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lincpimp · 06.25.2008, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by BL_RV0

How? Well, I got the nut on... I'm assembling the steering rods right now.

Sounds like fun, I need to finish my hyper st...

lincpimp · **More pics! -** 06.26.2008, 07:56 PM

Got the emaxx tranny together and fabbed up some mounts for it. I also modded some revo driveshafts for the center drives. Used some of mike's 8mm pinion adapters to mate the revo sliders to the xtm diff. Everything fit together well and she rolls now!

I also had to trim the chassis to fit the motor and tranny. Note the extra 4 shocks where the canteliver links used to be. This truck has alot of articultion, and no binding! I still need to make the linkages and servo mount for the rear steering, and wire it up.

magman · 06.26.2008, 08:29 PM

Linc...that looks coooool!!! My friend is really into crawlers and would be so jealous of your rig...well done!

BL_RV0 · 06.26.2008, 08:53 PM

Borat says, "Very Nice!"

lincpimp · 06.27.2008, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by magman

Linc...that looks coooool!!! My friend is really into crawlers and would be so jealous of your rig...well done!

Thanks, I aim to have some fun with it when I am done.

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Originally Posted by BL_RV0

Borat says, "Very Nice!"

"I like", "How Much?"

"It hangs like sleeve of wizard..."

BL-Power · 06.27.2008, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by lincpimp

"It hangs like sleeve of wizard..."

Borat is so cool!

BTW very nice conversion Linc!

BL_RV0 · 06.27.2008, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by lincpimp

"I like", "How Much?"

"It hangs like sleeve of wizard..."

"My wife's dead, high five!"

lincpimp · 06.27.2008, 11:32 AM

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"My wife's dead, high five!"

HAHAHA

lincpimp · **It runs! -** 06.29.2008, 08:48 PM

Got it all wired up and took it for a few test runs. I have not installed the rear steering yet, so it turns like a bus. I did put a hitec 85mg servo in to shift the tranny, mounted it under the chassis plate, and use a slightly modded old emaxx shift linkage.

Low gear is slow, like 7-8mph. And it has a ton of torque. High gear is much faster, at least 30mph. The truck is a bit unstable at that speed, but fun! I need to put the body posts back on and pick out a good body from my collection. I also think that the diffs could use some JB weld, as my mech locking job (rearranged the spider gears) sounds like it is slipping. Otherwise it runs great. I am looking forward to 4 wheel steering, and a proper battery tray. I used zipties to hold the battery for the test run, and that was not keeping them in place very well.

I used a pair of 2s 2200 airthunder lipos in series to run it. Mixed bashing, 60% of it in high gear got me 25 mins, not bad IMO. Temps were pretty good, the 10xl got around 140f, the MM was around 115-120f, and the lipos got up to 105f.

Nothing broke, but I did mange to bend a bolt that holds the shock to the canteliver. Ohterwise it ran well.

rootar · 06.29.2008, 10:35 PM

did you try crawling with it yet? very cool if it can crawl and then pull off the rocks shift into to high gear and haul some arse..

lincpimp · 06.29.2008, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rootar

did you try crawling with it yet? very cool if it can crawl and then pull off the rocks shift into to high gear and haul some arse..

Yep, did a bit of both. It needs better tires, that is for sure. Otherwise it seems to work fine. Swaybars would help it handle better at speed, but they would limilt its crawling ability. I may gear it down a bit, as it is a touch too fast in high gear.

sikeston34m · 06.29.2008, 10:53 PM

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Yep, did a bit of both. It needs better tires, that is for sure. Otherwise it seems to work fine. Swaybars would help it handle better at speed, but they would limilt its crawling ability. I may gear it down a bit, as it is a touch too fast in high gear.

Too fast? I didn't know there was such a thing!

Very cool truck Linc. It looks like that will go through anything.

lincpimp · 06.29.2008, 10:57 PM

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Too fast? I didn't know there was such a thing!

Very cool truck Linc. It looks like that will go through anything.

Yeah, funny that I of all people should say it is too fast! The suspension is soo soft that this truck will flip sideways on hard acceleration from a standing start. It will also lift the front right wheel easily, with half throttle. It is fun, I just need to get some better tires.