Power To The Portal (Makeover)
 

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Just a teaser Pic till i get the pics downloaded of what i have done to her so far."thumbsup"

Ohhh So that were that rig went. You sir got one awesome rig.:mrgreen::mrgreen:

Subscribed "thumbsup"

Like always jealous of your trucks can't wait to go put some Arizona pinstriping on it

Big thanks goes out to Chino63 (Dean) who waited on me patiently to scrape up the coin to get this little rig. He is the mad man behind the original build and its susp.
Original build
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showt...=power+portals


I always loved these little Tamiya cco1 rigs and it was my first 4x4 truck but at the time i didnt know jack crap about crawling. But now with a couple of builds under my belt its time for another one. This little rig crawls unbelievablely well. As soon as i got it i had to run her to see what she could do on my backyard course. It went up all the normal lines with ease and then some!!!!! It out crawls anything i have driven so far. Ok well onto the pics



My first outing
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First thing i did was get rid of those big ole ugly stock shocks and swapped them out for some threaded mrc shocks. They have longer stroke and comp more.
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The hardest thing for me on a build is to mount the body strong with out body posts and clips going through the body. So i fabbed up some mounts and bead blasted them at work along with the skids that needed to be freshened up a bit.
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Under the bottom skid plate
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I received my body and had to add some black paint to help with the scale look while mounted to the chassie.
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All fresh with new paint
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I added some RC4wd pro 10 wheels and they have a nice offset and makes it even wider then what she was but still has a nice stance. And after all bolted up the tires hold air and its pretty fun to drive with them like that.
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Rear body mounts
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I still have ALOT to do to her but she's getting there.

Im also thinking about painting the portals black what do you guys think?

I sure did "thumbsup" thanks

Thanks "thumbsup"

Thanks Chris and i here ya i want to scratch her up so i can put some new paint on.:mrgreen:

Sweet rig Ryan! "thumbsup"

AGREED!!

I was never a big fan of these but I think you swayed my vote..

Very nicely done "thumbsup"

You will be very pleased with this rig. Chino brought that rig to one of our scaler comps last season and whipped us all with it. I was amazed with the workmanship and the lines it was pulling off. You got your self a winner! If it were me i would keep it class one spec and win every comp you enter"thumbsup"

Awesome makeover! Looks sick withthe H2 body on it. "thumbsup"

I might build another one someday but until then, I'll be watching this. Better keep up tp dateon the pics! :ror:

I'm kind of relieved to know that I don't have to get schooled by that rig anymore.:ror:

Tell me about it! Not only did it smash us at the comp, if i remeber right it raced a brushless slash and beat him:shock:

Thanks Brian
Thanks but i cant take all the credit, Dean did one hell of a job on this rig.

I believe it, this rig is great on whatever i put in front of it.

Thanks Dean i hope you like what im doing to it. And i will"thumbsup"

:lmao:
:shock::lmao:



I ended up putting new springs on the front mrc shocks that i found at my local ACE hardware store they seem to do the trick. They are alittle stiff but i will give them time to break in. I also ordered up some parts to freshin up the rear link setup. When crawling it sounds like a old farm truck squeaking down the road. Also took out the 75T motor and put in a 45T integy till i find a brushless setup.

i always wanted one of those cc-01's back in the day. they're probably pretty cheap now. i always wanted the pajero

These little rigs are Great"thumbsup"

I feel sorry for the poor bastards that crawl with you!:ror:

Update time:mrgreen:

The old mrc springs up front where replaced with some ace hardware springs and then painted to match. stock one in middle
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I also took out the winch direction tube out and cleaned it up and put some fresh paint. I also had to extend it for the new body.
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The only thing that bothered me on this rig was the rear portals. They didnt match being green so i tore down the rear axle and freshened it up with fresh paint and greace.
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Then it was time to replace those squeaky rod ends with some mini heims from RC4wd.
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With the new wheels you cant let it sit on the tires for too long becuase they get flat spots with them holding air. So i made a stand at work on my dinner break.

