Jammin SCRT10 - RC-Monster Forums

Shark413 · **Bumper -** 12.23.2009, 12:18 AM

As I mentioned in an earlier post the first day out on the track I had a little accident and broke the front upper bumper support. It's been kinda slow at work this week so I figured while I was waiting for a replacement I could see if I could throw something together using some spares I had laying around. I had previously used a Slash front bumper on my 1/8 buggy SC conversion, it is pretty easy to adapt to other trucks, it is pretty tough and I had an extra one. So I took some scrap aluminum I had left over from some skids I made and put together a new front bumper for my Jammin using the Slash bumper. As a bonus I got a front skid plate as well. It took me a hour or so to make the parts and it bolted on without issue. The Slash bumper is very solid and has a built in shock absorber, unfortunetly it sits about 1/2 too high in relation to the body, oh well.

Here are the parts required, Slash bumper and some 6061 aluminum scrap.

Parts together

Bottom view

Front shot

Here it is with the body on.

johnrobholmes · 01:01 AM

Dang that is a sweet looking rig! If I picked up a short course truck, this would be it! I bet the 1509 is a screamer.

How much room do you have on the chassis for the battery? I am wondering if a 6s 2500mah system pack could lower the CG.

Shark413 · 12.23.2009, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by johnrobholmes

Dang that is a sweet looking rig! If I picked up a short course truck, this would be it! I bet the 1509 is a screamer.

How much room do you have on the chassis for the battery? I am wondering if a 6s 2500mah system pack could lower the CG.

If I remember correctly the stock Batt tray interior dimensions are 6"x1"x2". My custom tray is a little more open and allows for a larger battery all the way around. Where you have an issue is if you go too wide you run up onto the mudguard mounting bumps. You are right about the low mah 6s it would probably be smaller/lower. But I have a bunch of 3s I recovered from my dead 4 and 5s 5000mah Zippy's.

Shark413 · **Size -** 12.23.2009, 01:41 AM

Well I don't own a Slash but I do have an SC10 so here they are for a size comparison.

Jammin SCTRC10 and Associated SC10

Topless

Shark413 · **Big Shocks -** 12.24.2009, 04:19 AM

I have been slowly moving optional/modified parts from my CRT.5 over to my new SCTRC10. Today I added the jato front shocks and 1/8 buggy rear shocks. First there is nothing wrong with the stock shocks, I just run big bore shocks on my 1/8's and I like the feel and consistency they provide, the larger shafts will make the suspension more rigid and reduce shaft bending. Also, I ran this setup on my CRT.5 and it was dialed. I am still waiting for my replacement front bumper so I still have the modified Slash bumper installed. I had to modify the Slash bumper to allow clearance for the larger shocks. So I made a new top brace and cut some of the plastic from the Slash bumper.

Jato Shocks up front

Stock shocks and Jato shocks

New bracket for the Slash bumper

Rear shocks