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09-03-2007, 05:25 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NOR*CAL
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how much weight can the stock drivetrain handle?? i'd like to add a bunch but dont want to stress anything out to bad.. i star cut the front foams and narrowed the rears and it helped alot, but i feel like a little more (sprung) weight would help dramaticly.. by the way i'm running a rooster crawler and 55t hand wound.. thanks guys  |
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09-03-2007, 05:36 PM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
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The best place to add weight is in the wheels and on the axles. The lower the better and also keep a forward bias.
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09-03-2007, 05:51 PM
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What battery are you running and where is it located?
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09-03-2007, 06:00 PM
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intellect 1400 2/3 a 6 cell on the servo
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09-03-2007, 06:22 PM
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Adding some stick on lead weights to the inside of your wheels will help. You could also try switching to the Kreepy foams, they'll add weight to your wheels and let your tires flex better too.
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09-03-2007, 06:26 PM
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right on .. i'll give it a try with the stick weights.. thanks bender.. scott |
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09-03-2007, 08:27 PM
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I hear that putting airsoft bb's in your tires instead of foams helps alot, And conforms to the rocks well. Anywere from 3.3 to 4 ounces in each tire is what i see people using.
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09-03-2007, 08:59 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: tx
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I put a mixture of airsoft and metal bb's and my front tires & rims weight around 12oz and the back around 9oz. I have a video were towards the end you can see how much the tire can flex but it doesn not always do it. sorry about the quality of the video.  Last edited by quads4_life; 09-03-2007 at 09:26 PM. |
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09-03-2007, 09:33 PM
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Here is a good pic of the flex on the tires and then the truck sitting flat.    |
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09-04-2007, 01:00 AM
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12oz each , or the two front tires are 12oz total??? | |
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09-04-2007, 04:28 AM
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12oz each thats the total weight of one tire-wheel-bb's.
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09-04-2007, 01:22 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NOR*CAL
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right on.. do you notice any affect on the drivetrain with the extra load??? |
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09-04-2007, 02:51 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: tx
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the steering is slower but I will get a faster higher torque servo. and the noise from the bb's rattleing around in the tires but it did keep the nose out of the air as much.
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