What did you change on your Capra? Why?

[WHITE-TRASH]

Originally Posted by MAC FAB

So what is the general synopsis of the upper shock mounting locations? I am staring at a blank cage and see the fronts mess up the battery size area. Anyone "feeling me" with this? Rears jack up the body lines.......

I don't see an issue. I was thinking of making a shock key type riser and run more compression in the shocks but it works nicely as is.

[Motorider]

Originally Posted by WHITE-TRASH

Replaced the front upper links with some titanium links I had on hand that were 10mm shorter for a better castor angle. The upper links are short on this rig anyway but when lowered the pinion angles go to hell and takes the castor with it

I also replaced the shocks with 2661 big bore traxxas with mini t springs. Lower and more tuning options since I don't have 12mm traxxas or axial springs on hand like I do mini t.

Modified the steering stops and the c hubs for more steering angle. This required putting a couple bends in the tie rod too.

I made my own body panels too. Cheap and easily replaced when they get too mangled.

I'm running 2.2's on it too. Always 2.2 wheels but also tires at the moment. Still haven't had it out to see how I like it in this incarnation yet.

Did you change the castor for front and rear or just front?

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[WHITE-TRASH]

Originally Posted by Motorider

Did you change the castor for front and rear or just front?

Just the front, the front uppers are about 7 or 8mm shorter than stock now.

[Motorider]

Originally Posted by WHITE-TRASH

Just the front, the front uppers are about 7 or 8mm shorter than stock now.

Thanks Ryan.

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[MAC FAB]

I changed the body........ again. You can find more pics in the vendor's paint/body section.

20191123_154700 by MAC FAB, on Flickr

[Brake Weight]

SCT wheels/tires?

[punkindrublik]

Originally Posted by Brake Weight

SCT wheels/tires?

Looks like a display dolly.

Great job MAC, diggin the panels.

[MAC FAB]

Sort of, SCORE TT, the same o.d. as most crawler 1.9s.

Edit- as seen, it also matches the wheelbase and width of a built, per Axial's technical data.

[Panther6834]

Technically, haven't "changed" them, yet, but I did return home today to find my Vitavon CF body panels, machined aluminum transmission housing, and brass portal weights waiting for me. Maybe, if time allows, will get them installed tomorrow, or Tuesday. Otherwise, might have to wait until my next day off.

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[TrailDawg362]

Originally Posted by Panther6834

Technically, haven't "changed" them, yet, but I did return home today to find my Vitavon CF body panels, machined aluminum transmission housing, and brass portal weights waiting for me. Maybe, if time allows, will get them installed tomorrow, or Tuesday. Otherwise, might have to wait until my next day off.

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Excellent selection of parts. How was the shipping? I saw up to 3 weeks on the Ebay site.

[Panther6834]

Originally Posted by TrailDawg362

Excellent selection of parts. How was the shipping? I saw up to 3 weeks on the Ebay site.

Wish I could answer your question, but the "answer" would be confusing. First, I ordered the CF panels & transmission housing. Then, two days later, the brass portal covers were released, which I ordered the following day. A few days later (ie. approx a week after the transmission housing order was placed), I got a message from Arthur, explaining that a "machining error" on the motor plate had been discovered, and, since that had already shipped, the 'corrected' motor plate would ship (separately) the following day).

Moving forward a little over a week, the brass portal covers were delivered, thus they took approx 1.5-2wks after order was placed. Finally, 4 days later, two more packages showed up, on the same day...one containing the CF panels & tranny housing, the other containing the 'corrected' motor plate. The funny/strange thing about this is, the CF panels & tranny housing shipped before the portal covers, yet the 'corrected' piece shipped after the portal covers...yet, both packages arrived on the same day.

Like I said, confusing.

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[Rock solid]

I changed the entire cage on mine

[Still Bill]

Nice! Beautiful cage and body panels...to say the least.

[durok]

Likewise - and the headlight cluster is really outrageous!

Engine detail, too...

[Rock solid]

Thanks, it should do well, I installed a modified hammer transfer case behind the dig set up, this gives me under drive to the rear axle and reverse rotation of the drive shafts. This truck has zero torque twist.

[Shinobid]

Originally Posted by WHITE-TRASH

Replaced the front upper links with some titanium links I had on hand that were 10mm shorter for a better castor angle. The upper links are short on this rig anyway but when lowered the pinion angles go to hell and takes the castor with it

I also replaced the shocks with 2661 big bore traxxas with mini t springs. Lower and more tuning options since I don't have 12mm traxxas or axial springs on hand like I do mini t.

Modified the steering stops and the c hubs for more steering angle. This required putting a couple bends in the tie rod too.

I made my own body panels too. Cheap and easily replaced when they get too mangled.

I'm running 2.2's on it too. Always 2.2 wheels but also tires at the moment. Still haven't had it out to see how I like it in this incarnation yet.

WHITE-TRASH - Can you elaborate on the Big Bores/Mini T Spring setup? How did they work out? are they the same length front and rear? I have the exact same setup on my AX10, but I'm stealing parts off of it for my Capra build after Christmas. Was going to just use the stock shocks from the Capra Kit and droop them, but if the big bores work, I might rather do that.

[KulaHI]

So after installing the Vitavon brass portal covers, my Capra is now able to pull lines that it used to fail on before. I’m hoping the Super Shafty axle housing with brass chubs I ordered will weigh about the same as this setup.


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[Panther6834]

Last night, installed the bent links (only lowers are bent, but both uppers & lowers are somewhat longer, and 23g heavier), slightly lengthening the wheelbase, as well as lowering the ride height & COG.
Then, this morning, I installed the custom shock mounts. As you can see, they lower the mounting points (approx 1cm), plus move the front mounts slightly forward, and the rear mounts forget back. This, combined with the slightly longer wheelbase, should keep the shock angles approx the same.
The front mounts provide 2 mounting positions, while the rear provides 3. To start, I've mounted the front shocks in the 'rear' position, and the rear shocks in the 'middle' passion. Granted, I am still using the stock shocks (still w/ 2.75mm of internal limiters in each shock), but might be switching to 90mm shocks. Before making that decision, I still need to mount the Landmines (will be taking them with me to work tonight, to work on while clients are watching 'The Nutcracker'), and see how the Imperial Capra runs.

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[Mr. Crawley EC]

- Supershafty anti sqwat
- Intheworks flat skid
- 2.2 aluminum wheels
- 2.2 Duratrax Showdown
- Brass portal covers
- 90mm Pitbull Kronik shocks
Still don’t put all that together but I’ll tell you when I do!

[Panther6834]

Originally Posted by Mr. Crawley EC

- Supershafty anti sqwat

- Intheworks flat skid

- 2.2 aluminum wheels

- 2.2 Duratrax Showdown

- Brass portal covers

- 90mm Pitbull Kronik shocks

Still don’t put all that together but I’ll tell you when I do!

Please do, as I've ordered the InTheWorks flat skid, and wondering how good it is.

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