Bob & Doug Mckenzie's King Richard Petty Truck Ok, here is where I need SVT923 sitting by my side. I need his humor and mastery of words!!! But since it's a long way from Oregon to The Carolina's I don't think that's going to happen!"thumbsup" As most of you already know I like to step out of the box a little and can't leave anything stock! Knowing this my good friends Bob and Doug commissioned me to build a "King Richard" truck for the "Nasty-Car Truck crawling Series" starting next spring. So right off the bat I knew that My good friend Katan at SSD, a race truck chassis manufacturing company in England would help with the chassis and axle design. Being who they are and just a little off the deep end the brothers wanted to use a Jeep Nukizer body :lmao::lmao::lmao:??? Hey, as long as their money is good who am I to question? I like a good challenge! "thumbsup" So here are a couple ideas I have for design. 1. I want to install a portal axle in the rear. Katan is helping me with that. He sent me some newly design alum axle tubes, portal housings/covers and a diamond gear housing (because I will need to flip the housing because of the 2 gear portals) I will have a math professor at Oregon crunch the numbers for me to see what % of overdrive I will wind up with. More on that later. 2. The brothers hired my wife Marcia to design and cut stencils for the numbers and sponsor decals. So she went to work on her Brothers Design and Cut. 3. It's going to be interesting massaging the body to look like a Nasty-Car truck body. Any suggestions are welcome from you Nasty-Car Truck fans !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any Ideas on how to proceed with this build are welcome. These guys are driving me crazy with what they want, and I told them that I can't in anyway make all of it happen. So there you have it, a start of a new build for Codyboy!! At 70, I don't know how many more of these I have in me! :roll::roll: I will start posting up photos in a couple days. "thumbsup" Ernie |
Re: Bob & Doug Mckenzie's King Richard Petty Truck Oh I'm up for keeping up with this thread! |
Re: Bob & Doug Mckenzie's King Richard Petty Truck U n me both soze. Love to see wat master ernie comes up with. Such a great n powerful fabricator Sent from my SM-J327VPP using Tapatalk |
Re: Bob & Doug Mckenzie's King Richard Petty Truck In like Flynn, this collaboration will be legendary... "thumbsup" Everytime I hear "Nukizer", I am gonna think of those pics indybama posted. Someone needs to buy and build up that gorgeous Jeep! http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/traxx...ml#post5971204 |
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Ok, everybody wants to see the box opening! Right? https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...1-IMG_2286.jpg The portal parts from Katan (SSD) feel very good, and it was a snap assembling them, everything spins soooooo smooth."thumbsup" The start to the front axle, going with the overdrive gears in the front. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...2-IMG_2290.jpg Even thought the SSD unis are a great design I still wanted to clearance them a little. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...6-IMG_2295.jpg Next this is how I like to break the unis in. some WD-40 and graphite powder. and then chuck them up in the lathe to work the powder into the joints. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...4-IMG_2293.jpg So I finished up the front axle and I must say I'm not sure what all the complaining is about with the SSD overdrive gears. I used no shims in the Trail King housing and assembled, with about 2 minutes spinning with the drill, it is as smooth as butter! "thumbsup" |
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http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/axial...ml#post5966985 That's a lovely axle, and with the CODYBOY tweaks I'll bet it's silky! "thumbsup" |
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Well the Mckenzie brothers showed up at the shop today and I can see I'm going to have some challenges giving them what they want! Here is Zeke (our mechanic) answering some questions about the axles. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...7-IMG_2296.jpg Tape face in the back ground is getting a kick out of this! https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...8-IMG_2298.jpg They aren't sure they like the idea of the portal axle in the rear??? Zeke is trying to explain the over drive ratio advantage we will be getting to the front wheels. But as soon as he started with the math their eyes glazed over and the lid to the ice chest came off! ;-) OH boy! So Zeke brought out our secretary Hanna to try and explain the math, Big mistake! This is the first time the boy saw her, and they did take notice. So much so that do you see the wrench in her hand.:lmao::lmao: https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...9-IMG_2300.jpg https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...0-IMG_2301.jpg Now Zeke is wondering if bringing her out was a good idea? It seems she may be a distraction. Notice tapes face, he is just about rolling out of his chair laughing. I think he and the brothers are on their third beer. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...1-IMG_2302.jpg Zeke is explaining to Hanna that it might be best if she went back to the office! Of course he was very diplomatic in doing it. :lmao::lmao: https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...2-IMG_2304.jpg More tomorrow maybe. I need to make a trip to Arizona to check out a Nukizer body."thumbsup" Ernie |
Re: Bob & Doug Mckenzie's King Richard Petty Truck :ror: it’s a dramatic beginning but I am glad to get in early on this CODYBOY build. The Nukizer is a fun body. Choice. Thanks Ernie! |
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Keep it up, good sir! "thumbsup" |
