Weld the frame?

 

Yeah it has some coin into it for sure.


Thanks, the camaro projects are work in progress. The Orange one is getting there...


What frame am I welding??

 

Sorry wrong thread, I spaced.

 

dude...your RC collection is amazing....and welcome to the club of people i hate lmao

 

I hear ya, i hate the guy with the reunited blue toyota. LOL jk

 

wow. wanna be bestfriends big guy?









hahaha but seriously. those RCS are frickin amazin. also, teh stroker sled puller RC i seen.. any more pics of it? or vids? love the runner, love the ford on fiddyfos, love the rc's........ i love your life

 

I'm already buyin' the house next door to him....wanna go halfsies???

 

heck why not. i get to be his BFF mon weds fri sun. youcan have him the rest.. wait this is startin to get a liiiitttle out of hand

 

Did some wheeling last weekend, couple of pics





You can't tell from the pics but that was a pretty serious climb



flexing out that awesome IFS

Lost a battle to a tree...I got myself wedged between two and slid backwards and tagged the one.




I got a 6000lb Warn mounted up and my Hi-Lift Jack mounts came in from 4Wheelparts. I ordered my fairlead from Marlin too.





Truck did pretty good, I pushed it hard to keep up with the all the XJs I was out with...they were all on 33s or bigger with 8.8 posi rears, long arm kits, etc so I was pretty happy that I did everything they did.

 

should have let some air out of those tires.

 

I always thought that a taller/skinnier tire does best in the snow? I thought if i aired down it would be worst? (giving it a wider profile with less air) So having it aired down will help in the snow like it does on the beach?

 

Yes a softer tire conforms more to surfaces, snow too, to a point.

 

any more progress? on the runner...... or teh friggin sweet RC's

 

SO I have had probably 80% of the parts needed to SAS my runner but had several set backs...No one to weld, no 220 outlet, no welder, bad birfield etc... I put in an order with TG on Monday for 2 new 4330 better then stock birfields, backing plate eliminators, ARB air compressor, 4.88 gears, solid spacer, bearing kit etc...Had the the birfields and backing plate eliminators 3 day mailed and started working on the axle last night. Everything came together this week, got a 220 line dropped in, found people to weld and friends to help



Sure enough, I put the new TG Birfs in all my problems went away. I was having this weird issue that when I installed the marlin one, only on the drivers side...soon as I put the spindle on the entire axle would start binding and it would get worst the more you assembled it. I called marlin they said theirs are beefier then stock and I need to clearance the knuckle ball...I thought this was weird because the other one fit perfect on the other side. I had my step dad's friend's machine inspect it and its only .002 larger in over all out diameter over stock. All the other measurements checked out as well so the only thing we could assume is that the bearings inside are bad...kinda sux cause they were NIB :? when I got them from my friend with the axle.

Anyways, I started cleaning up the frame friday night



I took the truck to my Step dad's friend shop and he welded the front hanger and tubes in for me, I then headed back to my garage and started tearing down



While I dissembled my friend Joe welded on the plate on the drivers side perch





Dropped the steering links


Cut the torsions bar and removed the upper A arms


Front spring perch


Shackle tubes and plated frame hole


My buddy Wade working the torch


Myself working the torch




Lighting my balls on fire...NFG



Yeah, they are still there....

IFS IS OUT!




Long days work...started at 7 am yesterday



starting to grind stuff down


and my friend Joe snapped this while I was acting like an ratard pretending to be pissing on the IFS crap

 

Here are todays pics

Went at the frame with two grinders





While Wade and I were grinding Joe welded the bump stops up for the u bolt flip


Joe doing work with the welder, welded in the motor mount supports





Some last minute inspecting before hanging the shackles


Hanging some shackles


Hanging the leafs




Ready for the axle now



Axle slid under


Time for the shock hoops




Me fighting with the lower shock mount



Wade was pretty upset that i got over spray on my steering links, so he went at it with some toyota brake cleaner



Look at those silly 31s


All finished up...was a long weekend but it went really really well. Everything is done except for the brake lines and steering stabilizer...we didn't realize you have to weld a new bracket in for the new one and had already put the welding stuff away all neatly Gotta pick up some new calipers, truck had been loosing brake fluid a little bit over a long period of time...finally saw it was coming out of the caliper.

tomorrow I am going to drop the tank and get started on the rear stuff

for now its rolling again thanks to help of a few good friends





Thanks for looking
-Mike

 

God, to do an SAS it looks so easy.
Wish i had the money to do one

Good job on yours though.
I never thought of welding the front hanger on, and the rear tube, and then cutting off the IFS.

 

I am a tech at a yota dealer so I have a bit of mechanical skill but this type of fabrication work is a whole different ball game. I will say that it really isnt hard to do, it is just very time consuming with all the cutting and grinding. Scariest part IMO was making sure the tubes and front spring hanger was all set up right...I measured everything like 4x then had my stepdad measure it 2 more times just to be safe...I was bit paranoid.

My friend suggested I do the hanger and tubes this way. It is a little bit scary because I had my friend George fully weld the perch mount and tubes...if the shackle angle would have been off I would have been screwed but thanks to the help of several guys on here I followed their advice and recommendations and it worked out perfectly.

 

Cool.
Yeah, with the SAS kit from trailgear, it sort of makes doing an SAS a breeze, lol.
That was pretty gutsy with the shackle tube.

 

Nice truck, hanging around here makes me want to replace my pickup with an earlier runner. They're really starting to grow on me... Is there a good source for the 1/10th scale rc bodies? I'd love to find an old z28 body for my tc3...

 

towerhobbies.com
i bought a body, engine, and a ton of other stuff for my RC10GT.