My (official) crt.5 build
 

So today when i got home i happened to find a nice little package sitting on my front porch... i wonder what it is...

The box it was in:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...er/crt5002.jpg

Whats in the box:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...er/crt5003.jpg

Everything all laid out:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...er/crt5001.jpg

So i got: 2 bodys, 2 sets of wheels and tires, bag of a-arms and other mis. parts, 5mm to 1/8" bore reducer with a mod1 12t pinion, and another little bag of goodies. Should be getting my vxl and my other two orders in soon. (hopefully)

Congrats on the new truggy!!! Looks really clean. Let us know how the VXL works out.

Will do. Just got it a few minutes ago. Now i just need my battery and to make my battery box and ill be set. Cant wait for it to be done.

If you can afford Mike's extended chassis kit, I highly recommend it....it makes a world of difference in handling.

Best of luck w/the truck, you will love it....I have 2.

I picked up an incredibly clean CRT.5 just a few weeks ago which I'm startingrting to brushless. Good luck with yours!

The extended chassis is def not affordable right now. blew most of the little bit of christmas money i had. only have about $110 in the bank. Parents wont allow me to go any lower than $100 in my account.

Okay its been a few hours now that thing should be installed, wire tucked and ready to bash by now....lol. Good luck and have fun with it. :party:

Paul

thats a pretty cool rc18r if I have ever seen one.

Haha i wish it was installed. Everythings at my dads house and sadly im not. lol.

Few updates: Got everything hooked up and ready to go. Dont have my 3s in yet but i managed to hook up my 2s. Held it down with the fanciest zipties i could find. Took it out for a test run in the rain. Not the brightest idea but i had to run this thing one way or another. Ill get pictures up here in a few minutes.

The fancy zipties:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...ger/temp-2.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...ger/temp-3.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...anger/temp.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...ger/temp-4.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...ger/temp-1.jpg

Truck drives great. Only downfall is how soft the suspension is. I dont want it real stiff but it definitely needs to be stiffer than what it is now. It bottoms out from like a 5" drop. Stiffer springs and heavier weight will fix that no problem though. Sorry for the blurry pictures by the way. Somethings screwed up with my camera.

Update: Bought a Rhino 3s2p 4000mah 25c the other day. I have to say... the difference between 2s and 3s is CRAZY. I went from going about ~25 on 2s to around ~40 on 3s. Im running a 13t pinion and the factory spur. Im really liking the VXL now. It may hit LVC every once in a while for no reason but I still like it. Ill post up some pictures i have of the battery here in a few. I dont have any pictures of it in the truck yet but im planning for a good little bashing day tomorrow so i should have some pictures for you guys.

My 4900mah 2s1p 20c and my 4000mah 3s2p 25c comparison shot:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...r/image000.jpg

Another comparison shot:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...r/imagejpe.jpg

Tell me what you think.

Nice.