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My 1:5.5 Buggy Build...

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willyswanter

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Jan 18, 2005
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Location
Bakersfield
After coming across an X-Factor I decided to build a 1:5.5 scale version of my up and coming 1:1 buggy... I basically took the plans for my big one and scaled it down and then I'm building off of those, so here goes...

Specs:

-Pede trans with 55t lathe motor
-Super Rooster ESC
-1/4 scale servos for front/rear steer
-Homebrew rear axle disconnect and brake for front digs
-8.5" Imex Swamps
-X-Factor Axles
-Combination of X-Factor and Revo driveshafts
-Dual 7 cell packs
-5/16" brakeline
-My normal 6 channel stick radio that I use on all my crawlers
-Wheelbase is rouhgly 27" :lol:

Pics:

R/C Crawler Kit from Kragen:

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Plans, you know it's big when it takes 4 13x19 sheets of paper to make one print...

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Pieces I bent last night around 11ish, only had an hour or so to work on it:

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Welded those pieces up today:

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I don't get much time to work on it but hope to have a roller by Tomorrow evening. My ballends won't be here till next week though, thats basically all I'm waiting on.
 
Yeah I already plan on narrowing like that, just haven't gotten around to it, tires came in Thursday.

The 1:1 isn't built yet, I'm building a new shop and it's just now getting the concrete poured so it will be a bit till I have the room to build the real one, I have renderings though lol:

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New shop won't be done for another 4-5 months so it's a ways off. Currently I wheel this:

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It's being rebuilt at the moment as well... Cut the roof off w/new cage and putting my U419 mog axles under it.
 
Tonights 8:30-9pm progress...

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Can't do much else till the rod ends get here... Supposed to be in on Tuesday. Got some big 10mm stuff, there beefy.
 
Der? Big Block it? If your speaking of the r/c I have no idea what you mean lol. If your talking about the 1:1, then yeah, it will get the same injected 496 that I've got goin in the chevy.
 
that 1:1 scale looks sick. the crawler looks just as awsome. are you going to do body panels for it also.
 
damn i remember when that thing was a white crew cab longbed, when the hitch got stolen, when an old guy in a cadillac (i think) rear ended it and relocated the rear axle, and when the bed cage was built. its come a long way. "thumbsup" "thumbsup"

(im an old CK5 member ;-))
 
Your taking your rig to the con in august? Can I come? :-P Are we bring the crawlers if they survive blazerfest?
 
aww cute little tlt, i was talking abotu big blocking the RC you should put like a 1/4 scale motor in there. that would be pretty cool.
 
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