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NazT's New Tuber: Agent J
- Thread starter NaZ-T
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He sold them all
NaZ-T
RCC Addict
Yep all gone. Limited run only and they all got scooped up by the 801RCC crew. So now we're sport'n fresh wheels.... Try not to drool on the course
NaZ-T
RCC Addict
When I 1st built them I stripped 2 ring gears but I had the diffs shimmed wrong now that I've got them shimmed right I've got 4 months of hard driving on them with no problem "thumbsup"
DerangedPony
Newbie
wow, good looking rig!
YoUnG_vErSiOn
REST IN ALOHA CHIP
:-(poo poo poo.
TJ_Shunk
Rock Crawler
PinchFlat
Say hello to my dactylion
Easy. Just PM Mike PoulsonSo... if one was to look at getting a set of these Poulson axles, who would he have to talk too?
NaZ-T
RCC Addict
You can find info on http://mpcrawlers.com/
NaZ-T
RCC Addict
Ok 801RCC had a killer GTG yesterday. I was finally able to put a few scratches on my ever so fresh DL Customs wheels..... Not B4 I snapped a few pics (sense the last ones Bob posted didn't turn out as good as we'd hoped do to lighting) So here are a couple of new pics of the wheels.
This is a pic that Freddy posted on 801rcc.com. He said he was gunnin for me I got a kick out of it :lol::lol:
This is a pic that Freddy posted on 801rcc.com. He said he was gunnin for me I got a kick out of it :lol::lol:
jimbiss
RCC Addict
Very nice "thumbsup"
NaZ-T
RCC Addict
Agent J Update
Well over the last few weeks I've had Agent J torn to pieces. Prepping for an axle swap... No I'm not going away from the ever so sick Poulsons... I'm just updating to the production Poulsons.
Reason is that the production Poulsons are easier to service than the proto-type Poulsons I have been running.
Well it took me a bit to get the axle swap done because things mount just a bit different on the new axles, so that meant I had to teak a few things on Agent J and on my setup...
Anyway I've got the axle swap finished and made my 1st test. The rig felt good but a bit off. The biggest difference is the diff mounts reversed from the old ones, so the torque from the drivetrain is reversed from what I'm used to. (that will just take some getting used to). Also the mounting locations are a bit different too. This made the suspension a bit more sprung. Fairly easy fix. So I softened up the shocks and now I need to test again.
Agent J still looks pretty much the same as it did B4, but I'll take a few new pics when I head out to test again.
"thumbsup"
Well over the last few weeks I've had Agent J torn to pieces. Prepping for an axle swap... No I'm not going away from the ever so sick Poulsons... I'm just updating to the production Poulsons.
Reason is that the production Poulsons are easier to service than the proto-type Poulsons I have been running.
Well it took me a bit to get the axle swap done because things mount just a bit different on the new axles, so that meant I had to teak a few things on Agent J and on my setup...
Anyway I've got the axle swap finished and made my 1st test. The rig felt good but a bit off. The biggest difference is the diff mounts reversed from the old ones, so the torque from the drivetrain is reversed from what I'm used to. (that will just take some getting used to). Also the mounting locations are a bit different too. This made the suspension a bit more sprung. Fairly easy fix. So I softened up the shocks and now I need to test again.
Agent J still looks pretty much the same as it did B4, but I'll take a few new pics when I head out to test again.
"thumbsup"
Highmark
I wanna be Dave
Thread resurrection! Buggy resurrection! Nothing like a little 18 year later update.
This is my favorite Gimbal chassis of all time, add a little Naz-T magic and it was a receipe for an epic buggy. Nazt-T landed fifth at nationals with this rig, so it has pedigree as well. This thing is an important part of RCC history.
