Paystin's Chaotic "Switch"

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by Del Monte

It wouldn't be the same without hitting Patsy's Friday night

Your right! It wouldn't be the same

Originally Posted by paystin

This is one time I'm glad my girlfriend lives 45 minutes away. You girls have fun tearing it up.

Atleast I know my daughter won't be pointing out Jake puke in my car to me again.

Now its going to be even better

[HARDKNOCKZ]

Jake wasn't the only one pukin that night...but at least I made it to Anaheim before I started & didnt fill Chris's ashtray with that cherry crap you guys were drinkin.

I tried to get Chris to come out & play Friday but he's whooped & whooped hard. Guy gets his little carrot wet & no more fun guy.

[gerr]

LOL you guys crack me up.

[paystin]

Originally Posted by Chaotic Crawlers

I think I need to hang out with you guys more often.

What's your front and rear wheel/ tire combo weigh?

And nice hookup on the axial stuff. I have been thinking about trying some scx shocks myself, but I sponsored my only set to some wild man with a paint gun.

Ya, there isn't much "moderation" when we get together. I really thought Jake could handle his liquor better but clearly he can't. How dare you ask a technical question in my thread.

Front weight with DHII wheel and VP knuckle weight is- 11.39 oz.
Rear weight with SLW and no extra weight is- 6.14 oz.

Both with shaved Sedona tires.

Originally Posted by Brandon

Your right! It wouldn't be the same



Now its going to be even better

You sure that lovely wife of your's isn't planning a Target trip that night. You better make sure you're free before you start spoutin' off.

Originally Posted by HARDKNOCKZ

Jake wasn't the only one pukin that night...but at least I made it to Anaheim before I started & didnt fill Chris's ashtray with that cherry crap you guys were drinkin.

I tried to get Chris to come out & play Friday but he's whooped & whooped hard. Guy gets his little carrot wet & no more fun guy.

I know you've forgotten what it's like but let me tell ya', it's fantastic. You just can't fill that roll for me sweetheart. Plus, I might have a really good story for you on Saturday with her friend coming out with us.

Originally Posted by gerr

LOL you guys crack me up.

[HARDKNOCKZ]

Originally Posted by paystin

I know you've forgotten what it's like but let me tell ya', it's fantastic. You just can't fill that roll for me sweetheart. Plus, I might have a really good story for you on Saturday with here friend coming out with us.

STORY being the operative word there brutha. I'll be sure to let her know your "plans"...see what SHE thinks about it.

[paystin]

So it wasn't pretty but I manged a third place finish in our final comp of the 2012 season. That allowed me to take 1st place in the series and get an invite to the So. Cal regionals in June.



While I obviously wasn't using the new Chaotic Crawlers "Switch" chassis for the entire series, I did use it today and it felt pretty damn good on the rocks for only having it running for a week now.

The courses were pretty brutal with only Brad "bender" Dumont (yes the former national champ) finishing with a negative score for the day. There are a few minor changes I'd like to make to it before regionals but I will update those a bit later. For now I'm gonna go stare at my trophy since they don't come around to often.

[slowride1]

good job man . cant wait to see what u change

[nicodrive01]

good job, mate!

[paystin]

Originally Posted by nicodrive01

good job, mate!

Thank You!

Originally Posted by slowride1

good job man . cant wait to see what u change

I have a few ideas. Nothing drastic but now that the season series is over, I can experiment a bit with some things.

[paystin]

J.D (hardknockz) came down a day early to get some tuning/ practice in for the comp yesterday. Although his setup is similiar to mine, it was interesting to see how "like" rigs react with different drivers at the wheel.

We had a good 2+ hours out on the rocks just trying different lines and seeing what our rigs could and couldn't do. J.D pulled a 7th place finish which was great and he even won our King of The Park/ Wraith race after the 2.2's were done. I think there were about 20 guys competing in an all out quarter mile lap (x's 4) and J.D came out on top. Good job man!

Here's some pics from the day.

Mine's prettier and drives better than his.


















So quick story on this pic. I found a new line and wanted to try it. After a couple of reverses, my rig goes up and over without to much trouble. J.D on the other hand, stood in this position for a good 45 minutes trying to get his truck to do it and it just wasn't gonna happen. After a few batteries and a tire change, Brandon from Axial shows up and drives for a bit with us. I show Brandon the line and he goes up it (not as easily as me but not bad for a guy that drives every three months.) J.D tries for another 10 minutes and we leave. No success for my buddy but it was a great effort.

[HARDKNOCKZ]

You forgot to mention the 15 minutes YOU tried it with my rig. I just wasn't able to get any real practice in on the new chassis before this day so to say that I have some tuning to do would be a gross understatement.

Had fun tho & a 7th with a rig thats largely untuned, had a total of 4 packs run thru before the comp & in a talent pool that deep is respectable in my book.

KOTP race was a BLAST!!! My Wraith DID WORK!!! Parker woulda been proud.

