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11-19-2006, 10:14 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PDX
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|  My newly built comp crawler
So I built my first crawler earlier this year, and got hooked. So after getting together with some local guys and having some competitions, I decided that I should build another one, but make it a little more comp worthy. I think I have a great start and will find out within the next few weeks for sure. I would like to thank this board for the wealth of knowledge that I have gained through reading and searching. And I would also like to thank a few of the vendors, namely RD400 and run2jeepn. Ok, on to the specs and pics. Homemade chassis, with a hi-density teflon skid, and link mounts T4 Stealth, locked Integy 55t TLT axles shimmed and locked w/ bearings and Fat rock C's AL knuckles Tobee 24mm wideners Erickson Beadlocks with Moabs Moped ESC HT 645 TQ3 radio and RX Stainless steel lower links and tie rod HPI Jeep body Here are some of the build pics: Chassis with tranny and motor mounted, and servo/link mounts  All built up  Center ground clearance  Obligatory bench top flex shot  With the body mounted  Tell me what you guys think. |
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11-19-2006, 10:24 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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I like it, not a green fan, but that looks nice. Almost looks like Del Sol green.  |
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11-19-2006, 10:26 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Antonio
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lo0kz pimp... |
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11-19-2006, 10:36 PM
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11-19-2006, 10:39 PM
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11-20-2006, 09:51 PM
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| Moderator Rule Breaker   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin, Tx
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looks sweet, When ya doing a shakedown run on it ?
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11-20-2006, 10:16 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PDX
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I'm gonna try to get a little time on it Tues after work up North, before it gets dark. Otherwise, I'm going to try and get to Bull or Barton Creek a few times this upcoming week, to get it tweaked. You gonna be around?
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11-20-2006, 10:21 PM
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*Edit* I just remember that tues is no-go for me. But the rest of week and weekend I'am free. Last edited by eric113; 11-20-2006 at 11:13 PM. | |
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11-22-2006, 08:59 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PDX
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So I take it out on the inaugural run, hoping to find the things that need to be tweaked, in order to really accomplish what I had set out to do: Build a truely comp worthy truck off my own chassis. Well, it preformed beautifully....until about the 30 minute mark. Right front and rear left wheels aren't moving. Stripped hexes in the Erickson's? Couldn't be! It wasn't, and now I know why they no longer sell the old style axle shaft.  front right  left rear  And of course Tamiya is out of them which means everyone else is too. Great. Time to plunder the older truck with the Max Climber shafts. |
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11-22-2006, 09:17 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Damn....looks like a great build!
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11-22-2006, 09:59 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Nor Cal
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Looks great! How's it handle? What type of shocks are those? They look longer than most iv'e seen.
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11-22-2006, 10:17 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Medford Oregon
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The rig looks like it should work very well! | |
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11-22-2006, 11:03 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PDX
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Thanks. It handled a lot better than I thought it might. Most of the weight is down low. The Erickson wheels with the tires and modified foams weigh a little over 8 ozs a piece, which is almost 3.5 ozs more than with the same tires and the AE beadlocks I had before. And the Stainless lower links add a little extra weight down low as well. I think if I build a saddle pack of 2/3 A's and run them on both sides of the servo, I could get it a lot lower too. All in good time... The shocks are the Yeah Racing 110mm that run2jeepn sells. And that is the eye-eye length. |
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11-22-2006, 11:34 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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Nice build. Someday, someone will make titainum < spelling?> axle shafts. |
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11-22-2006, 12:25 PM
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11-22-2006, 03:33 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway
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| Cool chassis, nice work When did you paint the lid? I painted my 2 days ago, i`ll let the pic answer why i`m asking   |
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11-22-2006, 04:56 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PDX
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That's funny. I painted mine on Sunday but bought the supplies a week before. What's crazy is I saw this old can of Tamiya racing green at the hobby shop, and it was the only can. I hadn't seen one with those colors, so I figured it'd be different, and it was calling me or something. I guess it was calling you too... just over long distance. Nice looking lid, by the way. |
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11-22-2006, 05:23 PM
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| Moderator Rule Breaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin, Tx
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Did you get that jr servo arm ?
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11-22-2006, 07:17 PM
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11-22-2006, 07:27 PM
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here ya go.... http://www.servocity.com/html/55701_single_arm.html |
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