Shelby's now J-Fab'd xr10

[shelby]

I saw a deal on this xr10 from a member on here(gunnar) and it was way to good to pass up. So I sold my ax10 to buy this. This is my first MOA so i'm still not sure what I'm doing. Its not running yet, a "friend" still owes me 2 bills from my ax10 and whenever he pays me I will be able to pick up the rest of things I need to make RTR. I am going to get a stick radio but I've never even held one so I know it's gonna take a while to get use to. Our first club comp is on Jan. 16 so I'm trying to get everything ready by then, but we'll see. So all comments or questions are welcomed.

"JFD" J-Fab Designs "OUTLAW3" Bodyless chassis
HB Rovers (I beleive two are white and two are blue)
Nova foams
VP DH Pro-comps blue rings w/ SS Slugs in the front
stock rear rims with black rings
Vp motor plates
HR hardened steel gears in the rear
Axail titanium gear shaft in the rear
Traxxas big bore 4" shocks w/ mini springs and Jeepindoug spring cups
custom Lunsford Titanium links made by gunnar
J-FAB ultra high clearence rear links
tekin fxr x2
tekin 35t pro hw motors
g-force 800mah 3s 25c lipos
cc bec
modded futaba 6ex
12t steel pinnions
Hitec 7950 servo w/RIG_RIDER servo guard

I think that's it.

Here are some pics, I will probably have more pics of it tomorrow(bodyless)

[Gat714]

Sweet ride man

[country_crawler]

Very Nice!

[gunnar]

The links are all Lunsford Ti, I was experimenting with the rear bends when I decided to sell it, not the best, but they will work.

[shelby]

Originally Posted by gunnar

The links are all Lunsford Ti, I was experimenting with the rear bends when I decided to sell it, not the best, but they will work.

Cool I wasn't sure if they were stainless or Ti. The rear links came out pretty good, just a few bends were off, but they have lots of clearence.

[shelby]

Mock up of the electronics, when I get all of the electronics I'll have the guy from LHS wire it up super clean.


Chassis setup



Sorry for the blurry pic. I'm at about 3 7/8 for the rear clearence.

[Greatscott]

The links on that thing are very cool!!!

I made the same leap that you did (AX to XR). I have courses I practice on that allow me to test new set ups and adjustments, I found out in short order that I need new courses with my XR, obsticles that where challenging with my AX are easy with the XR.

[shelby]

Originally Posted by Greatscott

The links on that thing are very cool!!!

I made the same leap that you did (AX to XR). I have courses I practice on that allow me to test new set ups and adjustments, I found out in short order that I need new courses with my XR, obsticles that where challenging with my AX are easy with the XR.

Across the street is a little rockquarry that was somewhat hard with my ax, so I figure it'll be a walk in the park with this thing.

I'm itching to drive this thing so bad...

[BLKXJ 96]

Looks good, Make a bracket and get the battery out on the front axle, it helps out alot.

[fred0000]

looks good shelby, you havn't drivin it yet? that sucks I bet your itchen, i'm in the same boat with my XR10, but I still have my AX to use till my XR is done, cant wait to see yours in action. the rear lower links are really neat, gunnar did a fairly good job on them. i'll have to look into some highclearance links for mine.

[shelby]

Originally Posted by BLKXJ 96

Looks good, Make a bracket and get the battery out on the front axle, it helps out alot.

I'm still thinking about if I will or not.

Originally Posted by fred0000

looks good shelby, you havn't drivin it yet? that sucks I bet your itchen, i'm in the same boat with my XR10, but I still have my AX to use till my XR is done, cant wait to see yours in action. the rear lower links are really neat, gunnar did a fairly good job on them. i'll have to look into some highclearance links for mine.

Thanks. Nope, I can't drive it until I get my money someone owes me.

[Tklan Crawler]

Pretty sick. Now hurry up and get it running! Jk u must have some pacients.

[BLKXJ 96]

Originally Posted by shelby

I'm still thinking about if I will or not.

Get as much weight out of the chassis as possible, unsprung weight will help your crawler work better on the rocks.

[shelby]

Originally Posted by BLKXJ 96

Get as much weight out of the chassis as possible, unsprung weight will help your crawler work better on the rocks.

Were are you guys the bolting the battery plate on the front axle?

[Harvo]

Originally Posted by shelby

Were are you guys the bolting the battery plate on the front axle?

I have seen some pretty complicated mounts on here with two mounting points... but I just ran a longer bolt through my little flat plate, through the lower link mounting hole, and put a nut on the botton. A small piece of velcro covers the bolt head and helps hold the battery.

Simple and effective.

[Gat714]

Originally Posted by shelby

Were are you guys the bolting the battery plate on the front axle?

I cut up an old chassis for my battery mount. It has two mounting points. One is at the upper link mount on top of the axle, and the other is down at the left shock mount. Here are some pics of mine.

[shelby]

Originally Posted by Harvo

I have seen some pretty complicated mounts on here with two mounting points... but I just ran a longer bolt through my little flat plate, through the lower link mounting hole, and put a nut on the botton. A small piece of velcro covers the bolt head and helps hold the battery.

Simple and effective.

That's what I was thinking, it kind of seemed like the only place to bolt it on to. My dad is a sheet metal worker so I'll ask if he could make me a small plate...

[shelby]

Very nice Gat. Never even thought of something like that.

[Gat714]

Thanks man. The best ideas are when you use stuff that is lying around

[shelby]

Originally Posted by Gat714

Thanks man. The best ideas are when you use stuff that is lying around

Were you able to use the stock bolt on the upper links?