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06-05-2006, 07:06 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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|  S-Dog's Build
......and I love this thing... I equate it to polishing a turd... they are good over all rock crawlers.. but don't even come close to hobby grade.... and we spend all of our time fixing all of the flaws it has (which BTW is almost as fun as ACTUALLY crawling) and its still just ok... I LOVE THESE THINGS!! So anyways.... although I dont have any pictures right now(I will post up hopefully tonight) I wanted to list out the mods I have/are in the process of doing... right now I have: a TT the tires reversed and cut bb's in the front (7oz each) spings swapped front to back inboarded rear shocks horizontally mounted battery(I would go with a FF battery but I have 5 stock ones) moved the wheelbase back cut the rear wheel well for newly lenghtened wheelbase and the most important mod of all..... fully painted(this mod alone added 1-2" of articulation) I am in the process of: shaving my rear axle (its shaved and covered with on electronics put back in yet) locking it in low moving the motor to the back of the axle In the mail: 8 savage shocks for 10.50 on ebay WOOHOO!! My wife laughs at me buying a new toy and chooping it up...but I really havent hed this much funfor a while...and this is a great forum with good peeps helping each other out... Pics to come............. Scott Last edited by S-Dog; 06-14-2006 at 12:38 PM. |
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06-05-2006, 07:11 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: winchester
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|  so does it look something like this? |
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06-05-2006, 07:15 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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hahah.... I'm sure it will.... I am keeping the stock body... although I know it will have a higher COG I like the scale look.. I can't wait till I get my savage shocks |
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06-05-2006, 07:21 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: winchester
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no doubt sometimes all the weight of that body helps and then sometimes it does'nt.\ all my buddys except for one and me are running the nylint bodies, i just like the 1/10th scale bodie. i got an atomik silver with blue flame bodie on the way : ) |
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06-05-2006, 09:04 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2006 Location: West of Chicago
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 (or even $99.00, or $119.00, or $149.00.........) And just think....you can have a spare EVERYTHING for another $49.00! Quote:
 (oops, I did reverse and cut the two front tires) I like the stock body. It takes a beating and the rollcage makes a nice handle. | ||
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06-06-2006, 06:10 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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Here is what it looked like a week ago......  Last edited by S-Dog; 06-06-2006 at 06:17 AM. |
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06-06-2006, 06:23 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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here are the mods I am in the process of finishing up (they are in the rough stages) MY TT  My shaved rear axle  outboarded motor and rear stretch  this is how I decided to lock my rear in low....(hotglue the selector)  a pic of me and my friends machine while I was down in Maryland (his back yard)  |
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06-06-2006, 06:28 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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...BTW the only way i would ever change the body is if I can find another scale body... I love the look....and the rollcage as a carrying handle is priceless if it runs outa juice and your not close to your car Scott | |
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06-06-2006, 10:34 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hardin, KY
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looks good, only thing i dont like is the rear shock bracket......
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06-06-2006, 10:41 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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........in the ghetto  I saw what a bunch of people did with their rear axle shave and decided that an overlap would be the best.... Last edited by S-Dog; 06-06-2006 at 10:45 AM. |
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06-06-2006, 11:12 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: winchester
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| axle housing hole cover  this is what i did i molded the metal to the plastic by hand and then held in place while i drove a little screw in it |
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06-06-2006, 11:23 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: knoxville
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i did mine with 3 overlips and the bottom has a underlip so that i dont give up ne clearance
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06-06-2006, 11:33 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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06-06-2006, 11:52 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: winchester
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i 2nd that huh mine works just fine and looks sweet |
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06-06-2006, 12:02 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hardin, KY
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my guess is he did it like 12flex's except the bottom is inside the case instead of outside.....
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06-06-2006, 12:20 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: winchester
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oh thanks for interprating : )
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06-07-2006, 12:10 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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I bought some new mounting brackets today. Its time to take the ghetto out of ghetto-fabulous.... I hope to get some assembled pics up tonight with all my new mods. Scott |
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06-07-2006, 12:32 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: knoxville
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yep slammed ur right, u see how he has screws sticking out, i dont even have srcews in the underlip so that i dont get stuck as much. it buts up against it so it doesnt flex though and then i curved the platic edge so that there wouldnt be an edge that would get caught i know i need pix, and they will be up when the jbweld hardens and i get all my pix that i want and im also gonna put my dragster and corvette in the back ground (just to show yall what i do when im not crawling) |
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06-07-2006, 12:47 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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RC or real?
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06-07-2006, 02:03 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: knoxville
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real deal, a 230 in. dragster wit a 468 big block and rons injection system 13:1 pistons and aluminum heads that runs 5.25 at 130 mph in the 8th and the vette has a 477 short block and is in need of more shizzle, so i havent run it yet but it should run around 6.00's at 118 mph give or take a tenth, at least
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