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09-06-2006, 10:45 PM
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| Picky Fab'r/Acetal Junky   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arizona Desert/AJ
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|  Tamiya F-150 Race Truck?
Has anyone ever looked into using this as a crawler or even a pre-runner starting point? 1:10 scale shafty, with a 540 motor, full time 4WD, 3 FWD speeds, ball diff in the rear, etc... I figure you take this and throw in a Tekin or something to replace the mech. speed control...maybe even a brushless setup, then throw on some 2.2 tires and wheels and have yourself a pretty good runner. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXGA83&P=0 Last edited by Offroader5; 09-06-2006 at 10:47 PM. |
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09-06-2006, 10:49 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Big Bear Lake
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Yeah, there was a few of us in Colorado that built them. The tires are hard as a rock, but they can be replaced. You can see some video of us beating on them here. http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...28522384642534 |
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09-06-2006, 10:50 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Valencia
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Alot of people have those!! Im to lazy to build one!! Theres also a hummer and VW just like that.  |
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09-06-2006, 11:02 PM
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| Picky Fab'r/Acetal Junky Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arizona Desert/AJ
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looks like they go pretty quick...and it seems like they are pretty stout with all that beating they were taking. Think I am going to pick one up and make it my next official project car....I can see alot of possibilities  | |
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09-06-2006, 11:20 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Big Bear Lake
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They are extremely durable. I think everyone was running the stock can in that video. Only one diff was locked on them too. We were going to start a Trials type class for comps. Stock tires, stock wheels, stock wheelbase, and 1 diff locked front or rear. But, that's about the time we all got TLT's too, so it never happened.
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09-06-2006, 11:27 PM
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| Picky Fab'r/Acetal Junky Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arizona Desert/AJ
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I was thinking of making it into a long travel pre-runner project. Does it seem to have a pretty straight forward suspension and drivetrain...not all goofy and bulky is it?
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09-06-2006, 11:32 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Big Bear Lake
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They have 2 gear boxes with a wire prop shaft that connects them. The stock chassis doesn't have much ground clearance, but bigger tires will help that. The stock dogbones are short, so long travel will require mods to stop binding. Here's a link to my LAV rig. They are the same as the stadium trucks, with just a little longer wheelbase. Tamiya Light Armored Vehicle |
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09-07-2006, 12:22 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Saginaw
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