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looneybin · 10-26-2007, 01:16 PM

ok well i guess that i will make a thread over here about this project. now i know it isn't a crawler but some of you will equally appreciate it. i picked this little baby up from scattman a few months back. i slapped a brushless in it and drove it for a while until a freak accident in my living room ended with the body smashed into several peices in front of my stove. well i took it as time to rebuild the car how i would have built it had it been mine. i scrapped the old chassis with rc10 running gear to assemble a much more scale tube chassis with a solid rear axle. now its isn't finnished yet but it is very close. as soon as i can afford a rc4wd 60 rear axle its getting one slapped right under the rear. i will update this thread as progress continues. this is a short summary of the currently 13 page build thread over on scale4x4. let me know what you think and any suggestions you may have. thanks and enjoy.

just to show the size, next to my emaxx

JasonInAugusta · 10-26-2007, 01:31 PM

Nice work.

looneybin · 10-26-2007, 01:33 PM

Thanks Jason.

right now i am just waiting on enough money to buy the 60 axle but i am looking for any axle right now so i can get'er up and running. i have everything to finnish the thing other than a axle so if anyone wants to help me out i am looing to buy a highlift axle or similar. if i can't find one i may just get a axial axle.

looneybin · 10-26-2007, 01:35 PM

you know what jason, i almost need the international cxt back to build a tow rig. but then again i really don't need another project.

chaman · 10-26-2007, 01:38 PM

WOW!! Excellent work..if you want to sell it...Im in! LOL!

smokinubyrc · 10-26-2007, 01:47 PM

i have a spare tlt axle but its locked? lmk

looneybin · 10-26-2007, 01:55 PM

thanks. um the list of people that want to buy this thing if i ever sell it is ridicules. but i'll keep you in mind. as for the tlt sure i'd be interested in it pm sent.

looneybin · 10-26-2007, 02:14 PM

also i forgot to mention this will be direct drive. i bought a scorpion 3014-18 from jrh to install for wheelie poping motivation. this thing should rip. i also modified the aluminum rims to accept new era green dot foam drag tires. now i have to figure out how to true them??? i will also run a mamba maxx.

1BadJeepBruiser · 10-26-2007, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by looneybin

also i forgot to mention this will be direct drive. i bought a scorpion 3014-18 from jrh to install for wheelie poping motivation. this thing should rip. i also modified the aluminum rims to accept new era green dot foam drag tires. now i have to figure out how to true them??? i will also run a mamba maxx.

Damn direct drive eh

its gonna fly alright.

BTW did you get the OG chassis out??? I am hoping to pick up a NIB kit off of ebay when it ends in a day or so

looneybin · 10-26-2007, 03:17 PM

yep, mike i got it out at the first of the week. i think they said monday. but i can't remember. sent it usps. um i want to thank smokinu_by_rc cause he just hooked me up with a tlt axle. now i can build up the four links, get some aluminum threaded mini lst shocks or similar, and get it up and running. my main hold up is that i wanted to be able to test it out as i build the rest. i have to play with battery locations, and stuff to try and dial it in. i don't want to build it and then find out it sucks to drive and then have to try and fix it. as soon as i get the axle i will fab up some rolling stuff and test it out and hopefully get a short video. oooooooohhhh thats right video.

JohnRobHolmes · 10-26-2007, 03:19 PM

Keep that rear axle unlocked! Maybe put some really thick grease in it though.

smokinubyrc · 10-26-2007, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by looneybin

yep, mike i got it out at the first of the week. i think they said monday. but i can't remember. sent it usps. um i want to thank smokinu_by_rc cause he just hooked me up with a tlt axle. now i can build up the four links, get some aluminum threaded mini lst shocks or similar, and get it up and running. my main hold up is that i wanted to be able to test it out as i build the rest. i have to play with battery locations, and stuff to try and dial it in. i don't want to build it and then find out it sucks to drive and then have to try and fix it. as soon as i get the axle i will fab up some rolling stuff and test it out and hopefully get a short video. oooooooohhhh thats right video.

HAH no big deal bro!
As you allready got the confermation number!

shipped priority! to ya!

1BadJeepBruiser · 10-26-2007, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by looneybin

yep, mike i got it out at the first of the week. i think they said monday. but i can't remember. sent it usps. um i want to thank smokinu_by_rc cause he just hooked me up with a tlt axle. now i can build up the four links, get some aluminum threaded mini lst shocks or similar, and get it up and running. my main hold up is that i wanted to be able to test it out as i build the rest. i have to play with battery locations, and stuff to try and dial it in. i don't want to build it and then find out it sucks to drive and then have to try and fix it. as soon as i get the axle i will fab up some rolling stuff and test it out and hopefully get a short video. oooooooohhhh thats right video.

