Rjohns Tekno U4/crawler "Dark Side"
The time has come to convert my beloved SCT410 to a U4 bullet. This may be a slow build but it will be done. I understand 2.2/3.0 tires aren't legal and I'm sure some others things won't be either but seriously.... who cares! His isn't for comp, this is for fun and to prove a point.
Phase 1 - How high can you go? I put the stock rear shocks on the front and put some EB48.3 rears (137mm) out back. Full droop puts me at 2.5" with stock (4.5") SCT tires. Now this will all change as the stock shock towers will be cut and the shocks will be mounted to the cage but factor in some 5.75" tires and I'm riding pretty high. I'd like to be 3-3.25" full droop to the center of the chassis when I'm done. I expect static droop to bring me to about 1.75-2.0" at rest.
Some pics. Nothing special here. Looks just like a SCT should look. The cage will be based of the Lasernut FIS U4 buggy.
I'm going to lock the center and rear diffs but I think I'm going to run 20mil up front to allow a little diff action. Not sure yet.
The time has come to convert my beloved SCT410 to a U4 bullet. This may be a slow build but it will be done. I understand 2.2/3.0 tires aren't legal and I'm sure some others things won't be either but seriously.... who cares! His isn't for comp, this is for fun and to prove a point.
Phase 1 - How high can you go? I put the stock rear shocks on the front and put some EB48.3 rears (137mm) out back. Full droop puts me at 2.5" with stock (4.5") SCT tires. Now this will all change as the stock shock towers will be cut and the shocks will be mounted to the cage but factor in some 5.75" tires and I'm riding pretty high. I'd like to be 3-3.25" full droop to the center of the chassis when I'm done. I expect static droop to bring me to about 1.75-2.0" at rest.
Some pics. Nothing special here. Looks just like a SCT should look. The cage will be based of the Lasernut FIS U4 buggy.
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I'm going to lock the center and rear diffs but I think I'm going to run 20mil up front to allow a little diff action. Not sure yet.
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