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NIRC. Chit Chat

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Ok guys I switched to some 32p gears. I have the mesh set should be just about right. Motor temps are 95-125 range. I know a heavier toothed gear tends to make a little more noise but these things are yelling a good 34-50% louder than my 48P. Is that normal?? Might be up to play next weekend not water/mud running though...
 
The 32P are louder, but it is odd, I run them in all my trucks and the Wraith is twice as loud as the Hilux or the Taco.

I am up for next weekend. Got the new body done on the Wraith, still having a little trouble with ESC and Motor but I think it is the Sensored/UnSensored setting on the ESC. Just means I have to unbaloon everything again to retest it.

For the life of me, I could not find any of my air brush stencils of templates so just a simple paint job on this to see how it works out. I will do another is a few weeks. Rear deck is just sitting in place not locked down.

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Build it in class1 johnny! Im thinking once my class3 is complete, ill switch the honcho over to a hard body f350 class1 truck.
 
die-laughing said:
Build it in class1 johnny! Im thinking once my class3 is complete, ill switch the honcho over to a hard body f350 class1 truck.
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Ewww.. ford! :)

My biggest hangup with F350, Silverado, Tundra, etc. Class 1 builds is that none of those are solid front axle trucks. So if Class 1 is supposed to be pretty much a beefed up street truck, they really need a IFS in the front. That would definitively be a sick build.
 
IFS would be pretty cool but, you could have a class1 rig with a solid axle conversion! How do you know it didnt have IFS and I switched it over to a solid axle?!:lmao:
Yea, my class3 is gonna be Ford! Maybe ill switch it up and do something else for the other rig... Hmm.
 
die-laughing said:
IFS would be pretty cool but, you could have a class1 rig with a solid axle conversion! How do you know it didnt have IFS and I switched it over to a solid axle?!:lmao:
Yea, my class3 is gonna be Ford! Maybe ill switch it up and do something else for the other rig... Hmm.
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Actually all of them are easily converted to solid axles if they are used for crawling. Of course if they are used for crawling, they are probably not a class one rig.

Actually, the Hilux was a solid front axle. The Ford F350 was available with a solid front axle through 2008, Ramns had solid axles into the 2000s (my 2002 Ram was a solid front axle). Can't speak to the Silverados. Tundras have always had IFS.
 
Yeah, that is what I was sorta getting at. Seems if you are converting to a solid front axle, then it'd be more of a Class 2 rig.

Ah, I wasn't aware of axles being available so late in the game!

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Actually all of them are easily converted to solid axles if they are used for crawling. Of course if they are used for crawling, they are probably not a class one rig.

Actually, the Hilux was a solid front axle. The Ford F350 was available with a solid front axle through 2008, Ramns had solid axles into the 2000s (my 2002 Ram was a solid front axle). Can't speak to the Silverados. Tundras have always had IFS.
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Anyone know if the flatbed counts as "Wheel can not extend past body"?
I'd like to build a class1

EDIT: It looks like the flat bed is legal but now I have another question...
 
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So, I was wondering about Class 1. I don't see that it actually has to be a Factory Spec. truck... because Ford didn't make 4x4's till the 40's.

But.
In the 30's, Marmon-Herrington started doing Ford truck conversions "thumbsup"
So, I think I will build a Parma 34' Ford Dually :mrgreen:

Ford also sold the trucks with NO Bed... I know that's against C1 rules though... but it was a factory spec option.
 

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i should just assume i'm ahead of the curve.

what was it just a month or two ago people were saying wraiths werent for them as well as class 1?...

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my f350 is class 1 for sure but it wouldnt comp at all compared to a honcho running 4.18 tires. my current rig is being built as both a class 1 and a class 2. only got to swap out links and body/bumpers to change it up.

...and its going to be the BADDEST ever class 1. ;-)
 
Jason, Is that a class1 build off challenge!!!?

Haha just playin'.. I have to finish my class3 rig first. Johnny on the other hand..8)
 
badhoopty said:
i should just assume i'm ahead of the curve.

what was it just a month or two ago people were saying wraiths werent for them as well as class 1?...

:flipoff:

my f350 is class 1 for sure but it wouldnt comp at all compared to a honcho running 4.18 tires.
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I still don't have a Wraith!
and that's the same reason I'm reluctant to build a Class 1... the Honcho.
 
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