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Old 03-19-2006, 06:36 PM
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Old 03-19-2006, 06:43 PM
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Awsome! Dig the flex from that coil over setup.
 
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Old 03-19-2006, 06:56 PM
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I guess you're ready for some living room wheeling. Looks really good.
 
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Old 03-19-2006, 07:01 PM
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That is fricken awsom.
Where did ya get the kit or did you build it yourself?
 
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Old 03-19-2006, 08:01 PM
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I built it myself. Used the axles from this kit:
http://www.tamiyausa.com/images/prod.../header_14.jpg
And pretty much ditched the rest.

Living room wheeling until it stops raining.....
 
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Old 03-19-2006, 08:37 PM
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looks freakin sweet!! looks like alot of time went into it


im surprised it wasnt a jeep
 
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Old 03-19-2006, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by KubotaOrange76
im surprised it wasnt a jeep
'Ehhh......Jeeps are for sorority chicks!

I try to diversify.
 
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Old 03-20-2006, 08:28 PM
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I took it out to my mini-rock garden this afternoon and it did well:

(all of these shots were drive in/drive out)






I am quite impressed with this little lathe motor. This thing will damn near rip the tires off:
 
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Old 03-21-2006, 10:08 AM
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Nice Ride....
Any lockers in that thing?

I have a 4x4 RC F-150, but it has open diffs....does okay though
 
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Old 03-21-2006, 08:23 PM
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Yep, it has a locked transmission and the equivalent of lincoln locked diffs.

I took it out to the lake where I ride my bike:






The camera battery ran out before I got to the big rocks.
 
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Old 03-21-2006, 08:43 PM
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dang that theing has mad cwazy flex! that is tight... did you buy the body or fab it up?
 
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Looks kind of like some 2 1/2 ton rockwell axles under that thing.
Looks nice.
 
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I purchased the body. It is just molded plastic body. It comes clear and needs to have a lot cut off (wheel wells, etc.).
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXEUZ1&P=ML

The company that made the axles that I used (Tamiya) makes a larger scale truck that runs "Rockwell-esque" axles. Here is a pic:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCF0873.jpg
(that is a buddys truck).

Thanks for the compliments.
 
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I'm not into the whole rc thing but I gotta say thats flippin sweet
 
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That is sweet probly could beat actual trucks with it.
 


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