Rootar's crt.5

[magman]

Diffs....7 10 3

Shocks:

35 front w/ Jato 1.4 springs ..........Traxxas GTR Revo shocks

50 rear w/ Ofna orange springs and blue springs on my Daughter's w/ 40 wt. ........Ofna 1/8 buggy front shocks

[rootar]

im running stock ofna shocks... i did get to run it outside today and i dunno what is has in the center diff but it aint good enough this thing doesnt take off worth a crap...center unloads before the front can even bounce up a little, i usually shoot for being able to barely lift the front wheels an inch or so before the diff unloads (this usually gives the truck a excellent jump or lurch forward and really accelerates fast without being to much power to the rear.)


so i guess its time to tear the front and center diff out, other than those two nothing popped out as something odvious that needed changing. right away.

[ilpufxit]

Glad to see the little guy found a good home! I'm just going to stick with 8th scale.

[rootar]

hey fill me in evan, whats in the shocks? diffs? id like to know so i have something to base my changes off of.

[rootar]

haha found the problem why it was seemingly so slow the first couple runs.....the center diff was dry it had a tiny bit of grease but definetly no oil....so i filled it with 7k and WOW its a little beast now, but i already broke something....

well i guess it doesnt count againist the truck's durability in my opinion but i hit a tree dead on about 6 feet up doing about 30 off a jump.....the front bumper braces broke, it took a few serious tumbles, besides the tree, hit a cinder block and sent the truck into a 540 spin on the ground, hit a pallet in the air, best one was when i hit the same tre agian off my big jump but instead of going straight into it i was mid blackflip and chassis slapped the tree,it did a flip off and actaully drove away........

tough little truck, im impressed so far, now i need to clean up around my little track (quit hitting crap) and i needed to gear it back down to a 14 or 15 tooth instead of the 17 be 40+ on a 40 foot long track is STUPID FAST.

[Snipin_Willy]

This thread makes me wanna get back on my CRT.5 project. Looks like a great build.