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09-06-2005, 04:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Driving the Troysion Stick up the BIG BOY line!
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|  Chop, cut, rebuild round 5 The New Cheapjeep
Tired of getting spanked by the Clods at our local comps, it was time for a rebild. Bender's TXT performed quite well, so I decided to chop, cut, and rebuild the TXT simliar to Bender's before I cave to the dark side of the clods. I bought a TXT called RockEater.. dismantled it, kept the best parts and sold others. Using those parts and parts from the Cheapjeep, I set out to rebuild it. I took the wheel base from 15.75" to 16 7/8". Got rid of my standard sized servos for 1/4 scale Hobbico's, chopped the frame and added Bender's Savage shock mounts and re-worked all of the electronics moving them lower in the chassis. Now the reciever is sitting on the skid plate next to the tranny and all electronics are with in the frame rails and at the very front. I also picked up some tape weights for the front wheels if I need them. I'm just waiting on shocks and then I'll get the body trimmed. But so far, the 1/4 scale servos are the only way to go and at only $30 new......    |
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09-06-2005, 06:25 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mendocino (NOR-CAL)
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looking good... keep it up. harris |
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09-06-2005, 07:58 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2004 Location: DFW, Texas
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Running a 60/40 setup made a big difference in my crawler. Bout the only thing I can suggest Looks good. Don't give in to the clods just yet  |
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09-06-2005, 08:15 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Indianapolis
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Nice looking crawler. Where did you get the metal hubs? Have been looking for something like that and have not been able to locate any.
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09-06-2005, 08:19 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Big Bear Lake
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Looking sweet Troy!! As I said before, I can't wait to see it in action.
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09-06-2005, 08:57 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Driving the Troysion Stick up the BIG BOY line!
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Thanks got the shocks for it today so I'm off to the basement to play!
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09-06-2005, 09:18 PM
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| MODERATOR™  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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09-06-2005, 10:41 PM
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09-06-2005, 10:50 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Driving the Troysion Stick up the BIG BOY line!
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Got it all worked out. I really, really like the savage shocks, WAY smoother than the max shocks. The wheel base is great and the best thing I did (thanks to Bender) was to swap out my lathe for the stock motor. I still have the GD-600 and plenty of crawlin' power but now I have way more wheel speed. It's just a bit glitchy so I need to figure that out. But for those of you that doubt it.... The 1/4 scale servos turn these tires on carpet effortless, it's the only way to go. Here are the pics. |
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09-06-2005, 10:51 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Driving the Troysion Stick up the BIG BOY line!
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some poser flex
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09-06-2005, 11:42 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Redding, CA
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Looks great let us know how it performs when you get it on the rocks. |
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09-08-2005, 07:39 AM
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| Powered by Awesome  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado
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|  1/4 scale servos welcome to the club.
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09-08-2005, 07:41 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Driving the Troysion Stick up the BIG BOY line!
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09-08-2005, 07:49 AM
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| R.I.P. Chip  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Crawler State
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I may have had something hooked up weird, but I ditched the 1/4's for that reason. | |
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09-08-2005, 08:39 AM
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09-08-2005, 09:50 AM
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| Powered by Awesome Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado
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im running a txt with a gd600 and 1 805bb upfront running right off of the receiver, currently having a stall out problem but in installing a novak regulator, i think the servo is draining the battery, but i still get @ 40 min of runtime. Im going to run a duel battery setup one for the motor and one for the servo... it should run for a long time. |
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09-08-2005, 05:15 PM
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| Im Brandon   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Colfax, CA
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Glad your happy with the savage shocks!! Truck looks awesome
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09-08-2005, 05:28 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Driving the Troysion Stick up the BIG BOY line!
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BODY PICS (what's left of the body)
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09-08-2005, 08:35 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: DH
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Awesome looking rig, Like the way how you did the rear of the body with the jeep name. |
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09-09-2005, 09:01 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Grand Blanc, MI
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Nice! I REALLY like the look of your truck... -Brandon |
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