Crawllife's 5D Sucker Punch

[Crawllife]

Looks like its coming together really well!

What was your reasoning for flipping the trans?

Well bro, having Winner over for a build session can produce some interesting things. Mirroring the trans has been a pretty popular thing for reducing torque twist ( for the new guys reading, I know Erik knows this!) for a while. By doing this on my rig, it was really about getting every last bit of weight forward. I'm well aware that it isn't by much in this situation. However we had a motor that would fit in this case with this chassis. I also want to find out a lot of what I read on here for myself. For the average builder, this would be the best he could do getting the motor forward. I have a NCD trans going in once a few parts are ready. I want to feel for myself the difference between a traditional trans with a little " common knowledge " modding vs the newest trends of these custom trans of carbon and unique placement. We will see shortly if there is a benefit to the NCD trans. For now, this feels a bit more " weight forward" than my losi night crawler .

 

[Crawllife]

Time to mark the lid for my first fitting. You'd think with my profession I'd know this part. Nope. I think I found the spot tho


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[AddictedtoRC1]

Looking killer. Can't wait to see the lid painted and everything come together.

 

[Crawllife]

A few shots of my voodovers from EY Designs. These tires look amazing! This will not be my finished width however. These pics are with the front at 9.5 and the rear at 9. I'll be increasing both by at least 3/4".

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[AddictedtoRC1]

Looking great David.

 

[Crawllife]

Lids done


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[Crawllife]

Just about there. I still have a servo guard and knuckle weights to put on but I wanted to get wheel base set and body on. I'm at 10 n 3/4 front and 10.5 out back. I had to turn my rears inside out and run the smallest vp hub to get the width where I wanted it.


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[Crawllife]

Rcbros knuckle weights are built. Have to dig out 4 matchy screws for these. The best way I've seen in build threads is to use the " unused " back sets of holes on the wraith knucks to mount these. Brian pointed this out to me and then it jumped out in a few more threads. Eliminating the the need to elevate or put extra strain on the steering arm.


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[winnerone23]

Is it Sunday yet!!! can't wait to see it in the rocks rtr.. Specially the performance of the new shoes!

 

[Crawllife]

I'm hoping the rain holds off. It was a long ass winter and I want to drive. I would have preferred to break both sets of tires in before ringing rocks but it's not going to happen.

 

[Erik D_lux]

Man, that is a sick body!

Next body I need, you dont need to ask what I am looking for. Something like that would be perfect!

 

[Crawllife]

So this is what I meant by the above post. Nice clean fit on the back of the knuckle.


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[TSK]

Looks good buddy.

 

[Crawllife]

Finish it off with a Custom Fiber servo guard and the initial stuff is done. Now for endless tuning and tweaking.


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[TSK]

I really love the look of those flames. the mor I look the more I want.

So take notes. Next time, I want flames like that. I also want woodgrain.:mrgreen:

Can't wait for the results of your comp this weekend man. pretty pumped about it and someone better be taking video.

 

[AddictedtoRC1]

pretty pumped about it and someone better be taking video.

Video is covered. :thumbup:

 

[Jslick]

I'll be taking lots of pics when I am not judging."thumbsup"

 

[winnerone23]

I'll be getting video as well..
Need to get Dave's SP running as well.. (Hoping his driving can look as good as his rig, lol.)

 

[Crawllife]

Thanks guys, I'm amped about the rig and the season. I have more of these flames cut for T and Dlux.

 

[Erik D_lux]

So take notes. Next time, I want flames like that. I also want woodgrain.:mrgreen:

Woodgrain? Yeah, I will steal that idea. Why dont you stick to watermelon flames?

Seriously, I didnt see the chrome lining!