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06-14-2009, 05:00 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tucky
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|  My berg tuber attempt
My first tuber so I know it leaves some to be desired. I need to lower it some as it has 4" of GC and seems to sit to high, Has a 12 1/4" wheel base right now. Was going to get smaller shocks??? The GC will then be longer but its not going to any comps as of now. Made the links and skid plate out of Delrin. Its my first so go easy on me. Open to suggestions but don't want to modify the Tube.
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06-14-2009, 05:09 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: MESA
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Looks good. Yah it's tall! Smaller shocks would be the way to start. Are you doing any body panels?
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06-15-2009, 02:20 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: kansas city
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how long are the shocks? i think 90mm would suit this truck nice.. or you could even remove the springs and thinken up the oil and see how that works for you. droop could be sexy on this rig  |
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06-15-2009, 04:06 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tucky
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I want to try a partial droop, is that possible? Can I put the smaller springs inside the shocks? Anyone know what springs fit inside? Thought this would be so simple when I started the build as I can build anything, but I can really appreciate all the builds on this site now. I'll get more pictures when I make some progress Thanks for the advice Last edited by outofreach; 06-15-2009 at 04:08 PM. |
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06-24-2009, 11:56 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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throw these inside the shocks. http://www.rcpcrawlers.com/product.p...&cat=14&page=1 i used to run a dual sprung "semi droop" system on my comp rig. when setup properly it works very well. and some shorter shocks would probably help too. |
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06-28-2009, 06:19 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: EvilCrawlerDesigns@comcast.net
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Once you get the shocks shortened, if your wheel base is too long, take the link ends off one end of your links (I'd probably do the front), and shave a little off one end of your links. Put the link ends back in, and bolt 'em back on.
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06-28-2009, 08:50 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fairfield ME
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Not only is the high belly going to give you a high center of gravity, your link geometry is suffering because of it too.
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06-28-2009, 08:58 PM
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| Holmes Hobbies   Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: No Where
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The welding is top notch,great work As you said,need shorter shocks,maybe droop  |
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06-28-2009, 10:00 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fairfield ME
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I'm not sure why you had to send me a nasty pm. I was just trying to point out that link geometry (mainly anti squat) is an important consideration when designing a chassis.
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06-28-2009, 11:34 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tucky
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Nasty?? Exact PM.. "Thanks that was helpful" |
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