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What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Thankfully for RC, its all the spills, all the thrills, and generally none of the hospital bills. lol Here is 1 of two No Prep Drag Builds I am currently getting onto. New Bandit VXL as a Donar Rig Started out assembling the RedShift Chassis kit from Chuckworks RC first. So far it has been a pretty straight forward build. A lil pushing and tweaking to get her together. Build includes ChuckWorks RC RedShift Drag Chassis VXL Bandit Tranny in RPM black cases on the 3* rear blocks installed reversed. Hot Racing Diff housing with Kracken 500k silicone diff oil. Hot Racing Steering Bellcrank 2075 Bandit Servo for Steering Fast Eddy Ceramic Bearings Throughout DRC Zero Degree Front Bulkhead, Shock Tower, and Bumper RPM Lower Front A-Arms TRX Steering Carrier Blocks STRC Hinge Pins Atomik Aluminum Front Bearing Carriers in Red Atomik Aluminum Rear Stub Axle Carriers in Red DRC Rear Shock Tower Mount in Red DRC Rear CF Shock Tower Maclan MMax Pro ESC and Maclan 4.5t motor PL F11 6bolt bead locks (will be buying some 12 bolt Beadlock rings) PL Hoosiers in rear DE Racing Accelerator Front Rims and Tires PL Body Mounts (unless I figure out a better option) Cheap Red Aluminum Chy-Na shocks ordered that I will rebuild and create functioning works of art out of. Set of Red Aluminum Adjustable Turnbuckles for Wheely Bar Adjustments made easy. Here she is in pretty much Slider condition. Everything is new. https://i.ibb.co/kg5P8v2/IMG-20200929-163924647.jpg https://i.ibb.co/7NxqfFW/IMG-20201004-002636834.jpg https://i.ibb.co/Pc8MsKs/IMG-20201004-002648017.jpg https://i.ibb.co/tLwwQtW/IMG-20201004-002654405.jpg https://i.ibb.co/fQXN4Nf/IMG-20201004-002705288.jpg https://i.ibb.co/NNzRm2S/IMG-20201004-002718118.jpg https://i.ibb.co/FK2Syqp/IMG-20201004-002725745.jpg https://i.ibb.co/RHQwHgY/IMG-20201004-002758783.jpg |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- nice chassis! FRP ou CF? |
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Its quite stiff, yet still has some flex. Just a little bit. Put the wheels on and the rear did have some toe out happening, so I swapped the rear arms (had them opposite to start). Moved the shocks from the stock mount positions inward to where the tower now mounts to the rear upper part of the chassis, laying them down a bit more then drilled them for shock mount locations. Now the rear Toe is gone and zeroed out and the shocks don't rub the rear wheels. I went ahead and added the wheelie bar, that came with the Kit. Need to get wheels for it and get them installed. Also got bearings in the front wheels and got them on, need to get a thin inner spacer with these wheels to make them work better on these TRX Stub shafts, so I may just move to a Tmore normal front wheel. https://i.ibb.co/h7828nn/IMG-20201004-075903218.jpg https://i.ibb.co/pJBk0dG/IMG-20201004-075926819.jpg https://i.ibb.co/WvkxTST/IMG-20201004-075953963.jpg https://i.ibb.co/Hd0C6S8/IMG-20201004-080010864.jpg |
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Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- put the bandit front wheels on. These may be a bit small, but I plan on getting a bigger O-rings for them, which will bring them up a bit. Getting the Wiring finished up when I get home tomorrow and she should be ready for body mounts and body, and a new Battery. Will be running my Drag Cars on my Old Nomadio React radio gear. https://i.ibb.co/BKHp113/IMG-20201004-235512442.jpg https://i.ibb.co/WWT3kQC/IMG-20201004-235347469.jpg Think I may have found a body I will run on this one. |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Motor and ESC are ready to install, with a few options for gearing. TA 48p pinions in a JConcepts Pinion Puck and I have a few 48p Spurs diffent tooth counts for gearing options. Maclan MMax Pro 160a ESC with a Maclan 4.5t Drag Tuned Motor will be this gals heart and soul. https://i.ibb.co/2jQ0qzw/IMG-2020100...-COVER-TOP.jpg |
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Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Made sure my old Nomadio React was bound to the Rx, then fired up the Maclan. Everything worked right away, except it was running in reverse due to the mid motor (reversed rotation now). I made sure my Radio was flat (every thing set to stock with 100% EPA on St and T/B chnls,) and first calibrated the radio to the ESC to ensure full access to 100% throttle ability. Then used my phone and the Maclan smartapp which I downloaded, and tied into the ESC and reprogrammed the motor rotation to be CCW, so she had forward drive. Made a vid on the calibration of the Maclan ESC, bit different than most, but not