Thanks again & tell your dumb ass dog next time she swipes my peanut butter cup...we're boxin. I know shes USED to eating peanut butter outta YOUR lap but I just don't roll that way.

J.D.

[paystin]

You can only polish a turd so much. I'm sorry that my building skills trump your's. Atleast you beat me at the comp.........wait a minute, nevermind.

I'm never gonna look at my poor puppy the same way again after you told me what you did to her while I was gone. Remind me to never let you babysit my dog or god forbid, my kids again.

[53 willys]

Originally Posted by paystin

So it wasn't pretty but I manged a third place finish in our final comp of the 2012 season. That allowed me to take 1st place in the series and get an invite to the So. Cal regionals in June.

congrats dude!! great driving!!

[Stormin2u]

Truck looks incredible and this says it all, congratulations.

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by paystin

So quick story on this pic. I found a new line and wanted to try it. After a couple of reverses, my rig goes up and over without to much trouble. J.D on the other hand, stood in this position for a good 45 minutes trying to get his truck to do it and it just wasn't gonna happen. After a few batteries and a tire change, Brandon from Axial shows up and drives for a bit with us. I show Brandon the line and he goes up it (not as easily as me but not bad for a guy that drives every three months.) J.D tries for another 10 minutes and we leave. No success for my buddy but it was a great effort.

Good stuff, glad I could twist the screwdriver in a bit further

BTW, a stock XR chassis made it up that line

Also, I hadn't driven in 4 months...

[HARDKNOCKZ]

Originally Posted by Brandon

Good stuff, glad I could twist the screwdriver in a bit further

BTW, a stock XR chassis made it up that line

Also, I hadn't driven in 4 months...

Ah yes...thats what I like about you OC boys...nuttin but love. I think thats the 1st time that I was actually hopin someone WOULDN'T pull a line...outside of a comp setting of course.

Ya got skills & lumberin that cinder block on wheels up that line was um...cool.

[paystin]

Originally Posted by 53 willys

congrats dude!! great driving!!

Originally Posted by Stormin2u

Truck looks incredible and this says it all, congratulations.

Thanks for the nice words guys!

Originally Posted by Brandon

Good stuff, glad I could twist the screwdriver in a bit further

BTW, a stock XR chassis made it up that line

Also, I hadn't driven in 4 months...

I think J.D died a little inside when you made it up that climb. So mean of you.

Originally Posted by HARDKNOCKZ

Ah yes...thats what I like about you OC boys...nuttin but love. I think thats the 1st time that I was actually hopin someone WOULDN'T pull a line...outside of a comp setting of course.

Ya got skills & lumberin that cinder block on wheels up that line was um...cool.

Maybe you will pull off something I Can't do someday.

[paystin]

Now that the season series is over, I'm ordering up a few things to make some changes.

I'll post up pics and details when everything comes in.

[paystin]

It's been about two weeks of tinkering with what I already had and today I got the last of the parts I needed for some changes.

With the Pacific Coast Championships coming up in less than two weeks, I wanted to get this thing done and dialed in so I don't have to worry about it up in Monterey. Here's what I've changed in the last two weeks.

1. New VP tranny cases. I tried the stock plastic cases with an Axial HD motor mount but I was getting a little popping in the rears when in a bind. I ordered a new set of VP cases and put those on.

2. Rowdy Racing topless battery mount. I was running my battery on an behind the motor Rowdy mount but I needed to move things around a bit in the chassis so I got the new mount.

3. New axle housings both front and rear.



4. The Futaba 4PL receiver is kinda big and it didn't really fit to well in the chassis. I moved the receiver from the back of the skid to the Rowdy (now electronics) mount behind the motor. No one will ever accuse me of doing a great wiring job.



5. I had ordered a set of the Holmes- Crawlmaster pro "team" version motors a few months ago as backups. My current motors- Holmes Crawlmaster pro 16T's were getting tired and need to be rebuilt. These new motors are awesome. They have the Team Checkpoint endbells (which are new to me) and the quality is unbelievable. They are 35T's with 14T pinion front and 13T pinion rear. The low end control is amazing, the torque is fantastic and the speed is great for a 35T.
I also switched from 14 Guage wire to 16 Guage wire.





I was running VP DH1's and DHII's for the front wheels and decided to switch them out for SLW's all around. Luckily I had matching SLW's for all three sets of rims so it was an easy swap.



Finally I switched from 50wt. oil all around to 35wt. oil all around. RTR weight is 4lbs. 8 oz. I really don't see trying to drop anymore weight out of it. It's working extremely well at this weight so no need to mess with a good thing.

[HARDKNOCKZ]

What's yer ride height at there ya vanilla gorilla? Could be the angle of the pic but it looks like it grew a little.

Motors suck. You should give em to me so you don't have to use such a sub par power plant.

Other than that...rigs lookin good brutha from anutha.