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Old 11-09-2008, 07:21 PM   #1
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after i moved the speed control to the rear axle, put the radio where the esc used to be, lowered my body and flipped my front tires
and out on the rocks


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Old 11-09-2008, 07:38 PM   #2
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and the bare lookin electronics tray
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Old 11-09-2008, 07:40 PM   #3
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i see your enjoying it already, on with the modding.
flip the front wheels ?
im just running the front tires in the wrong direction, i find it gets a little more bite
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Old 11-10-2008, 12:01 AM   #4
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got busy tonight and made a couple extra modds

moved the shocks

pulled all my preload spacers so my links sit basically level with the ground
cut my front foams for now probably do the rears tomorrow, gotta remember to get sticky weights from work too, cant wait till i can do more stuff to this thing its a blast so far
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nice start. let us know how it goes. peace
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i tried moving the shocks to the lower links last night, wont fit, how you do it ?
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i pulled the balls out of the lower links and out of the shocks and just sandwiched them together on one
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Old 11-10-2008, 10:06 PM   #8
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more done weighted my wheels and dont know if you can see it in the second pic but i stuck a half ounce of weight under the servo just to get a little more weight down low

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got a little update, moved the recievr again flipped the tranny and moved the battery, also trimmed the body up a bit.
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Old 11-13-2008, 11:36 PM   #10
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got a little update, moved the recievr again flipped the tranny and moved the battery, also trimmed the body up a bit.
OMG You're choking the chicken! :-P
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Is flipping the tranny worth it?
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Is flipping the tranny worth it?
If you want to lower your cg, flip the tranny and get that battery on the front links. My opinion, YES, made a huge difference to get all the weight lower. Ditch the top tray, mount your shocks to the chassis, flip the tranny, add some weight to the wheels..differnt rig
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Old 11-15-2008, 01:09 AM   #13
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def flip the tranny for the tiny amount of work you have to do the result is totally worht it. i get way more traction on everything and i can climb way steeper junk!!
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Old 11-15-2008, 11:34 PM   #14
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got my mini grappler on order! im just a lil excited
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