Make your Element RC the Ultimate Class 2 Comp Crawler!
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2022
- The Element Enduro has always had a lot going for it. Now, take it to the next level and make it the ultimate crawler with a conversion chassis kit from Team Garage Hack or Artful Dodgers! The Titan and Ground Fox both have their advantages and will work with any budget to make your Enduro a Class 2 Comp Crawler.
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Front bumper hardware - (4) M3x8
TGH DSM & GSPEED G-MP hardware - (4) M3x8, (2) M3x10, (1) M3x20, (1) 2mm aluminum spacer (optional draglink spacer)
Upper shock mount hardware (4) M3x20, (4) M3 nyloc nuts, (4) 5mm aluminum spacers
Front upper link hardware (1) M3x14, M3 nyloc nut
Vader skid mounting hardware (4) M3x14
Rear upper link hardware (2) M3x16, (2) M3 nyloc nuts, (2) 2mm aluminum spacers
Rear chassis brace hardware (2) M3x8
Rear bumper mount hardware (4) M3x8
(1) 6mm aluminum panhard link spacer
7:00 - we are certainly hobbyists.
That is some of the most narly driveshaft angles ever. Lol. Looks like some really nice parts.
- I "do" like how Artful Dodgers did the Element transmission sideways, allowing the kit/RTR buyer to (still use their stock trans., without having to buy another, different transmission... A HUGE PLUS !!!! 👌
- And their winch mount location, is really a great opportunity to keep the winch-servo "weight" in a more central spot !!! 👍
The groundfox is really neat! I especially like the way in which the transmission is mounted!
Good looking kits there! I think you'll find the ride looks much better once you get the electronics and battery installed. The Sendero HD was my first crawler and I've become a big fan of the Element platform. The shocks are great, the rigs are light & quiet, nice overdrive from the factory stealthx transmission, and nice steering angle out of the box. I went with the Northwest Scaler Designs Element rails for my truck (partly because he's local to me and supports our local comp scene). It's amazing what some geometry improvements can do for overall performance and composure. Looking forward to this series and your driving impressions of these chassis kits 👍. The TGH kit looks like it comes with the Gspeed G-MP panhard mount. That mount has been fantastic and durable on my C1 truck
I love ❤️ that GroundFox. It looks like a really choice setup. Mad 😡 love ❤️ and Respect from 1hr South of LittleRock City. Can’t wait to see you and Josh Comp again. That was epic content.
Thanks for watching and I'm hoping that we get to comp together again soon! We had such a fun time, and were so overwhelmed with how warm and welcoming everyone in Alabama was!
Your videos are so very well done! Great job👍😉
I just got into comping and use an Element Enduro on a Green Mountain chassis. These chassis' shown look great and turn key.
It’s is a fantastic platform to build up from. Yours turned out great.
Really cool options!!! 👍
I really enjoy your videos , so many different trucks , always something new to learn , I have learned a lot about how to modify my trucks to my liking, thank you for making your videos
Thanks for watching and happy to help!
Great looking builds! 👍 Everyone should take a page out of the Artful Dodgers' playbook - THIS is how its done! Great video, thanks!
I don't normally comment on videos... in fact, up until recently I haven't even watched RUclips much, but I have found you so entertaining and informative. I now watch you...and Josh weekly, much appreciated 👏. Oh ya, thanks for making me feel like I can take my Sendero to the next level!
Wow! Thanks for watching and I hope you’re enjoying the content!
Thanks for doing this video it helps explain how to start in the comp world
Happy to help and thanks for watching!
Just an observation, when you are talking about flipping the transmission the transmission is already installed in the flipped orientation. Default orientation is with the gearcover closest to the rear axle.
yeah beat me to the comment..
Glad someone else noticed
I seen it to and had to double check my manual
Yes, thanks guys. I probably put it in that orientation to match what TGH has done in their product photos, as I looked at those when building.
