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10-07-2015, 01:27 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2012 Location: Folsom
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|  Re: Dlux Berg Build
cut and shut that way it almost looks like a sedona!
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10-07-2015, 07:18 PM
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| Wanna get? Gotta want.   Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: SLC, UT
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build Quote:
I really would like that Sedona shoulder though, IMO that is the secret recipe to the Sedona. Thinking out loud.... it would be cool to have a Sedona with the Jconcepts size so you could cut it all but the shoulders off and then stick a VooDoo center on. Actually just a Sedona in the Jconcepts size in some softer and harder compounds would be great too! Actually..... how about a Sedona that measures dead on at 6"? Maybe I will have to make those. With the dize, it seems like it would be cool to check out a actual 6" tire. If 5.5" seems huge, I can only imagine a 6" tire  | |
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10-07-2015, 08:46 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chico now
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build
Wow, you got pretty crazy narrow with the Fauxvers, as I call em. I got a few pacs on some but I just sanded all the side lugs off to narrow them, it made a big difference in width. Not as narrow as yours obviously. They are definately bigger than the VooDoos, mine measure out at 6". So far I have been quite impressed with these tires.
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10-08-2015, 06:01 AM
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| Wanna get? Gotta want. Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: SLC, UT
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build
Have you settled on foams yet? What are you using to get them to 6"?
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10-08-2015, 06:49 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chico now
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build
I'm using Nova 1.9 TSL single stage inners wrapped in P.L. memory outers. I find the Nova outers to be a bit bouncier than the P.L.s. I also wash the P.L. foams with hot water, let em soak it up, squeeze it out, repeat multiple times. After doing this repeatedly softens them a bit and makes them a lot less temp sensitive. IMO
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10-08-2015, 07:47 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Deep in Swing Town
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build Quote:
Did some Full 6" rovers about 7 years ago...... It was like wearing Clown Shoes......  not cool
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10-08-2015, 09:11 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chico now
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build Quote:
 There is definitely a benefit to a larger tire, IMO. | |
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10-09-2015, 08:47 AM
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| Wanna get? Gotta want. Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: SLC, UT
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build Quote:
I would guess a couple of things have changed since then. I can see not wanting to push a heavy chassis/trans up higher but I think we are at the point where weight is getting so low, its possible to start running bigger tires. I could be wrong. | |
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10-09-2015, 08:50 AM
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| Wanna get? Gotta want. Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: SLC, UT
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build Quote:
My "monsterous" Jconcets measure out to 5.5", if yours measure out to 6" and we both ran our tires in the back, that would in the same ball park as you running a 12.75" wheelbase where mine is 12.5"! To me, thats crazy! Now all I can think about is when I would run my soft foams in the short Sedonas. I dont know what the diameter would have been... but you could have had up to .75" extra wheelbase on me? Nuts! | |
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10-09-2015, 09:23 AM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build Quote:
Changes in what we run would certainly affect everything along the way. It has affected motors at every step and so tires shouldn't be any different. Originally, many drivers hated 3 slot skewed arms because they didn't have enough drag, and there was a short period of split mags (4 mag) being favored as the in-between choice. By the time I brought 5 slot to the table, the rigs were light enough that previously "poor" drag was sufficient. Now, comp guys don't really run much else except skewed 5 slot, even short stack motors still have enough drag. Maybe clown shoes will become the next biggest thing  | |
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10-09-2015, 09:48 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Detroit
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build
The old rules said 12.5 wheel base - not maximum. I remember trucks with 12.5" wheelbases growing over an inch to 13.5" was not uncommon. |
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10-09-2015, 09:54 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chico now
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build Quote:
Zapatos Payasos! | |
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10-09-2015, 10:47 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Deep in Swing Town
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build Quote:
N00b, when you were cutting your teeth on worms, i was making 6" tires for my berg.....  yes, about 7 years ago...... LMFAO, you had to do a search to see..... Last edited by roksloski; 10-09-2015 at 11:12 AM. | |
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10-09-2015, 10:54 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chico now
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10-09-2015, 11:13 AM
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| Wanna get? Gotta want. Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: SLC, UT
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build Quote:
You gotta bring up old stuff with the LCC?  Dont you know thats a sore spot with me Quote:
 Sloski is old enough to be my Grandpa. Grumpy enough too! | ||
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10-09-2015, 11:23 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Deep in Swing Town
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build
LMFAO again..... your Dad, yes, your grandpa.... NO........... there are some still around that remember my 6" rovers..... see about 7 years ago.......im old....... its all you noob's that make me grumpy...... |
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10-09-2015, 12:53 PM
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| Wanna get? Gotta want. Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: SLC, UT
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build
Sorry, I thought you were pushing 80yrs old or so, guessing youre closer to 70? What did you do with the tires? If you still have them, you should send them over! |
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10-09-2015, 01:02 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Detroit
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build
You guys and your high member numbers...
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10-09-2015, 02:53 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Wijnandsrade, NL
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| Re: Dlux Berg Build
I like what you've done to the tires! And i learned last week that some guys in Portugal cut of all of the side lugs of their Sedonas. They persist that it gives better grip. Uhh.... |
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10-11-2015, 07:02 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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| Re: Dlux Berg Build
Ugh. I hate to see trucks with mismatched tires. Please tell me you are going to run 4 of these new tires. They look good. I might have to try a set. Although I think I'd rather shave them narrow versus cutting them up. Have any videos of them yet? |
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