Front
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Rear
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Pics from last weekends GTG
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I was in front of the pack leading the trails and we came up to a pretty steep incline. It took me a couple trys to get my wheels positioned in the right place but it went 3 wheeling all the way up. Then behind me was a wraith with rear steer and all the goodies. And the owner DOES know how to drive!!!!! But for some reason the wraith wouldnt lock up and go. The pic is at a bad angle so it doesnt look that bad but the first part of the incline is pretty nasty with a under ledge.

Never thought i would see a CCo1 winch a wraith :mrgreen:

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I really learned some new driving skills with this little rig!!!! Im so use to my solid axles up front with a 4-link to relax down when its 3 wheeling. This rig doesnt do that but you find the right line it will crawl anywhere:shock:

:lmao: Yeah i still have alot of skills to learn to be able to master this rig

Be the Chino, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.:ror:

(Caddyshack for those that didn't understand that)

Your rig does well. I had a good time on the trail, ready to go again. I learned a lot just being out there with you guys who have more experience.

:lmao:

Thanks and im ready to go again also!!!! My battery went dead and i wasnt done yet lol:evil: But Mini Moab to me is the best place to go scalin"thumbsup"

Thanks man im really diggin the body. I just have to figure out the interior now "thumbsup"

We all met up last weekend for a scale gtg. Usually i take alot of pics while im cruising around but i cant seem to put down my remote and grab the camera like i use too. This rig is just so much fun to drive.:twisted:

But here is a couple i managed to snap "thumbsup"

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And here is some video from the dash cam in the Radio Rockin Wraith

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGZ4v...ature=youtu.be

My fault, he's waiting for some spare parts. :oops:

Sorry for the lack of updates. There really isnt any as of now. I managed to get some of the interior in. Its going to be hard to try and get the seats mounted up. I may have to chop them really small and make a panal to mount them too. Well this is the way it sits now.
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I went to a comp the other weekend and i didnt make it 5 yards as soon as i got there and i took a little roll and i broke the axle shaft coming out of the portal. Thanks to Dean i have some sitting here but i have to get the time to install them. I have some other goodies coiming so once they get here ill try and put up some updates. I have started on my 1/1 dream truck i have been wanting to build it for 7yrs now. And me and my girlfriend are about to have our first little one here in a couple of weeks so i wont have that much time for the hummer with my little girl and my 1/1 truck.

4dr nissan pathfinder
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Single cab nissan hardbody cab
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Cut it in half
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Single cab now up on the frame table with the front half of the pathy waiting to be trimmed up to fit.
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And one day look like this but with alot of my own twist"thumbsup"
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Thanks again Dean for shipping the parts out!!!!!! "thumbsup"

Congrats on the upcoming birth of your little girl! 8)

Hope to get out on the trail with you again soon. "thumbsup"

Thanks Brian we are SUPER excited and cant wait to meet her!!!! Yeah you need to get out here and do some crawling with us. There is more and more scalers popping up:twisted:

Yeah I just need to finish one first. :lmao:

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not sure how I missed this, but I dig it "thumbsup"

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nice nissan. are you IN?

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Thanks you Sir!!! "thumbsup"



Yeah I'm IN? "thumbsup" all I drive is Nissans. But I haven't made a build thread for it yet over there.

Re: Power To The Portal (Makeover)
 

that is one awesome rig!!!


keith

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Thanks Keith.



The hummer is tore down right now I managed to get more lift out of the front end. Why I don't really know. Lol but I bought some gpm arms for it and the uppers suck. They fell apart on me twice so out they went. Besides the stock ones have way more travel. I found a way to get even more travel out of the front end but while its apart I'm going to put a new tub on her and do a full tear down and clean and paint the susp so it all matchs then throw some new paint on the body.

Updates coming "thumbsup"

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Can't wait to see it! The increase in lift might reduce the max steering angle and probably wear the CV's faster. I left it alone for reliability good luck with it though. "thumbsup"

BTW, I might build another one soon. :ror:

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Dibs! :mrgreen:

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Yeah I didn't think about the cv's lol and so far what I did I had to shim the steering and blend alittle more on the skid plate. I plan on making a whole new metal lower skid and lower ARM mounts when we slow down at work. And Hell yeah on building another one. I doubt ill go back to a solid axle rig I love these cc-01 to damn much.

Damn it!!!! You beat me too it. :mrgreen:

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Sold the hummer body and im gathering parts "thumbsup"

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