Frankenwheely's XR10 ReBuild

[Frankenwheely]

Alright, got it all buttoned up right now. Big thanks to JeremyH for letting me pick his brain. Here is the new weight on the new setup.




If I don't hit the snooze too many times in the morning, I should get a few packs on these tires.

[boosted4lyf]

lookin good Vanilla Bryce

[JeremyH]

Nice work man!

[ROWDY RACING]

Originally Posted by Frankenwheely

If I don't hit the snooze too many times in the morning, I should get a few packs on these tires.

Wake up!

[Frankenwheely]

Originally Posted by boosted4lyf

lookin good Vanilla Bryce

Just for that I HAVE to bring the avatar back.

[Frankenwheely]

Now that I'm awake. Thanks Rowdy. I only hit it once.
Went to my local spot and put a couple of packs through it. Most of the good rock was over grown. So I had to use the lesser technical rock. But it's still pretty sandy.
These things are stick icky, white on rice, glue on fly paper, etc! It was already hot as a mofo at 9 am. So these things were hooking up.




The best side hill I could find with out tweeds all over it.


And the Glamor shot.


The suspension was a little stiff. I'm running 30wt, but since it a little lighter I might go back to 20wt. The comp is in the high desert, so hopefully the 90+ weather will limp up that oil. More info then.

[Frankenwheely]

Well the first comp with only an hour of test/tune time. Not too bad. Only 2 problems. I had a suspension issue on the first course. Due to my body, not my shock oil. So I trimmed the SOB up and that solved it. The foam setup was not the greatest. I threw on some proline dual stage crawler foams. Way too soft, but it still worked well enough to drive. Going to move on to the next setup, if that doesn't work, I'll try one of the other team drivers setups. But I want to try some more options out there as well.

Out in the Apple Valley for the comp, and it was a sweet place to crawl. Thanks to West Coast RC Crawlers for putting on a great event for the finals.



I didn't get any action shots, because I was driving. Plus the local shutterbug (Big Dudes wife) wasn't present to get all the comps shots of the driving.


Even with the tires dirtied up, they still had plenty of grip.

[Del Monte]

I always said your body was holding you back


How was the wear on those tires? I'm curious to see how long a set will last on our rocks

[Frankenwheely]

Originally Posted by Del Monte

I always said your body was holding you back


How was the wear on those tires? I'm curious to see how long a set will last on our rocks

Not bad. They still look new minus the dirt. The Pins look tight. But the time you put on practicing, maybe a weekend?

[HARDKNOCKZ]

Action shots, smaction shots. I GOT VIDEO OF YER SILLY SELF! I'll get thru it in a bit & post it up for ya.

Tires looked good. Foams looked bad. They seemed pretty planted even tho the foams were spongefied in the hot Cali sun.

Good job sucka!

Word to yo mutha!

[Frankenwheely]

Thanks J Dizzle, I was going to say something about the vid, but I didn't want to put you on the spot. These tire are pretty slick..in the good way.

[JeremyH]

Looking good! What width did you end up at?

[Frankenwheely]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

Looking good! What width did you end up at?

Just under 11" in the front and slightly narrow in the rear. I took the tires apart to change foam set up. So I will get the correct numbers when I re mount them. It worked great on the side hills and drop down turns.
I will be doing some crazy foam tuning here in the next few weeks getting them ready for the AZ shootout. More surprises and info coming.
I haven't had this much fun testing and crawling in a long time.

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by Frankenwheely

I haven't had this much fun testing and crawling in a long time.

Hey, didnt you get the memo:

Originally Posted by Frankenwheely

Comp crawling is dead, get a scaler.

??

[Frankenwheely]

Tying to get rid of the competition. Less drivers, more chances for me to get a top finish.

[Frankenwheely]

Test time! Got half of the test gear. Silvers and Blues.

[Jslick]

Originally Posted by Frankenwheely

Test time! Got half of the test gear. Silvers and Blues.

I need to get my hands on some silvers.

[Frankenwheely]

And the other half. Can't wait to get these mounted.

[Illeagle]

6" with a medium outers? That seems ballzy. I was thinking POSSIBLY 6" with a soft outer. SO.........

what foams do you have in mind for what compound?

[ROWDY RACING]

Originally Posted by Illeagle

6" with a medium outers? That seems ballzy. I was thinking POSSIBLY 6" with a soft outer. SO.........

what foams do you have in mind for what compound?

Not ballsy at all, it's probably the best setup for these tires actually, 6" soft front, med rear, tuning rings depending on weight.