Have 3 comp trucks right now and the artful doger chassis looks good
The Element looks a nice builders kit.
you can put droop springs in under plungers to help with ride height. keeping both springs outside and internal is a very nice and cushy drive
I’ve been waiting for this video. Thank you for fully selling me on the groundfox
Thank you for your patience and have fun with the groundfox!
I love my element titan, rig also running the gmrc front motor mount, firma crawler combo 1400kv,
I'm returning to the hobby after a few years break and I have a Radrocks RC LCG chassis and Enduro Builders Kit 2 on the way. I'm looking forward to following your build.
Cool! Welcome back to the hobby and good luck!
I’ve been really looking at log options for my element. I really like some of those ideas fro artful dodgers
Sorry everyone I just bought the last one available today
Awesome. Very informative. Yes I am interested in trying a comp. I hope to attend one soon to see which class I would like the most.
Glad you liked it and good luck with the comp!
I have this truck very fun build🎉
Good write up bud. Been throwing around the idea of building a comp crawler/belly dragger. Just trying to figure out what kind of frame I want to use first.
OOOHH i like how steering link behind the pan hard/front pumpkin on the artful dodger kit. this way doesn’t get stuck on rocks.
little too much 3d printed stuff for my liking though. would rather see machined aluminum or del
14:58 - well said!
I really like what Artful Dodgers are doing - and it’s nice with some good EU made products.
There are many nice small-company US made parts that I’d love to have but they get quite expensive once shipped to EU.
Also; the Groundfox parts can be bought individually if you don’t want all parts in the kit - or if fiddling is a important part of your build process 🤣
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I hope to get the transmission mount so I can finally fit an interior into my IH Scout build. I have the interior from Scott Norton I’ve been sitting on for months.
Solid
Awesome build and I heard you like to fiddle with things in the woods!
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super cool build hope those upgrade parts reach Europa too :P
Artful Dodgers are from Europe, so I should hope so!
Oddly enough i just looked at both of these options last night and ordered up the Artful dodgers option. We shall see how she turns out!
Good luck!
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I need a artful dodgers chassis . i have a enduro on the shelf i don't use anymore . I'd like to put something like that together . look's like a nice kit
I have some Artful Dodgers stuff for my Gatekeeper. He makes great stuff, and excellent customer service, too.
Agreed!
the AR44 brass knuckles and c-hubs fit ( amazon or ali) only change is the steering link sits in the front
11:25 - that's legit!
Gonna have to compare these to the ie rc merge chassis, just got my second element so time to “tinker”
Im getting my TGH Sherpa class 2 build put together. My first custom build, and I will get the links for the axles soon.
How is a Russian box with big tires and no suspension gonna crawl rocks?
Keep buying complete trucks. Need to do a builders kit but seems time consuming. Great builds as always.
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awsome bro bug cool you have nice lot cool RC,,s that's awsome id be like big child again but yeah you have nice trucks ill be getting nice steel bearings and reinforce everything from stock as soon as i get the chance too but your channel very good helpful to teach a newb like me into upgrading and how to use and add stuff rite I am looking to get escort cosworth body too when upgrading for the chassis TTO1 ye know what I mean be a while but it's on the to do list very interesting stuff u are planning here can't wait to see and how it functions 👍Keith
That buggy is sik!!
Thanks for watching!
Wow I literally just put together the builders kit 2 the other day. Loved the whole build but my god those yellow gear box gears! I almost gave up on the whole thing as it was near impossible to get the screws into them even with loads of grease. I mangled a bunch of the screws trying to get them in, ended up drilling them out and dremeled the screws holes larger to get what screws I had left over into them... ugh.
I put the same kit together last month, same exact complaint. I ended up stripping one of the small screws but luckily it was in enough it cleared everything in the gearbox. Send a complaint to ELelemnet, they should never have cheaped out and stopped including the aluminum gears from the BK 1
@@maritimezombie7684Well it's good to know it wasn't just me suffering with these damned things too. I will certainly get in contact with Element about them. It caused me so much frustration and it ruined one of my allen tools in the process. Its all great once its together mind you but damn, they must be using one of the hardest plastics known to man for those things!