You need to install a line lock, find some rubber tires and some bleach

looneybin · 10-26-2007, 03:35 PM

working on it!

you really think it needs to be unlocked? the one i bought isn't but it isn't permanent either. oh well we'll see.

looneybin · 10-26-2007, 03:43 PM

ok here it is as it sits now. i had to cut all the tire bead channels off except for the face as wheel as well as widen the backside of the rims so that the foam tires could be mounted. just look at those meats. as Tim the tool man Taylor would say "ogh ogh ogh!" i feel sry for that tlt axle already lol

smokinubyrc · 10-26-2007, 03:46 PM

you need the extra parts you know were to ask

looneybin · 10-26-2007, 03:48 PM

i have a nip set of axle shafts, now i just have to remember to shim the diff.

looneybin · 10-27-2007, 07:38 AM

as for paint i really wish that i could get it painted like JIA's shockwave 55 that paintjob would be sick but its way out of my range of painting skill.

Shaun · 10-27-2007, 07:56 AM

That is awesome! Where did you get the body at?

dezrik · 10-27-2007, 08:21 AM

This thing is SICK, cant wait till its finished

10-26-2007, 01:16 PM	#1
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	Looney's 1/8 tubed camaro project ok well i guess that i will make a thread over here about this project. now i know it isn't a crawler but some of you will equally appreciate it. i picked this little baby up from scattman a few months back. i slapped a brushless in it and drove it for a while until a freak accident in my living room ended with the body smashed into several peices in front of my stove. well i took it as time to rebuild the car how i would have built it had it been mine. i scrapped the old chassis with rc10 running gear to assemble a much more scale tube chassis with a solid rear axle. now its isn't finnished yet but it is very close. as soon as i can afford a rc4wd 60 rear axle its getting one slapped right under the rear. i will update this thread as progress continues. this is a short summary of the currently 13 page build thread over on scale4x4. let me know what you think and any suggestions you may have. thanks and enjoy. just to show the size, next to my emaxx

10-26-2007, 01:35 PM	#4
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	you know what jason, i almost need the international cxt back to build a tow rig. but then again i really don't need another project. Last edited by looneybin; 10-26-2007 at 01:37 PM.

10-26-2007, 01:31 PM	#2
JasonInAugusta 06 Super National Champ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill Posts: 11,361	Nice work.

10-26-2007, 01:33 PM	#3
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	Thanks Jason. right now i am just waiting on enough money to buy the 60 axle but i am looking for any axle right now so i can get'er up and running. i have everything to finnish the thing other than a axle so if anyone wants to help me out i am looing to buy a highlift axle or similar. if i can't find one i may just get a axial axle.

10-26-2007, 01:38 PM	#5
chaman Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 252	WOW!! Excellent work..if you want to sell it...Im in! LOL!

10-26-2007, 01:47 PM	#6
smokinubyrc I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Crawler practice! Posts: 2,104	i have a spare tlt axle but its locked? lmk

10-26-2007, 01:55 PM	#7
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	thanks. um the list of people that want to buy this thing if i ever sell it is ridicules. but i'll keep you in mind. as for the tlt sure i'd be interested in it pm sent.

10-26-2007, 02:14 PM	#8
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	also i forgot to mention this will be direct drive. i bought a scorpion 3014-18 from jrh to install for wheelie poping motivation. this thing should rip. i also modified the aluminum rims to accept new era green dot foam drag tires. now i have to figure out how to true them??? i will also run a mamba maxx.

10-26-2007, 03:17 PM	#10
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	yep, mike i got it out at the first of the week. i think they said monday. but i can't remember. sent it usps. um i want to thank smokinu_by_rc cause he just hooked me up with a tlt axle. now i can build up the four links, get some aluminum threaded mini lst shocks or similar, and get it up and running. my main hold up is that i wanted to be able to test it out as i build the rest. i have to play with battery locations, and stuff to try and dial it in. i don't want to build it and then find out it sucks to drive and then have to try and fix it. as soon as i get the axle i will fab up some rolling stuff and test it out and hopefully get a short video. oooooooohhhh thats right video.

10-26-2007, 03:19 PM	#11
JohnRobHolmes owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down! Posts: 20,290	Keep that rear axle unlocked! Maybe put some really thick grease in it though.

10-26-2007, 03:35 PM	#14
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	working on it! you really think it needs to be unlocked? the one i bought isn't but it isn't permanent either. oh well we'll see.

10-26-2007, 03:43 PM	#15
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	ok here it is as it sits now. i had to cut all the tire bead channels off except for the face as wheel as well as widen the backside of the rims so that the foam tires could be mounted. just look at those meats. as Tim the tool man Taylor would say "ogh ogh ogh!" i feel sry for that tlt axle already lol

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10-26-2007, 03:46 PM	#16
smokinubyrc I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Crawler practice! Posts: 2,104	you need the extra parts you know were to ask

10-26-2007, 03:48 PM	#17
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	i have a nip set of axle shafts, now i just have to remember to shim the diff.

10-27-2007, 07:38 AM	#18
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	as for paint i really wish that i could get it painted like JIA's shockwave 55 that paintjob would be sick but its way out of my range of painting skill.

10-27-2007, 07:56 AM	#19
Shaun Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Posts: 857	That is awesome! Where did you get the body at?

10-27-2007, 08:21 AM	#20
dezrik Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pinedale, WY Posts: 873	This thing is SICK, cant wait till its finished

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