Sweet! Was wondering when we were gonna see the I-beam build. Nothing wrong with doing a test run to see how it all works. Looks like a lot of fun, got the tire lift like IFS stadium trucks do. Really cool! I like it! And I’m sure you’ll get it dialed and running good. Very cool!! 👍😎
Thanks. Yea, it’s definitely got the tire lift… it’s got way too much at the moment. It was dang near uncontrollable. I’ll probably do a couple more “test runs” with this junk body before I get the General body mounted. Definitely want to get the sway bar and steering dialed before I put a good body on it. It is a blast though, actually had way more traction than I figured it would!
@ does that twin I-Beam kit seem pretty durable? I remember it being a little pricey but dang it looks fun. What rear stabilizer brace are looking at or you just gonna make one?
@ So, in hand while assembling, the plastics do seem to be somewhat flimsy. However, you can see in the video, everything appears to be pretty solid and stout. That’s why most of the video was shot in SLO MO, so I could see exactly how everything was moving. I’m not 100% sure what sway bar I’ll go with just yet. Mostly because I may end up using a different rear axle. I’d really like to use an AR60 to widen the stance a bit and improve stability, but I’d have to either flip the trans or use a different trans because with this setup the upper link is in the way of the driveshaft since the diff is offset on the AR60. So blah blah blah, technical stuff, I’ve got some figuring to do and decisions to make and once I land on a final rear axle, that’ll determine what sway bar setup I go with. Regardless, I think this is gonna be a stout enough setup to really have some fun with.
@@DRZ-RC maybe they made the plastics to flex a little bit but I didn’t see any in the video. I was looking at it pretty closely, didn’t see any. Definitely be interesting to see what setup you use with the rear axle and stabilizer.
@NEO-RC yea, I thought about getting one of the aluminum I-Beam kits, but I figured the plastic would end up lasting longer. Seems good so far. It’ll be interesting to see how the rear ends up, you know me, I gotta be different! lol
I don’t have the clearance at full compression to raise the upper links, but even if I did, I don’t think I need anti-squat on this particular rig. Being rwd, I need that squat in the rear for traction. I can fix the torque twist and flopping over with a rear sway bar and a better set of tuned shocks that are better suited for this application. The shocks on the truck here have little to no oil in them anymore, so they are way under damped and over sprung. Probably gonna go with some longer shocks in the rear as well, it could use a bit more travel. This was just a proof of concept run, there are a lot of changes to be made before I’d even remotely call it done or “ready to rip”. I appreciate the input though.
A whole different level of fun! Im definitely curious to see it finalized brother... Good stuff! 👊
Yea, me too. It should be pretty sweet once I get done with it!
Sweet! Was wondering when we were gonna see the I-beam build. Nothing wrong with doing a test run to see how it all works. Looks like a lot of fun, got the tire lift like IFS stadium trucks do. Really cool! I like it! And I’m sure you’ll get it dialed and running good.
Very cool!! 👍😎
Thanks. Yea, it’s definitely got the tire lift… it’s got way too much at the moment. It was dang near uncontrollable. I’ll probably do a couple more “test runs” with this junk body before I get the General body mounted. Definitely want to get the sway bar and steering dialed before I put a good body on it. It is a blast though, actually had way more traction than I figured it would!
@ does that twin I-Beam kit seem pretty durable? I remember it being a little pricey but dang it looks fun. What rear stabilizer brace are looking at or you just gonna make one?
@ So, in hand while assembling, the plastics do seem to be somewhat flimsy. However, you can see in the video, everything appears to be pretty solid and stout. That’s why most of the video was shot in SLO MO, so I could see exactly how everything was moving. I’m not 100% sure what sway bar I’ll go with just yet. Mostly because I may end up using a different rear axle. I’d really like to use an AR60 to widen the stance a bit and improve stability, but I’d have to either flip the trans or use a different trans because with this setup the upper link is in the way of the driveshaft since the diff is offset on the AR60. So blah blah blah, technical stuff, I’ve got some figuring to do and decisions to make and once I land on a final rear axle, that’ll determine what sway bar setup I go with. Regardless, I think this is gonna be a stout enough setup to really have some fun with.
@@DRZ-RC maybe they made the plastics to flex a little bit but I didn’t see any in the video. I was looking at it pretty closely, didn’t see any. Definitely be interesting to see what setup you use with the rear axle and stabilizer.
@NEO-RC yea, I thought about getting one of the aluminum I-Beam kits, but I figured the plastic would end up lasting longer. Seems good so far. It’ll be interesting to see how the rear ends up, you know me, I gotta be different! lol
nice!
Thanks
Im no expert but maybe try a rear upper link riser? Change the angle of the dangle and push that front end down some anti-squat🙂
I don’t have the clearance at full compression to raise the upper links, but even if I did, I don’t think I need anti-squat on this particular rig. Being rwd, I need that squat in the rear for traction. I can fix the torque twist and flopping over with a rear sway bar and a better set of tuned shocks that are better suited for this application. The shocks on the truck here have little to no oil in them anymore, so they are way under damped and over sprung. Probably gonna go with some longer shocks in the rear as well, it could use a bit more travel. This was just a proof of concept run, there are a lot of changes to be made before I’d even remotely call it done or “ready to rip”. I appreciate the input though.
Its a baby UDR
Yea, kinda-ish. It’ll be one unique unit when finished!