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It's just mocked up, nothing is final...but this was the hardest part...rest will be downhill...gonna run the crap out of this thing! Goal is to make it look 100% stone stock

Am I the only one who looked at that first picture and saw...

Dude ! Holy poop !

Whoa! This will be awesome.. You can get aluminum gear cases and counter gears now for these.

BattleTrak wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:15 pm Whoa! This will be awesome.. You can get aluminum gear cases and counter gears now for these.

Cool! I haven't researched any upgrades for these "space age" chassis trucks..but I will...I would like to keep it as stock as possible and see what holds up and what doesn't, then just buy what I need for reliability...the only switched part so far is a frog counter gear (the smallest one)...luckily I have an unbuilt Frog I can steal parts from!....and it has an MIP Ball diff in it

Man, this will be cool!

Are you starting with a rere gearbox? The pin dogbone outdrives look like it is.

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:17 am Are you starting with a rere gearbox? The pin dogbone outdrives look like it is.

That is the MIP diff. It only works with re-re dogbones or CVD's. The rest of the gearbox parts interchange.

coxbros1 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:22 pm the only switched part so far is a frog counter gear (the smallest one)...luckily I have an unbuilt Frog I can steal parts from!....and it has an MIP Ball diff in it

What did you do to the "pinion" section of the Frog counter gear to get it to work with the larger Blackfoot diff gear?

Are you planning to paint it orange, perchance?

1911Colt wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:05 am Are you planning to paint it orange, perchance?

Lol, nope stone stock

juicedcoupe wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:01 am

coxbros1 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:22 pm the only switched part so far is a frog counter gear (the smallest one)...luckily I have an unbuilt Frog I can steal parts from!....and it has an MIP Ball diff in it

What did you do to the "pinion" section of the Frog counter gear to get it to work with the larger Blackfoot diff gear?

I had to take out the MIP ball diff and pit in a stock Frog gear diff...tranny and clutch bell roll over super free!

Had to do an engine swap...the red head hit the body, didn't want to cut up the body...hope this lil O.S. CZ is up to the task!
Had to switch the MIP Ball Diff for a Frog Gear diff...tranny/clutchbell super free...zero resistance
Also had to relocate the right rear shock to clear the engine mount...it will have brakes but that's on down the road

coxbros1 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:25 pm I had to take out the MIP ball diff and pit in a stock Frog gear diff...tranny and clutch bell roll over super free!

Did you do the "Frogshot Mod" to it?

juicedcoupe wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:54 pm

coxbros1 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:25 pm I had to take out the MIP ball diff and pit in a stock Frog gear diff...tranny and clutch bell roll over super free!

Did you do the "Frogshot Mod" to it?

I don't know what that is..lol!