FrankenMicro!

[olds97_lss]

Well, in leu of buying a longer DT chassis, I figured I'd futz around a bit with some light gauge steel and my micro-t. I added about an inch to it's length between the esc and rear shock tower.

I did this primarily so I could run micro raminator tires on it with an AAA saddle pack that I made. She won't win any beauty contests, but it sure runs a long time and is fast! May need to upgrade the shocks to some that have oil as I understand they are a bit stiffer and don't do a lot on the stocker. With the added weight mine has, I'm sure they will compress.

Anyway, poke fun if you wish. I enjoyed working on it though. Made it handle jumps a lot better and pretty much killed my wheelie problem. It takes off at WOT now in a straight line and really cooks.

The original with AAA's:

The raminators on the rear:

The extension plate:

A brace on top to keep it from bending on landings:

And for the concourse, really butchered body:

Looks ok from the front though, this is what the cat will see coming at it!

I forgot and left it on last night, so the battery is dead... charging now, I'll try to run a full pack through it to see how long it lasts. Best guess so far is 30+ minutes of cat chasing.

Upgrades:
axles with nuts
bearings all around
Atomic II motor with bearings
ziptie front tierods
raminator tires/wheels

 

[reighard53]

i think it looks sick man great job!

 

[chelseafc385]

It looks great! I like the tires

 

[mxracer]

Dude that looks killer!!! Just between you and me..... How much would you take for it?? JK!!

 

[olds97_lss]

Well, I just finished running it around the house for 1 hour and 20 minutes on one charge... So, the AAA's definitely add a ridiculous amount of run time. Between the stronger motor, bearings, taller tires to avoid drag from the carpet, it really added up.

Took a vid of it... I know, LAME-O...

I think I need to get some of those oil shocks though. Pretty bouncy on the landings.

I'll upload it on youtube as well, but here's a direct link:
FrankenMicro

youtube

 

[geronimo]

thats pretty cool, truck looks sick, kind of mel gipson, road warrior look to it.

 

[Hyster]

Around 1:36 looks like the cat gave up and just looked at it. lol

 

[olds97_lss]

Updated original post image links and reposted here as I can't edit the original post:

Well, in leu of buying a longer DT chassis, I figured I'd futz around a bit with some light gauge steel and my micro-t. I added about an inch to it's length between the esc and rear shock tower.

I did this primarily so I could run micro raminator tires on it with an AAA saddle pack that I made. She won't win any beauty contests, but it sure runs a long time and is fast! May need to upgrade the shocks to some that have oil as I understand they are a bit stiffer and don't do a lot on the stocker. With the added weight mine has, I'm sure they will compress.

Anyway, poke fun if you wish. I enjoyed working on it though. Made it handle jumps a lot better and pretty much killed my wheelie problem. It takes off at WOT now in a straight line and really cooks.

The original with AAA's:

The raminators on the rear:

The extension plate:

A brace on top to keep it from bending on landings:

And for the concourse, really butchered body:

Looks ok from the front though, this is what the cat will see coming at it!

I forgot and left it on last night, so the battery is dead... charging now, I'll try to run a full pack through it to see how long it lasts. Best guess so far is 30+ minutes of cat chasing.

Upgrades:
axles with nuts
bearings all around
Atomic II motor with bearings
ziptie front tierods
raminator tires/wheels

Video from second post: