ZZR's...now it's a REMEDY 3.5

[Wicked Monkey]

What a WICKED Reptile! These were fun to do. When Stephan contacted me about doing his Reptile, I knew I wanted to go with a reptile theme. He was open to the design and we knocked it out of the park.

[setecastronomy]

Originally Posted by Weekend Crawler

Hi, nice build. I am just curious are the blue screws on the rear axle .5mm pitch. If so, do you have to do the brass insert mod? Thanks,

Originally Posted by laalaa

They are Traxxas Oilite bushings, product code TRA3775, 12pcs in one bag and you need 4pcs/axle

I cannot figure out where those bushings are mounted... Are they supposed to replace the ball bearings ?

Besides the first question from Weekend Crawler seems to me completely unrelated... I think he was asking about the use of M3 screws on rear axle, gluing some brass tube in the lower half of the axle and tapping. Am i completely wrong ?

I know they are posts of a long time ago but I read them now...

Reptile chassis is cool


Thanks
Filippo

[ittybitty]

Originally Posted by setecastronomy

I cannot figure out where those bushings are mounted... Are they supposed to replace the ball bearings ?

Yes they replace the stock size non-flanged ball bearings. The most common location for the bushings is under the front link mount. Some guys are going back to stock plastic gear boxes and using the bushings in them as well.

Besides the first question from Weekend Crawler seems to me completely unrelated... I think he was asking about the use of M3 screws on rear axle, gluing some brass tube in the lower half of the axle and tapping. Am i completely wrong ?

He's talking about using brass inserts from McMaster-Carr that are threaded for 3mm and push into a slightly larger hole. They work a lot like a drywall anchor to hold a picture on a wall. McMaster part #94510A030 LINK

Answers are in red...

[ClassiCutCustoms]

Works well..... A good friend has a stock set of XR axles that have worked flawlessly for close to a year with brass inserts and careful shimming.

[sidehill]

How much bias are you running ? How long are your front lowers ?

[ZZR 1100 Racer]

@ittybitty & ClassiCutCustoms - thx for the replys

Originally Posted by sidehill

How much bias are you running ? How long are your front lowers ?

I use the links from my secret agent i drove before. I only switched to longer Rodends at the rear, because the reptileskid is shorter than the y-town ones. If you look back you could see pictures of the longer rod's.
I drive 40/60 and my front lowers did have 124mm or 4,88". Hope that helps.

If they are more questions please ask.

[ZZR 1100 Racer]

Only a little update to the shocks...


Testrun on newyearsday...rig works great with new shockparts specially uphill

[ZZR 1100 Racer]

Hi guys, the last weeks some nice parts did arrived...

Shifts









NCD three peace wheels...i really love them













John's mini's package(i coul 't find time to install)




400...so much power...wahooooo





Wicked Monkey Design Panels - great job, Mike!!












Now the rig is ready for nats of spain and also the other comps in 2014...



...questions? Please ask!!

Stephan

[Bergm@n]

A bunch of nice parts! RTR weight?

[Holt]

Awesome! See you in Spain;)

[Oz Bruiser]

G3 Cyclones look great mate as does motors and Skinz. As a package is one sexy rig. Top job. Cant wait to ee sone vids.

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[ZZR 1100 Racer]

Originally Posted by Bergm@n

A bunch of nice parts! RTR weight?

Thanks...it's 1576g empty. With nuckelweights and lipo i will end at 1726g. Perhaps if the rocks did have a lot of grip in spain i will go down a little bit..we will see

Originally Posted by Holt

Awesome! See you in Spain;)

Thanks...really looking forward to comp with you and your friends from norway at the weekend

Originally Posted by Oz Bruiser

G3 Cyclones look great mate as does motors and Skinz. As a package is one sexy rig. Top job. Cant wait to ee sone vids.

Thanks...yes, the designer of the wheels did have a good day when he made this great parts. We will see how good the rig works at the weekend with the new parts...

[laalaa]

Originally Posted by ZZR 1100 Racer

...questions? Please ask!!

Why so fat tires?

[Bergm@n]

Originally Posted by laalaa

Why so fat tires?

[Snatch]

@ZZR 1100 Racer
Good luck and much fun in Spain Stephan! I hope the heaven is blue/white like today in Bavaria (Temperature is certainly warmer and water surely better than in "your" Wertach)

@laalaa
The tires are so fat,because the foams are fat too....
I have skinny rovers for a few days and I´m very excited how they will work,probably the only problem is to find suitable foams.I cut some foams and hope to find the right proportion

[Spikke]

Hi, very nice car, I'm always following the changes!!!

I also have wheels from NCD and they are really great but I have one question, do you protect de foams with anything in the interior of the wheel?

Thanks

[chevotafun]

Originally Posted by Spikke

Hi, very nice car, I'm always following the changes!!!

I also have wheels from NCD and they are really great but I have one question, do you protect de foams with anything in the interior of the wheel?

Thanks

You do NOT have to protect the inner foam

[boubou13]

Nice, Beautiful.

[Wicked Monkey]

Take the protective film off the skins man. They'll really shine after that.

[ZZR 1100 Racer]

...sorry for late answer, but i was busy with crawling in spain...

Originally Posted by laalaa

Why so fat tires?

You now that i was one of the first who tryed your skinny rovers, but i could't find the right foamsetup for them. I know bossie's are old style, but they work not so bad for me since i'm crawling.

[QUOTE=Snatch;4669416]@ZZR 1100 Racer
Good luck and much fun in Spain Stephan! I hope the heaven is blue/white like today in Bavaria (Temperature is certainly warmer and water surely better than in "your" Wertach)
Thanks, Chris!!!

Originally Posted by Spikke

Hi, very nice car, I'm always following the changes!!! I also have wheels from NCD and they are really great but I have one question, do you protect de foams with anything in the interior of the wheel?Thanks

Thank you sir!!!

Originally Posted by chevotafun

You do NOT have to protect the inner foam

That's right!

Originally Posted by boubou13

Nice, Beautiful.

Thanks to france...hope to see you soon on the rocks!!

Originally Posted by Wicked Monkey

Take the protective film off the skins man. They'll really shine after that.

Film was off, Mike...i read the bully2 build tread from crawlking...




















Nats of spain are over and i quali with 5th and finished with 6th after hard final. Not bad if you are looking at the starting list.
First day i did perform very bad and also have stupid mistakes. Second day and last run before final was much better and felt good.
I learned a lot about my rig and myself in comping at the last weekend. Now i have to train a lot with the new thinking in my head to have the chance to go to the next level.

Stephan