Love this build. Also love the color, Root Beer has always been a top choice for me, as well as burnt orange. I thought I was a good boy when I got a Cross Demon. Guess Ill have to try harder next year. I also do my own foams very much the same way. I never thought about using a router. I am lucky I can get foam that is thick enough so I dont have to glue layers. I often cut rings on the OD of the harder foam like a "comp cut." This helps the softer outside foam stay in place when sidehilling. I have not tried an outer foam that thin but was thinking about it. Do you get enough compression in the foam to let the tire conform to the rocks? I am used to 2.2 foams, they have a much taller profile. Again geat build."thumbsup"
Good evening Hal, Nothing wrong with the Cross Demon!! I've looked at it a couple times, and had it in my basket once.;-) Being retired I have plenty of time to take care of "Honey Do's" :mrgreen:
The router really works nice in cutting a relief in the ID of each of the foams.
On my close cell foams I try to leave 3/16" of dead space in between the foam and the tire when it's installed. This gives the tire roam to conform to the rocks, and the inner softer foam helps fill that void so the tire doesn't flatten out when crawling. I came up with this after much trial and error. ;-)
And thanks for the kind words!
Ernie
Now to a update...…..
I added 4 more tubes to the cage, sometimes I'm my own worst critic. :roll: It's that damn voice! Can you pick out the four I added?
I did decide to go with some different shocks. I'm sure the kit shocks are great shocks but these have been my go to for quite awhile.
Traxxas Big bores. And this guy has taken them to another level, so....smooth!
And looking at the stickers in the photo this guy is one of #1 supplier for specialty parts. Yep, Dlux.
I have two sets of these now, the green ones were on my TRX4 almost all of last year. They are going to go on my next build after this one, I have box of parts for it already.
Notice my very very expensive shock building stand. I sold the heck out of these way back when I was dirt racing. It is a piece of gutter. :mrgreen:
And I guess while I'm talking about Home Brew tools here is my shock shaft holder. (try saying that fast five times) :twisted::twisted:
A warn out pair of wire strippers with the crimping prongs in the front. I used my Dremel and polished the crimpers so they don't score the shock shaft (5 times again) when I'm gripping them. ;-)
Ok, back to the build, I cut this piece of foam to use as a gage to see how much my ride height changes with the new shocks.
Before...……
And after...….
The big bores are a 1/8" taller than the stock shocks.
I'm not a huge fan of a bunch of flex IMO to much is worse than not enough.
Having said that here it is at max flex. I'm going to leave the flex at the heigth, so I have room for a little taller tire if I want.
I like the Club 5 Racing rear magnetic body mount, but it had the body a little higher than it needed to be so I cut it 1/4" and drilled out with 5/32 bit and installed 2 brass 3mm threaded inserts to capture the mounting screws. That 1/4" lower will help with COG with a 8 ounce cage sitting on the interior tray. "thumbsup"
Ok gang, all for tonight. Any thoughts or suggestions? 8)8)
Ernie
PS: I was asked if I figured a way to get the rear bumper closer to the body, that's my next task.
