XTM xlb 1/7 scale buggy build

[CerberusVI]

Wow that's crazy! Well I don't plan to bash too hard with this. I don't have any huge jumps or anything. So hopefully they hold up!

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by CerberusVI

Haha yeah! I've never seen one first hand before, only pictures and my first reaction was "Holy F%&# these are huge!" I still need to get some lst shock standoffs and I was hoping i dont have to buy full tower setups off of Ebay sense i dont need the rest, but it looks like it might go that way

Linc i'll be using the 40 series crimefighters from you on this bad oscar once its all done

Gotcha, did not realize that was you that bought the tires. They are on their way to you in 2 boxes.

Originally Posted by Arct1k

Don't know what it was - I tried them in my XL Savage and just kept snapping shafts but they are huge and looked great

The mounting points will have to be strong, and if the arms flex a lot I can see the shock shafts having issues.

[CerberusVI]

Started mocking up the LST shocks i got, Need to find some longer screws and make some bigger standoff's But I'm liking the look so far. Im in need of some Blue shock bodies and caps thoug, To me the black just blends in to easy with the rest of the buggy and doesn't pop out with their shear size.

[CerberusVI]

So i did some more mocking up today sense im still awaiting longer hardware to mount my lst shocks. I played a little with limited the shock travel as they longer than my stock ones. The rears are almost perfect at 51mm of shaft and the fronts i set shorter at 47mm of shaft exposed. The one issue i see so far is i have no steering movement lol! Also i dont have 23mm hexes for the wabash wheels and bow ties yet! they are just mocked up to the 17mm hex.

I have some mugen axle extenders i can play with but with 40 series tires they hit the shock spring retainer. So either i just run maxx size which im ok with sense i have a bunch anyway, but i thought 40 series tires and LST shocks will add more of a bigger scale look. I have some Blue aluminum shock bodies coming hopefully soon (Thanks Miamizfinest!)

here's some better pictures outside in some natural light, Don't mind the shocks lol, one looks like it might be falling off sense i dont have them fully mounted yet! Things are starting to come together...just really waiting on Mike with my mount now.......2 months later....Without further ado!

[CerberusVI]

Well my hardware came in yesterday and i now have the shocks fully setup on the xlb. I decided to stick with the maxx sized bowties i had on truggy wheels for now because the 40 series are huge lol.

Also another good note, Mike pm'd me today letting me know my mount was done! hopefully will get some pictures up soon!

[CerberusVI]

Well i finally got my Aluminum shock bodies from Miamizfinest in the mail the other day and had a chance to put them together today. Still waiting for a email from mike so i can try and finish the project soon. Soldered up bullets onto the MMV3 and a castle 10a BEC also. Need to get a battery tray and radio box situated, but i want to get the motor mount and center diff back in before i do all that

[pinkpanda3310]

Looks killa with the 40 series. I know it's not the better for handling but I like monster looks. IIRC muggy shocks are slightly shorter than lst. They might suit better on the front but I think they were only ever made of plastic.

Nice build

[CerberusVI]

I think with the muggy shocks only the actual shock shafts where shorter. With the fronts I have now. I have limited the travel so they aren't as long as the rear. They seem to work pretty good now, but I'll find out once I actually get it running.

I hope it all turns out as good as your LST/muggy rigs panda. I saw pictures of the one you did with the buggy body and it looked really cool!

[brian015]

The muggy shock bodies are shorter - but I haven't seen them available for sale anywhere in a while now.

Edit - and nice build, I should add.

[pinkpanda3310]

Thanks Cerberus. This fella just above me does awesome builds, check'em out. He's much more thorough.

[CerberusVI]

Thanks guys, I received my mount from mike yesterday. I'm at work or I would post up some pictures. I got the Cc Cc1520 mounted, I made an ESC mount with the left over nitro mounts, some lexan and a traxxas ESC hold down. Set up my radio and receiver, programmed the esc. Still gotta set end points and steering.

I'll be stopping at my lhs on the way home for a losi 8ight battery tray, pinion and possible a stampede radio box. May even be able to test run it tonight!

[CerberusVI]

Thursday i started by putting my mount in and mocking things up seeing what would work.





Friday i stopped at my LHS and got everything i needed and started mocking things up, I really wanted the chassis layout to be more of a traditional truggy style layout with the motor on the servo side, but it just didn't end up like that. I would have had to dremel the chassis a bunch in the already large 2 speed opening. So i opted to flip the mount and run the 1520, which ended up working out well!



This was my late Friday night test run, Its hard to read, but it came in @ 12lbs 15oz RTR. I didn't have time to setup my radio box yet so i slapped it together just so i could run it!
I tried running the Trencher X's but they ballooned really bad and also limited my steering sense they rubbed on the LST2 Shocks, They where fun and did lots of wheelies though! Some of these pictures didn't turn out as well as i hope, but here's one next to my next project a Losi Muggy. The XLB got quite dirty from the 2 thrashings I've given it!

After the 2nd test run and adjusting the preload way too much i ordered the RcRaven Dualrate springs, as the black ones where way too soft

[pinkpanda3310]

Just to see what would work ha? Given the state of that last pic... how did it work?

[CerberusVI]

Haha well the pictures with the radio box where from yesterday when I got that all situated and did a proper bashing. I have a video from yesterday when my buddy stopped by and I let him take xlb for spin. I'll try and get it up soon. But it went really well!

[CerberusVI]

here's a short video i shot before my buddy thought he blew up the diff, turned out to be a small stick in the wheel and cvd lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJHMYpZ9Qys