Re: Bob & Doug Mckenzie's King Richard Petty Truck Your builds are spot on....very informative, entertaining and technically innovative. I’m ashamed at never commenting while lurking...i’m too close and damn if i’m not the same age :mrgreen: The WD-40 / graphite tip is awesome "thumbsup" made my morning Obviously will be following this.... |
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I like your Build spin so much I decided to try and spice my build skills up a little. We will see if I can maintain this partnership with these guys! Hope you stay tuned in. ;-) Quote:
I'm committed to sharing all my little dumb tricks with everyone. Part of trying to pass what I've learned forward. I will be the first to admit that I'm one of the worst drivers out there so hopefully I pass none of those skills forward, but I think I can home brew a descent truck. 8) Hope you do keep giving +or - input! Ok, moving on. Todays discussion is about the cool SSD tranny/t-case. All I can say is WOW, what a nice design. The brothers like the way it sits down low in the chassis! But they are wondering about the Horsepower that the Holmes brushed motor is going to put out??? I tried to convince them that the 5 pole motor is one of the best. They want a brushless motor, maybe a Holmes 2700kv puller stubby. Any thoughts from some of you? https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...1-IMG_2307.jpg Notice who's watching from her office? https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...3-IMG_2310.jpg A few shots of the chassis without all the noise. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...4-IMG_2311.jpg https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...5-IMG_2312.jpg https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...7-IMG_2314.jpg And on the lift (which is a home brew) so we can see how it looks from the underside. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...8-IMG_2315.jpg https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...9-IMG_2316.jpg So the brothers and I have been talking with a good friend about doing some 3D work for us and proud to welcome HumboldtEF to the team. Casey is becoming a great designer and is going to help us with some custom parts. So a few photos I sent to him for a new thingamajiggy! You'll have to wait until later to see what it will look like. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...0-IMG_2318.jpg https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...2-IMG_2319.jpg https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...4-IMG_2322.jpg https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...5-IMG_2323.jpg https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...2-IMG_2320.jpg Thanks for looking, more later! Ernie |
Re: Bob & Doug Mckenzie's King Richard Petty Truck This just might be the ultimate Trail / crawler setup with the motor and OD straight axle up front and portal in the rear. Sent from my LM-G710VM using Tapatalk |
Re: Bob & Doug Mckenzie's King Richard Petty Truck Love the diorama work! I'd love to do my builds like that, but that would involve me having more than just my computer desk to work off of! |
Re: Bob & Doug Mckenzie's King Richard Petty Truck Good choice on the new project, I dont think it will disappoint! I too wish I was a funny as SVT923! Heres a peak at the battery tray design. Looks like the mount for the pro axles will work on the portal axles with a little modification. I made up a new rear crossmember that should provide the extra height required. https://i.imgur.com/6PFdob4l.jpg I just posted up more pictures of the battery tray in my build thread http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/ssd-t...il-king-2.html |
Re: Bob & Doug Mckenzie's King Richard Petty Truck [QUOTE=CODYBOY;5972091] Thanks Postclanker, I can't believe that we are just down I-5 from each other that we haven't at leased got together for a cup of coffee! Ha...that coffee better come with a couple 3s and a tiny truck "thumbsup" https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...2-IMG_2320.jpg That’s just nasty looking...I have to look at the portals again, they’re beginning to grow on me. |
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Re: Bob & Doug Mckenzie's King Richard Petty Truck A couple new things to post today. Zeke is checking the difference in the height of the front and rear shocks to see how much the portals are raising the chassis in the rear. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...1-IMG_2324.jpg https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...2-IMG_2325.jpg This will show us how much we need to extend some new rear shock towers. So to the lay-out and soldering tables. When I want the bends to be very exact I score my tubing or rod with a cut off wheel in the Dremel. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...3-IMG_2326.jpg Soldering on some mounting tabs. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...4-IMG_2327.jpg And U shaped mounting brackets. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...5-IMG_2328.jpg The raw shock towers are test fitted before going the paint booth. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...6-IMG_2331.jpg I've posted this process in some of my other builds, but I will post up again how I paint and cure most all my manufactured tube and rod parts. I use high temp engine paint and cure It in a old BBQ. 400 degrees for 30 minutes and 300 degrees for another 15 minutes. https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...7-IMG_2334.jpg https://i1264.photobucket.com/albums...8-IMG_2335.jpg I will give them a couple hours and then mount them. More later. Ernie |
Re: Bob & Doug Mckenzie's King Richard Petty Truck This thing is looking great! I will definitely be keeping an eye on this build! Nothing more entertaining and inspiring then a good ol Codyboy build!!! I like the notching the tube for exact bends trick. I've been thinking of making my own shock towers for my Trx. That will help me allot. Keep up the great work brother! "thumbsup" |
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