really, you hold the brake full on when you power up the esc to go to Calibration mode. As far as programming, you have options. lol Besides wiring direct to the ESC off your smart phone (requires a mini USB - mini USB cable) and program from the Smart App (not knocking but I do LOVE the direct Bluetooth option on my AXE setups), you can USB to mini USB direct to your windows computer/tablet etc. Or use the Maclan Pro programming box. I have the programming box, but may never need to use it, though I am sure I can do more with it than just program this sweet ass 32bit ESC. lol Also ordered a different front bulk head for her, and another body to choose from. FE Bearings should be here Friday, and the new bulk head, CF Shock Tower, and CF Front bumper/support pieces around the same time. Also ordered some drag specific front wheels. I went with the DE Racing Accelorator front wheels and the DE Racing Gambler 6 spoke front rims in black. Need to get a set of 80mm links for the wheelie bar to finish that up. Quick vid of the Maclan ESC Calibrating process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChuL9wrDrXM |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- I also did a walkthrough and build tips vid. I was trying to do an assembly vid, but was unable to stop the interruptions. lol So I just put it together, and decided this walkthrough with my thought and tips would be good for now. As I add the rest of the parts I have coming for her, I will try to get vids and show a bit more details of the build at that time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6IcbQrgGBM |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Stopped at the local traxxas seller and picked upa set of links to set the wheelie bar. Both ends were long ends, so I put a set of bent ends on the bar side, and short ends on the mount side and they are just about right. Now I need a set of wheels for the wheelie bar. May grab a set of the DRC in Red for it. |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Got a few things today, so got them done. Was not sure if it would work without any modding or if it would fit right up, or not even work at all. But I had to try. Glad to say I was able to get the Drag Race Concepts Zero Degree Front Bulkhead, Shock Tower, and Bumper installed on the Chuckworks Redshift setup with just a little bit of modding. Added RPM Front Arms, and STRC Hinge pins where I could during the process. Had/still have to adjust the front turnbuckles and pull out the measuring thingies to set things correctly, but I eyed it into a close for now position. I did have to make one small modification being the front of the lower chassis plate needed to be filed just a little bit so the DRC bulkhead could slip all the way back into place and the lower bolt holes lined up. Took off a smidge and everything lined up. getting the shock tower over the top plate on the chassis was just a little trick of sliding one side on and into position, then closing it into position like closing a door. Had to get the tower past the top plate screw nubs. Went together without any major tweaking, just a little push and everything was in place. Did have to push things a bit to get all the screws into place and then tighten them up and everything was set and locked in place like it should be. From there it was a simple build out with the rpm arms and stock bandit parts. Turnbuckles do need to be adjusted outward a few mm each side to get the castor setup. Will do a full setup once I do the rear end things I want to get done. Thinking about adding aluminum f & r carriers in red to help maintain the bearings, tolerances, and longevity. Overall I'm pretty happy with it as I am starting to near the end of this build. https://i.ibb.co/myfSLLq/IMG-20201012-173237570.jpg https://i.ibb.co/dbtcLNs/IMG-20201012-173242171.jpg https://i.ibb.co/NKjB3xn/IMG-20201012-173249804.jpg https://i.ibb.co/sVbmVZb/IMG-20201012-173259732.jpg https://i.ibb.co/NnJVr7W/IMG-20201012-174313683.jpg https://i.ibb.co/yQq4BWW/IMG-20201012-174454607.jpg https://i.ibb.co/PzZDvjg/IMG-20201012-174502427.jpg https://i.ibb.co/MPcfxbP/IMG-20201012-174509669.jpg https://i.ibb.co/JzRnMNv/IMG-20201012-174818280.jpg https://i.ibb.co/grhGMh2/IMG-20201012-202925635.jpg https://i.ibb.co/m52s6Nx/IMG-20201012-202958112.jpg https://i.ibb.co/Pm7yM93/IMG-20201012-203002956.jpg https://i.ibb.co/TWHYgRb/IMG-20201012-203012662.jpg https://i.ibb.co/WVTMrqY/IMG-20201012-204821668.jpg https://i.ibb.co/XZghTWb/IMG-20201012-204954123.jpg https://i.ibb.co/7NfM2Yv/IMG-20201012-224632000.jpg https://i.ibb.co/VL9FfnG/IMG-20201012-224638896.jpg https://i.ibb.co/MGDZSWg/IMG-20201012-224657145.jpg https://i.ibb.co/VYB7hfQ/IMG-20201012-224711309.jpg