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looneybin · 09-03-2007, 08:59 PM

ok well i have been working on this tuber for a while now. i wanted it to be my new comp crawler but i have still yet to decide whether or not to keep it. this is by far the best tube chassis i have built. it is brazed brakline with a stainless steel skid/wrap around body panel. it has all stainless hardware and now sports silver mesh roof and hood panels. i have a set of new tlt axles on the way with wideners. i have teflon coated aluminum shocks from associated's gt set up for a droop suspension. i will run a the m2ks and narrow the aluminum wheels. the chassis is set up to use a r2 but any tranny could be modified to work. i want to finnish the project but i really really want a Mad Force so if i find one its gone. if i don't though i will add pictures as i finnish the truck. i will make top links, make stainless link mounts, stainless servo mount, and finnish off all the suspension when the axles arrive later this week. i will post some more pictures tommorrow with the finnished panels and all. so what do ya'll think? good? no? any criticisms? thanks.

looneybin · 09-04-2007, 05:49 AM

nothing.....i thought you all would be all over this thing. i know it isn't finnished but dang. aight then maybe ya''l will like the other pictures.

Just Zach · 09-04-2007, 05:51 AM

Its cool but bigger and more pictures so we can actually see anything would be helpful.

looneybin · 09-04-2007, 06:20 AM

cartronicshn · 09-04-2007, 06:53 AM

Looks really nice, much better than the first pic

, the mesh looks really cool.

clodstall · 09-04-2007, 07:14 AM

looks good and clean man. you need to hurry up and do your move to NC.

looneybin · 09-04-2007, 04:26 PM

5 days till the move. woohoo!

k9popo · 09-04-2007, 05:11 PM

I to like the mesh panels...Great work on the tuber

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clodstall · 09-04-2007, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by looneybin

5 days till the move. woohoo!

cool cool. you were moving to Charlotte area right?
i live around Raleigh.

looneybin · 09-04-2007, 07:15 PM

Mooresville, im going to the Nascar Technical Institute there so i will be right in the heart of race country. can't wait.

looneybin · 09-16-2007, 09:02 PM

well unfortunatly i have to throw this on the back burner. now all i have is the chassis. i sold the axles so i never got to finnish the links. i really wish i had the money to fund this thing but so much crap is going on i don't know. i have big block t maxx project, my brushless propulseR with 64 chevy hardbody, brushless blazer rc10gt, and the 1/8 camaro. but i should soon have my job straightened out and my money for school so who knows. i will still have it listed in the FS just in case it can go to a better home. By the way i didn't get all that much feedback. any comments on the design would be appreciated so i can plan/design the next one accordingly. thanks

Kranberry · 09-16-2007, 09:07 PM

hey do you happen to have pics of how you did the 4 link?

looneybin · 09-16-2007, 09:17 PM

sorry i don't have a camera right here but in the red circles are the mounting points. the front use 2 sets of holes in the tranny plate mount. the rear has bolts brazed to the tubwork that the link ends go one and are secured by a nut. hope that helps

Kranberry · 09-17-2007, 07:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by looneybin

sorry i don't have a camera right here but in the red circles are the mounting points. the front use 2 sets of holes in the tranny plate mount. the rear has bolts brazed to the tubwork that the link ends go one and are secured by a nut. hope that helps

sorry let me clear it up for you. what i was tying to say was: 'how did you mount the links to the axle?'

looneybin · 09-17-2007, 08:38 PM

i just used tlt link brackets. they mount just like on tlts.

looneybin · 09-17-2007, 08:40 PM

and i didn't finnish the linkmounts for the top links but on the rear axle i just made a tube truss like mount which had sheet steel mounts that bolted to the leaf mount holes. confused yet?

Kranberry · 09-17-2007, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by looneybin

i just used tlt link brackets. they mount just like on tlts.

ahh

Quote:

Originally Posted by looneybin

and i didn't finnish the linkmounts for the top links but on the rear axle i just made a tube truss like mount which had sheet steel mounts that bolted to the leaf mount holes. confused yet?

gettin there lol

looneybin · 09-17-2007, 08:49 PM

i have really been debating getting a vendors star on here the past year and builing tubers for customers but i never seem to have much success with the ones i have tried to sell. i love building them and all but it is really discouraging when very few people seem interested in your work. i worked hard on this design, two months actually. not trying to gripe too much but you know. i already have a new chassis in the works which is a little less bold. also i have a pretty nice idea for tube axle trus/linkmounts for the tlt and hl axles. hopefully i can combine them all into this tuber or the next.

666 · 09-17-2007, 08:57 PM

I like the way it looks, I think a not so sloping up hood would look better though. Keep up the good work and lets see more!!

looneybin · 09-17-2007, 09:13 PM

thanks 666. yea i new the hood was alittle much but i need to post more pics at different angles. it fits the personality and profile of the rig good. the next tuber is less dramatic and doesn't have the odd hood. the main thing with this tuber was the lines and it just flowed so i went with it. sometimes it works out and sometimes it don't.

