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SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Jetboat - 03-21-2008
SCRC proudly presents Comp #4 in our indoor series. This is the season ending comp and we are back where we started.
Naperville HobbyTown USA
2827 Aurora Avenue
Naperville, IL 60540
April 5 2008
Sign-in starts at 12:15
Drivers Meeting @ 1pm with Crawling following after.
The Concrete section has had some renovation (more area to crawl not realy an expansion) and the rock area will be changed for this comp.
As normal this will be a 2.2 comp.
Admission is FREE
The store will have a good supply of crawling supplies and rc4wd upgrade parts.
Please make sure your truck meets tech before you sign-in, I dont want to turn anyone away. (PONCH)
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Ponch - 03-21-2008
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Please make sure your truck meets tech before you sign-in, I dont want to turn anyone away. (PONCH)
I made tech fine....every time...lol
I got a body now, just gotta figure how to mount the sukka.
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - AddictedtoNITRO - 03-21-2008
I'm in!
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Jeep_Guy - 03-21-2008
I am in!! :banana:
Actually going there for practice on a day before the comp!!!!
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - AddictedtoNITRO - 03-21-2008
I'm bringing my dad with. Maybe we can convince him to pick up a axial lol
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Ponch - 03-22-2008
woot I'll have more rock claws by then...yeeeesssssssssssss
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - AddictedtoNITRO - 03-22-2008
Ponch Wrote:woot I'll have more rock claws by then...yeeeesssssssssssss
Is that "the tire" for naperville?
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Jeep_Guy - 03-22-2008
Will get to try out the new goodies at practice....and fine tune at Wrench Fest. Might have one more goodie by the comp.....maybe.
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - BJoe - 03-22-2008
Shoot, gotta work!
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Ponch - 03-22-2008
Jeep_Guy Wrote:Will get to try out the new goodies at practice....and fine tune at Wrench Fest. Might have one more goodie by the comp.....maybe.
Josh...WTH else is there left to put on that truck? dannnng lol. Body??
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Jeep_Guy - 03-22-2008
Ponch Wrote:Josh...WTH else is there left to put on that truck? dannnng lol. Body??
The new body turned out OK. LOL. I am not much of a painter....gotta refine that skill, but the body is not a total embarassment. Might post a pic before Wrench Day....gotta find the camera.
In terms of what else I could add....well....I upped the steering servo to a 200oz, and added aluminum C's and Knuckles to support the added servo torque. I also added a simple small little aluminum servo arm for that steering.
I am looking forward to the comp and Wrench Day, but I did NOT like the 1+ hour washing the red off of my tires after practice today. I got it all off. PALMOLIVE DISH SOAP took it off....and now the M3 compound is ULTRA tacky. The new steering servo was definitely nice. 30% more power....NICE.
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Ponch - 03-22-2008
Dang Josh.... LMK when you're heading down to practice, I woulda came today had I known.
On another note.... I got my HOME MADE dig to work in all three positions! 4wd, front wd, front w/dig! Very happy.
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Jeep_Guy - 03-22-2008
Ponch Wrote:Dang Josh.... LMK when you're heading down to practice, I woulda came today had I known.
On another note.... I got my HOME MADE dig to work in all three positions! 4wd, front wd, front w/dig! Very happy.
GOOD WORK!!!
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Ponch - 03-22-2008
Thanks.
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Ponch - 03-23-2008
Jeep_Guy Wrote:I am looking forward to the comp and Wrench Day, but I did NOT like the 1+ hour washing the red off of my tires after practice today. I got it all off. PALMOLIVE DISH SOAP took it off....
Josh (or everyone for that matter)
Found an easy way to get the red off last night.
Take the tires off your rims.
Put in sink.
Put a huge squirt of dish soap in there with the tires and fill with scolding hot water till the tires are submerged completely.
Let sit for 15-30 minutes.
Get in there, rub the tires a little bit and rinse off. The red will be gone.
I don't know if it had anything to do with the soap I used, but it was Ivory Ultra.
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - J-Dub - 03-23-2008
Why did they turn red...?
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - AddictedtoNITRO - 03-23-2008
J-Dub Wrote:Why did they turn red...?
concrete dye got a little overboard lol
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Jeep_Guy - 03-23-2008
Matt,
That is about what I did:
1. Plug wheel holes with tape.
2. Get running water warm/hot.
3. Get tires wet and squirt some Palmolive on the tires.
4. Scrub with old toothbrush
5. Rinse.
It all comes off. I think that the dish soap is mild enough to not damage anything. IF I was to remove the tires from the wheels, it would have taken even LONGER. 64 Screws to take them off......64 to put them back. I guess that it is the price to play.
I really need to find the wife's camera to post the "new look". This new body is sharp....if only I had better painting skills.
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Ponch - 03-23-2008
What body did you get?
I had the tires off the rims anyway, so I didn't have to deal w/ screws..but 64 dang lol.
I have 48 with the stock rims I think.
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - BJoe - 03-23-2008
You guys took that much effort to get the red off? I just drove my WK in the snow.........................................
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Jeep_Guy - 03-23-2008
Yeah.....the MSD rims run 64 screws per set. It takes a while.
Put a Proline Helios on this time. Painted Metallic Black & Metallic Silver. I need to learn to use the liquid mask. The tape was a bit prone to bleeds. IF this was a buggy or monster truck, I would be more concerned, but this one is gonna take a beating, so the flaws are not killing me.
Just finished the little tweak of new AL servo arms on both the dig and the steering. ALSO fixed my ESC programming. I was rolling backwards out of throttle...the brake was not working correctly. A few profile resets on the ESC, and the brakes are back. That should keep me from fiddling on the radio side.
I am looking forward to Saturday....get to fine tune the small changes. I was VERY happy with the results of the bigger changes yesterday. I even felt empowerd since the comp to build some custom brackets. The REIGN chassis really did not have nice places for body mounts...and no real material to drill into.....so I built brackets out of 1/8" aluminum stock. They almost look like they belong on this thing. YES....I actually built something.
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Jetboat - 03-23-2008
you guys cry too much about a little red dust, wait till we get outside and you have mud/clay dog... to deal with...Crawlers are meant to be dirty, its shows you have a good time!!!!!
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - AddictedtoNITRO - 03-23-2008
Mud and clay ok Dog..... umm IDK about that lol I might have to take a reverse and go around that obstacle
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - bubbaracing - 03-23-2008
Ah yes mud/clay/dogs, whatever, i'm climbin it!
SCRC Comp #4 Naperville HT - Jeep_Guy - 03-24-2008
Matt,
Here is the new body.