Hoosierdady
Fan of wheelspeed
Very nice work!"thumbsup"
You speak with forked tongue. You never say red would look good on my trucks
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Project 8-Ball - 2.2 Trail (Class 3) FJ40 for 2015
- Thread starter dna4engr
- Start date
Stormin2u
I wanna be Dave
She's really a great looking rig Dana if it doesn't dominate the 2015 MNRCRC 2.2 trail class I'd be very surprised.
fr8cture
I wanna be Dave
You speak with forked tongue. You never say red would look good on my trucks
:lmao:You got too much red going on.
dna4engr
Rock Crawler
Thanks this has been a really fun build.
I sure hope so Norm. Of course the rig is only part of the equation. The bigger part is the oaf behind the radio. I think she'll be a performer. Still needs a few tweaks.
I had a delivery I was lucky to find out he still made. MThead emblems for the fj40
I also did a little siping on the front tires to try and help with wet rocks. Only went 1/16" or less deep. That way it'll break in over time if I don't like it.
I still can't decide if I should paint the al panels. A buddy of mine suggested painting them but masking off a section that would look like rock armor. That's the best suggestion I've had yet. Still don't know.
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fr8cture
I wanna be Dave
I would paint them. Would look cool after some trail use.
northkona
Rock Crawler
The badges really top it off and I agree with painting , chick's dig scars.
Nice spot for the lights too , out of harms way..
Nice spot for the lights too , out of harms way..
holycaveman
RCC Addict
Very nice! I vote for painting the metal.
dna4engr
Rock Crawler
I cleaned masked primed and painted the panels. I left some "armor" on them
I may cut out some of that diamond tread I used in the bed to cover the silver areas to be more scale.
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I may cut out some of that diamond tread I used in the bed to cover the silver areas to be more scale.
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DaveQ
Pebble Pounder
Wow! Hey I know a guy that will buy that, when you want to sell!
dna4engr
Rock Crawler
I ended up making those diamond tread armor plates. Looks pretty good. Got her over to my buddies house today to get some time on the rocks. Also got the snorkel all mounted up with a foam filter and everything. Surprisingly it doesn't get hung up too bad.
Everything was going well until the gears in my HH servo went. Time for good ol trusty savox.
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Everything was going well until the gears in my HH servo went. Time for good ol trusty savox.
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fr8cture
I wanna be Dave
We're you running the hardened steel gears?
STANG KILLA SS
~THE SCALE SHOP~
love the wheels!
painted body with the diamond corners looks damn good
painted body with the diamond corners looks damn good
dna4engr
Rock Crawler
I'm not sure. I bought the servo new in the late fall last year and it's been working good. I am not sure if it has the original v2 gears or the new hardened steel ones. Contacted holmes. Hopefully will have a new gear set coming soon.
For now it's savox 1230 which I ran for almost a year in my Swamprat truck. Only failure I've had on those is the top plastic case. Which is a $6 replacement.
fr8cture
I wanna be Dave
Ahh probably old gears. New ones came out in December I think.
blakeski
I wanna be Dave
killer 40. glad you painted it all... look cool with trail rash on it!
dna4engr
Rock Crawler
Got out last minute for some trail running in the snow with my buddy. Got some cool terrain. Really found out that these swampers do not have traction on ice. At all. Lol. Good thing we don't comp in the snow.
Phil tried out one of the cricks and it was super slippery and then his tire started digging in the ice. So we had to fish it out.
Then we got back and the front Trans output on his ax2 finally gave way.
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Phil tried out one of the cricks and it was super slippery and then his tire started digging in the ice. So we had to fish it out.
Then we got back and the front Trans output on his ax2 finally gave way.
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fr8cture
I wanna be Dave
Where is this at?
dna4engr
Rock Crawler
It's at Locke park in Fridley. Right behind Phil's house
dna4engr
Rock Crawler
Been doing a little work on this rig since the last snow.
I lowered the front end about 1/2". Softened the rear springs. She crawls like a beast now.
Had to button up some interior stuff for the snow crawl finals.
Put the seat on the passenger side with the safety harness in place.
Bunch more interior stuff done but didn't take pics yet. Will shortly.
Here are some crawling photos from that last comp at Phil's.
Was able to beat privjoker for the first time in the finals (only by 9 seconds) The mods to the chassis and suspension definitely helped.
Can't wait for the 2015 mnrcrc season. Sadly I'll miss the first comp but I'll be coming back with a vengeance.
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I lowered the front end about 1/2". Softened the rear springs. She crawls like a beast now.
Had to button up some interior stuff for the snow crawl finals.
Put the seat on the passenger side with the safety harness in place.
Bunch more interior stuff done but didn't take pics yet. Will shortly.
Here are some crawling photos from that last comp at Phil's.
Was able to beat privjoker for the first time in the finals (only by 9 seconds) The mods to the chassis and suspension definitely helped.
Can't wait for the 2015 mnrcrc season. Sadly I'll miss the first comp but I'll be coming back with a vengeance.
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