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09-15-2006, 09:27 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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|  updates on blacksmoke UPDATES ON 2ND, PAGE CHECK THE WEBSHOTS LINK im buying a star this weekend so ill be posting pics soon. i got bored and started messing with the suspension. i cut about 1/2" out of each spring, drilled a hole in the spring cup things on the shocks and ziptied the springs in place to keep them from falling out of place. then adjusted shock mounting points and ive got a low stance awesome driveshaft angles, and all kinds of droop travel! heres my webshots: http://community.webshots.com/user/d...host=community full compression http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...97041645HtCeTR ride height http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...97041645EbUlQy full droop http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...97041645xAuyoy let me know what you think! Last edited by dieselfuel; 10-20-2006 at 12:37 AM. |
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09-15-2006, 09:31 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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Nice man looks good.I spy a "primered/painted" BB-51!
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09-15-2006, 09:32 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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top of shocks http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...97041645eLsYnW at full droop http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...97041645xgGOVO |
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09-15-2006, 09:40 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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|  that you do.................................. sshhhhhhhh...  oh also im not sure if i mentioned it but i installed my fat-rock axle Cs... awesome product, PITA to install kinda but very strong my truck dove off the couch right onto the left rear tire and suffered no damage at all. |
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09-16-2006, 09:06 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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Looks good. Pretty soon you won't be needing me. The pic of Highmark in front of the TV porn has me in stitches. |
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09-16-2006, 12:19 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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dont worry ill still be your friend... yeah i thought that one was great too... |
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09-16-2006, 12:45 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: One Legend.
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Have you actually tried crawling with it yet? I'd be worried about torque twist with that set up... |
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09-16-2006, 01:17 PM
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i have some last night. it twists a litle more but still very tolerable. i think the 60/40 link setup helps eliminate the twist some. this is just experimental anyway, if i doesnt work, im out $5 in springs oh well... but so far i like the droop travel, its a belly drager but when it hangs up the suspesnion droops like a bunch and it finds traction pretty easily.
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09-16-2006, 01:19 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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lookin' good D. Try putting some 35-80wt oil in the left rear shock that will just about kill it all.keep up the good work, nice rings  | |
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09-16-2006, 01:23 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: One Legend.
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Cool that the TT is not so bad. Like Uni said the heavier oil can kill some of that too. |
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09-16-2006, 01:32 PM
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yeah i was gonna pick up some later today... 80wt should do it. ive got i think 30 in the others. or maybe 35, i dunno. they could all use a little more oil though.
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09-16-2006, 01:43 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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I use 10 in all of mine and 35 in the left rear. on traxxas big bore aluminums. | |
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09-16-2006, 01:46 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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what oil comes stock with the titanium nitride T-MAXX shocks? cuz thats what ive got in them all right now.
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09-16-2006, 07:45 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Borderland Tejas
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What shocks and springs are you running blacksmoke? Have a link?
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09-16-2006, 08:08 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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i use titanuim nitride t-maxx shocks with losi pinks on the fron and losi oranges on the rear all springs have 1/2" cut out of them. shocks... but mine are the titanuim nitride ones... http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXSP65&P=ML i wasnt able to find links to the springs, but they're team losi orange and pink truck springs. unimoger: i put some 50wt oil in the left rear and it killed almost all of the twist thanks man! |
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09-17-2006, 10:25 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austin Texas
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I'm digging it man, the revolver and those rings really do it for me Speaking of which, the Quark/revolver combo kicks *** hu? |
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09-17-2006, 10:31 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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Today in Boulder City.
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09-17-2006, 10:35 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austin Texas
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Who'se the punk *** kid with the mohawk?
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09-18-2006, 12:37 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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dude rizzo you rock! thankyou soo much! im buying a star next weekend. and yes highmark the revolver setup does kick ***! how are you liking yours? and you know damn well who that sexy punk *** kid is!
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09-21-2006, 05:50 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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well the spring setup kinda sucked... i was trying to mimic the suspensions on some 1:1 crawlers with tons of droop and missing links and whatnot. but in this aplication, it flopped, literally, tons of times... it flexed too much, the shocks would max out before a tire lifted, waaayy too soft. and when climbing it unloaded too easily. like this, there was no reason for it to be 3 wheeling on that climb. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/attac...1&d=1158553901 one climb rizzo's SW2 (identical link setup/weight/tire/motor) went up first shot, took some effort but it made it first try. mine took 8 tries before i got it. it just kept unloading and flipping over backwards. and the extra droop managed to get tires sucked into holes more often than i liked. the front end actually droops a little more than i like because the front shaft rubs very slightly on the SW2 skidplate and i had to adjust the links to keep the axle from rolling back at full droop. i put the red maxx springs back on the rear and left the front alone with the exception of the link adjustment. we'll see how that does this weekend. ill keep you all updated. |
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