new to crawling

[californiadrft]

here is my truck any advice on what i should do?

[Colby]

Hey, Glad to see you finaly showed up! Heres some advice:
First off, I would get ahold of some good bent lower links. Those ones you have now will bend/break and what not, ive seen the way you drift
http://www.tcscrawlers.com/On-Sale-5...n-p-16648.html
Next thing I would do is replace all of your steering linkages with some nice anodised stronger material, which I have:
http://www.tcscrawlers.com/Axial-Rac...2-p-16685.html
I will bring that to the comp next weekend.
The next thing I would look into is a new set of shocks, that will be on you. You have alot more flex than needed, try stiffer springs, or spacing the spring out a bit. I have some stiffer springs if you would like.
Next thing, a battery. I gave you some good links for batteries, but these are always easy to use:
http://www.tcscrawlers.com/TCS-Crawl...r-p-16949.html
Remember to post all your questions in your build thread. I know you know that, but if you need imediate help, post in the forum it applies to.

[Frankenwheely]

Battery mount, and a Traxxas or deans connect.
Oh and don't let the cat steal your crawler's Thunder!

[Colby]

May also want to check this thread out:
Axial tips and tricks

[californiadrft]

Originally Posted by Frankenwheely

Battery mount, and a Traxxas or deans connect.
Oh and don't let the cat steal your crawler's Thunder!

hahaha yea about that battery mount i have one just that i wanted to run the car and couldent find it lol.

[californiadrft]

Originally Posted by ColbyTheKid

Hey, Glad to see you finaly showed up! Heres some advice:
First off, I would get ahold of some good bent lower links. Those ones you have now will bend/break and what not, ive seen the way you drift
http://www.tcscrawlers.com/On-Sale-5...n-p-16648.html
Next thing I would do is replace all of your steering linkages with some nice anodised stronger material, which I have:
http://www.tcscrawlers.com/Axial-Rac...2-p-16685.html
I will bring that to the comp next weekend.
The next thing I would look into is a new set of shocks, that will be on you. You have alot more flex than needed, try stiffer springs, or spacing the spring out a bit. I have some stiffer springs if you would like.
Next thing, a battery. I gave you some good links for batteries, but these are always easy to use:
http://www.tcscrawlers.com/TCS-Crawl...r-p-16949.html
Remember to post all your questions in your build thread. I know you know that, but if you need imediate help, post in the forum it applies to.

thanx for the advice colby

[Colby]

No prob man, we'll get ya set up. If anything just drop the rig off and I will work some colby magic (Sometimes thats a bad thing) :-P

[lucifer]

yeah looks like a battery mount would serve you good

[californiadrft]

Originally Posted by ColbyTheKid

No prob man, we'll get ya set up. If anything just drop the rig off and I will work some colby magic (Sometimes thats a bad thing) :-P

yea sounds good man

[californiadrft]

Originally Posted by lucifer

yeah looks like a battery mount would serve you good

yea i now im gonna look for it today.

[2500hdon37s]

another thing would be to get lower aluminum links or delrin, and get a saddle pack battery and strap it to the front axle and you will notice a huge diffrence. weight your wheels if you havent, put your axial foams in the losi rock claws if you have them.

[californiadrft]

Originally Posted by 2500hdon37s

another thing would be to get lower aluminum links or delrin, and get a saddle pack battery and strap it to the front axle and you will notice a huge diffrence. weight your wheels if you havent, put your axial foams in the losi rock claws if you have them.

im gonna get those soon. i have weights on the wheels and it makes a big difference wich thats the way i got it but i can tell the difference. and i have memory foam. so the axials would be better? thanx for the advice.

[HomerJ]

After you do all that was suggested above, try looking into getting rid of the 3 link uppers and go for a 4 link setup. After you do all that, you'll be amazed at the difference in performance!!

[californiadrft]

Originally Posted by HomerJ

After you do all that was suggested above, try looking into getting rid of the 3 link uppers and go for a 4 link setup. After you do all that, you'll be amazed at the difference in performance!!

ok cool man thanx

[65volkswagen]

There is alot of good information given by colbythekid the best is the TCS web site. Once you get the feel for building and re-building your rig, and looking at other drivers rigs you will see what you may want to change or even keep. personaly I went over axle batts, Losi 4.0 shocks, new esc (Sidewinder), tires, dig unit, and weights in all 4 wheels. These are just a few thing I did to mine. Lets see some more pics when you get some new hardware on the beast. OH and when all else fails that is when you go Berg. LOL

[2500hdon37s]

Originally Posted by californiadrft

im gonna get those soon. i have weights on the wheels and it makes a big difference wich thats the way i got it but i can tell the difference. and i have memory foam. so the axials would be better? thanx for the advice.

depends on your rig but the axials work good for me, also it depends on where you run with memory foam and i run my memory foams in the summer time and standard in the fall amd winter. i love the losi crawler shock they are great, nice and smooth, along with lots of adjustments. id also recomend the 7 or 8 cell saddle packs the are awsome and give more speed to your motor

[jmontes_21]

Hi some wheel weights would be very helpfull and a set of tires about bent links im using the real dogmans links and havent broke them yet.

[californiadrft]

Originally Posted by 65volkswagen

There is alot of good information given by colbythekid the best is the TCS web site. Once you get the feel for building and re-building your rig, and looking at other drivers rigs you will see what you may want to change or even keep. personaly I went over axle batts, Losi 4.0 shocks, new esc (Sidewinder), tires, dig unit, and weights in all 4 wheels. These are just a few thing I did to mine. Lets see some more pics when you get some new hardware on the beast. OH and when all else fails that is when you go Berg. LOL

o ok yea man colby is pretty cool hes helped me out alout. and i will post more pics up when i get more hardeware on. or when i get a body on it

[californiadrft]

Originally Posted by 2500hdon37s

depends on your rig but the axials work good for me, also it depends on where you run with memory foam and i run my memory foams in the summer time and standard in the fall amd winter. i love the losi crawler shock they are great, nice and smooth, along with lots of adjustments. id also recomend the 7 or 8 cell saddle packs the are awsome and give more speed to your motor

well i was thinking of going lipo soon

[californiadrft]

Originally Posted by jmontes_21

Hi some wheel weights would be very helpfull and a set of tires about bent links im using the real dogmans links and havent broke them yet.

ok well i went to hobbytown and bout the hardeware for the bent link and two bent axial links thats all the money i had at the time so soon ill get the other two then mount them on and i will post pics up.