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08-16-2008, 08:48 PM
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| I wanna be Dave   Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN
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|  The Zero T Soon to be avalable........ Last edited by Kamikaze; 08-16-2008 at 08:59 PM. |
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08-16-2008, 08:51 PM
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| Giveaway Kang!!!  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Arat Alabama
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| Torsion, Very nifty, now we'll see how good this Delrin stuff really is |
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08-16-2008, 08:53 PM
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| OCCUPY RCC!   Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: I am the 53%.
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| Hope to have mine shortly.  |
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08-16-2008, 09:08 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN
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| Its not a torsion, its a FVP chassis. Flexible Vertical Plate. I have finished testing and lets just say that all you torsion guys are gonna love this thing. No weight in the rear, in fact the whole truck is under 6.5 lbs. I ran it along side Joesbruisers Zero today and it is awesome. No shocks, and it is stout as hell. In fact I beat it so hard I broke a Berg knuckle. If you have a zero setup already the side plates have all the necessary holes to bolt right up. All you need is 70mm turnbuckles instead of shocks. Also look for my delrin high clearance links in a day or so. |
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08-16-2008, 09:13 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: California
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| Huh, very cool! So you dont think that would break or snap over time? Seems like with enough use it could weaken. Also, how do you control flex and would it change over time as the material got more worn-in? Seems awesome though. |
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08-16-2008, 09:17 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN
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| There is no work hardining, the material is good to -40 degrees F, there is no break in, it will not change over time. You can change the flex by moving the front spacer. You break it, I got another one for you. Sound good?? Last edited by Kamikaze; 08-16-2008 at 09:21 PM. |
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08-16-2008, 09:21 PM
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| OCCUPY RCC! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: I am the 53%.
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| What are you using for your 70mm links? |
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08-16-2008, 09:24 PM
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08-16-2008, 11:00 PM
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| Day By Day   Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: spring hill TN
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| Guys we beat on this thing today for hours and with 35t motors on 3 cells and the berg knuckle turned loose and the chassis was still in one piece. I really like how it worked. You get the float of a torsion with the smooth correct axle swing of a good four-link setup. And I would say with a little tunning with the weight bias front to rear it will get even better. I would say this will be the chassis that My wifes berg axles are going under and who knows maybe mine to |
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08-16-2008, 11:07 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2008 Location: ************************ Why crawl, when you can just jump up there?!
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| Great looking chassis Kami! I love the idea |
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08-16-2008, 11:26 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Norcal
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| sweet idea! and I guess you can always set it up as a regular zero by adding 90mm shocks and removing the vertical rods? |
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08-16-2008, 11:40 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN
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08-16-2008, 11:50 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN
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08-17-2008, 08:08 AM
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| 2D  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dodging Bullets
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| So you change the flex by moving the links back toward the center of the chassis? You would have to lengthen them too as you move them inward... right? Pretty nifty design. |
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08-17-2008, 08:11 AM
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08-17-2008, 10:56 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Clarkston, MI
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| At first I was like WTF no suspension? Then I saw how it actually worked. Brilliant idea, I might pick one up. |
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08-17-2008, 09:41 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: EWA BOUND
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| Another cool Chassis |
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08-19-2008, 07:56 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN
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| Got some video today, will be posting up shortly. |
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08-19-2008, 09:21 PM
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| Day By Day Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: spring hill TN
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| We beat on this truck hard today and it showed no sign of not liking it  We also slowed it down and run a few courses and all I can say is BAD A$$ . Jeff was truly thinking outside the box with this one and it worked. |
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08-19-2008, 09:25 PM
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| OCCUPY RCC! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: I am the 53%.
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