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artsifrtsi · 03-22-2010, 02:24 PM

Hey, I decided to buy a new chassis for Cliffy ( I eluded to a new change a couple days ago in the build thread) I went ahead and bought a Night Crawler chassis with links. For the most part everything went very smoothly, had to make new upper links at 95mm center to center to get the steering angles where I wanted them. The biggest issue though, is I am going to have to go away from droop...

The NC chassis sits way too low.

Cliffy has a way better balence now though, and with the wider chassis she does not have any binding issues in the full range of suspension. The whole rig feels a good deal lighter as well.... I never took weight, so I have nothing to compare it against. This will also allow me to play around a lot with different setups as well, and I'll be able to do direct comparisons of setups with my LCC, as the chassis are identical, other than color of course.

I'll work on getting pics posted up soon, as well as try it out on the rocks.

crawlinnTN · 03-22-2010, 04:28 PM

sweet cant wait how much was the kit

artsifrtsi · 03-22-2010, 10:01 PM

$30 on e-bay... included bot vertical plates, skid, and all 8 links.

kurtus · 03-23-2010, 08:18 AM

I wanna see those pic's, I tried using an mfm black widow chassis but it wouldn't work properly. It was articulating strangley, sorta hard to explian but I think it had something to do with the link geomitry and not being able to triangulate the upper links properly. Can't wait to see the progress man.

RockGarden · 03-23-2010, 11:16 AM

x2 sounds like a cool setup... cant wait to see pics..

CM9000 · 03-23-2010, 01:23 PM

pics? i wanna see. i got two cliffys and gotta see this.

artsifrtsi · 03-23-2010, 09:55 PM

Well, the internet over here is being stupid, and timing out when I try to upload anything, anywhere. I will get pics up ASAP... been trying last couple days with no luck.

03-22-2010, 02:24 PM	#1
artsifrtsi Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 288	A new chassis for Cliffy Hey, I decided to buy a new chassis for Cliffy ( I eluded to a new change a couple days ago in the build thread) I went ahead and bought a Night Crawler chassis with links. For the most part everything went very smoothly, had to make new upper links at 95mm center to center to get the steering angles where I wanted them. The biggest issue though, is I am going to have to go away from droop... The NC chassis sits way too low. Cliffy has a way better balence now though, and with the wider chassis she does not have any binding issues in the full range of suspension. The whole rig feels a good deal lighter as well.... I never took weight, so I have nothing to compare it against. This will also allow me to play around a lot with different setups as well, and I'll be able to do direct comparisons of setups with my LCC, as the chassis are identical, other than color of course. I'll work on getting pics posted up soon, as well as try it out on the rocks.

03-22-2010, 04:28 PM	#2
crawlinnTN I joined the Band! Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: nashville,TN Posts: 405	sweet cant wait how much was the kit

03-22-2010, 10:01 PM	#3
artsifrtsi Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 288	$30 on e-bay... included bot vertical plates, skid, and all 8 links.

03-23-2010, 08:18 AM	#4
kurtus RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Nanaimo, BC (Vancouver Island) Posts: 1,153	I wanna see those pic's, I tried using an mfm black widow chassis but it wouldn't work properly. It was articulating strangley, sorta hard to explian but I think it had something to do with the link geomitry and not being able to triangulate the upper links properly. Can't wait to see the progress man.

03-23-2010, 11:16 AM	#5
RockGarden Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Murrieta Posts: 130	x2 sounds like a cool setup... cant wait to see pics..

03-23-2010, 01:23 PM	#6
CM9000 I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,075	pics? i wanna see. i got two cliffys and gotta see this.

03-23-2010, 09:55 PM	#7
artsifrtsi Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 288	Well, the internet over here is being stupid, and timing out when I try to upload anything, anywhere. I will get pics up ASAP... been trying last couple days with no luck.

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