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09-11-2005, 05:15 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Utah
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|  TLT Rock Buggy, lots and lots of pics, 56K beware
I'll let the pics tell the story.                 I'll post the finished pics later. David |
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09-11-2005, 05:46 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2005 Location: lost in vintage tamiya land.
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whats that front end from?
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09-11-2005, 05:55 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: huntington beach cali.
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Who cares! That thing is sweet. If you sellit tell me!
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09-11-2005, 06:01 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Crawlifornia Uber Alles
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killer looking rig! i have a complete set of TLT axles that need a tube chassis, my next project. the body panels look great! |
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09-11-2005, 08:25 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Utah
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Here's some pics of it finished.       I'll post pics I took of it on the rocks at Moab later. David | |||
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09-11-2005, 08:32 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Centennial, CO
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Looks real good. What tranny are you using, and where do the batteries go?
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09-11-2005, 09:02 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mendocino (NOR-CAL)
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looks nice but in my opinion the belly hangs waaaay waaaaaay too low. you should have made the tranny sit inside of the tube frame and then made a nice low profile skid plate. harris |
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09-11-2005, 10:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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i agree with harris.... also thoes steering links are some pusssy *** things... try and sleeve them with 3/16 brake line ... but sick truck still |
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09-11-2005, 10:55 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2005 Location: omaha
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Looks killer, but is that copper water line? If it is, don't dump it over very hard. That stuff will bend like no other. Kick butt looking truck anyway.
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09-11-2005, 11:57 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2004
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i know that the tranny is a davkin original, and the truck gets run strong. and if the links were weak he would have them replaced. and he runs gp1100 2/3a cells. but very, very cool project. you and kidwithcrayons keep busting out some sicker and sicker chassises. can you get a vid of it on the rocks as well?? |
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09-11-2005, 11:59 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fresno
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Looks sweet, are those RAM lights or are they rc-neon LED's in custom cases?
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09-12-2005, 08:23 AM
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| Moderator   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: chicago
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wowsers!!  sweet rig. |
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09-12-2005, 01:00 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lake Mary
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damn! j/w what do yall weld with? looks like propain tanks?
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09-12-2005, 06:00 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: SW, Connecticut
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09-12-2005, 06:17 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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mabey  lol i just hate to see a cool crawler with gay little steering links...
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09-12-2005, 06:49 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Utah
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Well, I originally had a long post with responses to everyone's comments but IE locked up on me and I lost it, and I don't feel like typing it all again, so here are just the promised Moab photos;          |
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09-12-2005, 06:52 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Centennial, CO
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Your truck looks absolutely insane and so scale on those rocks. When are you going to send pics to RC Driver for your free subscription?
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09-12-2005, 06:54 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: ORegon
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i run stock tlt steering links and have taken some pretty nasty falls and have beat them on the rocks several times too with no problems. Lighter is better eh? I always underbuild and if it breaks i rebuild (maybe a bit stronger). That way i know how light i can go without completely giving up durability. But anyways the point is that those skimpy steering links work just fine.
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09-12-2005, 06:55 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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it does look scale but that belly hangs soo low... lol i bent my links in 10 seconds on the rocks when i had them all ***** like that... i mean come on its a little rod that makes your links soo strong.... i have actually made the front link one time when it wasnt sleeved bend in a u... i was going up this hill and the front left tire caught hard and smushed the link up in a U... lol it was great but what ever floats ur boat... at least sleve the lower link ... so ur front tires dont bend the link to make the tires lok like this /--\
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09-12-2005, 07:10 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Utah
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And I agree with C-Crawler, you have a steering link fetish. I've been using these links as is for several months and they look almost new and I don't have any of the issues you describe. Relocating them above the knuckles keeps them from rock damage. And to prove how competitive this truck is, you only have to look at the results of the UTRCRC Moab comp. While the official results show me as finishing 10th that is due to one little stupid mistake that cost me 10 points. The 2nd course was a relatively low-technical, fast course. I screwed up and thought I had a straight shot at the final gate but just barely hit a marker. Without that little error I would have ended up tied for 4th. BTW, that was tight competition! 10 points usually wouldn't be worth so many positions at a UTRCRC comp. The truck could use some minor improvements. Mainly I still can' t climb quite as steep as I'd like to. I think I'm going to length the rear links a bit and maybe add a little weight to the front wheels. Other than that I think this little buggy works about as good as a 2.2 crawler can. David Last edited by Davkin; 09-12-2005 at 07:18 PM. | |
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