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10-24-2010, 01:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sandy Oregon
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|  The Junk Yard Dog
I am another who jumped om the SCX10 Honcho bandwagon. It started out as a Trail Ready.....but it sure didn't stay that way for long.  Started by adding a few Hand Made scale items then some home made metal bumpers and sliders.    And we had to have a hand made custom interior...  Of course the power plant had to be replaced with something more substantial so we dropped in a Mamba Max and a 35T Lathe motor backed by a 2200 mah Lipo battery. Then we went to work on the suspension, replacing the stock shocks with a set of Traxxas biog bores. These gave me about the same ride height but added a bit to the drop end of the shock. To these we added a set of small RC18T stock springs....these fit perfect on the end of the big bores and gave me just about enough spring play under weight.  Next we added a set of alloy bent links (truss style) all the way around. Left the 3 link in front with four link in the rear. I also clocked the rear diff housing to get the clearance on the driveshaft input.  The stock 1.9 Flat Irons are great tires, lots of grip....but I wanted something a bit taller and found a set of 1.9 Rok Lox and some DNA Assassin wheels. This set up looked and worked great....but I still wasn't satisfied with the height so finally ended up on a set of 2.2 Flat Irons mounted on a set of modified Proline Eight Shooters. I smelted and poured some custom wheel weights out of pure lead....with all that weight down low she now crawls like a billy goat.  The end result is a big, heavy, nasty looking, Honcho with the attitude of a Junk Yard Dog      |
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10-24-2010, 03:29 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Silver Lake
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where did you get the truss links? Did you have to trim the body to fit the 2.2s? |
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10-24-2010, 04:10 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sandy Oregon
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got the links off ebay, axial makes a set that are the same minimal cutting to fit the 2.2's, did raise the body mounts up a bit |
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10-24-2010, 05:07 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: milton,wv
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great looking honcho
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10-24-2010, 05:26 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sandy Oregon
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it's gnarly....I like it that way! some vid of it with the 1.9 Rok Lox http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FxfdrpF1Ic |
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10-24-2010, 05:53 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stuck on a Rig in the middle of nowhere Utah.
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Looks great. I like using the traxxas shocks also. They sure give you flex, and make it so you have up and down travel.  |
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10-24-2010, 06:55 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Knoxville
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what kind of body was the yellow/orange looking jeep?
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10-24-2010, 07:12 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama
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Sweet honcho Dog! I didn't know you had a interior under the shell. |
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10-24-2010, 07:16 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sandy Oregon
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I think that is the HPI body on a TCS chassis with axial running gear | |
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