Everest SCX-Franken-10

[LamChop]

As one could guess by the title is have an odd setup. It started life as a Red cat everest 10 which was disassembled immediately after opening the box. Now it's more axial than anything else thus why I'm in this forum.

Current setup:

Axial HD lockers and axles
Axial 27t motor
Axial esc with drag brake
Axial scx10 frame

Stock wheels and tires. Weights & no foams. (2.2 Rok Lox comp tires on order)
Everest shocks w/out springs. Will be adding internal springs.
Proline jeep xj body

Plans to come:
Frame mounted servo and panhard
Rear lock outs
Rear bumper
Fix everything that breaks...

[RiderZ]

Decent.You should have just bought an SCX10 to begin with.

[LamChop]

Now I almost wish I would have. The trial and error was fun. I only lyrics have a tad over $200 into this though

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[badchevy82]

Do you happen to know what the stock motor is in turns ? How much faster is it with the 27t. I have a redcat I want a little more wheel speed it doesn't seem to have alot of play for spur and pinion gears


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[LamChop]

Originally Posted by badchevy82

Do you happen to know what the stock motor is in turns ? How much faster is it with the 27t. I have a redcat I want a little more wheel speed it doesn't seem to have alot of play for spur and pinion gears


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I would venture to say its in the 50's. it was a dog before. itll pull the front wheels off the ground on a sticky surface now with the 27t

[LamChop]

Got the 2.2 tires in last night. They're huge. They don't fit perfectly on the oem wheels but they work for now. I'm going to have to change the body around to allow the rig to fully flex. I'm thinking of building a full cage and and cutting the body to dove the front and rear in for tire clearance and a truggy look but we'll see





Also will be going to a frame mount cms

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[LamChop]

New tires rub a lot so I started to dove the nose and tail. Looks like hell now but have a lot to do before it's finished.








I then installed my new c hubs and shaved the bumpstops off











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[LamChop]

Moved the lower links to the uppers and made new lowers. Stretched the rear axle all the way to the end of the frame. I still have some up travel left in the rear, what shocks is everyone using? I'm trying to decide if I want to switch back to a sprung suspension instead of a droop setup. Still need to finish the lower links





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[escrawler]

Great build,
Was wondering how you like the Axial 27t? I know you had told me that you had wished you went with a 20t, is that still the case? Did you change the sprocket gear or any other gears? Also, do you like the Rok Lox tires? Would they work better with a narrower tire?
Have you found away to improve the steering?

[LamChop]

Originally Posted by escrawler

Great build,
Was wondering how you like the Axial 27t? I know you had told me that you had wished you went with a 20t, is that still the case? Did you change the sprocket gear or any other gears? Also, do you like the Rok Lox tires? Would they work better with a narrower tire?
Have you found away to improve the steering?

I like it. The 27t is good, with the new tires it gave it a little bit more speed due to the tires being about an inch taller. They push right through the 50% drag brake so that'll be going to 100%. I haven't touched the gearing.

Tires are awesome, very sticky. I need to play with the center of gravity and position of weight on the chassis. If it's going up a steep incline the torque lifts the front tires off the ground.

Going to have to go with aluminum knuckles for steering, I shaved the bumpstops but the plastic ends flex. I went to a 3 link front end and a panhard. It limits travel so I need to play with shock length and link lengths

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[LamChop]

Got the frame servo mount on and 3 link. It needs some fine tuning. I feel as though I have ventured down the scale path enough now I should just go all the way. Stock everest shocks are too long. I have up travel I can take advantage of but the shocks are bottomed out. Relocated the battery but it need to sit higher as to not rub on the tires







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[LamChop]

Didn't like how things were coming together.. so I changed my plans



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[92wagon]

Digging the dove tail/nose