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12-04-2010, 11:55 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: in my house
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|  Minimum change for maximum performance.
Ok, i just got 2 of these little guys for me and the significant other. i have found them VERY fun, but they need a little work. I'm kinda looking at the poor bastards guide to minimal spending with maximum performance increase. I have BB's for the wheels, and looking to spend VERY little, because that's all i have to work with. Opinions and ideas greatly appreciated. |
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12-04-2010, 12:39 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Milwaukee
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If you are going to keep it stock chassis, link's & such I would loose the spring's in your shock's, Run Droop.
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12-04-2010, 12:44 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Littleton
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Get your battery to the rear axle, shrink wrap(or electrical tape) your speed controller/receiver to get rid of the high CoG. Take the foams out of the tires, turn your motor/transmission around so the motor points forwards (helps to shift weight distribution to the front, remember to switch your motor wires around) bb's and lead solder are good for weight for the wheels.  |
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12-05-2010, 11:50 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: in my house
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Well i would prefer to not use the stock setup, as its kinda not the best. So far it seems the best cheap route to get the most out of it, is maybe just a pinch chassis, and the freebie mods, bbs, move batt, de-case esc, trans flip. Anything else that i would see a considerable performance increase on the very cheap side? |
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12-05-2010, 12:16 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: TX Coast
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For the stock chassis, extending the wheelbase w/ 2-56 all thread & MiniT rod ends is a pretty cheap & simple upgrade. I extended mine to about 4-3/4" wheelbase by building longer rear links only. That put more weight forward on the chassis, which seems really needed on these rigs. Either 9/32 aluminum tubing or a Bic pen can be used to legnthen the driveshafts as needed. Relocating the shocks by drilling out the holes just below the factory mount position helps, too. When I first got mine, I threaded a few coils of the stock springs around both ends of the shocks to lower CG, but still have a little dampening & limit to them. Most all this has been well covered in here: Micro Mod bible |
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12-05-2010, 12:35 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: in my house
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Thanks for the link!
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12-05-2010, 02:59 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Grand Rapids
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pinch chasis for sure ...wheel weight and go lipo 2s tp pack its like 12 bucks and your runtimes will increase tenfold and what good is a rig that performs well 5 mins at a time?
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12-06-2010, 01:15 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2008 Location: At the corner of Bedlam and Squalor.
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I'm wondering why everyone suggests placing the battery on the rear axle, rather than the front. We want a forward weight bias and this moves a lot of weight the wrong way. I will have to tweak my body to fit, but my 2 cell, 300mah lipo is going on the servo. |
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12-06-2010, 01:23 PM
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| Scale Detail Engineering Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Turtle Island
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12-06-2010, 02:37 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Grand Rapids
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12-06-2010, 06:39 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Crest Hill
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Keep everything stock and buy a pinch chassis
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12-07-2010, 11:33 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Single best bang for the buck it turns stockers into badass crawlers. | ||
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12-07-2010, 12:13 PM
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12-07-2010, 12:48 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Newport, South Wales
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He will get back to you, he is a busy dude. Took him a few days to get back to me with details so I could order one myself. You might also try emailing him, that is how I got in contact with him.
Last edited by EeePee; 12-16-2010 at 04:27 PM. Reason: email removed, for Steve's sake |
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12-07-2010, 02:20 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: in my house
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Yeah it really seems the pinch is the way to go. Luckily im not in a big rush, i like to support the small guys. Even if it takes a bit longer. |
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12-07-2010, 06:05 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Canada
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Also,trimming every solid lug on the tire also help quite allot if you don't want to but new tires.
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12-08-2010, 08:56 AM
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12-08-2010, 09:41 AM
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| Scale Detail Engineering Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Turtle Island
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Pinch on the way! |
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12-08-2010, 04:03 PM
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Will be a bit before i contact Sven, but i will. My cellphone just took a big ole snowy dump, so i need to replace that now. | |
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