Its all Unimogers fault, Now finished 5/2
 

I blame the fact that I now have another tlt on Ben :lol: j/k with ya Ben ;-) A while back I had gotten a hilux body/chassis and Ben inquired what I was doing with it, Well I decided that id rather have some a little bit more usable that wouldnt require as much time and effort ( considering I have 97 million other projects going on :roll: ) so we did a little swap and this is what I ended up with...A badass CJ 8 scrambler :mrgreen:

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This is my 1st comp style rig, I wanted something scale but much more capable as far crawling goes and what better way then with a bulu 2:) I havent had much time to work on it, I had my stp dad mount the body for me( he is good as that stuff, and I cant afford to mess is up) and I install a Tekin 2 in it so far. Hopefully ill have it running by 2nite

Specs...

-Bulu 2
maxx links
-non narrowed Moabs with cut foams and BBS :shock: yes thats right they are not narrowed :lol: and there wont be any wideners either...you will see why soon enough ;-)
-black wheels with Bens rock rings which are AWESOME by the way
-locked, shaved tlt axles with bearings
-locked Pede trans
-12 tooth 87 tooth gearing
-cj-8 body painted on the outside in NEW conditon :mrgreen:
-Tekin rebel 2
-JR 590z servo
-Traxxas tq 3 radio...for now untill I can get another sysnthesized jr reciever
-Tmaxx shocks

Enjoy, also if you guys have any pointers on setting these things up, let me know, I am in new to the comp rigs :) although it seemed pretty damn good right out of the box :mrgreen: Thanx again Ben, I hope you like the lux as much as I like the cj


Mike

LUCKY! thats very nice bet it will outcrawl all your other rigs:lol:

looks really good Mike, I tried to set it up as best I could for you, so you could just run it as is. I would pre-load the left rear shock a little to battle the mild torque twist, other than that it should be good to go. That body looks awesome on there. :mrgreen:

Correct me if I am wrong. Isn't that a Bulu and not a Bulu 2?
I could be totally wrong. lol

no its a bulu 2 bulu 1's where more a solid peice of aluminum the bulu 2 is much lighter and better:mrgreen:

but still have the motor mounted high.:( nice jeep btw

Ohhh Okay! My Bad!
It's a nice jeep regaurdless.
Ben builds some great trucks.....

Greg

Very Nice!

The whole layout looks good.

Thanx for all the feedback guys, I plan on flat fendering it and removing the flares, it will also recieve a high lift jack when I get them from Ben, hopefully today :mrgreen:

Mike

Very nice looking Jeep mike... Bet it works great...

looks great, kinda reminds me of the 2001 top truck challenge winner

Well I finished up the CJ last night, everything is working and working great, I put an even better servo on the front, good ol' hitec ;-) . Only thing I dont really like is that reverse delay with the Tekin, I have it set to the 0-5 second mode but it seems closer to 5 then anything :roll: Other then it should be a great rig. Here are a few poser shots, showing off the flex and flat fendered, I also added some cool diamond plate :mrgreen:

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check out that custom built 2/3 cell pack;-) nice and small and with 1200 capacity and a 55 turn lathe I should get some reasonable run times :mrgreen:

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Well thats about it for this build untill I get to run it, hopefully Ill get to take it to "the rock" and give it all its got in the next weekend or 2

I also worked on the Trekker last night :shock: Yea I pulled it off the back burner and mounted up the rear shocks and tonight I am going to make the brackets for the trans mount so then they trans will be mounted. After that Ill start the tube work :)


-Mike

Looking good :D

Where did you pick up the diamond-plate effect vinyl?

Parma makes diamond plate sticker sheets, I can get you the part # If you would like, send me a PM

Mike

Looks good Mike! Is that body painted on the outside? If not that is a pretty cool color, very flat! Also I have had quite a few setups with the bulu chassis, and I must admit they work best running low with some droop.

Also you are going to love that battery, I loved the small cells so much I just ordered another pack from cheapbatterypacks.com with their new 1400 intellects. Cant wait to use it :)

Brandon, the truck is painted on the outside, and its definitely a cool realistic color, only thing its missing is the "golden Eagle" across the hood! It probably a 1/4 inch of droop with the losi yellow and white spring combo, It should do pretty well i think. I cant wait to really use it :mrgreen:

Mike

Bad place for a reciever's crystal! :shock:

:lol:

haha yea I know...:roll: Unfortunately I am out of Jr synthesized recievers rigth now so I had to put in the brick of a reciever :lol: , once I have save up a few bucks I will put in a JR one which is more then half the size and is just much better ;-)

Mike