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I always wondered what those white late arms looked like on a truck, thanks

Anyone remember nitro scents?

Guess how happy I was when I found out my new motor tests like this :lol: 20241022_093348.jpg The only way to truly test a motor is under load, it's all good to get the crazy free RPM's on the analyzer but can the motor maintain good RPM under load? The analyzer won't tell you that part so it's good...

I think the modern sticky tracks mask a lot of tuning problems so anyone that has some idea of car set up will be fast, but a driver that really knows car set up will always benefit from good car set up and be a step above. In saying that I think there are different challenges in the different track...

Yep, Dudgeon/A-main

Very good, your turn

F-n Manhole

Since I turned the original Plan B truck into a near mint shelfer this will be the thread for its replacement. This truck wasn't nearly as nice and had enough blue stuff to make Eiffle 65 happy. There won't be much blue on it when it's done, just the chassis plates and possibly a thumb screw. This s...

Front end mostly together, nothing too exciting. Just polished up the grubby front axles, grubby king pins and the likes. A few go fast goodies include an early Associated carbon tower, silver aluminium screws, FT titanium turnbuckles and titanium hinge pins. 20241029_225100.jpg I also did the beari...

Rear arms hubs etc installed. Pretty standard fare, CVD's, ceramic bearings, titanium turnbuckles, titanium hinge pins.

It looks like I forgot to remove one dust shield.... it's gone now, lol.

Transmission time.... Old grey idler and ceramic bearings 20241029_235033.jpg 7075 aluminum top shaft to lighten the rotational load, and since I bought the wrong slipper eliminator I had to drill a new hole in the top shaft. 20241029_235104.jpg Slipper eliminator fits well and is pretty minimalisti...

I had to space the tower forward a little for some extra clearance when using 12mm springs and maintain proper shock angle.


All mounted up


OG stickered A-arms from back in the day.

Does it get any more Aussie than this ?

It's a semi-roller.... still waiting for shocks to arrive before it will stand on it's own feet.

Would that be the RC10T3?