cowboyona426
Newbie
Trying to take what started as a hijack of the WB info thread and starting a new thread to not completely derail the original discussion.
As I drive my Ascender more and learn it's capabilities and limitations I'm starting to realize that extending the wheelbase and adding some weight to the axles would both be smart moves. My original question was, who has stretched their wheelbase on the K10, and what are the pros and cons? Here's the relevant info from the other thread that needs to be brought over here:
Let's see if we can keep the discussion rolling!
As I drive my Ascender more and learn it's capabilities and limitations I'm starting to realize that extending the wheelbase and adding some weight to the axles would both be smart moves. My original question was, who has stretched their wheelbase on the K10, and what are the pros and cons? Here's the relevant info from the other thread that needs to be brought over here:
You can add the WB4 spacer kit to the K10 and extend the rear out, puts it right about 11-7/8". Works well, just limits turning radius a bit, but helps with steep climbing.
Outboarding the shocks also greatly helps, as does some kind of weight on the front axle, be it hubs, knuckles, beeftubes, whatever.
My K10 is on WB3, like Chris said. Started as WB2, stretched rear links to WB4, thus resulting in WB3, but with center skid and frame rails in different location. "thumbsup"
I make my own links up, and had my K10 at stock wheelbase, so extended it 6mm on the rear just to help a little with climbing. It definitely makes a difference, I just didn't want to go the whole 12mm.
Front and rear axle weights help as well by lowering the cg.
Did you extend yours? If so, do you feel it was worth it?
Yes, and yes. :wink:
My best Ascender comp-crawler is WB4. It doesn't have any trouble with tight-radius turning on a course, and with weighted axles and hubs it will side-hill with the best of them. Now if I could just drive it. LOL
My K10 is pretty heavily modified as well - all of the free mods, body is lowered, beeftubes, RULR's, hub weights, 45T motor, upgraded servo and esc, outboarded shocks, tucked bumper, but the basic chassis and drivetrain are stock. Extending the wheelbase cants the shocks forward a bit, but I find it unnoticeable in running the truck. This one drives like it's glued to the surface. :wink: And with the standard PB RB's - the 4.45" size ones. With CI foams traction is phenomenal.
I have also done a few of my buddy's rigs and they prefer the 12" wheelbase as well. If you have a full body you have to match the wheel wells of your shell - but with a truggy rear you have much more flexibility. Virtually all of our local competitive C2 comp crawlers are truggies.
I hope this isn't jacking the thread too bad.
Here's a K10 extended:
And my WB4 Ascender:
Here are all three wheelbases - WB4, WB2, and WB3. I don't have a WB1 - the only one I know of that is was the early Bronco.
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Let's see if we can keep the discussion rolling!