https://i.ibb.co/pRjpTLt/IMG-20201012-224731062.jpg |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Took a little time and added a few thin shims to the steering posts so they work better. Bellcrack was a bit tight. I may add a few more just to free it up a smidge more. Some other pics of the process. Next will be the rear end. Have the DRC Rear Aluminum Mount and Shock tower in my cart ready to get on the way. That leaves shocks if I decide to upgrade, then its ready for the body. https://i.ibb.co/MPcfxbP/IMG-20201012-174509669.jpg https://i.ibb.co/qgmZFmG/IMG-20201012-181314810.jpg https://i.ibb.co/3zQp7VJ/IMG-20201012-181941269-HDR.jpg https://i.ibb.co/6F18tQx/IMG-20201012-194342195.jpg https://i.ibb.co/878wHqC/IMG-20201012-194401125.jpg https://i.ibb.co/mNNNRwH/IMG-20201012-195520826.jpg https://i.ibb.co/9pFgXMR/IMG-20201012-195527585.jpg https://i.ibb.co/n10q8B8/IMG-20201012-202310016.jpg https://i.ibb.co/KrxDQPp/IMG-20201012-202403051.jpg |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Looks great!! I would definitely order the aluminum front blocks and bearing carriers front and rear. I have found that the RPM pieces flex and let the bearings get crushed/tight when tightening the wheel nut. I switched to aluminum, and the binding went away. That said, I have been happy with the RPM front arms... Rear arms are Custom Works adjustable toe units. Xirtic |
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That is what I have read and figured on the stock/rpm plastics, and if one were to think things through the process at hand, it seems the stock or rpm pieces would be a weak point in keeping things rigid and solid. Especialy at speed. My only question is TRX Gear at 30.00 a pair, or a knockoff like STRC/GPM or similar. Had decent luck with non TRX gear. One knockoff company on Ebay is Atomik. The prices are cheap, just unsure on their quality. |
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I also have Atomik on my wide slash basher build. Holding up great. I do keep the RPM arms though. They hold up well. Xirtic |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Good to know. I can get a full set of Atomiks for less than the cost of a pair of TRX carriers. My main concern is aluminum quality and bearing fit. and tolerances being tight. One nice thing about the RPM stuff is there is little or no slop. But sometimes, the plastic is a bit too soft. I put RPMs on the f and put the rears on today. Not too fond of how easy it is to strip out a shock mount hole. I'll give them a try and see how they hold up, but the Stock Traxxas arms may be a better option at the end of the day. |
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Xirtic |
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but you should be able to set a screw in it and get it beyond snug without spinning out... May just sell the rest of the new ones I have and go with stock trx parts. |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Have a set of f & r Atomik carriers in Red coming for it, and the body should be here in a few days. I also ordered the DRC Rear CF Shock Tower and Shock Tower Mount in Red. And I grabbed a set of Red Aluminum shocks, 100mm R and 90mm F from one of the China sellers. Figured I would do a full build out on them and improve their performance and setup limiters etc before the go on. They are also in Red. I have one set of the P-L body mounts here, but will wait for the other set to show up in a few day for this build as they are the standard size, and the ones I have are the extended mounts. Not sure which one would work better as the body will determine that. So come this weekend, I should have everything but the new shocks for it, and maybe one or two other bits like a set of CF beadlock rings. Overall, she should be ready to Bang A Gong sooon. Oh, DRC wheely bar wheels arrived today, also red. |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Dress for the girl arrived today. I'll have to take it up a little bit, change a hem here and there, and then do some dye work before it will be able to final fitted ot the girl. https://i.ibb.co/cL5nLxy/IMG-20201017-185253866.jpg https://i.ibb.co/3vpLZfm/IMG-20201017-185150816.jpg https://i.ibb.co/4K4Xq6H/IMG-20201017-185112100.jpg Shark RC Bodies New No Prep Body - The Scarecrow. Modeled after a 1970 Pontiac LeMans GTO/Judge. |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Took a few minutes, about 60 of them lol, and got the DRC Wheely Bar Wheels on. Used a couple pieces of body post as bushings, trimmed them for length, put a hole through the center, then trimmed down the wheely bar spacer/brace so it all fit on the inside as it should. Just need to add the longer rod ends back on the adjusters so I can drop the wheely bar about 1/2 in more. Carriers should be here Mon or Tuesday. Also swapped out the crappy Traxxas Servo Saver for a normal Aluminum arm. https://i.ibb.co/LSMrGt4/IMG-20201018-004504766.jpg https://i.ibb.co/CbCv7JJ/IMG-20201019-002052831.jpg https://i.ibb.co/8X0yywW/IMG-20201019-002058571.jpg https://i.ibb.co/PrRkdYP/IMG-20201019-002103811.jpg https://i.ibb.co/4Kbg5H7/IMG-20201019-002128219.jpg |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Corrupted Carbon 12 hole Bead Lock Rings showed up today. Now I have to take the tires apart and get them all taped up well, install the Corrupted Beadlock Rings and then Balance all 4 wheels. https://i.ibb.co/6y2JPVh/IMG-20201021-161159005.jpg |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- F & R Atomik Carriers showed up today for the RedShift kit, and the MIP Bandit CVDs showed up for the TARP kit when I get to building it. Put the Fast Eddy Ceramic Bearings into the carriers and got them installed today. They fit in very well. Snug but not too snug, though it did take a couple of taps to get them fully seated. Nice pieces and their cost is excellent. Need to get me a little Gorilla Tape so I can tape up the rear slicks. used a cheap tape to do the foams. Just need to get the adjustable turnbuckles in red delivered and installed, and the tape on the rear slicks, reassemble the rear wheels and get them installed. Other than that, the only thing left is to determine a paint job and paint the body. Maybe swap out the Servo to a faster unit. Ti or Aluminum screws to drop weight. https://i.ibb.co/TKtD8pn/IMG-20201022-173205178.jpg https://i.ibb.co/CtV7MjT/IMG-20201022-173335852.jpg https://i.ibb.co/gVqtjKt/IMG-20201022-173454875.jpg https://i.ibb.co/XyX00Qv/IMG-2020102...-COVER-TOP.jpg |
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Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Got some Gorilla Tape and made up some anit-pizzacutter bands, put them on and got the Corrupted Carbon 12 hole cf beadlock rings installed. https://i.ibb.co/BjZhhGK/IMG-20201024-154759467.jpg https://i.ibb.co/YdNBNV8/IMG-20201024-154823706.jpg |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Adj Wheely Bar Links in Red installed. Pretty much red-eye for the Body except the shocks, which should be here beginning of next week. https://i.ibb.co/xjC0Q6c/IMG-20201024-165501430.jpg https://i.ibb.co/RbzTVmk/IMG-20201024-165555235.jpg https://i.ibb.co/54mtRjt/IMG-20201024-165631723.jpg https://i.ibb.co/LnZMxmz/IMG-20201024-165807217.jpg |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- looking forward to seeing the body |
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Have one direction I may go, clean and simple, but Sharp. Still looking at options for paint schemes that will go along with the chassis look. On a side note, should be ready to start the other NP build end of the week hopefully. |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Shocks came in today. Will get the things I need to go through them and get them working the way they should. These are RCAWD (china knockoffs) Aluminum Shocks. Neve used them before, So I'll check them out, and do what needs to be done to get them to become great functioning works of art, and get them installed. 14days to be shipped from chy-na. Not too bad even with the Tariffs. Bought a set of Lunsford Bandit links from a shop in Idaho from Ebay the same time. Still waiting for them to ship out. lmao Once the new shocks are ready and installed. I'll be able to turn my attention to the last part of this build, the body. I am going to look at the various options for mounting it up, and I have a few ideas I'd like to try to implement that are pretty non-traditional mounting setups. May use magnets in a few places. But I have a set of the Pro-Line body mounts should I need to go that route. I picked up 90mm shocks for the front and 100mm for the rears. Have some aileron tubing here, along with some silicone fuel tubing to use along with a good variety of shock oils. I do need to get some springs so I have a few more options for tuning, but the spring that came on these chy-na knockoffs and the stock Traxxas springs I have here will be a good start. I do have a few other 1/10 scale springs I can try if need be. The last thing is Paint Scheme on the body. As you can see from above, the body I am running on this build is the new Shark RC Bodies Scarecrow, which is a damn nice looking copy of a '70 Pontiac GTO/Judge. And being this is going on the Chuckworks RC RedShift Drag Chassis, and I went with Red for color, I want to do something including red. Not sure I want that as the main base color, but I am open to ideas. I have one or two thoughts, but what would you do with a body if it was yours? |
