my HPI crawler king transformation

[adamargue]

Looks good man. I love 4 wheel steering.makes a big difference.

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[anthonyjlc]

Awesome man, i just ordered all but one part to do the front end on my truck

 

[allanon1965]

Well after much toying around in the snow and ice, it is becoming apparent that the dual shocks are way too stiff and make it much easier to roll over...

 

[anthonyjlc]

take off the roll cage over the motor, its not needed and is unnessesary weight up top and Lower the body down as far as possible

 

[allanon1965]

sorry for not updating much lately, work has been a pain lol... I am still tinkering with the crawler king, but looking to maybe change the rods from the frame to the axles for more clearance...and with possibly weighting the wheels....

 

[anthonyjlc]

Im deffinetly looking to weight the wheels, also looking for some bent lower links

 

[allanon1965]

have you found any candidates for the bent lower links and weights for the tires?

 

[anthonyjlc]

Ive found some stick on weights on ebay im gonna get, took my beast on its maiden voyage today

 

[allanon1965]

how did it do?

 

[anthonyjlc]

Really well actually, the drill motor provides enough torque and wheelspeed to bring up the front wheels on command

 

[allanon1965]

what drill motor did you use? I am going today to get some stick on weights, I am trying to figure out if I need better tires and if so which ones to get. I tried a 19t motor and it went faster but had no torque at all for climbing...i upgraded the tx and rx to a traxxas 2.4ghz setup...works very well for me...

 

[anthonyjlc]

I used a dewalt 12v motor, i havnt upgraded my radio yet im using a traxxas tq 27mgz, and as far as tires go i use proline flatirons they work really well

 

[anthonyjlc]

Have you ordered shorter shocks yet??

 

[allanon1965]

not yet, i am unsure of what ones to buy.....what would you suggest? what weight shock oil? i did lower the body back down to the lowest point it can go and it helped out quite a bit with roll over...

 

[anthonyjlc]

I use these http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=300819281153&index=4&nav=SEARCH&nid=97691199425
With 10w-30 motor oil and im very pleased with them so far

 

[allanon1965]

well I have weighted my front tires with 3 oz in each tire....should the rear be weighted as well? if so how much compared to the front?

 

[anthonyjlc]

No dont weight the rear

 

[allanon1965]

Why no weight in the rear?

 

[allanon1965]

Well i bought the axial jeep poison spyder wraith yesterday....mainly to see if it would be better than my crawler king....i will post back after testong lol

 

[Matt_]

Any updates on the axial comparison?