Da hummer.

crash2 · Jul 1, 2009

Well over the course of last season I saw my son kyle progress and get better and better. Well his skillz progressed but his rig was hgolding him back. It was too tall and was a tad short. I could tell he would get frustrated but he was always a good sport and just kept going--never acting very frustrated but I could tell.

I kept asking him would he like me to redo his rig---he kept saying no he liked it. Well we finally sat down and talked it over and I told him--I could make it better and used my rig as a good example.

Well thanks to torry over on WARCRC he gave kyle a new chassis that he had recieved. I was hoping to get the new rig ready for the first comp of the season but time didn't allow--but it will be ready for the second.

Well here sits his rig--ready to be molested....

crash2 · Jul 1, 2009

So I pulled the chassis out of the box and looked it over. I decided to toss the skid plate that came with it because I did not like the configuration--plus I prefer to run a little narrower chassis.

So I built a new skid plate and mounted the chassis plates..

A big issue with the old chassis was how tall it was (da bull). Here you can see how much shorter the new chassis is compared to the old one--that alone will help a ton.

crash2 · Jul 1, 2009

So I like to start with the rear first. One thing I am also doing it running a bigger rod end like I did with my rig. the current ones were breaking on hard lands--and I have yet to break the ones on my rig.

Here is what we used to run

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&W=001101863&I=LXJJ81&P=K

And here is what we are now running

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&W=001101863&I=LXHGB7&P=K

The smaller ones are for 6/32 links and the larger ones need 8/32

For the links I am using thick alum tube thats just the right diameter to tap out for 8/32" and I just use allthread to join the rod end.. Pretty simple really

crash2 · Jul 1, 2009

So I got the rear links done and the front lower with the uppers only mocked up for correct length. One nice thing about doing alot of this--having bits and pieces laying around for mock up

But Here is a side view.

Rear link configuration. I copied my setup since I know it works very well.

One from the top

Jeepless · Jul 1, 2009

Better enjoy doing this FOR him, cause it won't be long before he will be doing it on his own..:redneck:

Looks good!

crash2 · Jul 3, 2009

Ok I am putting along. I got the shock mounts modified for this setup and cross brace/body mounts. Its going to be tight for the electronics from what I can tell--but that will get figured out. But so far its turning out WAY better than his old setup so kyle should be happy..

crash2 · Jul 3, 2009

The ESC is the goat with 18.5 motor. trans is an AX10 and DNA dig.

It was a tight fit but I got the assemble mounted in. I still have to clearance the chassis for the pinion gear. But the fitment was exactly where I wanted it..

hlb3 · Jul 3, 2009

Looks like Kyle is going to have a pretty sweet rig. :awesomework:

crash2 · Jul 3, 2009

hlb3 said:
Looks like Kyle is going to have a pretty sweet rig. :awesomework:

Can't wait to see how it works---hated see kyle struggle due to his rig. This should not be the issue now :awesomework:

Spanaway Mudder · Jul 3, 2009

crash said:
Can't wait to see how it works---hated see kyle struggle due to his rig. This should not be the issue now :awesomework:

Think it will out wheel yours?:redneck::haha:

crash2 · Jul 3, 2009

Spanaway Mudder said:
Think it will out wheel yours?:redneck::haha:

I would love to see him outdo me....:awesomework:

hlb3 · Jul 3, 2009

It should work well for him, I was really happy when I had one of those chassis, I could run just about anything I wanted to with it.

I B RACIN · Jul 3, 2009

Looking good mike, what does Kyle think so far?

T.

ROOKIE · Jul 3, 2009

looks good going to have it done by sunday?:stirpot:

hlb3 · Jul 7, 2009

Make any more progress on it Mike?

crash2 · Jul 8, 2009

Oh--my bad. I got side tracked and didn't get pics up.

Ok I got all the electronics stuffed into the rig and it was tight..

I ended up fining a nice spot for the reciever. Its tucted under the rear crossbace. I had to lengthen the steering servo wiring by an inch but it turned out to be a nice place for it

I ended up needing to redo the front crossbrace. I found I needed a little more room for the ESC and found it helped with the body post's also so it worked out nicely. I made a tray for the ESC to sit down against and the notch in the crossbrace helps keep it in place. I also ended up ziptieing the ESC down due to how the body fits and the wire for the battery.

crash2 · Jul 8, 2009

I drilled holes in the body for the body pins and now the body sits a TON lower--man the tires dig deep into it--its going to get lopped up pretty good now,lol

crash2 · Jul 8, 2009

So saturday morning we took it out to our rock course to try it out--and kyle was already amazed at how much better it worked. I still need to rework the front spring rates. But after about 5 minutes he broke a pin in one of his front CVD's. Hell I haven't been able to do that yet. Now granted his axles are my old ones and I was pretty hard on those,lol.

So I tossed a stock inner/outer on that one side so he could use it on sunday at our GTG. Well he was very happy with it --but dad went and fried his damn ESC....

hlb3 · Jul 8, 2009

Nice! That turned out pretty good! Now you need to just get rid of those weak ass TLT axles and get him something decent. :fawkdancesmiley:

What happened to the ESC, was it just another random random Goat failure?

crash2 · Jul 8, 2009

hlb3 said:
Nice! That turned out pretty good! Now you need to just get rid of those weak ass TLT axles and get him something decent. :fawkdancesmiley:

What happened to the ESC, was it just another random random Goat failure?

No--that was try a lipo--not looking at it being wired backwards--ya I fawked that one up