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Old 02-19-2007, 04:04 PM   #1
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It has been a long time since I have had a rig, and well I have been out of the scene for quite some time too. So I got this rig together to stomp everyone at the WE Rock comp lol and show up all the old folk lol

Named "Mee" because well i could not think of a great name and im tall, skinny, and lanky and this chassis is too. lol

Thanks to Kenn, FrankyRizoo, and Scott, DieselFuel, I got this truck put together. Kenn donated me the chassis, tranny, and wheels and tires. And both of them helped me assemble it. Thanks guys, I really appreciate it.



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Specs:
Pimp Slap Chassis
55t lathe
XRS
TQ3
8 Cell AA

Future plans:
Axle C's
Alum knuckles
Brushless system
cvd's when they come avail


Im pretty impressed with the truck overall. It can uphill like a champ, and side hill pretty well. Break over is not anything great, and well the limited flex is just something to get use to and work around. Im still learning how to drive this truck, but it has impressed me so far.

Any comments suggestions welcome. Thanks.
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Old 02-19-2007, 04:11 PM   #2
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Slick, what body is that?
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Old 02-19-2007, 04:17 PM   #3
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For future plans, add bearings. You wont regret it! Get them when you get the knuckles, if you get the knuckles from R2J, you'll get a good price on them. Looks good, btw.
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Nice, that body looks mean slammed like that.
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Slick, what body is that?
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Nice, that body looks mean slammed like that.
Thanks, I still need to cut a little off the front, when I reverse the front fenders just tuck under the tire, its pretty funny to watch tho lol
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how much flex?
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how much flex?
A little less than a Tamiya Spray can.
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why do you bother with torsion?
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Why do you bother with posting worthless ****?

I liked my torsion, but shocks are better for my terrain!
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Why do you bother with posting worthless ****?

I liked my torsion, but shocks are better for my terrain!
i dont even see how they work, any examples or explanations on how these work would be nice
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Sounded more like you were saying, why bother?. The L channel flexes!
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what if we bent the L channel into V channel, MORE FLEX maybe?
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Old 02-19-2007, 06:56 PM   #13
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man that terrain looks awwwssssoooommmme! i cant wait to move to Vegas! i like the body work you did. what do you mean by flipping the fenders? what wheels are those? they look great! are they painted hpi spikes? do you have any video? keep up the good work!! by the way nice angels in the pics!!

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i dont even see how they work, any examples or explanations on how these work would be nice
the chassis its self twists... that one is a piece of aluminum angle, mine is two pieces of 1/8" piano wire.
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why do you bother with torsion?

Because it kicks ***?

I'd have a hard time running anything other than torsion right now in 2.2....
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i dont even see how they work, any examples or explanations on how these work would be nice
Did you look for examples? Heres mine with videos.
Purple Pimp test

Looks killer btw great pinched body.
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Old 02-19-2007, 07:23 PM   #17
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thanks for all of the great examples
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man that terrain looks awwwssssoooommmme! i cant wait to move to Vegas! i like the body work you did. what do you mean by flipping the fenders? what wheels are those? they look great! are they painted hpi spikes? do you have any video? keep up the good work!! by the way nice angels in the pics!!
The fenders would get stuck from the body, it would pull the body under the tire i guess. I need to cut it some more.

Some HIp wheels i think lol they are painted silver on the inside. lol

I have a little video, let me get it together.

(Noise is from some where inside the tranny, going to open it up tomorrow and have a looksie.)

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Thanks, I love taking the pictures.






Thanks for all the good comments guys.

The torsions are truely something else, you have to drive one to see.

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cool nice video! that clicking noise is weird. revin9k (i drive a type-r civic redline 9,200 rpm)
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