Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender Looking real good, Hoosier!, you need to put a Line-Lock on them front wheels to get a good burnout!! "thumbsup" |
Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender this is awesome. sad to see the hardbody go, but the rig is worth it. cant wait for more. |
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Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender Man this is wicked! |
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I got a little progress done on the Blazer. Pretty much all I did was decide to cut the hood out and start planning the tilting front clip. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psp5ndq6r6.jpg I bought some Kyosho Scorpion wheels and tires for the front. Right away I used a yellow Sharpie to make them match the rear. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps5i1gqcdy.jpg I'm thinking it should look sort of like this... http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psd5e2tqqq.jpg All of my LEDs showed up along with my ESC. Now I'm just waiting on my brackets to finish the body mounts for the sides so I can finish the bumpers and the bracket for the front clip. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psd5e2tqqq.jpg |
Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender Way to go Hoosier!"thumbsup" Vroooom! |
Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender I dig the hood excited to see what you do next. |
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So my plastic L brackets showed up finally. I scuffed them up and primed them in flat black. I left one side unpainted as I could. I'll sand it down to the plastic so I can attach my Velcro for the body sides. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...pslo6q8i9v.jpg I ordered some U brackets to make hinges from for the front but they won't work so it was back to the drawing board. While swapping out my rear lower links on my JK it hit me. I could use rod ends :shock:. The long grub screw threads right into the back of my SSD bumper and will give me a hell of a mounting point for it and the front clip. I'm going to use a total of 8 rod ends to make 4 hinge points for the front clip. I figure that will make things strong enough to handle what little damage the front may end up taking. Plus it should make for a very stable tilting action. I don't want the front clip to be all flimsy and shaky when using the servo to open and close it. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psfynfxrin.jpg |
Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender MAN......... MY JAW JUST HIT THE FLOOR!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is AWESOME!!!! I love the tilted front clip. Cant wait to see it finished. If this has already been asked, excuse me, but are you planning on an interior for it? |
Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender WOW!!!! Great build . Awesome paint work on the body as always |
Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender Holy Crap....Sweeet build!"thumbsup" paleblue46 Thanks for the heads up on this!!!"thumbsup" |
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Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender Pics and video of the progress. I used the 8 rod ends and some styrene to mount the front clip. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps7un3s0hn.jpg It fits like this. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...pspvjumhh9.jpg http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psg7xoyvdl.jpg http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps1ro9ngrt.jpg http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psufww0rgn.jpg http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...pspkvqunjb.jpg I made mounts using delrin and styrene for the radiator. THe lower mounts are delrin and are extended enough to use as the levers for the front clip too. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psncqs9u6y.jpg I picked up some 4-40 all thread and rod ends at my LHS too. It runs in between the upper and lower a-arm. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psm9thqkfx.jpg http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psxqyzwvf6.jpg I'll make a firewall and some support for the fenders to help everything line up on the hood. I'll probably use some small lightweight magnets to help keep the body lines together when it's closed too. They'll have to be strong enough to pull the panels together yet weak enough that the servo can pull them apart without a lot of resistance. I'm also trying to think of a way to dampen the movement to slow down the action to roughly half this speed. Anyway, enough talk...here's the video. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/83bVPubYjrU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender Nice work and I really like the subtle paint. Reminds me of the 81 Corvette Pace Car. |
Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender the 80s called... and your totally rad |
Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender Too bad there's not a way to put another steering wheel on your transmitter, that way you could control the speed of the hood servo, if you catch my drift |
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I did some wiring last night... http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psz4hcbqzq.jpg http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psepqow8wx.jpg http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps1aqonl8m.jpg http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psdudc80vz.jpg http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...pszajaieib.jpg |
Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender This is so cool |
Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender Awesome build! I've always liked the square body Chevys. Look for a servo speed regulator for your tilt servo. They make them for planes to control the landing gear speed. |
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I got a little more work done, not much. I picked up some RPM wheel nuts. I had to hollow the fronts out to cover the nuts. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psgflathe4.jpg The rears threaded right on. There was enough axle shaft sticking out to use them in front of the wheel nuts. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psoqjxvzht.jpg Told you it was a little work, lol. The biggest issue at hand is mounting the rear bumper and wheelie bar. I need a rear height of 1.5" for the body itself. The delrin is way to flexible back here to use as a mount for anything but the wheelie bar unfortunately. So I've got to figure something out. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psqgusx9at.jpg |
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