Ittybitty's DLux Ultra

[ittybitty]

With a 450 Gens Ace pack and these tires/wheels it weighs in at 4.5lbs. That's with 7oz total knuckle weight.

 

[Harvo]

That looks hawt! Very aggressive stance. Looks like it's moving even sitting still "thumbsup"

Why did you put such a big double Bend In your front uppers ?

Oh. .. and what is the skid height now with the shock change.?

 

[ittybitty]

Thanks...it seems to like this stance more as well "thumbsup"

All of the links on this rig are a direct swap over from my Spec Ops. I had the bends in the front uppers to clear the battery, chassis, and motor. I'm running the MFD upper link mount on the front, but I've modified it to move the links as far forward as possible and to mount them at the lowest position possible. All of that adds up to needing to have multiple bends. I'd actually like to grab a set of straight 1/8" uppers and see if they'd work out.

 

[Harvo]

Thanks...it seems to like this stance more as well "thumbsup"

All of the links on this rig are a direct swap over from my Spec Ops. I had the bends in the front uppers to clear the battery, chassis, and motor. I'm running the MFD upper link mount on the front, but I've modified it to move the links as far forward as possible and to mount them at the lowest position possible. All of that adds up to needing to have multiple bends. I'd actually like to grab a set of straight 1/8" uppers and see if they'd work out.

And the skid height?

 

[Erik D_lux]

Looks good!

I would even guess you could benefit from putting a bent end on the axle end and moving the shock to the outside of the tab.

I like a decent amount of angle on the rears and as little as possible on the fronts. That could change with spring preference though too.

 

[ittybitty]

And the skid height?

Sorry...get that for ya in a few.

Looks good!

I would even guess you could benefit from putting a bent end on the axle end and moving the shock to the outside of the tab.

I like a decent amount of angle on the rears and as little as possible on the fronts. That could change with spring preference though too.

Which springs are you currently running?

 

[ittybitty]

At full droop the front of the skid is at 3.375" and the rear at 3.5". At full compression the front is at 1.75" and the rear at 2".

 

[Erik D_lux]

Pinks all the way around. Maybe a touch stiff in the front, maybe a touch soft in the rear but its pretty close.

 

[ittybitty]

Pinks all the way around. Maybe a touch stiff in the front, maybe a touch soft in the rear but its pretty close.

Okay...I'm running the MRC Silvers front and rear with 30wt. oil...which means nothing compared to big bores.


Changed up the rear shock mounts just a little to make sure I meet the 3" minimum requirement. Erik is addressing this by including a slightly wider spacer for the rear, but this is just another way to do it. They'e the wider ball mounts that are included with the aluminum ball kits...the offset version will also work.

 

[ittybitty]

It's been a busy day here. I decided to go ahead and tear into the electronics on this rig and swap out to the new BR Minis. I'm trying a new setup that I haven't done on anyone else's wiring jobs yet and feel pretty good about the setup so far.

I started by cutting a small section off of 2 3.5mm female bullet connectors to make some solder posts to install between the battery ports on each ESC. They measure approx. 3.3mm tall.

Started by installing them on the bottom ESC. I also bent the leads on the capacitor on the top ESC at a 90* angle in order to stack the boards a little closer.

Attached top ESC

Here's the complete wiring setup...minus shrink wrapping and such.

Next I'll shorten up the Rx leads and install them in the rig. I'll update with progress again tomorrow. G'night ya'll "thumbsup"

 

[TEDROCKZ]

You get a 9380 yet?

 

[ittybitty]

You get a 9380 yet?

No sir...my guy still hasn't received them from Hitec.

 

[ittybitty]

Just finished updating the Specs List in the first post with "HERE" links to direct you to vendor threads where the products and/or additional information can be found "thumbsup"

 

[M_ENERGY]

I hope to see this at the next comp "thumbsup"

 

[ittybitty]

I hope to see this at the next comp "thumbsup"

Absolutely! Looking forward to getting our season cranked up "thumbsup"

 

[Erik D_lux]

The layout on those minis is pretty nice...

 

[ittybitty]

Yeah I'm really liking how they lay out. My only gripe is with the capacitors...I wish there was a lay down style similar to what comes on the Sidewinder Micros. It would make the footprint smaller, and easier to stack them.

I couldn't stop last night without finishing these up...so here's how they ended up looking with the Rx wires shortened up and heat shrink applied. I also removed the old Rx wires from the BEC and put some new ones on and turned them around the opposite direction.

 

[obebaldone1]

I like it. Man those blue wheels pop. Your wiring makes me jealous. Its just something I haven't gotten comfortable doing yet.

 

[Harvo]

You know one of the things I don't like about most chassis around lately is how far you have to lay down the rear shocks. If you want to stand them up you have to shorten them totally (difficult) or shorten the travel. And with big bores you don't have much travel to lose.

This chassis looks to have addressed that pretty well in back and in front.

Why is the front brace curved? Is it to allow more up travel on the uppers?

 

[TSK]

Yeah... those capacitors are kind of a oversight. i have a pair of the mini's to smash but haven't decided how i want to attack it yet because of their awkward positioning. A laydown cap or even a button style cap would have made much more sense.

Maybe someone who isn't me can ask JRH the specs on the cap and find a suitable replaement for them.

Truck is looking really good though"thumbsup"