Harley Quinn's K-5

[towjockeyrc10]

Hey everybody! I'm not new to the r/c scene, but have only been in the crawler scene for about 2yrs. now. This is my second attempt with a crawler. So it is probably not as well detailed as some of you more seasoned vets. out there. And like just about every other truck out there it is still under construction. My truck started out as a scx10 kit version. It has been modified from box stock. One of my bigger changes has been altering the wheel base from stock. I changed it differently from all of the other scx10s I have seen on here, I put the shorter links and drive shaft on the front, and then moved the skid plate 16 mm forward as to keep the front axle in its original location so from the skid plate back the links and drive shaft are factory, I then moved the rear shock hoops forward to keep the rear end as close to stock as possible. I have used several ideas I had seen on here and some I thought of myself but did not get done in time before someone else beat me to it. So anyway here are some pics, and I hope you think what I have done so far "for my second attempt" is going well

[towjockeyrc10]

P.S. in one pic there is a on/off switch, that is a winch kill switch. for when I let friends drive. In that same pic you can see the original rear hole in the frame where the upper link would have mounted to.

[BadRockNoCookie]

Looks great so far!

[4xFord]

Where's all the orange? Oh wait, nevermind.......:-P

[towjockeyrc10]

got me some 1.55s and some slingers

I changed shock rods to a set of associated buggy rods that are about 8mm longer than stock. I did not want more up travel only down so i left the 8mm limiters on the shocks, that gave me the stock ride height with a longer extension



twisted but all 4 are still touching!

[romulus22]

those wheels and tires go perfect with that body

[towjockeyrc10]

thanks i am thinking about the flares off of the tr also but i have not bought them yet this was a kit so i have had to buy the bumpers and rails

[junkman]

the wheels and tires do make it, 1.55's right, more I see em the more I dig them.

[Harley]

Originally Posted by 4xFord

Where's all the orange? Oh wait, nevermind.......:-P

Now that's funny Had to peek in because of the name.


Good looking build, thats a pretty good idea on the wheelbase adjustment.

[Rogue]

Really like the look of the 1.55 tires and wheels.

[towjockeyrc10]

to whom it may concern: if you don't know harley quinn is the Jokers girlfriend from the batman comic series

[NeoK5Driver]

I knew that, who says I didn't?!? OK seriously I knew about Dr. Harleen Quinzel. Are you gonna paint the rims red and black too?

BTW did you order new links for the lower to shorten the wheelbase? or did you cut them? I also have a blazer and need too shorten mine. I notice you cut the front wheelwell, I was hoping to not have to do that, but it's lookin like i have no choice. Ran it last night on the ice (my driveway) and while it performed great, there was a lot of rub in those front corners.

[towjockeyrc10]

well some people might not have known. btw the x-trail 80 chev pu is the "Joker" and he was lonely. but yes i did buy new links the lowers are the 6x74.5's and the uppers are the 7x50's, i also put a spacer between the upper bent link and the frame to space it up right then i took out the 6x6x3 spacer between the y link and ball, then i put a real thin washer between the lower tubes and one link on each side and just barely shaved a little off of the y to make up the 1/2 a mm on the top and bottom. if i diddnt the caster angle would have been like .467892678546378295342 degrees off or close to it (jk) and yes i do have a.d.oh look something shiny gotta go

[towjockeyrc10]

just a little update: harley has some new body panels and some stuff, tow strap, spare drive shaft, interior is the interior and cage are from the cgr blazer the joker seems to like it "hats off to you all" oh and she got a litlle bit of scrapes and some mud on the tires yesterday till the y link pulled out of the rear end, truss on the way... anyone happen to know if 80mm upper links are the right length saw that is what brandon ended up with on axials web site but i also saw that someone else had to have 85mm long any way the reason i ask is that i am going to have a machinest turn down my 91mm links for me to be the right length?

[hoyt]

looks real good man, i gotta get my k5 (scx10) running again.

[Mini]

Looks good.

[towjockeyrc10]

hey axial some 80mm POSTS would be nice so someone like me could "KEEP IT CLEAN"

[towjockeyrc10]

ok to whom it may be interesting i was just messing around with my blazer and got annoyed so i thought i would mess with my x-trail. i just had a very dumb moment when i realized that my x-trail has 81mm cross braces that i bought from tcs this is important to anyone wanting to use the 4-link truss on their axial scx10 with a stock wheel base this is a perfect fit they are 6x~81mm and made in black wish axial made the same part in gray though