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11-26-2005, 03:47 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Anchorage
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|  My first tlt (work in progress)
Now that I finally retired my modified wild dagger crawler (frame cracked in to many places to repair as well as axle mounts), I decided to try a TLT. Before I ever found this forum, I saw the article by tamiya and ordered the parts to do their rock crawler conversion. I know the stock chasis sucks as well as the belt drive, but I wanted to see what i could do with it untill my SW2 chasis comes in. Here's my tlt with a 10.5" wb, stock motor, 19t pinion, 78mm links and narrowed wild dagger wheels and wild dagger tires tires and of course all diffs locked. I did ditch the cantilevers on the rear suspension but haven't done it to the front yet. Get's a good amount of flex as is. The COG sucks and torque twist is awefull other than that it does ok. It's indoors for now, we got over 12" of snow over past day and half.     Plans are.... SW2 chasis, rustler tranny, lathe motor, moabs 2.2, rims ????, blackfoot axles, um can you say run of the mill tlt!!  And yes I know the body mounts are sticking out too high. They are wild dagger body mounts and i am still messing with the placement. Any comments, suggestions, insults are welcome. ALso if you don't mind.... 120t spur on rustler gear box?Thanks Last edited by crawlak; 11-26-2005 at 03:50 AM. |
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11-26-2005, 05:27 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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just play with it as much as you can for now. once you get a real chassis under it you'll appreciate the difference that much more. Bender's chassis looks like a good 'un. |
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11-26-2005, 05:41 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Centennial, CO
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Tamiya had an article? I knew that RC Car action did, but not tamiya. Looks pretty good from the pics. Real shocks should help your suspension woes.
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11-26-2005, 05:54 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mendocino (NOR-CAL)
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11-26-2005, 08:34 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Central NY
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OMFG where did you get the scion? i love them, the xb is my favorite. and nice job with the crawler. you probably wont have to get rid of the cantilevers cause its got enough artic as is. |
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11-26-2005, 09:45 PM
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Wow you guys are really taking it easy on newbies lately huh! Has anyone else tried the wild dagger body on their tlt's? It fit really well without having to cut it at all. Once my wheelbase gets longer than 10.5" it probably won't fit so well though. Thanks for the comments. I forgot to mention my center chasis clearance is just a little under 3" but that doesn't mean anything as it rolls over! Quote:
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11-26-2005, 09:59 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mendocino (NOR-CAL)
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11-26-2005, 10:28 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Anchorage
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Not everyone "pimps" them out. And they are not anything like a crappy honduh element. You should test drive an xb, it's one of the most practical AND fun cars I've ever had. My previous cars were an 88 5.0 mustang, a 91 explorer and a 2000 zr2 chevy s10. This is my favorite so far. Yes the marketing is stupid, and it is a toyota but thats good because toyota's last. The best part is I can fit a 1/4 scale rc aerobatic plane and can pretty much fit allot of things into it and I get 32mpg all city driving! With the seats folded down for cargo the length from the dash to the hatch is over 90 inches, longer than my truck bed was. If I angle it I can fit a 8 foot piece of lumbar easy. That and it's much cheaper than an element. $14,300 is a great price on a new car that comes with trac control, stability assist air bags, power everything and a decent stereo all as standard. Pay no attention to the commercials  Now if you had said it's ugly..... then I'd say yes, to most people it is. | |
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11-26-2005, 10:58 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2004
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man you wanna talk practical, i drive a 77 ford ranchero. Theres nothing more practical than a car, with a truck bed. I dont get 32mpg though, more around 8. And I just so happen to live a little under 4 miles from my school. So yeah it costs me a gallon of gas a day to get to school, but man do i love that 351 big block under the hood. And i know all about people and how the react to a different looking car. If i had a penny for every person thats called my car ugly, well i wouldnt be going to public school in the middle of mississippi. just remember that quote "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" nice crawler, keep us updated |
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11-26-2005, 11:05 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mendocino (NOR-CAL)
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11-26-2005, 11:12 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: drillin Holes for the man
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just an fyi honda copied toyota on the box. toyota has been building that thing for the (JDM) Japanesse Domestic Market for over 5 years now. there just new to use here in the states. but i would have to agree an the 18" dub coment. its just domb. ats not a dub till its 20" duh. some times people are so stupid. |
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11-26-2005, 11:27 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Grand Forks, ND
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i going to try to settle this. although im pretty much putting myself up to get flamed. both are practical. we have that agreed. both are ugly. although some think they are "cute" most do not neither is better than the other. |
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11-27-2005, 12:09 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mendocino (NOR-CAL)
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11-27-2005, 01:28 AM
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looking back at my post, man I was sure getting defensive! HA. I will say that I would never drive an xB that looks like my rc version. GAG!!! Anyway, thanks for the comments so far on my tlt. I've got all my parts I need to do my sw2 chasis except the chasis. ANTICIPATION!! I also was going to order some 2.2 moabs but I caved in at the LHS and got some masher 2000's so I'm pinching them in on my narrowed rims and trying to figure out how I'm going to do the foam. |
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11-27-2005, 03:43 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2005 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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Good to see some more AK people on here. Some other AK'er is getting his TLT setup with an RBX... which means I am WAY behind the curve and need to get building again.
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11-28-2005, 12:19 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Anchorage
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How does a RBX compare to Bender's chasis? I figured there was some others from Alaska because at house of hobbies they just sold their last lathe motor, pede yokes, and various other parts I needed. I got most of what I needed from Hobby Craft and the rest is on order.
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01-10-2006, 02:09 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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Yes, here ya go, it's called 'Rock-Crawling With Tamiya, An Idea is Born,' By John Hallman. Interesting article : http://www.tamiyausa.com/articles/fe...article-id=135 Scroll down to the bottom and they have a bunch of pics too...I like the yellow Ford F150 with the yellow rims...reminds me of my 1:1 Yota crawler. BTW, nice trucks crawlak! I love the scale looks of the TLT-1! Any body off pics? I see you inboarded the tops of your rear shocks...nice too. Last edited by Natedog; 01-10-2006 at 10:42 PM. | |
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