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TravelinTravis wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:06 am Soldered up a 10W 30ohm resistor, and started cycling some 1400mah SCR's.

That reminds me. I've got a Dean's Blackbox and some Trinity discharge resistors that I need to put together.

Soldered up a 10W 30ohm resistor, and started cycling some 1400mah SCR's. That reminds me. I've got a Dean's Blackbox and some Trinity discharge resistors that I need to put together. Done, and done. I had forgotten how much I hated the larger Dean's Ultra Wire. I said screw it and crimped some aut...

One problem that you may run into is clearance between the bellcranks and the chassis. The shape of B2 bellcranks is a little bulkier than other types.

If you have an idea of how you want it positioned I might be able to 3D print you a mount that uses existing chassis holes. Since it's for an on-road application, perhaps a mini servo could be used as well. Maybe something as simple as a plate that attaches to the chassis, with new transverse holes...

Factory Works makes towers for different length shocks. You probably need the 0.89 Quadra front tower.

MarkyDents wrote: ↑Sun Aug 13, 2023 6:21 pm 5DF83386-DCAE-4982-9E8D-1078E868DBCC.jpeg
Hey is that this tower Jeff ? Sorry I know the pic is a terrible angle….. it’s all I’ve got atm

That is a 10T oval tower, for lowering a truck and using buggy (.56 and .71) shocks.

The Quadra tower looks like a shorter RPM tower.

Yes, the 3mm (#006) silicone o rings from other shocks work fine.

I have used 3mm shafts instead of the original 1/8" shafts a few times. I didn't have any problems but my cars aren't ran often.

The 1060 is a pretty good esc, nice and simple. But if you want to spend a little more, the 1080 is a huge upgrade. It has a higher current capacity and is programmable, with a ton of features.

Looks like they came as standard on the original release frog but have been changed slightly on the re releases, different springs and black top eyelet The new shocks have a similar look but are a complete different design. Some people don't like the re-re Frog shocks. I think that the springs are ...

Thanks. Read up on your gp build by the way- looked amazing! Did you ever get to the body? The thread left me hanging. I have six gold pan buggies and all have bodies, but I assume that you are referring to this one (from the "what did you do" thread). Screenshot_20230814_201302_Samsung I...

I know they changed the gearing from the frog to the blackfoot due to tire size so I plan to start counting teeth as soon as I can find an original blackfoot manual. They are easy to identify. Blackfoots used a one piece counter gear, while Frogs had a two piece. The Blackfoot should also have a mo...

flatspunout wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:48 pm They aren't threaded like the FT shocks, but the B4 RTR had blue anodized shock bodies.

Those are very dark blue.

TravelinTravis wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2023 3:19 pm Now, if I can just find someone to paint up 3 TOJ's and 3 Open Comp Camaro bodies....all will be good!

LowClassCC wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2023 4:09 pm Working on building a 1/32 scale short course truck. Here is one of the screws that it is assembled with.

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That is a short, coarse, screw.

He is using the original servo saver, bellcrank arrangement.

When they get janky, I glue them together and put a HD servo saver on the servo itself.