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ram_tough · 02-05-2011, 10:57 PM

Little truck did ok last year, but had much room for improvement. I was happy with the chassis' performance, so the Dark Soul 'Chino' gets a second life. I rebuild the diffs, trans, and added some new goodies from along the way. (There are some crappy cells pics, so adjust

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How we started after the end of last year

Rebuilt and regreased trans. No pics of the axles but installed new pinions and ring gears from Hillsborough RC Hobby shop. Picked up a fresh set of MRC comp shocks from Pat to replace the Yeah Racing shocks.

Also ditched the plastic rear lockouts and dog bones/drive cups.

ram_tough · 02-06-2011, 10:20 AM

Ive gotten a few suggestions to lighten up and to relocate the ESC. I was going to modify an old ax10 servo plate for the rear, but instead I found this in a spare parts bag.

Jslick · 02-08-2011, 07:06 AM

Much better Ram. Can't wait to get it out and comp with you and the GSRCRC guys. See you at Motorama.

ram_tough · 02-09-2011, 08:45 PM

Ok so heres what I was able to come up with. Moved all electronics forward and was able to make all new, longer upper links. I had wanted to do this after reading some more about chassis and suspension set-up for improved roll center and handling. I had been putting it off but why I dont remember, it was easy and super beneficial.

New rear plate and delrin upper links. If you look, there is nothing in the chassis behind the trans.

Front shot. I reused the plate from the back to mount the ESC on the new, longer upper links. The BEC is up top hangin free for now, waiting on gunnar mounts to secure it.

Side profile. Still not 100% on the wires running past the spur but it works for now. I might try to fab up some kind of lexan piece to sit in there. The last thing I still need to experiment with is lipo placement. Might try the rear links/4-link plate instead of the side of the chassis. Damn snow and sub-freezing temps

ram_tough · 03-10-2011, 05:06 AM

Just a few updates from the past few weeks. I worked out a custom foam set-up to run for cold weather in place of the Proline memory foams. Its a Crawler Innovations Lil'nova soft foam streched around the stock rover foam. It has decent give and excellent side-hill when combined with the Losi beadlocks.

And just a quick pic of the new paint at Motorama.

ram_tough · 11-03-2011, 06:03 PM

Thread resurrection

After some wheeling and dealing here I picked up some new parts for this thing. First I want to upgrade the front axle. Im finally fed up with breaking CVD's so going to try and get some LCC shafts in there. Ill be using Dlux adaptors to use LCC c's and knuckles.

Heres where it currently sits. I was really impressed with brazwewn's MRC and how clean the front end is after he did this on his Losi MRC "The Smurf" build. Time will tell if I can duplicate.

RickM · 11-03-2011, 10:10 PM

In your second pic it looks like you have yet to pop on those dlux c's. You better get to steppin. That might be my favorite single rc mod out there yet.

02-05-2011, 10:57 PM	#1
ram_tough Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Jersey Strong! Posts: 564	Never ending MRC comp'r Little truck did ok last year, but had much room for improvement. I was happy with the chassis' performance, so the Dark Soul 'Chino' gets a second life. I rebuild the diffs, trans, and added some new goodies from along the way. (There are some crappy cells pics, so adjust ) How we started after the end of last year Rebuilt and regreased trans. No pics of the axles but installed new pinions and ring gears from Hillsborough RC Hobby shop. Picked up a fresh set of MRC comp shocks from Pat to replace the Yeah Racing shocks. Also ditched the plastic rear lockouts and dog bones/drive cups. Last edited by ram_tough; 11-03-2011 at 06:04 PM.

02-06-2011, 10:20 AM	#2
ram_tough Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Jersey Strong! Posts: 564	Ive gotten a few suggestions to lighten up and to relocate the ESC. I was going to modify an old ax10 servo plate for the rear, but instead I found this in a spare parts bag.

02-08-2011, 07:06 AM	#3
Jslick I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2010 Location: Stowe Posts: 3,987	Much better Ram. Can't wait to get it out and comp with you and the GSRCRC guys. See you at Motorama.

02-09-2011, 08:45 PM	#4
ram_tough Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Jersey Strong! Posts: 564	Ok so heres what I was able to come up with. Moved all electronics forward and was able to make all new, longer upper links. I had wanted to do this after reading some more about chassis and suspension set-up for improved roll center and handling. I had been putting it off but why I dont remember, it was easy and super beneficial. New rear plate and delrin upper links. If you look, there is nothing in the chassis behind the trans. Front shot. I reused the plate from the back to mount the ESC on the new, longer upper links. The BEC is up top hangin free for now, waiting on gunnar mounts to secure it. Side profile. Still not 100% on the wires running past the spur but it works for now. I might try to fab up some kind of lexan piece to sit in there. The last thing I still need to experiment with is lipo placement. Might try the rear links/4-link plate instead of the side of the chassis. Damn snow and sub-freezing temps

03-10-2011, 05:06 AM	#5
ram_tough Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Jersey Strong! Posts: 564	Just a few updates from the past few weeks. I worked out a custom foam set-up to run for cold weather in place of the Proline memory foams. Its a Crawler Innovations Lil'nova soft foam streched around the stock rover foam. It has decent give and excellent side-hill when combined with the Losi beadlocks. And just a quick pic of the new paint at Motorama.

11-03-2011, 06:03 PM	#6
ram_tough Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Jersey Strong! Posts: 564	Thread resurrection After some wheeling and dealing here I picked up some new parts for this thing. First I want to upgrade the front axle. Im finally fed up with breaking CVD's so going to try and get some LCC shafts in there. Ill be using Dlux adaptors to use LCC c's and knuckles. Heres where it currently sits. I was really impressed with brazwewn's MRC and how clean the front end is after he did this on his Losi MRC "The Smurf" build. Time will tell if I can duplicate.

11-03-2011, 10:10 PM	#7
RickM RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dallas Posts: 1,848	In your second pic it looks like you have yet to pop on those dlux c's. You better get to steppin. That might be my favorite single rc mod out there yet.

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