My take on a 2013 Comp ready rig!

[Jakerz]

Small update!

I have the truck torn down again, trying to get all the small things worked out. I made 4 sliders for the lower links last night and just wasn't happy with the way they looked. I also not happy with the axle rod ends I was using on the lower links, being that they are angled, I was limited to 1 full turn adjusting the length of the links and couldn't get them any closer that about .030 apart! :x

So I came up with this!

I chucked up a piece of 8-32 all thread in the lathe and turned down the end of an RPM Jato rod end, then drilled the end of it out to 3/16 where it would overlap the unthreaded part of the link for 1/4" giving me the same overall length as the axial rod ends! I think it looks cleaner and I can now adjust in 1/2 turn increments rather than 1 full turn so I should be able to get the links within an exceptable tolerance. Now I just need to turn out 7 more Jato ends and sit down with the calipers for a few minutes to get them the way I want!

On another note, I got all my electronics ordered up and heading this way!

Futaba 4PL
Castle 10 amp BEC
Castle Sidewinder Micro's x2
Holmes Team Pro Flow motors (white/black theme of course!)

So I should be good to go for a test run in a week or so!

Jake

 

[Jakerz]

Little update for yall today!

Last night I cut some new panels because the old ones were just under the legal limit of 3.5 sq/in. The ones turned out to be 3.51 lol! I also changed out all the Axial rodends and Traxxas ones for RPM's HD ends, I like the plastic RPM uses on there parts, seems to hold up much better and they also fit the balls better than the axial ends did, so I have less play. I clocked the rear axle when I made the lower links so I had to shorten the WB to make it the legal 12.5" also.

Anywho here are some pics!

Clocked rear axle and RC Bro knuckle weights!

Jake

 

[Jakerz]

Small update for yall!

I got my 2 sidewinders and Castle BEC shrunk down and everything wired up the way I want it! I used 12ga Tekin wire (yes I know its heavy but I don't like the idea of 18ga wire running to my motors).



I also finished my battery mount, turned out pretty good I think!





Installed and trimmed to clear the tires, the pop rivets were a last minute attempt to shave some weight on a part that wont come back apart lol.

That's all for now, I'm still waiting on my motors from Holmes Hobbies, been alittle over 3 weeks and still haven't herd anything, hopefully they will ship soon ><.

Jake

 

[winnerone23]

Great looking battery mount! You could always drill some holes or cut a design in it, to loose some weight..

Not to speak for John, just for some peace of mind/thought. He is down an employee right now. goin the best on motors, so pm's might be lacking his normal fast reply time.

 

[Jakerz]

I thought about some holes but I need the weight on the front end anyway lol. Yea the motors I ordered were pretty custom so I figured it would take a few weeks anyway. Just hope to have it running by the 27th for ECC.

Jake

 

[BEELZEBOB]

Great work dude.

 

[Wicked Monkey]

No binding issues with the tab that mounts to the knuckle? Can you post a couple shots of how that's mounted?

 

[Jakerz]

No binding issues with the tab that mounts to the knuckle? Can you post a couple shots of how that's mounted?

Sure no problem, it doesn't bind at all.

I used one of the long set screws that are used on the factory links I believe, I threaded that into the C-Hub with red loctite then used a non locking 3mm nut to clamp the knuckle to C-Hub. Then attach the battery mount with the locknut you see in the pic.

Here is a shot without the mount on, maybe it can explain better than words, lol



Jake

 

[Wicked Monkey]

Picture says it's been deleted...

 

[Jakerz]

Hmm that's weird, I reposted the pic it works now. lol

Jake

 

[Wicked Monkey]

Cool, thats a nice little setup.

 

[helhedded]

great build man!!!

 

[rockntj]

Wow I can't wait to see this thing. Looks way sick to me.

 

[jollyjeeper]

Truly inspirational. Really like the battery mount trick. Look forward to seeing a video of this beauty on the rocks!

 

[ash38]

Very nice battery mount idea, nice,simple and very clever,


Sssshhhh

 

[Jakerz]

Thanks guys! It's not looking good for ECC though, motors are still not done and probably another week or so out, which I'm kinda disappointed about... But I'll still drive up and hang out lol

Jake

 

[Curcal]

Im sure some one has spare motors to lend you.

 

[Jakerz]

Well, I changed my mind on a few things. Been a while on an update but I've mainly just been waiting on my freaking motors from Holmes Hobbies... 7 weeks and still waiting, very very annoyed at this! anywho to the pics!

I went with some Losi buggy wheels to save weight over the Dlux wheels, but they don't look as cool lol. I also machined the VP SLW hubs down a tad!



Total weight on the roller is under 3lbs!



That's all for now, hopefully it will be running soon!

Jake

 

[Jakerz]

Ok the truck is finally running! I have changed a few things, tweaking it and what not. First off I couldn't get the big bores to work on the front like I wanted so I went with a set of Kyosho velvet shocks, they are freaking amazingly smooth! So far I'm impressed with them. As you see above I switched out the Dlux wheels for some buggy wheels and I also have another receiver on order from hobbyking that should fit in the small space I have left lol. The front of the truck is kinda crowded with the 40/60 setup so space is at a premium!

I got my motors a week or so from Holmes and holy crap! these are sick, I know I hounded on them a little for the time it took to get them built but so far, the wait was worth it! He also shipped them 2nd day air so that was nice!

Here are the pics of the final product as of now:









Couple of 5 hour energy bottle for the motors! these actually work pretty well lol







That's all for now! I'll keep everyone up to speed on the performance and tweaks, so far I'm very impressed. I can't see any real flex in the chassis driving and it's taken some pretty decent hits so far, only casualty being the upper links have pulled out of the rod end, but they are epoxied and pinned now so it wont happen again.

 

[Curcal]

Maybe just me but that looks 35/65 or even 30/70. Those front links are short. Lookin good!