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06-11-2015, 08:45 PM | #21 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Streamwood, IL
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| 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!! |
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06-14-2015, 11:21 AM | #22 |
~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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| 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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06-16-2015, 03:08 PM | #23 | |||
Fan of wheelspeed Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Southern IN
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Thanks, me too. But with the scale of the motor and wheels I think that the Ascender body is a better fit. I ordered some Kyosho Scorpion front wheels/tires to step up the size by roughly 1/2". Plus they say Goodyear on them like the back so I think it'll be a better fit for the build. Now I have two sets of front wheels to sell off . | |||
06-20-2015, 10:17 PM | #24 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NE Ohio
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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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06-22-2015, 12:45 PM | #25 |
Fan of wheelspeed Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Southern IN
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| Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender Thanks . 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. I bought some Kyosho Scorpion wheels and tires for the front. Right away I used a yellow Sharpie to make them match the rear. I'm thinking it should look sort of like this... 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. |
06-22-2015, 06:43 PM | #26 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Streamwood, IL
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| Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender
Way to go Hoosier! Vroooom!
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06-22-2015, 07:33 PM | #27 |
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| 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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06-23-2015, 08:26 AM | #28 |
Fan of wheelspeed Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Southern IN
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| Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender Thank you sir Me too. I think it's going to be a very fun project. 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. 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 . 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. |
06-24-2015, 11:10 AM | #29 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: in the woods
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| 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?
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06-24-2015, 04:39 PM | #30 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: NORTH SYRACUSE N.Y.
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| 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
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06-25-2015, 04:52 AM | #31 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: (LES) Manhattan, New York
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| Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender
Holy Crap....Sweeet build! paleblue46 Thanks for the heads up on this!!! |
06-26-2015, 08:26 AM | #32 | ||
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06-26-2015, 09:10 AM | #33 |
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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. It fits like this. 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. 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. 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. |
06-26-2015, 09:07 PM | #34 |
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| 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.
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06-26-2015, 09:35 PM | #35 |
~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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| Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender
the 80s called... and your totally rad |
06-26-2015, 10:05 PM | #36 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Streamwood, IL
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| 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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06-27-2015, 07:38 AM | #37 | ||
Fan of wheelspeed Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Southern IN
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I did some wiring last night... | ||
06-27-2015, 07:45 AM | #38 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NE Ohio
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| Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender
This is so cool
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06-28-2015, 03:57 PM | #39 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Indiana
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| 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. |
07-01-2015, 01:39 PM | #40 | |
Fan of wheelspeed Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Southern IN
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| Re: The Chop Shop- Pro Street K5 Blazer Project - Traxxas funny car meets Ascender Thanks. Quote:
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. The rears threaded right on. There was enough axle shaft sticking out to use them in front of the wheel nuts. 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. | |
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