wanting a winner... build thread

[masonis1]

Sounds like u got a badass job

[winnerone23]

Yeah its got its perks! .... Like playing in the dirt every day an every time I did rock out, I think bout crawling!

So I weighed the 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 piece I have an its 51 grams.. till I drill bend an reduce extra material I can have it down under an ounce... Will that hurt or make a noticeable diff? If so I can always take it off... I just didn't like rolling over an having my battery hit the rock an pillow up.. rigs running great an settling down when TT does kick in. It will be nice to come home from work tomm an have a package from Rmdw! The mail is so slow around holidays.... Once I test out shaping the carbon fiber I have, ill see how it goes, I'll make a battery guard out of It too.. lighter an strong enough for what I want...

[28offroader]

I can't see an ounce of weight centered on the front axle making a big difference. A different size/brand battery or servo would sometimes have more of a weight change.
But I would'nt take weight out of the wheels to counter center axle weight. That's 2 different things. But moving weight from the wheels to the knuckle I would and should be an improvement.

[winnerone23]

Well its a great day! It's my wifes bday and I got a present!



And for what's inside..........



Awesome!......

[masonis1]

Lucky... Just a question, what the diffenece between this chassis and other chassis on the market? Looks the same as a lot of others... Also, why would you need a different chassis? Just to tune the suspension more?

[venomcrawlerdud]

first of all there is only one other chassis on the market that is a direct biult up to the stock venom trans. also rmdw's chassis is the only chassis that has the sharp edges and the overal shaped chassis like this. his chassis is one of a kind and althou u may find chassis' out there that look similar, u will never find one that is exactly the same that is made by a different company.

tuning the suspention is not just about springs, oil weight, and piston hole count and size (if u want to get really technical). it is about placement and and angels as well. if u look at that chassis u will see a tun more mounting holes for the upper shock mount. you will never get this tunablity out of the stock chassis. also it has a lot more upper link placement holes, these holes will give u a lot more tunabity in pinion angel wether postive or negative, and it will also help with chassis roll of TT. with the right placement u can almost eleminate chassis twist.

the more options u have for placing the shocks and upper links, the more u can tune the suspension to your liking, wether it is reaction time of the suspension or the angel of the shock or how the total shock stroke is used

[masonis1]

Oh now i fully understand. Thanks. I didnt know if you can just swap the skid from chassis to chassis to change the chassis. Hah i guess i was wrong!!

[venomcrawlerdud]

if u look closely u will see that every chassis has a different bolt partern or a different space between the bolts holding the trans or skid on.

[masonis1]

Originally Posted by venomcrawlerdud

if u look closely u will see that every chassis has a different bolt partern or a different space between the bolts holding the trans or skid on.

I understand.

[winnerone23]

Lol, what did I miss! I think mason just asked why to change the chassis...... I missed out on answering.. oh no fair! Very well put crawlerdud! I'll leave it at that... Not too mention.. have you looked at this thing! It's awesome! I'm tearing down the old chassis now.. but here is the chassis waiting to go on.

[winnerone23]

Wow that was quick! Chassis off...



An now just a couple ideas of the diff in them.. side by side...







Now its down to taking the links out from between the tranny an skid an mounting everything back up... I'm not so sure that will be as quick tho! Lol...
I won't be able to sleep tho, so I better get to it..
Any hints or tips from anyone with one would be great!

[venomcrawlerdud]

if i remember correctly you already shortened the rear lower links. other than that just make sure you cut your driveshaft in the rear right and that u may have to lengthen your front one as well.

[winnerone23]

Yep, rear links cut an I did cut my rear shaft down,( not my traxxas shaft tho) I cut down a used axial shaft with metal yokes. Yeah I'm thinkin I have to find a spring an do like Thomas.. or is there a diff shaft set ur using? I already have the long truck shafts.. is there longer?

[winnerone23]

Well, I got my self a roller! It looks sweet!...... I need to mod the front drive shaft an cut on for the rear.. well maybe not for the rear yet. I'm at a 12 5/8 wheel base just sitting there an 13 compressed.. great, now I have to cut an tap again! Haha oh well... I'm goin to scrap the carbon for the other rig an use it on this one. At least for hood an roof. Not sure I want to cover the sides in it yet. Then again I dunno, I bought a full set of links from a safari creeper today in the gun metal/black color for cheap. They would look great on for the front links an the upper rear.. now on with it...









It even cleared up the servo from hitting the shocks!







And one for fun...



So other then the front shaft needing modded an the rear lowers needing shortened an tapped for wheel base, all in all, a great build an Not all that long to do. Keeping in mind I already had the prep work done. Rear links shortened, f/r truss on an the chassis pre built..

[winnerone23]

I have a couple pics of my spacer setup for my links at the chassis.. looking for anything that would help with whether or not I have it right.. I ran out of long screws an spacers pretty quick. I have left over aluminum link from cutting down my rear links so I'm going to cut some to fit. Were needed an to length needed...





They aren't the best pics. There are no spacers in my top links.. there is one ball end spacer in my front lower,(away from the chassis) there are two in my rear links( away from the chassis)

Thanks in advance...

[prozac0107]

rig is looking pretty sweet! how do those bent links on your rear pumpkin work? i saw that on yours and did it to mine! genius idea man! also what wheels are those they are sick

[winnerone23]

The bent links on the pumpkin came from Rmdw.. idea.. I also copied.. the wheels are ckrc "skinny" wheels.. there burg off set so I had to mesh a 5mm spacer with my hex to run them.. thanks, I'm loving them... They are sick! Plus I got them off the for sale section on here for 40$ with blue dot rovers! Brand new at that!

[asw27x]

i would say get a set of white dot rovers and some nova foams they work great but me personally i like sedonas (i run them on my xr) with nova foams and couldnt be happyer

[winnerone23]

I have white dots on them, they just came with blue dots... I run paradox dual foams in the white dots, I couldn't be happier...

[asw27x]

ah ok sorry didnt catch that

one thing iv noticed is that all the vultures look like there rear bias witch means that you have to add more weight up front why not just more the whole chassis forward? and then not run as much weight up front?