Marlene Cwalrer

[JatoTheRipper]

The finished product looks great. And that scale town is bad ass! Where is that located?

[imthatguy]

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper

The finished product looks great. And that scale town is bad ass! Where is that located?

Thanks, Smiggin's Folly.

[Natedog]

Originally Posted by imthatguy

I'll shoot some video for the video follow up video I need to shoot and edit this week. Indeed, I trimmed the transfer case shafts to fit the Boars of Wilde.

Moar photos because Smiggin's.

Thanks!

Nice pictures.

Any plans to move the front shock towers back and mount front shocks behind the axle or would that tend to defeat the purpose since it's got BTA steering?

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by imthatguy

Thanks, Smiggin's Folly.

That's Headquake's town, right?

[imthatguy]

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper

That's Headquake's town, right?

No, his is called Headquake Offroad Park. This one's n00b's.

[imthatguy]

Originally Posted by Natedog

Thanks!

Nice pictures.

Any plans to move the front shock towers back and mount front shocks behind the axle or would that tend to defeat the purpose since it's got BTA steering?

No plans to do that. I'll investigate if it's necessary. Seems pretty well setup as it sits now.

[Shinchu]

NICE PICS!
not sure about the moving ones... Harley (Josh?) said something in his weekly update about getting footage of your vs4-10. thought maybe he got something of the rainbow yoota also? maybe its a different event? i start thinking of all this west coast guy going to east coast and north and south and my eyes go crossed lol
maybe i'll just wait for his vid.

and im blown away jato didn't know about smiggins folly!
*because n00b ;)
Welcome to Smiggin's Folly

**annnd my mind just got blown a third time... i didn't even notice the BTA steering!!?! i need to get my eyeballs adjusted! VERY NICE!

Originally Posted by imthatguy

No plans to do that. I'll investigate if it's necessary. Seems pretty well setup as it sits now.

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by Shinchu

and im blown away jato didn't know about smiggins folly!
*because n00b ;)
Welcome to Smiggin's Folly

**annnd my mind just got blown a third time... i didn't even notice the BTA steering!!?! i need to get my eyeballs adjusted! VERY NICE!

I know of Smiggins Folly, but I didn't know who owned it.

I wonder if the BTA works as well as the stock steering.

[imthatguy]

I'm happy to report that I broke nothing and the truck is ready for it's final comp of the season at ECSC. It's usually the hardest C1 course on the calendar and since it's a true SORRCA event, I'll have to mind those reverses. I added a few things to make my life easier (as pulling the body off and plugging in the battery and screwing the body down drives me crazy).

First, I screwed some grub screws into the body mount posts so now the whole body is a friction fit. I don't remember who did this the first time, but they deserve a prize. I also added a PowershiftRC Deadman switch in the form of a Propane tank. Now, when I plug my battery in and put the body on, I take the top half of the propane tank off and poof, power is cut! Now it can happily wait in line without draining the battery! Success!

[imthatguy]

Oops, my axels fell off. I WAN REFNUD.

I replaced them with Curries thanks to JEC for the mounts, and since I had them off, clocked the motor much lower on the chassis. Comp.

[svt923]

I'd demand a refund for that clearly knockoff "Marn" fairlead.

[Bananaclip]

Originally Posted by imthatguy

Oops, my axels fell off. I WAN REFNUD.

I replaced them with Curries thanks to JEC for the mounts, and since I had them off, clocked the motor much lower on the chassis. Comp.

Very smart move on the axle swap! I have wondered when a TF2 guy would do this....

[imthatguy]

Happy to report this little guy took 7th of 57 at the ECSC. Very pleased with the result. Most of the top scores were near perfect, and came down to time. I had five reverses and full scale points, so it was a tight race. Couldn't be happier with the setup.

[JatoTheRipper]

I need to do the grub mod. The stock body mounting system (screws) is terrible.

Genius idea using the propane tank as a switch!

[Jus]

How are the rear shocks bolted to the axles? Putting 10.2 Curries under my new tf2 right now.

[shhuskins]

Does just regular styrene solvent bond to the truck body for the half doors??

[Natedog]

Originally Posted by Jus

How are the rear shocks bolted to the axles? Putting 10.2 Curries under my new tf2 right now.

JEC Racing leaf spring mounts, aluminum or brass:

https://jecracing.com/

Originally Posted by shhuskins

Does just regular styrene solvent bond to the truck body for the half doors??

Yes, but I prefer to use a home mixed Acetone/styrene slurry with proper matching color plastic. Use a small glass jar with acetone, chop up bits of the plastic scrap into it, stir, screw lid on shake and wait a couple hours. Stir occasionally and add plastic or acetone as needed. I've found better to start slightly thin/runny as it dries/thickens quickly when un-capped and working. For the bottle I used and old Testors liquid model cement bottle, saw Matt used a small Mason jam/jelly jar for his mix.

Nice side effect is the slurry fills any gaps, easily sands down just like the body itself, and when dry the part is very strong as though it was molded that way.