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10-24-2006, 04:47 PM
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| MWRCA'er  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Machesney Park IL
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|  Tuber Rock buggy
After being fed up with duplicate TLT designs that all look the same. I decided to start a build up on a tube frame. After finding a picture of Brad Styles 1:1 comp buggy in a magazine. I used it to base my structure. 12" wheelbase evader shocks 1/4 brake line brazed with a Oxy Mapp torch. Brushless Quark and revolver setup front steer with dig possibly Stealth Trans It will look better once I get to the final stages. I still have some stuff to braze.  Last edited by Mnster; 10-25-2006 at 12:07 AM. |
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10-24-2006, 04:51 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: portland
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nice start........its good to see something different
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10-24-2006, 04:51 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cedar Rapids
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Looks like a good start  you still have a ways to go before it looks like that.
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10-24-2006, 04:52 PM
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| Im Brandon   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Colfax, CA
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Nice "setup"  Should look great with some panels on there. What tires are you going to run? I would say some narrowed mashers would look sweet.
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10-24-2006, 04:53 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Redlands
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Jim's not involved? Or is tuber's Rick's cup of tea?
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10-24-2006, 05:09 PM
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| Dirt Addict   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stumblin' thru the parking lot of an invisible 7-Eleven
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Nice start and a cool axle jig setup.....can see all the dims easily. Jay |
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10-24-2006, 05:28 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Calgary Alberta Canada
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Ya that is a pretty cool jig set up and all around a cool truck.
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10-25-2006, 12:02 AM
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What do you all think of the longer links in the front? Does it look odd ball? Don't know I really don't want this truck any shorter. The shock mounting positions line up as it sits. I want to be able to climb big hills without a whole lot of struggle, this is a comp truck after all. I figured 12" would be the happy medium for turning and climbing. I like the way the stock TLT shocks look however the performance sucks. I might experiment with heavy diff oils. I may just end up going with internal springs in the evader shocks. Quote:
Thats my brothers tube buggy in the backround in the last pic. | ||
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10-25-2006, 12:20 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA
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Looks cool. I have one in the works also. Buggy's are on the rise.  |
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10-25-2006, 01:00 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: wollongong, NSW, Australia
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looks mad  cant wait to see it finished Shane |
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10-26-2006, 07:27 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austin Texas
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Looks cool, I like the skineyness of it. Also cool to see my old orange bronco in the magazine clipping on the wall  |
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10-26-2006, 07:51 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mt.View CA
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Looks great. I like the simplicity of it. One of those wheelbase jigs has been on my "must have" list for a long time now. |
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10-26-2006, 08:33 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2005 Location: United States Of America
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What are you using for the link material?
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10-26-2006, 08:38 PM
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| MWRCA'er Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Machesney Park IL
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Brakeline tapped for 6-32 studs.
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10-27-2006, 06:16 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: wollongong, NSW, Australia
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Cant wait to see it done Shane |
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10-27-2006, 02:48 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2005 Location: United States Of America
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Hmm good to know. Thank you . Also would you ever consider a BTA steering since its gonna be a buggy? | |
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10-27-2006, 03:49 PM
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| MWRCA'er Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Machesney Park IL
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I've considered it, I just can't get it to work with the current position of the lower links. Someone needs to make some high steer knuckles for these trucks. The rear will have rear dig.
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11-02-2006, 11:20 PM
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| MWRCA'er Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Machesney Park IL
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Some more progress  Rear dig driveshaft, still have to hook up the linkage.  Front battery and servo mount, trying to keep the COG as low as possible.  |
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11-03-2006, 02:27 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: wollongong, NSW, Australia
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That is one tuff lookin tuber Shane |
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11-04-2006, 05:46 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: loves park,il
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lookin awsome man. cant wait to see it on the rocks! keep it up. |
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