Matt's CK Reptile

[Matt,]

Originally Posted by bnb0221

It's looking good can't wait to c it done

Thanks! Not sure if it will ever be done, more of a constant state of improvement.

Originally Posted by lostinkorea

Ok, im tuned in now! Coming together nice brother.

LIK

Hey thanks! I'm sure having fun building it.


OMG Becky, look at these tires!



I am way stoked on these, the whole time I've been crawling I've just had my one set of rovers.
Big thank you to OTTSIX and Crawl-o-matic for the free pair!

[mammoth]

Looking good!!! Can't wait to see some action shots or video of this beast!!!

[Matt,]

Originally Posted by mammoth

Looking good!!! Can't wait to see some action shots or video of this beast!!!

Thanks! Here's a few clips I took yesterday.

[Ty]

So did the hotwire help smooth out the motors? Looks like you are getting tuned in. Ty

[Matt,]

Originally Posted by Ty

So did the hotwire help smooth out the motors? Looks like you are getting tuned in. Ty

Yes, it made a HUGE difference. I have way more low end control, it's much more smooth.

[Ty]

Good deal, I bet it's a totally different truck now. Ty

[mammoth]

Nice shots you have there!!! Looks to be doing work for you. If I didn't already have a smash I would be picking one of these up for sho!!!!

[Matt,]

So after a driving the truck for a bit I've decided that it has too much articulation and kinda feels like driving a wet noodle lol. The other thing I feel the truck might have an issue with is that the wheelbase really shrinks when the suspension is uncompressed, which is causing issues when full vertical and trying to grab a ledge. So I decided to limit my shocks a bit and maybe help both issues.

I wasn't sure what kind of spacers to use for internal limiting, I didn't want to use aluminium thinking it might scratch the shock shaft so I decided to make some out of some old rod ends.
I ran a 1/8" drill bit through the rod ends so they would fit on the shaft, then clipped the ball end off.





The finished spacer I cut to 9mm and as a result went from about 11 5/8" uncompressed



To about 12" uncompressed



I also decided to try out some red medium mini t springs thinking it might help with the noodley-ness lol. Hopefully these will be positive changes with good results.

[hotwheels000]

BumpSo I can find it again