Aussie Honcho
 

Hey people this is my SCX10 honcho that I use for casual crawling with a few mates :)

Specs are;
35t motor
Axial ESC
Junfac front & rear drive shafts
G-Transition shocks currently setup as sprung
Hitec HS5646WP servo with alloy servo horn
High clearance steering knuckles
Alloy steering links
Axial CVDs
Axial C-hubs
Axial alloy suspension links front & rear both 4 linked
Front overdrive gears
Rear underdrive gears
Proline beadlock wheels with internal weights
Proline Flat Iron tyres
RC4WD stubby front bumper
Junfac chassis braces

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Sweet honcho bro, where bouts In aus are you?

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Thanks mate - Brisbane north side

Ah fellow qlder! I'm up in rockhampton

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hey bro does ur shocks leak like a monkey's ass

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I've been running them without oil! Only a few drops to lubricate things. But I am probably going to fill them soon to make the damper a bit softer

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well watch when u do bc they leak like crazy

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Nice one mate, a fellow Qlder with a super lifted Honcho ... I run mine lifted too! Is it the Aussie terrain we have to conquer that demands ground clearance

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Haha good one... but it's true. Nice honcho by the way"thumbsup"

I don't lift any of my honchos I just run 2.2's and 90mm shocks, I do a lot of up hill crawling so I need that nose planted

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Cool - my trails I've been trying to combine, and find a "cheap" balance between radical undulating rock and vertical dirt hill climbing with the one vehicle - hill climbing is my preference though!!! - here's my vids.

So far I've been making it on 1.9's with a Level3 lift kit and the stock re-oiled 90mm shocks - then I had a dollar or two to spend.
A week ago I removed the lift kit (which gave 15mm lift) and replaced the stock 90mm dual rate SCX shocks with Wraith shocks which were "mega" cheap ($15 for a set if 4 assembled and oiled). Made a massive improvement, didn't lose any ground clearance but got a huge improvement in articulation and stability. Should have skipped the $20 lift kit and $10 shock oil and done this straight up

At the same time I surrendered to going to 2.2's - originally I wanted to keep my rig stock on the outside but I have since ordered VP SLW 2.2's - they still havent arrived.

Yeah I looked into the lift kit and read up and bigger shocks just do the same thing, I run the standard 90's and run 100mm on another rig and just that bit of extra hight is a noticeable difference when trying to trail those vertical slope.

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Yes the lifted ride height can be an issue on steep slopes. My truck also has the battery tray moved forward and lower and sits in front of the motor, and I have been running a 1600mah lipo to decrease weight. It definitely works well at climbing rocks in creek beds etc. I'm thinking about removing the springs and cutting them down by 5-10mm to bring the ride height down closer to stock, but still slightly raised.