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07-04-2009, 04:59 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lufkin, Tx
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Well it has come time to retire the KK 4.0. It worked great for me last season and i finished off with 2nd place in our chapter and got 7th place in the winners class on state finals. The rig worked great even though it was very different rock than what I was used. Decided it was time to try something new. Was debating on a torsion chassis but ended up finding a good deal on a DNA carbon fiber slingshot so i picked it up and built it. Have to give a BIG thanks to Greg (86jeep) for hooking me up with a bunch of set up info and how long to make the links. That saved a lot of time. On to the list of goodies DNA slingshot Carbon Fiber chassis Picked up some Traxxas Big bores but they didnt work out for so I bolted up a set of losi shocks Punk RC dig unit <--- BAD ASS product JP Customs 35X2 warrior motors Tekin FXR Losi Comp Claws on my Vanquish Dirty harry wheels w/Crawler 1 foams Panther on DNA snipers w/ Crawler 1 foams I am probably gonna pick up a new set of blue rovers to have a talller tire. The panthers and claws are measuring about the same hieght even with firmer foams in the panthers Also picked up a Tekin Hotwire. Highly recomend getting this. I was able to adjust the throttle curve so that it is not so sensitive as REALLY low speed. Between that and the smoothness of the new motors I got a ton of real slow speed control. And a proline bug body. I picked up a new one just to run for comps as well. And I picked up some new batteries. They are the Excite battery packs. I got 4 1100MAH and also picked up on 500MAH just to try out. I havent got to try out the panthers yet because the new snipers wheels dont clear my current steering setup. I am gonna pick up a steering setup from greg here pretty soon. Then I will be able to run the DNA snipers.            Last edited by robert97dodge; 07-04-2009 at 05:07 PM. |
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07-04-2009, 05:30 PM
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| Moderator Rule Breaker   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin, Tx
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Looks good Robert. You may want to play with shock oil wt and springs to find a style that fits how you want the suspension to react to your liking.
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07-04-2009, 07:18 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lufkin, Tx
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I have always had my berg really soft with lots of flex. I went ahead and went with the 30 weight oil and stiff springs and so far it is working great!! I went to my rock garden yesterday with the rovers and it didnt do worth a flip. When we went to state finals I mad the tires REALLY soft to get better traction. I had the soft rovers with a panther memory foam up front and NWT hybrid reach in the back so it was really soft. Plus the tires are pretty much wore out. I put the losi claws on the vanquish wheels this morning and crawler 1 foams and it is 10 times better!! I pulled off some lines that I havent been able to do. And this thing side hills like crazy. | |
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07-04-2009, 07:27 PM
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| Moderator Rule Breaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin, Tx
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Good that working for ya!  |
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07-04-2009, 09:18 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: drillin Holes for the man
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looks good bud. It'll never work though.  |
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07-04-2009, 09:19 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In the Dark Edges of your Mind
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You have come a long way since the shafty days man! Looks great. |
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07-04-2009, 09:53 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lufkin, Tx
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Thanks That is true!! We first bought got into the RC crawlers just over a year ago and this is my 3 build. They have definitely come a long way. | |
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07-04-2009, 10:08 PM
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| Tire&Foam Extraordinaire  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: C.I. Compound, Tyler, Texas
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It is going to be fun and competitive this next season Nice rig Robert.
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07-04-2009, 10:17 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lufkin, Tx
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Yes it is. By the time the season starts I think just about everyone will be running bergs. Should even up the playing field as far as rigs and it will come down to the drivers. | |
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07-04-2009, 10:31 PM
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| Tire&Foam Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: C.I. Compound, Tyler, Texas
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07-04-2009, 11:41 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lufkin, Tx
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Let him drive yours after you get it done and he will run some lines he cant with that GC2 and that will change his mind. MOA is where it is at for comps. | |
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07-05-2009, 06:20 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In the Dark Edges of your Mind
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Compromise | |
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07-05-2009, 07:39 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lufkin, Tx
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I did that for a little while. I pretty much just bolted it all together and didnt really spend time tuning it and it worked great. | |
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11-01-2009, 06:08 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lufkin, Tx
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Havent updated this in a while. Since the last update i have put on 86Jeeps steering set up and it works great!! We had our fist comp for the season a little over a month ago and I managed to get a first place finish. Even though it was cold and my foams were to stiff since they were set up for hot temps. I missed the last comp but we got another one next weekend. I took it out today and snapped a few new pics               |
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