO LEAKING
• MIP bypass pistons are available. If youre not running these, you are missing the boat. One of my favorite mods!

Why I dislike the Big bore.

• The lack of pre loading sucks.

Pre loading a Big bore has always been the Achilles heel of the Big bore, until now!

I cant tell you how excited I am about these. The difference these make for a Big bore shock is amazing!

When I was setting this car up, I insisted on a cap mod which was partly making the car too tall along with the stiff springs. Even after I ground out the stiff springs to approx a Mini-T pink spring, it was still too tall. The real problem was the pre load. Now, with these cups, the ride height sits much lower ALL THE TIME.

[Calderwood]

Originally Posted by Erik D_lux

Lets talk some shock!

Why do I love the Big bores?

They come in multiple lengths
There are multiple ways to get specific lengths by using a cap mod or stock cap with a ball
Super smooth
When lathed down, they are not much heavier than a plastic SCX, lighter than an AL SCX
Smaller diameter than an SCX
You can buy parts probably at any hobby shop around the world
NO LEAKING
MIP bypass pistons are available. If youre not running these, you are missing the boat. One of my favorite mods!

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x...pse6e3f3d8.jpg

What do your lathed big bores weigh rtr?

[Erik D_lux]

I need to find the picture.....

If I remember right, you can get them down to 11g with springs? It will obviously change things on the length of shock, spring cups, cap mod etc,.

[Erik D_lux]

Here is a copy/paste of what I just put into the vendors section. I dont know how hard it is to grasp the concept without having these in your hands.

Here are some pictures of how the Big bore works with the Mini T springs.

All shocks are shown unlimited and in stock form. Keep in mind that you will most likely be limiting the longer shocks. Shocks also have the rod end on the shaft twisted on right until the threads are gone. You can manipulate the amount of preload (and length) by turning the rod on more or less.

4" shock with stock spring cup = no preload



4" shock with Dlux spring cup = - .310" preload



3.75 shock with stock spring cup = .060 pre load



3.75 shock with Dlux spring cup = - .220 pre load


3.5 shock with stock spring cup = .210 pre load



3.5 shock with Dlux spring cup = - .075 pre load



Here is a picture that will have the added shims so you can dial in exactly how much pre load you like.

[Crawllife]

Great idea Erik! It's awesome to see mods/hopups still coming out for some of my favorite parts.

[ax10tn]

Erik your build is getting better and better day by day and your like a magician pulling flowers out of your sleeve you just keep pulling some great products out of your sleeve . Keep up the awesome work on your rig and the great products you are producing and sharing with us for our builds . You are 1 top notch vendor that strives to stay on top of things.

[Harvo]

Originally Posted by ax10tn

Erik your build is getting better and better day by day and your like a magician pulling flowers out of your sleeve you just keep pulling some great products out of your sleeve . Keep up the awesome work on your rig and the great products you are producing and sharing with us for our builds . You are 1 top notch vendor that strives to stay on top of things.

Yup... not sure if it's his sleeve, but he's pulling them out of somewhere


Great job on the build Erik

[Erik D_lux]

Originally Posted by ax10tn

Erik your build is getting better and better day by day and your like a magician pulling flowers out of your sleeve you just keep pulling some great products out of your sleeve . Keep up the awesome work on your rig and the great products you are producing and sharing with us for our builds . You are 1 top notch vendor that strives to stay on top of things.

Thanks man! Its team work though, I cant do what I do without you! A big thanks to all you guys for supporting my obsession.

Originally Posted by Harvo

Yup... not sure if it's his sleeve, but he's pulling them out of somewhere


Great job on the build Erik

Thanks!

Wherever I am pulling them from has expanded lately I have 2 more planned products that are pretty bad ass! I cant wait to show you guys those!

A lot of my ideas are my own but at the same time I am surrounded by a lot of cool people that help me along the way. Big thanks to all you guys in helping push the hobby further along.

[pigblanket]

Those new spring cups look nice and familiar. So much innovation in one rig is inspiring. I'm going to wrench on my super right now.

[Harvo]

Originally Posted by Erik D_lux

Thanks man! Its team work though, I cant do what I do without you! A big thanks to all you guys for supporting my obsession.



Thanks!

Wherever I am pulling them from has expanded lately I have 2 more planned products that are pretty bad ass! I cant wait to show you guys those!

I'm in

[Erik D_lux]

Originally Posted by pigblanket

Those new spring cups look nice and familiar.

They do?

[ax10tn]

[QUOTE=Harvo I'm in [/QUOTE]

If your in then I'm in too . I'm gonna have to get a capital one just for D_Lux parts .... ok ok sorry back to this awesome build !

[ax10tn]

Ok it's been 2 weeks Erik what's going on with this beast ?

[Erik D_lux]

Trying to perfect parts and trying to get machinists off their butts to make the rest! LOL.

[slowride1]

eric how u liking the chasis

[slowride1]

an parts are looking cool as well man

you just keep hitting the home runs

the mvp of the game for sure

[Erik D_lux]

Chassis works as predicted.

It just flat out works
It sidehills like none other

Seriously though, it takes me a long time to tweak and tune from scratch to get a car right where I want it. I am still figuring stuff out and moving it around. I have some other parts that threw a serious twist into the game so I am working through that now.

[boosted4lyf]

Originally Posted by Erik D_lux

It just flat out works
It sidehills like none other

Truck is a dandy E. When do we get to see some helmet cam video?