my twin hammers , starting an upgrade
 

hi all im mainly a vintage tamiya collector but i do run a few buggys , started lurking here and your gear realy floated my boat ! so i took the plunge into rock racer/crawlers and got me a twin hammers , i started to upgrade it , fitted some ally body panels ,some stainless roof lights got the whole range of hot racing products , alloy front shock chassis plate, gcm axle truss alloy beadlocks, proline tyres, 20mm axle wideners on order , put 500k silicone oil in the front diff , and fitted a 14t double trinity gt1 motor ,fitted a plexiglass front windscreen and a tbone racing front chassis protector/bumper i know you guys may not approve but had to give it a willy head ! thanks greatly in advance for any input i will update the pics as the parts get fitted
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Nice looking rig.

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thanks lee its the start of a long wallet emptying road i think , i bought it new but fitted the panels and motor , all the other parts are on order im waiting to get them back , i just ordered the steel rear x drive instead of the plastic one , but cant decide wether to go upright on the front shocks or leave them in laydown format ??

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filled the front diff with 500k silicone oil today and fitted 19mm track wideners

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Great Looking TH there. Love the Wild Willy driver...

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The tires aren't even dirty yet. That's the first "upgrade" I do to any rig. I wouldn't start upgrading until I've got a baseline feel for it out of the box. To each their own though. "thumbsup" The body panels are pretty sweet. I like it a lot.

Very nice, question for you. How do you like the 500w diff oil, can you tell the difference?

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big thanks to all you guys for your time and input , i got the alloy beadlocks on now and the axle extenders its a lot more planted and stable at speed in fast turns now and there seems to be more lift on the axle with it wider , the 500k diff oil in the fron makes the diff act like a semi locker , if you turn one front wheel slowly the diff acts like its locked , snatch turn it fast then it runs like an open diff its between locked and not locked , fully locked was causing instabillity in fast turns and turning over , fully unlocked seriously affected its crawling ability so the 500k silicone is the answer ! best of both worlds , i cant decide about getting the gmade xd piggyback shocks for it front and rear , more pics soon guys thanks again for your input

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Go for the XD's! They're super smooth and adjustable damping.

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Good report on that 500k diff fluid. All I have is 125k and it works good at speed but I just know it'll suck for crawling. (Due to snow I can't actually see for real until spring). Sounds like I definitely need to track down the 500k.

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I'm no expert in these things but 500K oil made a really noticeable difference for me. Much better crawling ability yet still able to corner at speed - I have no experience of fully locked to compare to but seems to me to be a good compromise.

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ok guys i fitted a set of proline flat iron tyres today with memory foams to the new alloy beadlocks , massive difference ! they are super squidgy , and sticky , compared to the original race claws , the race claws felt like they were made from solid rubber!! stripped the anodizing from the axle lenghtheners and polished them back to shiney silver, waiting now for the hot racing parts , and i went for the gmade piggybacks , ordered 75 mm for the front , as i wanted to keep the laydown shock design from as i see it fitting upright shocks eliminates one problem but creates another ? im reading multiple posts of the front cv drives popping from the dogbone end on the diff cups as the front suspention bottoms out to far and people having to limit travel on their shocks to counteract it sooooooooo what i have decided is
the original shocks are 65mm and mount onto upstands 10mm foreward of the shock plate rear bolts , so 75mm xd gmade piggybacks will mount with the shock mounts provided with the carbon hot racing shockplate , but not in the original position, they will mount exactly to the rear plate boltholes !!! the drop out on the front arms can then be adjusted to stop the cvd popping out with the original turnbuckles from lower arms to the shock bellcranks but the 75mm shocks give 10mm more travel on the upstroke than standard shocks , i think this is a better option than uprights for me , and i had 103mm for the rears , im in process of making a axle truss for mounting the rear top links above the rear diff case ( like the gcm) type mount cant wait to get the hot racing parts and the mib x drive all steel rear prop shaft now but being in uk i think it will be a while , i will update all pics soon but it looks very much the same as the first set for now so didnt want to bore you guys , soon its all to change though so pics then

thanks greatly for your time and input , all you folk
cheers shaun

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some new pics , wheels
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axle extenders
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tbone bumper and chassis brace
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front screen and roof lights
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spare wheel cover for the odd wheel n tyre
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as it stands untill the parts arive
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thanks greatly for any input
cheers shaun

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Love the windscreen! I'm curious to know how well those tires work for you.

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thanks , the flat irons seem realy realy good but i cant try them properly untill all the mods are done but be sure i will let you know
made a tidy little rear top link/axle truss/ mount earlier

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That's some nice machine work!!

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thanks greatly pockets , it was made the old fashioned way , hacksaw , file , steel rule , scriber and wirewool ! lol

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just beefed up the front end with titan rods and aluminium ballends with brass bushes
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how it stands now

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Nice :) fastrax ligt bar I see. I had the Baja style one - didn't last :)