my rainy day jobs

[millzee]

I got board and made up a raised wing mount so the wing won't keep hitting the body and cracking it, I think it'll be tough but just to make sure I made some support braces to help with solid impacts, whilest at it I decided to make up a new rear bumper and get rid of the plastic one utilizing the skid plate, then I polished all the alluminium. Gotta get better weather and a new ring and pinion before I go nuts!!!!

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[axial28rr]

nice i dont even run a rear bumper no need

[millzee]

yeh, I try not to hit too many things backwards!!! lol.

[axial28rr]

and the wing comes out more then the bumber

[millzee]

about 10mm, Im hoping it won't cause to many broken wings, just have to try not landing it on the rear end.

[Dano]

Cool looking bumper,man. I think a nice rear bumper comes in handy to us bashers when the truck flips end over end or cartwheels..seems to happen to me quite a bit .

[millzee]

Yeh, I'm not going to land big jumps and back flips everytime so the bumpers are a must for me to, it's still poor weather today so I might look at making up a support knuckle to strengthen the bumper and maybe rig up a front bumper too, I'll see how I go and post some pic's tonight.

[Tinker]

You need to put something in between the bumper and the truck or risk pulling the screws out that mount it and the skid plates on the bottom, otherwise, good looking work.

[millzee]

support brackets comming soon!!

[millzee]

ok so today I made up the support for the rear bumper and made up front basher bumper, had fun, adds a little weight but it's not like I'm racing for my country or anything.

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[millzee]

a few more pics

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[axial28rr]

that looks nice good work man

[millzee]

I was playing around with my truck and when I tried the chevy body, it wouldn't fit with my basher bumper so today I made another in order to fit with both bodies. I also made up a new support bracket so it can be used with both bodies or simply undo three bolts and change bumpers when changing lids. The new design bumper is lighter than my first and should still offer good protection.

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[millzee]

just gotta get some nicer looking stainless steel flathead bolts to finish it off now, not bad for scraps in the shed.

[Swag]

I like it... it looks pretty sweet. Nice looking truck.

[millzee]

I've just drawn up some plans to make up my own roll cage, Im a little unsure about it with the extra wieght and so forth but hey I'll make it and see what happens. I think I have about 350-400 grams to play with after taking off the stock wheels so it shouldn't be too bad.

[egitr]

WOW
It makes it so much tougher with the shiny metal additions!!!

Wish I had the tools and skills to be able to make stuff like you.

Sucks to be me hehehe

[millzee]

Im just making up my roll cage and was wondering what the average weight of most brand cages? If anyone knows the weights of the larger roll cages please let me know so I'll know what to aim for. The cage I'm building will be quiet large, protecting shock towers, shocks, pipe, slipper cover, motor, air filter, fuel tank, receiver box, hell it's almost an alluminum body at this stage! Please help me out with a goal weight! any weights of cages will help give me a guide line

[millzee]

can anyone help me with the average weight of large type roll cages?

[millzee]

I've been getting a few projects done and have a few pics and questions. I'll start with my wing mount, after getting sick of mending and replacing wing mounts I've come up with my own, need to try it yet but I hope it'll be ok.

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I added a metal threaded rod to give the alluminum a little extra support

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The Losi wing fits well and I'll make the mount posts adjustable so I can have options

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I'll finish it all of once I get the other few things done

[millzee]

I drew up some plans for a roll cage and have almost finished, lots more polishing still to be done and I think it'll be great over the summer months to keeps the internals safe while driving with no lid although Im not sure how it'll go land upside down after a 15ft jump, but hey im sure most things get damaged when they dont land the way there supose to.
My plans:

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The Alluminum to be used:

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Now cut out useing a jig saw and angle grinder:

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[millzee]

now bent:

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Moulded into the lid:

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and cut and the filing and sanding now begins:

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[millzee]

now test fitting:

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I made sure the pipe, tranny, air filter, moter and shock towers are all covered:

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My son may have thought a bit left out and wanted in:

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[millzee]

I then proceeded to fit it to my truck:

rear:

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front:

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side:

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[millzee]

a few more angles:

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and after fitting I thought I'd better throw it on the scales:

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it weighed in at 11lb and after weighing the motor, tranny, fuel tank and other parts to go back on I estimate the truck to weigh about 14.5lb

[millzee]

I sprayed up a new body to go along with all the other work:

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I tried to make sure there is plenty of air flow through the body with a large window at the front and rear

[millzee]

I had to make a few mods on the new body for it to fit easly onto the cage but it turned out good:

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The body fit's behind the front bumper snug, theres about 2cm clearance from the bottom of the wing mount and after a little dremel work on the rear of the body it fits around the mount legs.

[millzee]

see the back of the body is no longer, I'll just say better air flow!

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All in all I think it's turned out ok, now I just have to wait to my replacement diff parts, my M2C clutch is in the mail along with a couple of sets of rc raven springs and a heap of other goodies and then Im done, or at least until I kill the motor by making it push around a 14.5lb truck with big wheels.

Do you think this truck is too heavy for my bashing? Will the extra weight cause me motor, drivetrain or other damage that Im yet to find out about?
Im thinking when I do kill the 454 of getting a lrp 30, I see most of you blokes have them so they must be alright! I will only want rotor/spin start, will this be a good motor for this truck?? What model motor is the better?? Im thinking brushless sounds good but I think I'll just stick to killing motors and learning more about the truck b4 I get to far in over my head.

[millzee]

still lots of polishing of the alluminum to be done but I thought I'd have a rest and give it a few trial runs b4 making the effort.

[millzee]

I guessing that with so many veiws and no replies that the cage is a bad idea???