The Clod is very nice, i had one myself.
But this monster is bouncing in the rough Terrain, i preferred good oil dampers, then it drives very smooth.
Tamiya had made special oil dampers, if i remember.....i think they were golden aluminium dampers.....
It is 30 years ago...i am not sure.
here is an old pic of my first clod, I bought it used or traded as we kids did back in the day, picture was taken at a saw mill where I grew up, my buddies dad owned it and let us play in the sawdust mounds exhausted out the back of the mill.
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I know the feeling, wish I would have had more pics of my old rcs. Great looking clod though!
Well, the Clodbuster volcano in my head has finally exploded and I've decided it's finally time to try and get one. It will be a runner, I want something slower that I can run around my driveway without tearing up the driveway and have fun....
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Do not use acetone on anything Tamiya. They are about 90% abs parts and will melt. I think maybe the only parts not abs are rod links for most models. The red or blue parts I think are also a nylon. Possibly a blend so don't chance it.
The body is a Camino 2000, the chassis had to be replaced due to breakage, as was the steering set up.
At first I ran LeMans 600E motors, but when I decided to race it, I went with LeMans 480 Gold
I wanted to use an 8.4 battery so I...
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The MSCs are mounted on some scrap plastic I found in a storage area at work. They looked like separators for a storage setup of some kind, but no one knew what they were for. I think I still have a few somewhere. I'd love to find another clod to do...
I started on this Clodbuster a few weeks back and have been updating a current build thread over at Clodtalk.
Basically I started with a busted truck from eBay and scratch built the chassis, links, shock mounts, upper link mounts, (lowers were...
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Got the truck running, took it for a test drive and broke a couple things. Nothing big. The truck with 5.5s is super quick, pulling wheelies. This will be a fun truck to drive around the house.
Everything is being ano'd hard black right now so when...
Im looking for some better shocks for my clodbuster but I dont want to spend a lot of money I only bash around I was thinking of a set of traxxas stock 3.3 tmaxx shocks does anyone know if they will fit on a clodbuster if so would they be a good...
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100mm yeah racing shocks. about 10 bux a pair and are actually pretty nice.
i run a set of 80mm on my race clod.
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Took a week to build cpe links team blue star adjustable threaded shocks aluminum frame led lights and much more went into the build all backed up by a futaba sky sport 6 radio system
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You can find reproduction grilles and tailgates on eBay for $22 each. Unfortunately they're not chrome. However somebody did a nice job with their 3D printer. While I know they're not THE sought after pieces, I think they look better than that 4x4x4...
Hey guys just got my first clodbuster (super clod chrome edition).
I wanna modify this beast but don't really know much. Ive heard there are mods that are a must.
Can someone give me some links to things like shocks, what kind of 4 link kit ect. on...
I have had a Clod that I got in a lot and recently got the parts together to get it going.I have a few questions.I have heard of people saying they need to retime one motor but when I look at it I seem to think the motors are running the same way.I...
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The rear motor is reverse rotation.
If the motors have adjustable timing rotate the endbell 180 deg for the rear motor.
If the motors are at zero deg you can just reverse the polarity.
I usually run 17T or 19T motors, just depends how fast you want...