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shodog you are a machine
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:39 pm
by scollins
shodog you are a machine!!!!!!!!
Great buildup, do you have a "spare" garage to hold all of your beautiful RC cars?
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:55 am
by shodog
Thanks for the compliments. I am just waiting on the suspension arms from tower to come in so that I can finish it off.
One thing I have learned with this build. the RPM rear bulkhead is 80 thousands wider than a stock one. so when it came time to bolt up the rear top deck supports, nothing lined up. So I modified them by milling 40 thousands off each side
I guess little snafu's are expected considering that I am using all sorts of aftermarket parts from different manufactures
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:32 pm
by shodog
I finished off the build of the chassis today. I think it came out pretty sweet looking. I would still like to polish out the wheels though. I just haven't had time to make it over to my neighbors to use his lathe. As you can see from the pictures, it's loaded with aftermarket parts. Here is a list of what I used.
Composite Craft double decker team chassis, shock towers, battery strap and transmission brace.
Team Associated stealth transmission gears, motor plate, rear guard, hard anodized dampers, ball bearing composite steering linkage, ball ends and cups, caster blocks, front axles, wing tubes, body mounts and aluminum screws
RPM gear case, rear suspension mounts, rear suspension arms, rear hub carriers, rear bulkhead, front bulkhead, front suspension arms, front steering knuckles
MIP CVDs, Tecnacraft titanium turnbuckles, Team Losi Hydra Drive slipper gear, RC performance specialties titanium hinge pins.
JPS aluminum wheels with Team associated TQ 20 rear tires and TQ 71 front tires.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:35 pm
by FlyinGN
breathtaking..
love those wheels
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:19 pm
by scr8p
very nice shodog. it looks cool all blacked out.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:22 pm
by badhoopty
pretty rad jim.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:23 pm
by toymkr73
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:28 pm
by badhoopty
ok i gotta say it... that car would look BITCHIN' with the wheels anodized black and then the lips polished.
fo' real yo.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:29 pm
by scr8p
did ya change your mind on customizing the wheels, or is it still up in the air?
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:32 am
by shodog
My thought was to annodize the wheels in either black or gold then take off what I need. It's easy to do with tecnacraft wheels because the lip is separate from the center but it may be hard to do with a one piece wheel. I need to talk to the guys at work and see what they think
Jim
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:04 am
by justinspeed79
Sweet car. I agree about the black centers too, that would be sick.
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:14 am
by Sharkman
Killer ride SD, another Stealth fighter
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:00 pm
by Tadracket
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:10 am
by Toykid
Oh, very nice Jim,
I see you are as busy here as you are at Tamiyaclub.
Great looking project.
James.
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:59 am
by shodog
Toykid wrote:Oh, very nice Jim,
I see you are as busy here as you are at Tamiyaclub.
Great looking project.
James.
Unlike Tamiya club where there is little interest in the RC10, here is where the true nuts hang out. Today I installed a motor in this chassis and took some revised pics. I also replaced the tires on my MIP grpahite car with some nice TQ spikes
