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02-16-2005, 05:27 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lowell Michigan
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|  The Chronicles Of The Blue Ox
Well I know nobody has seen the Blue Ox yet but since its allready up to phase three I figure its about time to show her off. Phase One: Wheel Base: 11.5" Ground Clearance: 4" Motors: Stock Silver Cans with 15's Tires: Stock Body: Lexan Stock Body Other Comments: I picked this bad boy up at a garage sale in a box of rc "junk" for $40 the box contained a midnight pumkin that I promptly sold for $60 to a guy at work. A few black foot parts that i threw away. And (drumroll please...) one totally stock rolling clod, and a sassy chassy clod running one s3003 servo for steering, an MSC, silver cans, and bearings. this is the one i chopped the frame on and added aluminum shocks i also built custom mounts to keep the axles from rotating. (this added about 10 degrees or artic) i drove this around once threw it in a box under my bed and resolved to make it my winter project. Phase Two: Wheel Base: 16.5" Ground Clearance: 7.5" Motors: Integy Lathe Motors with 9's Tires: Stock/ Cut Body: Proline Jeep CJ8 (Duh) Other Comments:After going to church camp for a week and having my friends new mod clod crawl all over my stampede I decided it was time to take my clod to the next level and have every aspect of it bigger and better than his gone are the wimpy sevros and the welcome addition of lathe motors give it the power advantage my clod needs. This time around I built my own frame out of lexan added four link suspension (however never use a rubber ruler your truck will be way different than you planned) cut the tires put some real motors and the torque of 9 tooth pinions to work however the trucks articulation was a crazy 120 degrees which obviously made for terrible crawling. this truck performed great in the woods but on the rocks it sucked something awful the axles would turn every time it articulated and with two wheel steering it was extremely hard to correct and the high ground clearance meant tons of roll overs but if i lowered the ground clearance the truck would grow to a wheel base of 19 inches which meant tons of high centering. Phase Three: in progress Wheel Base: 16.5-17" Ground Clearance: 4.5-5" Motors: Lathes with hidden 9's Tires: Stock/Cut Body: The Jeep Other Comments: after weighing the 8 pound monster i decided weight and ground clearance must both go. If I ever figure out how to post pics i will throw them on here. -Brad |
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02-16-2005, 08:31 PM
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| MODERATOR™   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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03-02-2005, 04:03 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lowell Michigan
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|  Heres a body on shot showing it dwarfing a 2 litre |
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03-02-2005, 04:06 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lowell Michigan
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opps my bad thats the body off heres the body on one  |
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03-02-2005, 04:40 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Richmond,VA
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How do you get inside that thing being so high off the ground?  Most crawlers around here have about 4'' of clearance..Lower it more. Keep working on it and look at some of the members rides for ideas. try to keep the links parallel. |
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03-02-2005, 04:50 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Redding, CA
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ya thet thing is WAY to tall. lower it about 5".  |
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03-02-2005, 05:26 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Redding CA
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That thing is so high definately lower it
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03-02-2005, 05:30 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2004
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lower it, about 10 inches!!!, but then it looks ok
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03-02-2005, 05:44 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lowell Michigan
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lol thanks for the idea guys dont worry those are the phase two pics. now its 4 inches lower clearance and the bodys 4 inches lower as well making it 8 inches shorter but its actually half an inch longer i cut all the links down milled out the battery tray as well as milling a spot for the SR to sit lower for a total of half a pound lighter 4 inches lower CG and it doesnt always look like its falling over as soon as i get the next roll of film developed i will post phase three. im just about ready to tear it back apart and do a phase four making a stick type chassis you will notice too once i get phase three pics up that i now have behind the axle steering gotta tell you i love it it helps tons with approach angles especially with stock 6 inch tires Brad |
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03-03-2005, 09:38 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004
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03-03-2005, 09:39 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004
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PS. Why waste time putting the coke can under the belly......you should have put the liter bottle under there!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
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03-04-2005, 09:31 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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Lower it until the upper links are flat. 5" of clearance is still too much. mine has 4.5" and I'd lower it more but my wheelbase is too long (bottoms out)
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03-04-2005, 08:12 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lowell Michigan
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speachless??? man thats gotta be a first wanna be digler  |
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