WK Rubicon Tuber

[nigels_world]

i started working on a tube chassis for my WK. its made of 3/16 brake line and will be tig welded. clocked WK tranny, tmaxx drive shafts (when the LHS gets me the correct pieces ), 14/96 gearing, 55t lathe, moabs, the usual. i double narrowed the stock wheels, 3/8" on each side. they also have 2.5 onces of stick on weights on each wheel. the shocks are stock WK units using 100W shock oil and internal sharpie retractable springs along with the the stock springs for a double sprung 3/4 droop setup.

[Turblankas13]

that is going to look really nice,so did u make it so u could put a cut up body on it as panels or what?

[lumpty-lump]

thats gonna be perrrrtty

[nigels_world]

Originally Posted by Turblankas13

that is going to look really nice,so did u make it so u could put a cut up body on it as panels or what?

yeah its getting the hood, cowl and doors from this:

[Wild trial]

Looks like a great start.

[nigels_world]

[olelemon99]

Wow! please post again & Again Quick & Quick
Very Good idea

[joemomma95]

Sweet looking tuber dude. Can't wait to see this in person!

[nigels_world]

thanks for the positive feedback guys. how much tubing do most of you guys end up using to build a chassis? it seems like im going through this stuff pretty fast.....

[nigels_world]

i made front shock hoops that also hold the battery box. added some tube in the rear.

[Harley]

Can't wait to see that when it gets all brazed up. That is a great looking frame! Are you going for all scale? meaning chassis mounted servo and all. Looks damn good.

[noRCal]

Originally Posted by Harley0706

Can't wait to see that when it gets all brazed up. That is a great looking frame! Are you going for all scale? meaning chassis mounted servo and all. Looks damn good.

why braze it when you have masking tape.

[Harley]

Originally Posted by noRCal

why braze it when you have masking tape.

Ummmm becuase it isn't blue masking tape, unless it is the blue stuff it won't hold to the abuse that we put these through.

hahah

[nigels_world]

Originally Posted by Harley0706

Can't wait to see that when it gets all brazed up. That is a great looking frame! Are you going for all scale? meaning chassis mounted servo and all. Looks damn good.

its getting tig welded, not brazed. and the servo will be axle mounted. im going to try and run a few comps with this thing even though the cg will be fairly high. i guess i just want to see how well i can do in a comp with something that looks somewhat like a 1:1 instead of the typical comp buggy. ya know, semi scale i guess. i do want to build a scale rig in the future though... probably with c channel frame rails.

[nigels_world]

i welded it up today. still need to go over some places but its coming together.

[nigels_world]

ended up using a xx-t tranny instead of the wk unit. here is the locked diff:


and a mock up:

[joemomma95]

Looking good Sam, now get it finished so we can go crawl!!

[nigels_world]

Originally Posted by joemomma95

Looking good Sam, now get it finished so we can go crawl!!

soon, soon im getting anxious.

[just_now]

Nice job..

[nigels_world]

well i got it together enough to run it. here is a video my wife took with the digital camera. the double sprung suspension seems to work well. i just wish the cg was a little bit lower. what do you guys think? suggestions?