Tommy R
I wanna be Dave
Hey y'all,
Geez, where to begin? So I've always been a competitive person. And when SORRCA was first created I decided to build a Class 1 rig. I originally picked up a Rastar Rover LR3, but decided it wouldn't be competitive enough so I shelf'd it. Down the road I decided to build my Class 1 Jeep LJ and it's turned into quite a capable truck! One day about a year and a half ago we all got together for a casual crawl day. Unfortunately for me, my LJ was acting up. The Tekin motor was sputtering badly. I was going to head home, but Ray offered to let me drive his D110 for the day so I took him up on the offer.
That rig is huge, heavy, has little suspension travel, the tires have no grip, and it was the most fun I've ever had RC crawling! I left that day thinking I need to build something new to replicate that experience. Here's the video Ray took from that day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-A96mkeXs0
Time passed as I was working on 1:1 projects, but I think the time has finally come for me to get building.
I'm not sure how popular this has gotten elsewhere, but here in central Texas we've been gravitating to milder rigs.....maybe even stock in appearance. The tires are smaller, fenders are uncut, and the tires are nearly entirely covered by the fenders. Performance is, well, realistic! 8) The intent is not to build the best performing rig thinly disguised as a scaler. Instead, it's to build a rig that performs very realistically and often sacrifices performance in the process....very similar to Ray's D110.
If you're familiar with the SORRCA classes (Class 1, 2, and 3), consider this a Class Zero. :mrgreen:
Back in 2010 when I picked up this body, they were available on ebay for $45 ready to run. I wish I'd picked up more of them, but at the time we were all building rigs to maximize performance within the scale comp rules so this big, heavy body was less appealing. But it's perfect for a C0 rig!
Measuring out the wheelbase (11.5") it scales out to be just a tick over 1/10th scale. Perfect! However, putting axles under this thing it became clear that even narrow TLTs were too wide to get the "tucked tire" look I was after. What to do??
Old school mods to the rescue! Following an ancient thread provided by our RC ancestors, I decided to narrow some TLTs. I outlined the process in detail in another thread maybe 4 years ago. I can find the link if anyone is interested. Anyway, here's the final product. A completed front and rear narrow TLT compared to a stocker.
Cool! So the axles are done. Now I need a chassis! The Rastar LR3 has a deep interior so it'll be best to have a chassis that closely conforms to the body to get any respectable suspension up travel. So I heated/bent/sliced some 1/2" square tube into this.
Geez, where to begin? So I've always been a competitive person. And when SORRCA was first created I decided to build a Class 1 rig. I originally picked up a Rastar Rover LR3, but decided it wouldn't be competitive enough so I shelf'd it. Down the road I decided to build my Class 1 Jeep LJ and it's turned into quite a capable truck! One day about a year and a half ago we all got together for a casual crawl day. Unfortunately for me, my LJ was acting up. The Tekin motor was sputtering badly. I was going to head home, but Ray offered to let me drive his D110 for the day so I took him up on the offer.
That rig is huge, heavy, has little suspension travel, the tires have no grip, and it was the most fun I've ever had RC crawling! I left that day thinking I need to build something new to replicate that experience. Here's the video Ray took from that day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-A96mkeXs0
Time passed as I was working on 1:1 projects, but I think the time has finally come for me to get building.
I'm not sure how popular this has gotten elsewhere, but here in central Texas we've been gravitating to milder rigs.....maybe even stock in appearance. The tires are smaller, fenders are uncut, and the tires are nearly entirely covered by the fenders. Performance is, well, realistic! 8) The intent is not to build the best performing rig thinly disguised as a scaler. Instead, it's to build a rig that performs very realistically and often sacrifices performance in the process....very similar to Ray's D110.
If you're familiar with the SORRCA classes (Class 1, 2, and 3), consider this a Class Zero. :mrgreen:
Back in 2010 when I picked up this body, they were available on ebay for $45 ready to run. I wish I'd picked up more of them, but at the time we were all building rigs to maximize performance within the scale comp rules so this big, heavy body was less appealing. But it's perfect for a C0 rig!
Measuring out the wheelbase (11.5") it scales out to be just a tick over 1/10th scale. Perfect! However, putting axles under this thing it became clear that even narrow TLTs were too wide to get the "tucked tire" look I was after. What to do??
Old school mods to the rescue! Following an ancient thread provided by our RC ancestors, I decided to narrow some TLTs. I outlined the process in detail in another thread maybe 4 years ago. I can find the link if anyone is interested. Anyway, here's the final product. A completed front and rear narrow TLT compared to a stocker.
Cool! So the axles are done. Now I need a chassis! The Rastar LR3 has a deep interior so it'll be best to have a chassis that closely conforms to the body to get any respectable suspension up travel. So I heated/bent/sliced some 1/2" square tube into this.