09-03-2007, 08:59 PM	#1
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	looneys sinis(ter)tuber ok well i have been working on this tuber for a while now. i wanted it to be my new comp crawler but i have still yet to decide whether or not to keep it. this is by far the best tube chassis i have built. it is brazed brakline with a stainless steel skid/wrap around body panel. it has all stainless hardware and now sports silver mesh roof and hood panels. i have a set of new tlt axles on the way with wideners. i have teflon coated aluminum shocks from associated's gt set up for a droop suspension. i will run a the m2ks and narrow the aluminum wheels. the chassis is set up to use a r2 but any tranny could be modified to work. i want to finnish the project but i really really want a Mad Force so if i find one its gone. if i don't though i will add pictures as i finnish the truck. i will make top links, make stainless link mounts, stainless servo mount, and finnish off all the suspension when the axles arrive later this week. i will post some more pictures tommorrow with the finnished panels and all. so what do ya'll think? good? no? any criticisms? thanks.

09-04-2007, 06:20 AM	#4
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	Last edited by looneybin; 09-04-2007 at 06:29 AM.

09-04-2007, 06:53 AM	#5
cartronicshn I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: HONDURAS...ROCK HEAVEN Posts: 5,076	Looks really nice, much better than the first pic, the mesh looks really cool.

09-04-2007, 05:11 PM	#8
k9popo I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: * Posts: 2,877	I to like the mesh panels...Great work on the tuber...

09-04-2007, 05:49 AM	#2
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	nothing.....i thought you all would be all over this thing. i know it isn't finnished but dang. aight then maybe ya''l will like the other pictures.

09-04-2007, 05:51 AM	#3
Just Zach '08 2.2 National Champ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC Posts: 5,585	Its cool but bigger and more pictures so we can actually see anything would be helpful.

09-04-2007, 07:14 AM	#6
clodstall I lost my vendor privileges Join Date: May 2006 Location: TOP OF THE HILL Posts: 3,014	looks good and clean man. you need to hurry up and do your move to NC.

09-04-2007, 04:26 PM	#7
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	5 days till the move. woohoo!

09-04-2007, 07:15 PM	#10
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	Mooresville, im going to the Nascar Technical Institute there so i will be right in the heart of race country. can't wait.

09-16-2007, 09:02 PM	#11
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	well unfortunatly i have to throw this on the back burner. now all i have is the chassis. i sold the axles so i never got to finnish the links. i really wish i had the money to fund this thing but so much crap is going on i don't know. i have big block t maxx project, my brushless propulseR with 64 chevy hardbody, brushless blazer rc10gt, and the 1/8 camaro. but i should soon have my job straightened out and my money for school so who knows. i will still have it listed in the FS just in case it can go to a better home. By the way i didn't get all that much feedback. any comments on the design would be appreciated so i can plan/design the next one accordingly. thanks

09-16-2007, 09:07 PM	#12
Kranberry RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: ****, SL,UT Posts: 1,610	hey do you happen to have pics of how you did the 4 link?

09-16-2007, 09:17 PM	#13
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	sorry i don't have a camera right here but in the red circles are the mounting points. the front use 2 sets of holes in the tranny plate mount. the rear has bolts brazed to the tubwork that the link ends go one and are secured by a nut. hope that helps

09-17-2007, 08:38 PM	#15
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	i just used tlt link brackets. they mount just like on tlts.

09-17-2007, 08:40 PM	#16
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	and i didn't finnish the linkmounts for the top links but on the rear axle i just made a tube truss like mount which had sheet steel mounts that bolted to the leaf mount holes. confused yet?

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09-17-2007, 08:49 PM	#18
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	i have really been debating getting a vendors star on here the past year and builing tubers for customers but i never seem to have much success with the ones i have tried to sell. i love building them and all but it is really discouraging when very few people seem interested in your work. i worked hard on this design, two months actually. not trying to gripe too much but you know. i already have a new chassis in the works which is a little less bold. also i have a pretty nice idea for tube axle trus/linkmounts for the tlt and hl axles. hopefully i can combine them all into this tuber or the next.

09-17-2007, 08:57 PM	#19
666 MODERHATER™ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 10,939	I like the way it looks, I think a not so sloping up hood would look better though. Keep up the good work and lets see more!!

09-17-2007, 09:13 PM	#20
looneybin RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Johnston SC Posts: 1,562	thanks 666. yea i new the hood was alittle much but i need to post more pics at different angles. it fits the personality and profile of the rig good. the next tuber is less dramatic and doesn't have the odd hood. the main thing with this tuber was the lines and it just flowed so i went with it. sometimes it works out and sometimes it don't.

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