Hey everyone, I'd like to give my review of the DP Torsion chassis just so people have some good info to make a buying choice. I thought it was a really good deal at only $15. I'm not trying to buy every upgrade I can with my truck but I still want a good crawler. I thought the Torsion would be a good, economical, way to get better performance. I was wrong.
The only thing I have done to my truck is defoamed my tires, flipped my motor/tranny, and moved the battery to the back tray. I have no other mods or aftermarket parts. It was basically stock when I put the DP Torsion on there. It installs in about 15 minutes and lowers the stance of the truck which is awesome. Definitely doesn't roll backwards as easily when you're playing on the couch. However it does not flex! Definitely not like some of the pictures I've seen on other reviews. You can twist the axles by hand and they can definitely go further than stock but by itself the truck is not heavy enough to flex the torsion arms.
So I asked for help and people told me I needed to add weight to my wheels in order to get it to flex. So I did the PVC beadlock mod and wrapped very thin solder around all 4 wheels. I used the thinnest I could find so it would pack tighter and add more weight. Barely made a difference with the chassis.
In the end I put the stock chassis back on and looped the ends of the springs around the top of the shocks. This lowered the stance of the truck to about the same as the DP Torsion chassis and it flexes! With my new homemade beadlocks, weighted wheels, and lowered stance it is now a million times better then straight out of the box. And the best part is it only cost me $5 worth of solder and $.48 worth of PVC.
So if you are trying to make a good crawler at an affordable price and like the $15 price tag of the DP Torsion, don't be fooled. You'll also need the $50 aluminum wheels and $15 wheel weight kit in order for that thing to work. If you truly want to keep things on the cheap then stick with the homemade mods.
The only thing I have done to my truck is defoamed my tires, flipped my motor/tranny, and moved the battery to the back tray. I have no other mods or aftermarket parts. It was basically stock when I put the DP Torsion on there. It installs in about 15 minutes and lowers the stance of the truck which is awesome. Definitely doesn't roll backwards as easily when you're playing on the couch. However it does not flex! Definitely not like some of the pictures I've seen on other reviews. You can twist the axles by hand and they can definitely go further than stock but by itself the truck is not heavy enough to flex the torsion arms.
So I asked for help and people told me I needed to add weight to my wheels in order to get it to flex. So I did the PVC beadlock mod and wrapped very thin solder around all 4 wheels. I used the thinnest I could find so it would pack tighter and add more weight. Barely made a difference with the chassis.
In the end I put the stock chassis back on and looped the ends of the springs around the top of the shocks. This lowered the stance of the truck to about the same as the DP Torsion chassis and it flexes! With my new homemade beadlocks, weighted wheels, and lowered stance it is now a million times better then straight out of the box. And the best part is it only cost me $5 worth of solder and $.48 worth of PVC.
So if you are trying to make a good crawler at an affordable price and like the $15 price tag of the DP Torsion, don't be fooled. You'll also need the $50 aluminum wheels and $15 wheel weight kit in order for that thing to work. If you truly want to keep things on the cheap then stick with the homemade mods.