So I caught wind that Agent J was sold locally in Utah a few years ago. At the time it was basically complete:
I was on the hunt for an Gimbal rig for years, and one day my buddy eric113 sent a post and said 'hey - is that Agent J'? Eric is a man of taste, and I know if he gives me a heads up that something cool is for sale, it's going to be good. Unfortunately, the buggy was passed around,and parted out. It came to me as a bare, fairly abused chassis, but I was still pumped to have piece of RCC history. I did a bunch of research and set out to rebuild with as many OG parts as possible.
Phase one was restoring the frame itself. This consisted of:
1) Reparing broken nuts / tabs
2) Restoring the cross memeber under the A-Pillar. This was cut at some point and the frame was starting to bow.
3) The skidplate was also missing to the sands of time, I opted to print a new one from PTEG.
4) A full polish.
Even with smallish electronics there was not a lot of room. I didn't want to go with axle mounted electronics, so I integrated a electronics box with the skid plate. I used a classicutcustoms gearbox.
Unfortunately the old wheels where sold off. I reached out to the guy that bought them but he had no interest in parting with them, so I designed and machined my own. I also tracked down a set of vintage losi tires in great condition.
Here's the OG - mine is not intended to be 1:1 copy.
Interestingly, from what I could find Naz-T switch from Poulsons to axial axles at some point:
And at long last, it's back together again. I took some liberties and used narrow RcBro's XR tubes in the front axles and added polished Vanquish knuckle weights. The shocks are vintage losi's.
This is my favorite Gimbal chassis of all time, add a little Naz-T magic and it was a receipe for an epic buggy. Nazt-T landed fifth at nationals with this rig, so it has pedigree as well. This thing is an important part of RCC history.
So I caught wind that Agent J was sold locally in Utah a few years ago. At the time it was basically complete:
I was on the hunt for an Gimbal rig for years, and one day my buddy eric113 sent a post and said 'hey - is that Agent J'? Eric is a man of taste, and I know if he gives me a heads up that something cool is for sale, it's going to be good. Unfortunately, the buggy was passed around,and parted out. It came to me as a bare, fairly abused chassis, but I was still pumped to have piece of RCC history. I did a bunch of research and set out to rebuild with as many OG parts as possible.
Phase one was restoring the frame itself. This consisted of:
1) Reparing broken nuts / tabs
2) Restoring the cross memeber under the A-Pillar. This was cut at some point and the frame was starting to bow.
3) The skidplate was also missing to the sands of time, I opted to print a new one from PTEG.
4) A full polish.
Even with smallish electronics there was not a lot of room. I didn't want to go with axle mounted electronics, so I integrated a electronics box with the skid plate. I used a classicutcustoms gearbox.
Unfortunately the old wheels where sold off. I reached out to the guy that bought them but he had no interest in parting with them, so I designed and machined my own. I also tracked down a set of vintage losi tires in great condition.
Here's the OG - mine is not intended to be 1:1 copy.
Interestingly, from what I could find Naz-T switch from Poulsons to axial axles at some point:
And at long last, it's back together again. I took some liberties and used narrow RcBro's XR tubes in the front axles and added polished Vanquish knuckle weights. The shocks are vintage losi's.
Damn .... That rig and chassis look awesome. Love the lines and the Wheels are amazing. Good on you for having the access and ability to make them. Definitely inspiring.
Very cool. Love that you remained true to the OG character of the rig but also brought it in to the new era. Nice work!
First crawler retromod? It looks awesome! 
justinart24
I wanna be Dave
Holy cow that is awesome! Great rebuild, I like the way the wrapped the shock mount around the tube to give it more strength
Highmark
I wanna be Dave
thanks dude! Many thanks! This was my first time, I just did a bunch of 3d test prints and winged it!
Many thanks! That was the goal, if I could have picked up back when it was complete I wouldn't have changed anything, but I felt like I had a little bit of creative license.
First crawler retromod? It looks awesome!
Haha maybe! It was a bit of a barn find. Thanks!
Thanks man! Yeah I alwaysl liked that detail too, I'm not sure how he pulled that off.
