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10-12-2010, 03:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Prescott
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|  Winks Mini Beetle Juice build
My Mini Beetle Juice build. Stock MRC parts are from a truck I had sitting around for my son to drive. The side plates, cab, skid, 4 link plates f/r, chassis braces, and hardware.  Side plates bolted to the skid with lower links(Delrin f/straight & r/bent) installed along with the transmission.   4 link plates mount using the existing hardware and the upper links are the stock lowers. I used Traxxas part bag #1942 for the upper link rod ends along with the chassis side lowers. The shocks mount with the stock ball mounts held on with 3mm nuts. Shocks are Losi MRC threaded shock set.    The quality of the chassis is top notch and it is coming together easily. More to come. I will have more detailed pics of link placement along with shock placement after some test and tune. |
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10-12-2010, 03:29 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston
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Nice! Your gonna love it.  |
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10-13-2010, 09:22 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Prescott
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Time for some body panels. I just traced out the lower side plate and cut them out of Parma .030 Lexan Sheet,9 x 9-1/4 found at your favorite RC store. Same with the top panel. This stuff holds up real well and is just under $4.  Link placement so far. Chassis side front is on the lowest hole. Chassis side rear is on the second hole up. Shocks chassis side are both in the second hole from the outside, axle side the shocks are on the outside of the mount. This allows plenty of flex but still manages stability for side hilling. This has worked really well so far. I finished the build on this truck last Saturday and took it down to a PARC comp on Sunday. I took first place out of 15 mini drivers with a score of -61. This truck not only looks cool but performs and is very predictable. On with some more pics. Sorry I dont have any action shots right now.    Last edited by winkscrawler; 10-13-2010 at 09:24 AM. |
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10-24-2010, 11:18 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Prescott
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Well, I have had this thing at 2 comps now and it is working like no other mini i have driven. It is so stable and predictable. It looks awesome and the extra clearance of not having a body even for a mini is incredible. My Beetle Juice Arsenal is looking good. I was going to run the Mongoose system in it but went back to the FXR and the Holmes Hobbies motor for now. I did switch out the Hitec 645 for a 5645 that I had sitting around and ran a BEC to it at 6.0 volts. I was lacking in some steering power, not anymore. Action pics to come soon. |
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10-25-2010, 03:15 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Athens
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Looks fantastic This bodyless look is really starting to grow on me. Was a very close call for me between the BWD mini wedge and the mini juice, went for the BWD as with the motor mount and lower links in the kit it seemed good vfm, i've also not read 1 bad report. After seeing that though i kinda wish i'd gone for the mini juice bodyless now  |
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10-25-2010, 03:49 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
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this just blew my mind. how good does it crawl? |
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10-25-2010, 10:19 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Prescott
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 Go bodiless with the Beetle Juiice and you wont go back. | |
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11-02-2010, 05:51 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: McKinney
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Very cool looking truck!! Good job! I'm getting another chassis from a friend (insane deal w/bonus goodies), and if that one doesn't do it for me, I'll probably get one of these. |
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11-02-2010, 08:41 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Albany
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Are you running any fuel tube or spacers in the shocks? Nice clean rig! | |
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12-15-2010, 05:54 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Canada
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very clean rig, I love how it looks. regarding the novak system vs. the tekin/HH combo, how would you say they compare? Sorry if I missed it somewhere, but do you run on 3s? |
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12-16-2010, 07:45 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Dewsbury, UK
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| NICE!, any problems with shocks popping off
I am building a mini juice at the moment, However I am having problems with the rear shocks popping off their top mounts (Losi alloy thread, on standard balls) when at full articulation. Any mini juice drivers have similar problems? cheers |
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12-16-2010, 08:22 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Prescott
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You also need to limit the front shocks in the same manner. Hope that helps. Ryan | ||
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12-16-2010, 08:58 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: nw
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one of the nicest i've seen yet! looks killer
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12-16-2010, 09:59 AM
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| Sometimes, I make things.   Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mt. Upton
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Really nice lil'juice you have there. I am looking forward to working on my MRC tonight, the stinkin local PO better deliver my packages today, I know they had them yesterday and didn't deliver them, the scoundrels. In stock trim the MRC is pretty sad IMO, I am hoping to make it at least a decent little crawler. I have a Mixer chassis coming, if I ever swap it out I think I will go w/ the mini'juice as they really look cool, the main thing I like is the upswept skidplate, that's a nice feature. I have the same wheels and tires, those alone made a big difference in how it crawled, it will actually get traction now. Seems like evreywhere I crawl has sand or dusty fine dirt which doesn't help, I have never come across sand in NY until I started crawling..... I am hoping to get a video up to enter the crawler mafia motor giveaway, if I don't win one I will end up buying one for sure, I hear they are little monsters of motors. But, the stock motor has actually impressed me with its power, I thought it would be a turd but it is actually pretty strong. |
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12-16-2010, 10:10 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Thomasville, NC
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That thing is bad lookin!
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12-16-2010, 10:32 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Brandon, MB
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Very good looking MRC... Nice job!
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12-17-2010, 12:19 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: los angeles
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GREAT LOOKING MINIJUICE BY THE WAY | |
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12-17-2010, 07:16 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Prescott
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You need to internally limit the shocks with 3/8 of an inch of fuel tubing underneath the piston in the front and back shocks. That should help with your torque twist issues and make your truck very stable but also allow a good amount of articulation. | |
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12-17-2010, 02:13 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: los angeles
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thanks for tips! can you suggest a oil weight and if it should be same on all four shocks? thanks again!
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12-17-2010, 03:24 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Prescott
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I will update this thread soon with more pics and my setup now. | |
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