Jeremyfowler33's rockshow ss

[jeremyfowler33]

I got tired of the bwd thing chassis that i had so i decided to get me a chassis that about all of our locals are having great sucess with (not only because its a great chassis but there incredible driving skills) as i am still a newb! anyways so here it goes my T1E rockshow ss
this is it three days after i paid for it! thanks for the fast shipping nick! and amainhobbies!
so then i took the chassis apart as i wanted to dye it and make it different than your standard whit or black

and here is where i got to so far this evening after having the worst time trying to get this delrin to take this blue

now tomorrow i plan to get the top links made up and installed and all the electronics connected and hooked up so that i can give her a test on sunday...... any imput on this is welcome and appreciated as this is my first time building one of these! thanks

[lucky7487]

Nice Crawler You'll love the new chassis I know i love mine1

[SINister]

The blue looks killer

[OKJeepin]

Looks great, what kind of dye did you use? What length Lunsford links are you using for the uppers?

[chicklet]

You made a awesome choice!!!

Looking great!

[jeremyfowler33]

I have the 110 for the rear and the 105 for the front now I just have to figure out how long to make my links and where to put them on this chassis ill be doing better lol

[jeremyfowler33]

got her all done today except finishing the panels and mountng the electronics in permanantley...took her out for a spin and already tonight it has climbed more and climbed easier than my thing chassis ever did! im now a t1e fan all the way heres some pics!

[EverettY]

Pics? that's a pic :P Looks good the blue looks cool too I still like the Thing Chassis better though Mitchell is my older bro. So I've driven the one XR10 that you have now

[jeremyfowler33]

Originally Posted by EverettY

Pics? that's a pic :P Looks good the blue looks cool too I still like the Thing Chassis better though Mitchell is my older bro. So I've driven the one XR10 that you have now

well the thing may be a good chassis for you guys out there on those rocks but i promise from what i have driven this on my home course i can see a huge difference in this chassis it has way more forward bite than i could ever get the thing to do......


I ALSO WANT TO SEND OUT A BIG THANKS TO STRATO54 FOR COMING OUT TO MY HOUSE AND SPENDING THE TIME WITH ME TO HELP ME GET THIS SET UP AS GOOD AS IT IS!! THANKS AGAIN!!

[strato54]

I enjoyed helping and also meeting your dad and your brother. Great bunch of guys. I hope this chassis does what you want it to. You will at least be able to get lots of help from all the guys in our club that already run it. Once she's set up then it's just a matter of rock time. Looking forward to later today and seeing how it performs in a familiar place. By the way, the blue is sweeetttt.

[ittybitty]

Looking good Jeremy...lets see some good and clear side and top shots...wheels off

[jeremyfowler33]

Originally Posted by ittybitty

Looking good Jeremy...lets see some good and clear side and top shots...wheels off

as you wished! i think it needs more caster but you can tell me if so im going to have to modify my upper links and rod ends cause there as short as they will go right now

[jason12548]

Wow the blue looks great

[jeremyfowler33]

Originally Posted by jason12548

Wow the blue looks great

thanks

[EverettY]

Get us some vids of it . You still have the Thing in your avy :P

[jeremyfowler33]

ill change it soon were going out today to do some crawling i want to get panels made before i go changing my avatar

[jeremyfowler33]

so today i took the crawler out to one of our local comp sites and let me tell you with some time driving this thing ill actually be able to finish a course finally.....this is by far the best crawler for me! strato 54 has some videos of us from today maybe he will be able to post them up sometime

[ittybitty]

Yessir...looks good. Move your front uppers in one hole towards the center on the chassis. Then from there adjust as necessary by backing the rod ends off slightly if necessary. The lunsford links are threaded like turnbuckles so you can use a pair of pliers or whatever to turn them with the links installed...just keep track of how far you go and duplicate it on the other link.

Just noticed you didn't reinstall the delrin spacers between the upper link rod ends and the chassis...why not???? You need to have those spacers between the inner chassis and the rod ends. So from the skins you'd have the cab then the rod end then the spacer then the inner chassis plate then the cross bar/standoff/spacer whatever you want to call them...the ones between the two inner chassis plates. If you don't reinstall those spacers you won't be able to move the uppers inwards, and you will probably end up with some binding...it looks like you might have installed the wider Jato pivot balls...that's not enough to make up for the spacers.

[jeremyfowler33]

I left the balls in them that came with the ends in the bag I couldn't move them in before because of the binding but I didn't know I was supposed to put those slavers there....oops ill do that tonight and run it some more tomorrow

[ittybitty]

LOL...your rig is gonna be slap worn out before the next comp at this rate. Just try to remember it's only practice and there's no reason to beat the hell out of it...save those crazy moments for the comps

Also noticed you have the wires to the rear motor going up and over the rear link...might want to put them under it so they don't get beat up when you're on your lid

What's the height of your skid at the FRONT lower links with the tires on and at ride height (pick it up and drop it then measure)?