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01-10-2011, 12:05 AM
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Holy Hell those Sedonas are RIDICULOUS  ! All we need is test results, quickly! |
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01-10-2011, 09:54 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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Thanks to all of you for your kind words! I'm hoping to get this thing buttoned up a little better before the 22nd. The SCRC is having a little work/practice/1.9 comp day at the indoor course at the Orland Park HobbyTown and I'm hoping to give her a decent shake down run. Last edited by WarTrader; 01-10-2011 at 09:58 AM. | ||||
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01-10-2011, 02:21 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dortmund, Germany
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hello, i watch your tread for a while, great  Let us know how that big sedona boobs do. BTW, after narrowing my T1E to 40mm i've got a bit more "rubless" steering too. Greetings Frank |
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01-10-2011, 04:17 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: GrandRapids, MILITIAGAN
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It is looking so evil and badass. The like the Donas, they are huge. Remind me of my old Jeep I had. All my friends said you cant run that big of a tire on the road, the cops are going to pull you over. They did. To look at it! Great build man.
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01-10-2011, 05:54 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Iowa, the antirecreation state!
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WOW the rubber is killer!! Those upper links had to suck too. Compound angles. YUCK! Looks good bud |
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01-13-2011, 01:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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 That is just the ones that didn't end up frustrating me soo much I just pitched them LOL. | |
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01-13-2011, 01:33 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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Snuck out of work early and headed to my little workshop! I made a new battery plate out of thinner material that can flex easily to float with the suspension more. I may trim it back a little but I'm gonna run it a little to see how well it does.  I'm so sick of beating the crap outta my drive train from weighting the front wheels. I finally decided after much deliberations to change things around some more!     Felsenfest! I was really blown away with the quality of these knuckles and weight. Very much worth every dime. I'm hoping now I can avoid the adding weight to the wheels. I have to say though I was scared to death that this set up wouldn' work with my BAD wheels! Luckily They do I've even gotten enough room to run two extra weight disks! Gotta remember to keep my fingers outta the way I think I could take off a finger tip or two the clearance is soo tight it is almost like a pair of sicissors LOL.  I've gotten a few more things to do with this build, mostly shock related! The only really big thing left is paint! I have a idea burning in my head now if only my painting skills are up to the task! |
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01-13-2011, 01:37 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Nunya Idaho...
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Thats a cool weight setup.
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01-13-2011, 03:33 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ruhr Valley
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Cool rig and i like the wheels |
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01-13-2011, 11:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dortmund, Germany
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What's your front width with the zero Ackermann knuckle arms? ...i guess 11.3"... Greetings Frank |
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01-17-2011, 05:23 PM
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01-18-2011, 05:35 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Aztec NM
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Love The rig!! What did the knuckles cost with weights? Could not find us dollar amount on the thread. |
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01-19-2011, 02:24 PM
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02-12-2011, 06:38 PM
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I finally got back to getting this thing finished up. I painted up some panels and I added some shock caps on the rear from crazyorigin. Here is where it sits now waiting for the snow to go away..    I've been tempted to take it out and hit some indoor but I feel like running this thing on the indoor courses available to me would be like rabbit hunting with a .50 cal.. (it's pretty kewl once but after that you pretty much know what overkill means  )Not meaning to slight the courses my club has and some of the local hobby shops it's just I've built this thing primairly for running on very technical natural rock (the guys that know me know where I'm talking bout and better let me know soon as that snow is gone) The rear is sittling just a little high right now I'm going to probably lay the shocks down just a little. I put the caps on becuase when I was able to test it at my personal training spot it just didn't have the clearance at the rear of the skid I like.. Guess now is when the fun begins TUNING!!!! Stupid snow.... Last edited by WarTrader; 02-12-2011 at 06:44 PM. |
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03-18-2011, 03:36 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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The snow finally GONE the Suns out and I'm baaack to crawling!!! I finally headed out to one of my secret personal little rock crawling heaven spots. I did a little tweaking nothing too serious I shortend the upper links a good bit to get the caster I wanted. I'm absolutely loving the shocks I seem to have lucked into a sweet spot. I'm going to be making some more crazy bent rear lower links now I have some time to play around and do a little trial and error. I need to use the T1E lower links that are on it on a different project. SHH TOP SECRET don't you know. Well all in all this thing is pulling lines my V2 berg tuned and dialed in either struggled with or failed. As it sits right now it is easily pulling lines I only suspected were possible. This thing makes even my crappy driving look good LOL. In all honesty I do need to grab another set of wheels for this bad boy. YEAH I KNOW I KNOW you don't even have to say it LOL!! I've got a ton of wheels, tires, and foams but strangely nothing seems to like working with my knuckle weights but the ones I have on it and some SLW's I have but I really don't want to run .75 V4's front and rear. Not to mention I've got them set up for my V2 Berg... Hrmm Vanquish will be getting a order from me some time in the future. I've decided this year I'm sticking with running sedona's and boss claws. I've had great success with both last season and I really don't feel like blowing more money just to experiment with tires, when what I have is working soo well for me. 6" Sedona's are stupid good... OMG I want a set of 6" boss claws but but I don't wanna spend the money to get a set made and no matter how hard I try I just cannot seem to glue up tires worth a darn! Spring fever has hit and I'm planning on a little sneak away trip this weekend and I'm hoping to give this beast a real workout. Watch for pics or maybe even a video I just hope the rain stays away! Last edited by WarTrader; 03-18-2011 at 03:44 PM. |
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03-19-2011, 01:52 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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Today I got some new rear lower links made.   I made a set previously, and the bends were a little too sharp. One of the links ended up bending. Not very badly but enough for "me" not to be happy with it. I also made these a little different than the previous set. Another one of my little secrets hehe... I will deffinately be bashing them this weekend. Heck I'm going to go and do that now! I also found a extra pair of 1" V4 SLW's that I used to mount up a set of Boss Claws soo I have another option for varying conditions. I would like to get one more set put together with a set of Rovers on them and I will be ready to take on the world... Or at least some Knarly Iowa-Ohio Rock!!! Last edited by WarTrader; 03-19-2011 at 01:56 PM. |
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03-19-2011, 06:41 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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Got bored and made a little Vid today! Sorry For the lack of music Photobucket had copyright issues!! Last edited by WarTrader; 03-20-2011 at 06:40 AM. |
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03-20-2011, 02:09 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: italy
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men nice done with that rig, wat's the song name of the video?
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03-20-2011, 03:36 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UAE in the GCC
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those rear lowers are smooth!
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03-20-2011, 05:41 AM
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The song is Rocky Road To Dublin by Dropkick Murphy's , and the album is Sing Loud Sing Proud... fantastic band!! | ||
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