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03-08-2010, 11:51 PM
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03-09-2010, 12:37 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: AZ
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Looking good Crash. Sounds like alot of us are going back to the body rigs.
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03-25-2010, 03:07 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gold Bar
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Update---- Well I wasn't happy with that link configuration. It didn't climb near as well as it did before and the same with sidehilling. So I went back to the stock upper link mounts with one exception. I filed down the rounded area where the metal portion of the rod end sat. This will give a tad more trianglulation, let the mounting screw be shorter(less prone to bending) and keep the edge of the ball from rounding out.  I also bent the new front uppers to give more room to better mount the reciever off the front links.  |
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03-25-2010, 03:10 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gold Bar
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Another thing I didn't like was how angled the shocks were. even with increasing the spring rate to compensate I still didn't think they were as affective. I went and reworked my chassis to allow the shocks to have less angle. Once setup I limited them on extension for a 3" belly clearance---the rig seems much more stable now.  |
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03-25-2010, 03:13 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gold Bar
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And in preperation for this weekends Axial Qualifier down south I chose to go with a new body. This will be my first non trucky body--Losi Grapler. I found the fitment very nice with the body being a tad over 5" wide.    |
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03-25-2010, 06:29 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: AZ
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Looking good Mike. I always liked the grappler bodies. I like the newly designed chassis too. I didn't really like how laid down your shocks were before.
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03-26-2010, 10:49 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: laying low
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looking good crash!!! good luck at the AWCCQ!!  |
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03-27-2010, 09:40 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Have you noticed much of an Ackermann angle with your steering linkage system? Sorry, i just have too much questions  .
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03-29-2010, 12:19 PM
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03-29-2010, 10:05 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gold Bar
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I got my new blitz 35t motors put in today and these are by the smoothest motor so far. Plus I get alot more drag brake with them.
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04-04-2010, 07:23 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gold Bar
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Well it was easter and a decent day out and wanted to head out for a bit to see how my new link configuration works out. So my lil girl snapped some pics for me.     |
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04-04-2010, 07:26 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gold Bar
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This place is called the HOT SPOT and its like 8 minutes from my house. We have a line called the Bonus line--one we have been trying again and again to get up. Well I flippin made it. My buddy was with me and was like no way. So I tried it again to see if it was a fluke and pulled it off again with pics...       |
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04-05-2010, 02:50 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Finland
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Looking good! What color that are actually, some neon orange?  |
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04-06-2010, 11:02 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gold Bar
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I went back monday and shot some video of the rig. I will have to snap some pics of my new upper link setup--but I kinda did what 53 willies did on his rear. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qilzr_MHdHc |
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04-07-2010, 10:02 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Beach
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Ya i remember that v-notch from the last comp....nice video bud...  One thing though where are the gates??..it is only bashing not practice without gates  |
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04-07-2010, 10:10 AM
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04-07-2010, 08:26 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: AZ
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Wheres the pics already.
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05-06-2010, 12:26 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gold Bar
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Well Vanquish finally came out with there new 850 hubs--just what I was waiting for so I ordered 2 sets.  Here they are next to the 750's  This time I am going to run equal width front/rear and see how I like it. But this will give me a 1/4" more width which is exactly what I have been wanting. I also pulled the front shafts and modded them for more steering angle. Tommorow night I will get the knuckles clearanced and then see if I need to change my steering with the extra travel. |
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05-06-2010, 06:15 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Marysville, WA
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It's about time you stepped up with your steering!  Just don't cut too much, like someone else we know...  |
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