Dual 8s capable Infraction.

[Iowa crawler]

I stopped following your builds til you let the boys get involved

Just kidding. That thing looks sick man.

Crap, I forgot about the boys. I had a lot of trouble with stuff today. Guess I do need to bring in the A team.

 

[Iowa crawler]

So I put the boys to work making air guard for the front suspension. This big shield goes under the front suspension to keep air out of the body. And it’s kinda a front bumper also.

 

[WickedFog]

There they are! Now all the new guys get to enjoy seeing them too. Back to work boys!

 

[Iowa crawler]

Got a pile of parts in yesterday and found I needed some more small parts to complete the roller.
I got metal differential housing. The inner housings are good with new gaskets and oil. 500k front and 15k rear.
I got the metal outside housings and they are really nice. For the price they are good. I worry about the quality of the metal but they seem ok. I do need to shim the differentials to get proper gear lash and Arrma does not make shims. But the Techno shims will work. I’ll get a pack tomorrow at the hobby shop $4.00
And I discovered I need to get metal sway bar mounts. The plastic ones are not really that strong. And I am really concerned about turning this thing .
I got all the lower ABC&D blocks installed and then discovered an upper in the front so I ordered that. But all the other metal parts showed up. Now I have a completely ridged backbone to support the power and the driveline.

I got the metal spring seats for the shocks and metal tops. 5000 weight oil and very stiff springs to support the additional motor combo.

I got metal hubs because they are really heavy duty with much larger inner bearings and an additional breaking on the rear. So three rear wheel bearing on each rear hub.

I managed to get all the screws in the chassis installed. That might not seem like a lot but there are so many layers of plates and parts I had to install all the screws and then tighten them all . Before removing a couple of them at a time to install components. Everything can shift if you have to much disassembled.

So next week I should be ready for tires and a body.