OSRC
I wanna be Dave
Something a little different from my usual builds. But first, a little backstory. I learn more to the scale and trail runner side and I don't compete in comps or anything, but I do like tinkering around to get better results. Over the past few years at my local crawler spot, mother nature has washed out a lot of the dirt and smaller rocks along the creek leaving a fairly large raw boulder field. We used to have a few lines up here for the scale trucks, but they really can't get through here anymore since it's so washed out. Some do, but it's much more suited for more capable rigs without bumper overhangs, big tires, and with good clearance.
So I've been working on some trucks just to get through this section. Always had some comp-ish style rigs around, I just never drive them much since I prefer to trail run. Having a nice big technical section now to play on made it a much more interesting proposition. I've got a nice out and back course that's about 30-45 minutes of wheeling - perfect for a quick test session on Sunday mornings. Instead of creating threads for each truck, I thought I'd put them all in one thread. I'm driving them all over the same areas on the same lines so I can directly compare them to each other which is kinda fun in nerdy way.
So let's meet the trucks. In a sea of VRD's and TGH trucks, they're not anything special, but as far as my fleet goes they are the top of the ladder.
First is the TRX4 Carbon. I had a set of decked out TRX Sport axles with some serious brass, OD/UD, and a bunch of other goodies sitting here collecting dust. I took a chance and ordered an Injora carbon chassis for them and a take off sport transmission and it pretty much all fell together. The Ecto body fits it perfectly and overall it's a pretty nice setup. At this time I was running an outrunner to try and keep the overall chassis weight down.
I felt it did pretty good on the shakedown run, though first time out it had some issues. The GTS shocks are great, but don't have a ton of travel and were a bit stiff with the stock springs. After some head scratching and ebay surfing of shocks and spring options, I realized my SCX10 III has too much travel and way too soft springs. So in a fit of Wile E. Coyote Super Genius I killed 2 birds with one stone and just swapped them between trucks. This was it's first time out on the new shocks and overall I think they are a much better fit - spring rates are better and I get just a bit more flex. Jato was running his VRD for a nice comparison. The Carbon TRX absolutely held it's own.
Even sidehilled pretty good for a portal truck. The only issue was the noise. The Outrunner on a Castle ESC is just loud. I really like how it drives, but the constant whining in otherwise silent woods was getting to me. Plus the pinion and spur were a noisy combo for whatever reason so overall it needed a bit of tuning.
So I've been working on some trucks just to get through this section. Always had some comp-ish style rigs around, I just never drive them much since I prefer to trail run. Having a nice big technical section now to play on made it a much more interesting proposition. I've got a nice out and back course that's about 30-45 minutes of wheeling - perfect for a quick test session on Sunday mornings. Instead of creating threads for each truck, I thought I'd put them all in one thread. I'm driving them all over the same areas on the same lines so I can directly compare them to each other which is kinda fun in nerdy way.
So let's meet the trucks. In a sea of VRD's and TGH trucks, they're not anything special, but as far as my fleet goes they are the top of the ladder.
First is the TRX4 Carbon. I had a set of decked out TRX Sport axles with some serious brass, OD/UD, and a bunch of other goodies sitting here collecting dust. I took a chance and ordered an Injora carbon chassis for them and a take off sport transmission and it pretty much all fell together. The Ecto body fits it perfectly and overall it's a pretty nice setup. At this time I was running an outrunner to try and keep the overall chassis weight down.
I felt it did pretty good on the shakedown run, though first time out it had some issues. The GTS shocks are great, but don't have a ton of travel and were a bit stiff with the stock springs. After some head scratching and ebay surfing of shocks and spring options, I realized my SCX10 III has too much travel and way too soft springs. So in a fit of Wile E. Coyote Super Genius I killed 2 birds with one stone and just swapped them between trucks. This was it's first time out on the new shocks and overall I think they are a much better fit - spring rates are better and I get just a bit more flex. Jato was running his VRD for a nice comparison. The Carbon TRX absolutely held it's own.
Even sidehilled pretty good for a portal truck. The only issue was the noise. The Outrunner on a Castle ESC is just loud. I really like how it drives, but the constant whining in otherwise silent woods was getting to me. Plus the pinion and spur were a noisy combo for whatever reason so overall it needed a bit of tuning.
Well, almost, 2 of them are in parts...
