Hot bodies 1/8 diffs

[cmac]

More pics.....

[cmac]

Even more pics.......

[cmac]

OK, so I have been saving the best for last. The Proline GMC Topkick that you see is the one I painted, that is the one I will use when I drive the truck. This one is strictly for show. I will never run with this one. It was done by
http://www.adrcracing.com/
He does some of the best flames I have ever seen. The Pictures do not do it justice!!!!!!!!

[cmac]

Here are a few more......

[cmac]

Thanks to everyone who answered all my numerous questions. Thanks Especially to Neil, Man this forum is a better place because of you. Your guidance has been invaluable!!!!! Thanks to my neighbor Kyle, that drill press saved my butt!!! I can finally come out and start driving my truck again, if you promise not to crash into the front of this one!!!( just kidding). Feel free to ask me any questions about the build... I hope you guys like.....
Mike.
PS for those of you who started on page 19 and went down there are a bunch of pictures on page 18 with the shells off......

[Overdriven]

Um, one thing totally ruined this build for me. The left front and the right rear tires need to be swapped so the tread is facing the right way. Sorry but I had to find something to critique! Sweet build man!

[cmac]

Originally Posted by Overdriven

Um, one thing totally ruined this build for me. The left front and the right rear tires need to be swapped so the tread is facing the right way. Sorry but I had to find something to critique! Sweet build man!

I have been waiting so long to get this thing together I did not even pay attention to that. I going to do that right now. Thanks....

[cmac]

OK that's better....

Nice truck bodies. It's good to see you have it all done for the most part. Is that a real aluminum barrel in the,back or just a plastic part cut in or part of the actual body? What did the body cost if you don't mind me asking? If you don't want to tell I understand as well.

[cmac]

About 160 I think. No it's not metal. It's part of the body.

Are those the rear proline shocks that they make for the 4x4 as well?? If so can a person get by with 4 instead of 8? Maybe if I wait I could afford 8 because that looks cooler than 4.

Are those the FLM A-Arms or another brand? I like how the corners on the arms are rounded.

Are the bumpers the stock chrome plated plastic ones or a custom set you got somewhere.

Maybe some day in the near future you can sit down and make a list of each part in Microsoft Word with all the part names, part numbers if you can remember them and the website links. After you make the list you could just copy and paste it into the thread. I have alot already but I'm leaning towards the center diff setup since it looks more clean along with all the other stuff. This will be nice someday I'm hoping. I'm still waiting on my FLM parts. Last I emailed her yesterday she said she was waiting on 2 parts to get milled then she would ship. Can't hardly wait.

[cmac]

Originally Posted by dtnel

Are those the rear proline shocks that they make for the 4x4 as well?? If so can a person get by with 4 instead of 8? Maybe if I wait I could afford 8 because that looks cooler than 4.

Are those the FLM A-Arms or another brand? I like how the corners on the arms are rounded.

Are the bumpers the stock chrome plated plastic ones or a custom set you got somewhere.

Maybe some day in the near future you can sit down and make a list of each part in Microsoft Word with all the part names, part numbers if you can remember them and the website links. After you make the list you could just copy and paste it into the thread. I have alot already but I'm leaning towards the center diff setup since it looks more clean along with all the other stuff. This will be nice someday I'm hoping. I'm still waiting on my FLM parts. Last I emailed her yesterday she said she was waiting on 2 parts to get milled then she would ship. Can't hardly wait.

The A-arms, the knuckles,the titanium CVD's, the titanium pillow balls, and the titanium hinge pins are all the hard to get Unlimited Engineering brand. I was able to get three other sets of A-arms (for back-up) and three sets of steel UE CVD's (again for back-up). I don't want talk about how much I spent on those alone. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unlimited-En...item2a141de44a
This guy is selling everything as a set including the UE bulkheads and steering servo. I can tell you that for all of that it's a great price. A lot of the pieces are now discontinued, but absolutely the best E-Maxx stuff on the planet. I would buy that lot if I did not already have all the other sets. The front and rear bumpers are Traxxas aluminum ones. Yes the shocks are Proline rears, and if you go further back into my thread I left a link for those shocks for you. 4 shocks will not work if you are going to do a truck as heavy as mine( 13 lbs with the batteries). At least with those shocks. You would have to do your research to find what would work. As for the list like I said before in this thread I am very lucky my wife did not divorce me with all the time I have spent on this truck (thanks honey). She and I have very busy 1 and 4 year old boys and my time is very limited. To be honest I don't want to know how much I have spent on this thing. If you look at the Ebay link above you can begin to get an idea of the amount I have invested. I think there was a guy on Ebay not to long ago that was selling the UE titanium CVDs (new) for $500 alone. Just look on Ebay from time to time and people are selling UE parts all the time. The answers that you are looking for are further back in this thread. I think I have talked about almost every part on this truck. and I have provided links for most of them, except the UE stuff bought on Ebay. I'm still not done with the truck as I'm waiting for the Hitec 9380 brushless servos that are hopefully coming out soon. As soon as I get those I will be done with the truck (for now). What you can't appreciate is the countless hours of research I done to pick the right parts. I have used other build threads in this forum and others as inspiration. The hunt for parts and the wait was part of the fun. I spent most of the time just waiting for parts to ship or come back in stock. I suggest going back and reading this whole thread from the beginning. Take your time in selecting parts, (trust me on that I have a bunch of parts that did not make it onto this truck) it will save you money in the long run. Good luck with the build.
Mike.

[suicideneil]

That's a thing of beauty for sure, really did come together nicely.

Only other thing I would say look at is the right-rear knuckle, the camber angle looks to be a bit out of whack ( top the the wheel is leaning outwards, should be sitting level ideally & pointed inwards when viewed from above ( 1.5 degrees toe-in on both sides, front wheels should be parallel & sitting level too ).

I'm also looking at how you mounted the shocks in different holes on the towers- ideally both shocks on each side of the tower should use the same hole, with a long screw going all the way through both shock caps & mounts ( 2 shocks on one screw )- something about 50mm long should work.

Otherwise it's a work of art....

[cmac]

Yes im going to set up the suspension before I drive it. I will look into getting those screws . Thanks again as always.

Yes I am familiar with the proline shocks as I have them on both of my slash 4x4 trucks. I have other trucks so I'll have them to drive as this slow build process moves forward. Thanks fore the info.