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quickta 01-28-2007 07:10 PM

new era tube chassis
 
does anyone think this would be a good chassis to make into a rock crawler, I'm starting from scratch, I have a bennett chassis set up, hope the link workshttp://www.neweramodels.com/cgi-bin/...=&part_id=2186

ThinkTank 01-28-2007 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by quickta
does anyone think this would be a good chassis to make into a rock crawler, I'm starting from scratch, I have a bennett chassis set up, hope the link workshttp://www.neweramodels.com/cgi-bin/...=&part_id=2186

quickta that is not going to work, it's more of a monster truck frame than a rockcrawler;-) and alot of the venders here can get you a much better frame for less and some guys make custom tubers like the Sniper"thumbsup"

Reflection 01-28-2007 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by GT40
quickta that is not going to work, it's more of a monster truck frame than a rockcrawler;-) and alot of the venders here can get you a much better frame for less and some guys make custom tubers like the Sniper"thumbsup"

Well,your half way right;-)

It could be made to work. Would it be hard,I dunno,probly. Would it look good? IMO,no. Is it worth $200? not to me. But,if your stuck on it and like it,it could be made to work

rcktpwrd 01-29-2007 05:57 AM

I have one of the older versions of that chassis, the one without the cantilever setup. It works ok for crawling but it is kinda heavy and alot of the weight is up high. like stated above it meant to be a scale like monster truck...
I got mine for a good deal off someone several years ago and he had it setup for speed and general bashing, 14t motors and foward only race esc, ect... I'm in the process of turning it into more of a crawler/basher, new motors, a reversable esc, locked diffs, ect...

I think it looks really cool either way...

rcktpwrd 01-29-2007 05:59 AM

theres on on ebay now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Era-Tubular-...QQcmdZViewItem

Nitro 01-29-2007 10:17 AM

chassis
 
Yea, they are way to top heavy to be a good crawler. And I dont know about anybody else but when I got mine (5 years ago) it was not square at all.

quickta 01-29-2007 04:07 PM

thanks for all the help, I guess i will keep looking

rcktpwrd 02-01-2007 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Nitro
Yea, they are way to top heavy to be a good crawler. And I dont know about anybody else but when I got mine (5 years ago) it was not square at all.

yeah, the chassis is defiantly a bit out of whack!
The link mounts on mine aren't all in the same place, kinda like they just held the parts in one hand and the welder in the other and hoped for the best!

Big Mike 02-01-2007 01:10 PM

Looks over built and top heavy.
And expensive...


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