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05-10-2015, 02:30 PM | #1 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich
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| Crawlinhulls building a shafty?
Hey guys so this begins a real shafty build - gonna start with a homemade chassis - currently no real axles but I'll probably mock it up with some tlt's. this is gonna be slow but it will be comp worthy when we're done |
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05-10-2015, 03:32 PM | #2 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich
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| Re: Crawlinhulls building a shafty?
Sorry for the lack of info... and I should not have called it a home made chassis,, more like a home brew experiment. the vertical plates are from my old BWD Mantis that broke at Worlds last year. The skid is from a scx-10 I purchased 5 years ago - and basically sat unused since. And finally the shock arms are obviously from a xr-10 kit. So here we go |
05-10-2015, 06:16 PM | #3 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich
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| Re: Crawlinhulls building a shafty?
Found an old body as well as a bag body mounts that were hiding on me |
05-10-2015, 06:17 PM | #4 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich
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| Re: Crawlinhulls building a shafty?
Body shot
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05-15-2015, 05:34 PM | #5 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich
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So get home around 5 and before I can ask if any mail arrived (I'm waiting on some shock parts) my wife Emily says TA-DA and there on the table were a set of xr-10 modded ax-10 axles. When I ask where they came from she says The Purp hooked me up. So I must thank my wife Emily for the surprise and also to Purptr8r for building such a sweet set of axles... now to open them up....
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05-15-2015, 06:05 PM | #6 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2012 Location: enfield CT
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| Re: Crawlinhulls building a shafty?
Purp is the sizzzzzzle looking good
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05-16-2015, 03:18 AM | #7 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich
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| Re: Crawlinhulls building a shafty?
This is progress so far - looks like shocks will need to be small in diameter
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05-16-2015, 06:54 AM | #8 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich
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| Re: Crawlinhulls building a shafty?
Figured out some rear uppers and in less than 2 hours made a rear upper link mount. Still need rear shocks, stretch out the front, electronics, and steering linkage (my biggest challenge)
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05-16-2015, 03:41 PM | #9 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich
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| Re: Crawlinhulls building a shafty?
Still not satisfied with steering but we're getting closer. Everything spins and articulates smoothly still have electronics to go
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05-19-2015, 07:18 PM | #10 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich
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| Re: Crawlinhulls building a shafty?
So far so good - rebuilt and drilled the case of the r2 (saved 8 grams) decased fxr, R603FF ( read HEAVY ) receiver and a CC beck Still need - switch to heavier shock oil and rear springs larger servo horn for more steering new steering link to get bta |
05-19-2015, 08:04 PM | #11 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich
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| Re: Crawlinhulls building a shafty?
Just found this old body - offers more protection for electronics and probably better, dare I say roll over ability??,
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05-19-2015, 08:46 PM | #12 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: williamsport
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| Re: Crawlinhulls building a shafty?
Good looking finish Curt! Now get out there and run some lines! ;) |
05-27-2015, 09:23 AM | #13 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Manchester
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You're one crazy bastard Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
05-27-2015, 12:54 PM | #14 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Under a Rock
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| Re: Crawlinhulls building a shafty?
Thoes are some wild looking side plates! Original fer sure. I like the re- purposing of some older stuff. I ran a sporty chassis i made with a stock XR-10 skid for a year or so but noticed a small problem after comping against other rigs at 2014 Nats in Rhode Island, When there is not enough lower link spacing at the skid, while climbing vertically at the point where the rig is about to reach its tipping point (over backwards) and the left front tire is at the crest of the climb and the right front is in the air, while under throttle to keep it from rolling back. I have never been able to get the right front to settle down (even with mad steering input) and overcome the torque twist created by the rear drive shaft. I had already tested and tuned my springs and oil for months to get it right for ALL the other situations. I hope there is not an issue like that on yours. Put your rig in that position and find out what happens. I am now running a new chassis which has more lower link spacing the rest of the new chassis has a similar geometry. It does not have the same problem. Let us know how well it works.
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05-27-2015, 01:56 PM | #15 | |
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| Re: Crawlinhulls building a shafty?
I noticed a small amount of right tire lift but it settled with opposite steering input- then stayed settled (as long as throttle input was slow) through the rest of the climb. Still having trouble deciding on wheels - so many choices and I still need to shrink wrap the naked fxr Quote:
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05-27-2015, 01:57 PM | #16 |
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05-27-2015, 02:23 PM | #17 |
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05-27-2015, 05:14 PM | #18 |
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Yeah but you didn't find my DVD collection of Kung-Fu or the shrine to Leroy Green |
05-27-2015, 05:22 PM | #19 |
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05-27-2015, 05:52 PM | #20 |
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