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Littlemotor’s private backyard 1/8 off-road track build thread 🤘😜

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I think he should build a Mojave 8s to bash to the moon
Ehh. It’s an idea but….

6S Mojave’s are 7th scale so they’re pretty big for a 8Th scale track.

SCT48 is a ET48 with EB48 arms. And a Mojo 4S body. Looks like a great truck imo. Tekno should sell them. And since @Littlemotor already has the parts (most likely at least) he could build one. Or heck maybe even a Nitro SCT48?

Sorry for the thread derailment btw…. I always do this…..
 
But, if I were to beat you…..


You’d absolutely have to buy one cuz I’d have proved it’d be a skill issue!!

Personally love SCTs. 2WD SCT is the best race class imo.

Maybe you’ve got enough spare parts to build up a Tekno SCT48? Maybe a bigger SCT would fit your bill?

You’re not hearing me… PASS, and NEVER happen.
 
Ehh. It’s an idea but….

6S Mojave’s are 7th scale so they’re pretty big for a 8Th scale track.

SCT48 is a ET48 with EB48 arms. And a Mojo 4S body. Looks like a great truck imo. Tekno should sell them. And since @Littlemotor already has the parts (most likely at least) he could build one. Or heck maybe even a Nitro SCT48?

Sorry for the thread derailment btw…. I always do this…..

No thanks.
 
Well I'll make an appearance with a SCT and stadium truck on that track. Sometime. Someday. Lol

#makeshortcoursetruckracinggreatagain
And you’re welcome to.
 
I can just about guarantee I’ll never own a crawler, or a short course. They just don’t do it for me at all.. šŸ˜…šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

You’re welcome to come run anytime man! I’ve even got a grill on my ā€œdriver’s standā€.. šŸ˜‚

Never happen, I can’t stand em.. *uggy fo life down here in PittsVegas, at Psychopants Off-road. They aren’t barred from the track tho-if anyone wants to come be miserable all day long. 🤣

@DavidB1126 @luke66

See above. Factual info. Not an invite to attempt to fix my thinking…. I don’t try to talk people OUT of running/buying/talking about ā€˜em.. šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø
 
Understand and respect it.

Although I have to ask, what SCTs have you run before?
None. As I do not like them what so ever. Don’t like dudes either. Don’t have to make out with one to know I’m not gay bro… šŸ™„šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø
 
SHOULD be the last revision… šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ˜…

So the last couple times we ran, I drove the line of the OG layout in the first photo.. No pipes, only a few jumps in place, and the flow just sucked.. Too many 180’s, too slow in more parts than I was comfortable with, and like I say; it just did not FLOW worthadamn…..


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First revision.. Far less cool on paper, but soooooo much faster, and actually flowed real nicely.. I’ll for sure take cool first hand, over cool on paper.. Maybe if I change the name one more time, and add ā€œDEATHā€ in there, it’ll still be as cool on paper.. šŸ¤”

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There WAS a fairly substantial issue with the new revision, and that was the natural flow of water that splits my property in half diagonally starting at what’s the lower, far right corner of the plan, and extends up toward the upper, far left of the plan..

I REALLY don’t wanna fight Mother Nature, as the grade is what I am after, and definitely do not wanna upset the drainage down the line.

So the plan is to work with the grade I have as planned, but also MAKE USE of the elevation change.. The best way I know to do that, is to do a bit of a ā€œsnake runā€ back and forth, using the sides of the ā€œVā€ as berms.. It’ll still flow real well for the *uggies, and for the rain when we have weather..

I’m also gonna fill it with compaction grade clay, and widen it out to more of a fat ā€œUā€.. The clay won’t erode like the current top soil flavor that’s out there, and it won’t be a ton of work. All this while improving the feel of the layout IMO.. All fast all the time gets old, and I don’t do boring.. The rest of the layout is plenty fast, and there’s more than enough big jumps to keep me entertained.. I also pushed the far left out another 4ft, extended both far left lanes another 12ft, and pushed the far right out another 12ft as well 😜..

So here is what I believe will be the final revision.

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I got with my dirt guy buddy this past Thursday evening, and he ā€œdigs itā€ @Chubaka šŸ˜‚.. 20yd tandem axle dump trucks will be arriving with the CLEAN, compaction grade clay as weather allows, then the real work begins.. I’m freakin PUMPED. šŸ»
 
None. As I do not like them what so ever. Don’t like dudes either. Don’t have to make out with one to know I’m not gay bro… šŸ™„šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø
I'm ded... lmfao
 
Been a hot minute, and absolutely SLAMMED with work from about every possible direction-but did manage to get a couple yards of clay for one of my eleventeen little projects over here at the Littlemotor compoundā€¦šŸ«£

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More to follow once I can get a decent break from being 173.2F here in central NC every damned day.. 😩🤮
 
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