Jeremy's Sporty

[JeremyH]

Told ya, it was installed upside down. :ror:

:ror:

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

Doh! How'd you do that?

 

[JeremyH]

Doh! How'd you do that?

The dumbest way possible. :ror:

I was at my usual practice spot and there is a bench nearby....I was flying around the bench and hit one of the legs head on at full speed.....and this little truck is pretty speedy.

 

[helhedded]

Are those old RCP lockouts?

 

[JeremyH]

Are those old RCP lockouts?

Yep. Lighter and smaller in OD than the VP ones. "thumbsup"

 

[helhedded]

Yep. Lighter and smaller in OD than the VP ones. "thumbsup"

I run them on my crusty Jeep. good stuff

Why not run the plastic?

 

[JeremyH]

I run them on my crusty Jeep. good stuff

Why not run the plastic?

Because I messed one of them up a while back and I had these in my spares box.

 

[JeremyH]

I made a few changes to this truck. I'd like to thank Rowdy for his help with this project! "thumbsup"

This chassis uses stock link geometry, but has had the shock mounts adjusted to run 3.5" shocks, but keep the same shock angles.

Stock GC sideplates = 1.6oz
New sideplates = 0.8oz

There will also be some weight shed because of the shorter shocks. I'll have a weight difference when I get home from work today.

Here is the final setup (missing a chassis brace at the top):

 

[rangercat23]

Looking good!
Finally putting the old GC3 out of service.

 

[ROWDY RACING]

Looks great Jeremy, can't wait to hear how it performs. 8)

Looking good!
Finally putting the old GC3 out of service.

Evolution. :twisted:

 

[JeremyH]

Looking good!
Finally putting the old GC3 out of service.

Oh, it's still there."thumbsup"

Looks great Jeremy, can't wait to hear how it performs. 8)

Thanks man! I am itching to give it a run

Evolution. :twisted:

Started out as a monkey....not it's a slightly smarter monkey. :ror:

 

[JeremyH]

Well, the truck lost 1oz with the side plate swap...I was expecting more, but I am happy that most of what was lost was sprung weight.

I hope to have this truck and these mods finished up soon son that in can start practicing with it.

 

[JeremyH]

And here is a finished pic with the old body:

This truck now weighs 4lb 9.5oz. Right around the same weight as my 2.2pro rig.

Oh, while I had everything torn apart, I chunked the crunchy Futaba servo and installed a 7950 set at 7.4V....a setup that has worked well for me in other trucks.

A MUCH cooler body will soon be trimmed to fit the new specs and mounted on this truck.

Testing tomorrow. "thumbsup"

 

[michael]

Looks good Jeremy...."thumbsup" See ya on the rocks.

 

[JeremyH]

Looks good Jeremy...."thumbsup" See ya on the rocks.

Thanks Mike. See you tomorrow."thumbsup"

 

[ROWDY RACING]

A MUCH cooler body will soon be trimmed to fit the new specs and mounted on this truck.

What new specs?

 

[ittybitty]

What new specs?

Rowdy...you need a new title..."NEW SPEC POLICE" :lmao:

 

[JeremyH]

What new specs?

Dammit, forgot that doesn't apply to the S class.

So does that mean some judges are still gonna complain that the stock width of my body is not wide enough, despite the fact that he runs the same body?

 

[rangercat23]

Looking good Jeremy, now you need some CF wheels...

 

[JeremyH]

They make wheels out of CF now?!?

:lol: