Poison Spyder Tuber

['83 chevy]

i just got my x factor axles in the mail this morning and immediately got started on this build. i started with the 1:1 vehicle i was going to start with, the Cyclops. I took the pics i got of that and scaled all the measurements down to 1/8 scale. I'm estimating needing around 20-25 ft of tubing for this rig. i plan on starting on the tube work tomorrow.
heres the 1: 1 rig pic http://academic.evergreen.edu/r/rosash30/CyclopsCustomTubeBuggy.jpg

the specs
17" wb
1/4" brake line MIGed together
x factor axles
e maxx trans lock in 1st, and modded plate
axiom 65t lathe
LST's on x-75's fro now, need new wheels(way too wide)
maxx big bores
here are some mock up pics(cardboard template is actual size)

closer view of frame(gonna raise the hood/door bars up 1/2" and lower the roof 1/4")

see 18" wide

['83 chevy]

thanks

i dont think im vever getting rid of these tire/wheels, i love them, they work great.

i got some of the tube work done today. ill have pics when the camera is done charging

['83 chevy]

here are the progress pics do far.
side view

front view

one of the joints

and heres what im gonna do, i tweaked the protoype drawing some




Oh and im gonna be using a maxx tranny, locked in first with a 65 turn axiom on 7-8 cells, so you think im gonna need to run a GD-600?

[Reflection]

Originally Posted by '83 chevy

Oh and im gonna be using a maxx tranny, locked in first with a 65 turn axiom on 7-8 cells, so you think im gonna need to run a GD-600?

Allot will depend on the weight of the thing,what kinda shape your cells are in,your final drive gear ratio and what kinda wheelspeed you want. If your looking for good power,low end and wheelspeed out of a 65t,you ain't gonna get it. IMHO,a lathe motor is to slow and a far cry from being powerfull.

['83 chevy]

Originally Posted by raptorman57

Allot will depend on the weight of the thing,what kinda shape your cells are in,your final drive gear ratio and what kinda wheelspeed you want. If your looking for good power,low end and wheelspeed out of a 65t,you ain't gonna get it. IMHO,a lathe motor is to slow and a far cry from being powerfull.

Im guessing around a 11 lb rig. so it looks like i better start saving for a Bl set-up. What do ya recommend?

[Reflection]

Originally Posted by '83 chevy

Im guessing around a 11 lb rig. so it looks like i better start saving for a Bl set-up. What do ya recommend?

That depends on how far you wanna push your rig. Is it bombproof?


I'm running a Mamba Maxx/Hyperion 3025-8 combo from Holmes Hobbies. With the right gear ratio and 8-9 cells it's VERY nice. Pleanty of torque to sheer spur teeth off WITH the slipper unlocked and decent wheelspeed. Run 10 cells and burn your tires leaving black marks on the rocks

JRH's can hook you up. Tell him you like my set up

['83 chevy]

Originally Posted by raptorman57

That depends on how far you wanna push your rig. Is it bombproof?

I'm running a Mamba Maxx/Hyperion 3025-8 combo from Holmes Hobbies. With the right gear ratio and 8-9 cells it's VERY nice. Pleanty of torque to sheer spur teeth off WITH the slipper unlocked and decent wheelspeed. Run 10 cells and burn your tires leaving black marks on the rocks

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well i hoping to make it bombproof, i'm not worried about the axles, the tranny should handle it, and i'm thing of making some driveshafts like you metal ones.
im not sure though that i can justify $230 in the motor and esc to my parents , what about the mamba 25, i noticed you ran that, did it work ok with the Hyperion 3025-8(thats the motor i want)?

[Reflection]

Originally Posted by '83 chevy

well i hoping to make it bombproof, i'm not worried about the axles, the tranny should handle it, and i'm thing of making some driveshafts like you metal ones.
im not sure though that i can justify $230 in the motor and esc to my parents , what about the mamba 25, i noticed you ran that, did it work ok with the Hyperion 3025-8(thats the motor i want)?

Steel driveshafts aren't really needed. The Revo's are taking my abuse nicely. They've really suprized me,they've stood up to some serious abuse that lead to steel gear failures. IMHO,you can't go wrong with the Revo's. Steel shafts are a pain to build,heavy and have allot of rotating mass.

The Mamba 25 won't handle a heavy super. I never ran the Hyperion motor on the 25,I ran a MPJet motor. It would get hot trying to pull a heavy super around. Thats why I'm running the Max now I've still got my Mamba 25 set aside for my upcoming 2.2 secret build

Thats the beauty of the Mamba Max. You don't have to run the brushless at first. It'll run brushed or brushless Set it up with a cheap lathe motor or 27t stock motor. Save up and go brushless later

['83 chevy]

Originally Posted by raptorman57

Thats the beauty of the Mamba Max. You don't have to run the brushless at first. It'll run brushed or brushless Set it up with a cheap lathe motor or 27t stock motor. Save up and go brushless later

never thought of that, then it wouldn't be such a shock to my wallet, thats what i think im gonna do, get the esc first then , the BL motor later. thanks for your help. so a maxx trans and revo shafts should handle that kind of power alright?

-Jim-

[Thorsteenster]

where's its eye?

ok i see what your building it after, but i dont see the cyclops in the 1:1 either.

['83 chevy]

Originally Posted by thorsteenster

where's its eye?

ok i see what your building it after, but i dont see the cyclops in the 1:1 either.

look right under the front stinger, theres a huge headlight, which is the eye

[Reflection]

Originally Posted by '83 chevy

so a maxx trans and revo shafts should handle that kind of power alright?

-Jim-

It should be O.K.



Then I read your sig line.................................

['83 chevy]

no progress so far to speak of, im waiting to get the tranny so i can finish the trans mounts and frame braces. so if it shows tomorrow ill have some progress

[braceysdad]

Not to say your lavender wheels are not banging but, ..............

I have these if your interested. You have pm

['83 chevy]

Sick! BD thanks alot for these, they will look sick. i got the tranny, but decided to go fishing instead of welding i'll work on it this weekend

[Nabil]

looks good i just hope you dont make those ghey ladder things that are on the real one

['83 chevy]

Originally Posted by e-hills4x4

looks good i just hope you dont make those ghey ladder things that are on the real one

thanks , and ya i didnt plan on making the ladders

ok i didnt have any school today(a teacher died so they closed school so we could all go to the funeral)

after that i started working on it again so heres what i got done . i still need to make link mounts/tranny mounts, and some other little stuff, and clean up the joints some more. Im gonna do a green frame(paint in the pics) and black panels.
here they are

['83 chevy]

here are todays pics. The snap-on truck showed up today with a new toy, a sweet tubing bender. so i had to try it out and it works perfect. i made the shock hoops, and upper link mounts. tomorrow im hoping to completly finish the tube work and paint it.

['83 chevy]

Originally Posted by M715ForLife

links look a little tiny.

Other than that, looks good.

ya those are getting covered with 5/16" brakeline

[Cslax06]

Looks tiny?

Geez...you gotta remember how big those axles are too...