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Old 05-01-2006, 08:35 AM   #1
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Talking Its all Unimogers fault, Now finished 5/2

I blame the fact that I now have another tlt on Ben 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 ) so we did a little swap and this is what I ended up with...A badass CJ 8 scrambler











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

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-Bulu 2
maxx links
-non narrowed Moabs with cut foams and BBS yes thats right they are not narrowed 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
-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 Thanx again Ben, I hope you like the lux as much as I like the cj


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Old 05-01-2006, 08:40 AM   #2
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LUCKY! thats very nice bet it will outcrawl all your other rigs
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Old 05-01-2006, 09:04 AM   #3
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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.
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Correct me if I am wrong. Isn't that a Bulu and not a Bulu 2?
I could be totally wrong. lol
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Old 05-01-2006, 11:28 AM   #5
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no its a bulu 2 bulu 1's where more a solid peice of aluminum the bulu 2 is much lighter and better
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no its a bulu 2 bulu 1's where more a solid peice of aluminum the bulu 2 is much lighter and better
but still have the motor mounted high.:( nice jeep btw
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no its a bulu 2 bulu 1's where more a solid peice of aluminum the bulu 2 is much lighter and better


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

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Very Nice!

The whole layout looks good.
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Old 05-01-2006, 01:42 PM   #9
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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

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Old 05-01-2006, 06:29 PM   #10
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Very nice looking Jeep mike... Bet it works great...
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Old 05-01-2006, 06:36 PM   #11
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looks great, kinda reminds me of the 2001 top truck challenge winner
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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 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





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







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 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


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Looking good

Where did you pick up the diamond-plate effect vinyl?
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Old 05-02-2006, 09:12 AM   #14
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Parma makes diamond plate sticker sheets, I can get you the part # If you would like, send me a PM

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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
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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

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Bad place for a reciever's crystal!

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Old 05-03-2006, 07:04 AM   #18
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Bad place for a reciever's crystal!

haha yea I know... Unfortunately I am out of Jr synthesized recievers rigth now so I had to put in the brick of a reciever , 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

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