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Hands down White with red accents or Black with red accents. I like to keep things nice and clean[emoji1690] Personally I’d do the springs red just to keep it consistent. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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Or a Flat Black with Blood Red Trims and Accents, but the white mop would make the blood red just pop. The shocks are anodized red, So I as thinking the stock Bandit spring being white would set them off a bit, and the springs are pretty quality and would work well. |
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Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- Put a new Dancing Waste in the RedShift. Reefs 299LP should make her do the Jig easily enough. Also got a set of Dueces Wild Drag Foams for the Hoosers, and a set of DRC Wheelybar wheel bushings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4duT...ature=youtu.be |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- My, it has been a few minutes since I updated. Quite a few changes on the RedShift been occurring. Waiting on some DRC 1.5* toe plates for all 3 Transmissions in the rigs now. And some Backyard ceramic bearings for the DRC Tranny for the RedShift. Amain finally has the 3 Revolution RC clutches I back ordered in stock so the rest of the pieces parts should be showing up early in the week. That will leave me at waiting for the Alpha body to get its turn on the machine of the company pulling them for Justin at The Backyard. So that should be here very soon. Built a TARP O.M.B. 6001 Stage III kit which is a Traxxas based rig. Probably going to break down and preorder a Losi 22S Drag Camaro, as well as the new Traxxas Slash Drag Truck. Should be interesting to see what they dole out and New and Exiciting. lol And I am also putting together a DRC Slashdit 13.5 rig. Got the body for the DRC Slashdit hybrid mounting setup figured out. Figured I'd Drop a few pics and a quick vid of the body and wing all mounted. Now its time to trim it all out and get'r ready for colors. https://i.ibb.co/2kxMm8t/IMG-20210324-232930614.jpg https://i.ibb.co/QXV2RtH/IMG-20210326-132919575.jpg https://i.ibb.co/wL23bQt/IMG-20210326-134300764.jpg https://i.ibb.co/R2KWvnV/IMG-20210326-134311116.jpg https://i.ibb.co/R0Vdw2G/IMG-20210326-134535968.jpg https://i.ibb.co/9nnXvb7/IMG-20210326-134540753.jpg https://i.ibb.co/W2HTLVV/IMG-20210326-231604920.jpg https://i.ibb.co/Jx8sQMy/IMG-20210326-231711329.jpg https://i.ibb.co/W6XvBq9/IMG-20210326-231725263.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7SJU6tYfm0 |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- wings cut. just a little fine sanding to finish it up. https://i.ibb.co/z5xrjSs/IMG-20210328-025124482.jpg https://i.ibb.co/xDRbw1W/IMG-20210328-025136060.jpg https://i.ibb.co/z8c8yZ6/IMG-20210328-025158831.jpg https://i.ibb.co/ZKyhPyp/IMG-20210328-025213966.jpg https://i.ibb.co/Nr4FQLZ/IMG-20210328-025216662.jpg https://i.ibb.co/260Xcmv/IMG-20210328-025236314.jpg https://i.ibb.co/kGWLvGC/IMG-20210328-025252023.jpg |
Re: What a NP Drag it is Getting Old- A couple more on the initial rig. The Chuckworks has her Dress on and mounted in place. Need to clean up the bottom all the way around, getting the body lines just right. Going to open up and clean up the wheel wells. These are the only gripe I have on the body. They are a bit small overall. But they are small enough with the flare, cutting them out wont leave them too open, so long as you pay close attention to your wheels and well placement. Wing will get built and then installed. Once that is is finished, this gal will be ready to get some colors along with the LCG Slashdit above. Now if my Alpha Body would show up from the BackYard RC for my TARP Rig, all 3 would be nearly ready for colors to fly. I have one more body here to do but I am still getting some parts in and finagling things to work as needed for my 4th No Prep build. This is is a more Scale build I will get into soon. Few more parts for it and it should be at roller status, and ready to get it's body mounted. This will be another Drag Truck rig, but a Themed rig, but not a Drag Truck Theme, so no farm trucks here. I have an idea I think would make a Killer Drag Truck and conversation piece, so I figured more one off more scale build would be a great place for this out of place Drag Truck. lol Anyways. On to a few pics of the RedShift in her new Dress. https://i.ibb.co/Qp5fSdj/IMG-20210419-233844398.jpg https://i.ibb.co/Fm32RcF/IMG-20210419-233902840.jpg https://i.ibb.co/DKvqgsh/IMG-20210419-233920303.jpg https://i.ibb.co/HTzmhDF/IMG-20210419-233955582.jpg |
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