T.O.R.C. tuber - build log

[skullking]

How did you mount your rock rings? Did you just glue them? Looks Good.

[twisted77]

Can you kinda give this new guy to drop the low down on the how to? shocks and oil and so on?

[Mac10]

how did you get a 96/13 gearing to work?
is it a wk trans?

[Kamikaze]

I did a tuber based on that frame to.....
The Mirage: 2.2 Tuber

[getbent]

Kamikaze... Yeah, I noticed your build a little while after I started mine. I think someone else had bought yours when I saw it. Yours looks great! I used the design as a base, then made it work for what I wanted. I also cut out A LOT of the unnecessary tubing. I'm happy with the way it turned out, I really liked the lines of the 1:1 it's based on.

[Kamikaze]

Yep, I thought that chassis was sick when I saw it, god job on yours by the way.

[getbent]

Originally Posted by skullking

How did you mount your rock rings? Did you just glue them? Looks Good.

Yes, the rock rings are just glued on. They are made from electrical reducing washers, then glued to the narrowed wheels. Be sure to scuff both surfaces really well so the glue will adhere.

Originally Posted by twisted77

Can you kinda give this new guy to drop the low down on the how to? shocks and oil and so on?

I am running 1,000 weight diff oil in my stock wheely king shocks, no springs. The suspension rides at full compression and when forced to articulate 1 or 2 shocks "droop" to keep all 4 tires on the ground. Here's a link that should have tons of good info.Droop Vs. others

Originally Posted by mwrighttt

how did you get a 96/13 gearing to work?
is it a wk trans?

I am running a WK tranny that has the motor clocked, there are good pics of it on the first page of this thread. The trans case had to be dremeled out a little to allow proper gear mesh. I am pretty sure this is the smallest pinion that the WK tranny will allow.

[getbent]

Originally Posted by Kamikaze

Yep, I thought that chassis was sick when I saw it, god job on yours by the way.

THANKS!

[Mac10]

I had that gearing but had to change to 32 pitch to get them to mesh.
but I didn't grind the housing down.

thanks.
I love the build

[vypr2002]

I have been looking for lexan like that. All I can find is 1/8th inch stuff.
where did you get it?
nice rig!!

[getbent]

I had my hobby shop order it for me, but most places keep it in stock. Or you can order on-line... http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...CH=lexan+sheet . Thanks for the compliment, she's still running great BTW. Working on making some new tires for it, when I do I'll post pics.

[vypr2002]

hmmm maybe I'll check the aircraft hobbyshop next to work tomorow.
I used thick lexan and want to get some of the weight off the chassis.

[drewswwn06@yaho]

Great build and write up.

[JeremyH]

Looks great!

[channo]

This is my fav ,nice build nice nice nice very freaking nice,how long was the process of blue printing to the actual build,looks like that you knew what the outcome was gonna be like,much repects awesome crawler

[getbent]

Thanks guys!! She's still working great, no major breakage, just not nearly as pretty as it used to be! I started working on a set of Jordans as I feel this rig needs a slightly taller tire, but got sidetracked and haven't really worked on it lately.

Channo, it took me almost a month to build, but that was only working on it a little here and there. Could've been done much faster. I didn't use any sorta blue print, just found a design I liked and then eyeballed it from there.

[channo]

under a MONTH,WOW,much props,its really nice to see you move further along as to the testing grounds of where you'll be happy with it i guess the only way to know for sure it by building testing and then building somemore....its really nice,maddd propsss