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Started with a sassy chassis and an A&L monster truck I bought a while back. rear end is complete. I don't like the transmission brace but it was the only one I have. I may find a white one or make something. The transmission is a 6 gear with outdrive bearings and diff hub bearings, Race prep aluminum dog bones. black dyed bulkhead. I wanted a white one but this one was already hacked up and dyed half black anyway. I didn't want to cut up a good white one just for this car. Kyosho shocks, Associated MVP stock motor. Geared at 81/26 The black springs are actually original silver springs. But this is what happens when you soak them in CLR. They turn black.

Like that chassis with those trailing arms.

Just getting the car put together to see how things look. I may change out the front shock tower. Also the rear suspension feels weird. This is my first trailing arm car but the shocks feel like there packing. I don't know if the shocks have funky pistons in them or if its just the way these cars are. Anyway here are some updates. Now I'm waiting to find some parts for the steering.

Looking good, you've done a great job with this!

I too like the look of the Sassy Chassis w/ the trailing arms. If you weren't concerned with keeping parts original, I think it would be cool to get them anodized to match each other. Just a thought, although it looks perfectly awesome as it sits.

This is my first trailing arm car but the shocks feel like there packing.

Assuming your shocks are built correctly, no bent hinge pins, etc in my opinion trailing arm suspension type cars would benefit from having a ball type set up at the shock tops (Losi JRX2 style). You will find that the rear shocks do not swing on a single axis and do require some degree of 'float'....allowing it to pivot as it were. Loosen off the nut holding the shock top and you will see what I mean. You can use a more pliable bushing material rather than the Kyosho version you are using (fuel tubing comes to mind). Hope this has helped sweet build by the way

Another Great A&L build - even if I do say so! Love to see these builds would love a couple of shots for the new web site. Daryl

uzzi wrote:

This is my first trailing arm car but the shocks feel like there packing.

my opinion trailing arm suspension type cars would benefit from having a ball type set up at the shock tops (Losi JRX2 style). Hope this has helped sweet build by the way

Thanks that helped a lot. I had some late champ edition shock mounts, so I installed those. Also had the bottom shock mounts backwards. The big flat part (original metal RC10 shock mount) works better pointing to the outside instead of the inside.

Did a little more work on it. Got the wing mounted. Using a Jconcepts B4 wing. Also playing around with the idea of installing a B4 body and where to put the electronics.

Daryl Lane wrote:Another Great A&L build - even if I do say so! Love to see these builds would love a couple of shots for the new web site. Daryl

any requests let me know and I'll clean up my work bench. Also feel free to snatch any off of here. Send me a link.

Which wing mounts are those that your using?

abailey21 wrote:Which wing mounts are those that your using?

I have no idea. The ones on the tower I believe are A&L that came with the kit. The round buttons I got in a box of used wings I bought on ebay. There cool because they have set screws on both top and bottom.

abailey21 wrote:Which wing mounts are those that your using?

Those are ours, I have lots of them - they are tapped for 3mm screws and set screws. pm me if you want some. Daryl

Thanks greene-r74 I will do that.

Steering installed. I ran out of black ball cups. And the servo is pretty slow. Might have to swap that out.

I cheated to make the servo faster. Installed a longer servo arm and moved the bell crank ball to the inner hole.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX5ylPejElc&feature=player_profilepage

Body mounted, B4 JConcepts Illusion. slammed about as low as it can go.