@@AlvarezAzel mine will never be taken apart, im just happy I installed the overdrive first thing like I wanted.
I also enjoy a good fiddle now and then.
That was the joke!
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If ya like a good fiddling. Should check out the fiddle festival. Only issue ... quiet times not til 1am if camping on site. But there's some fiddling forsure
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that driveshaft angle geeezus lol
- Matt... (yer mi phavorit dork) !!! - And I mean that as a joke !! 😉👌
...😆 You are a fun... and funny guy !!!! 👍
I AM a dork! Thanks for watching!
Will the treal C-hubs fit the SSD front axle?
That Artful Dodgers chassis is awesome. That winch mount goes inside/behind the servo brace up front - hence slightly narrower. Great solution. The servo is hanging as low as possible in front of the trans and the line runs through the hole on top of the lay-down steering servo 🙂 But I noticed something: Do you need to get that inverse shaft for the Artful Dodgers trans mount if you have overdrive, since it is rotated? I may have been crawling with OD in the rear! Shame on me!
I confirmed that the trans works with OD in the front in this configuration! Thanks! After shooting the video, I confirmed the winch positioning too! It's an awesome setup!
@@scalebuildersguild Glad you confirm that - working on quite a mix of parts atm. Losi Night crawler cage on Artful Dodgers chassis turning into KOH rig 🙂
Well, for us EU dudes and dudettes the ArtfulDodgers is most likely the more cost effective option, as we're not hit with customs fees and got lower shipping cost as well.
We'll see if i can add a Groundfox to my collection.
Comp builders guild.. fits better..
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What wheels are on that thing? :)
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You remind me of the guy from the “Dr. Toys” channel
About to build my second Element, first from scratch on a G-Speed V3 chassis. And I realized if I get a transmission I have so many parts I could build one of these Artful Dodger kits. My daughters Gatekeeper has some of the Artful dodger bits on it and have performed great. I’m just wondering if spending the little extra and get a Phoenix straight axle kit and this for more performance or should I stay with the Elements for my third build. 🤔
If you've got enough parts, stick with what you've got. If you want something new, grab a Phoenix!
@@scalebuildersguild I’m sticking with the Element. Saves me having to stock more spare parts. Plus I at least know how to dial these in now, thanks!
I keep trying to give up my new bright body's, and full size Chevy body's with light kits, and shoe goo. Everyone has done cut down powerwagons, and the creep body's, and cliffhanger body.... Ugh having a good looking grill just gets in the way. It's hard to give up scale appearing looks over performance. maybe I will just cut up a stampede 53 Chevy body, as long as I don't screw up and get the panel so I can airbrush something cool on the side.
If you add brass much weight to the wheels, any chassis would perform better. ?.
Not necessarily true. There's more to building a good comp truck than just weight.
I know this is a older video but I was wondering where you got the Bug body I’d love to get one. Thanks
@harleydesigns got it for me.
Quelle est le référence de la carosserie ?
Did you have any trouble from the SSD Pro axles? There are several bad reviews on Amain about how the tubes attach to the third member. They think its a design flaw. Any runtime to notice issues?
I haven't had a chance to run it yet, still awaiting me finishing it!
I prefer a c channel frame, just because it is more scale, but I also don't comp my cralwer's
Did you ever have a link for the big body?
No, it was given to me by a friend.
great job filming this. clearly your face and the front right tire are the most important things to focus on.
I’ll admit this wasn’t my best, a new lens and my enthusiasm led me to not pay as much attention as I should have. But hey, pobody’s nerfect. Still a pretty informative and helpful video though.
@@scalebuildersguild yes just slightly annoying
On the artful Dodger kit is that a lay down servo? I saw a pan hard kit on there website and it looks like that kit comes with a lay down chassis servo set up. Is that the case?
It is a laydown servo, but I believe it can also be used upright. You can choose SOA or CMS.
Should have gone with the Gspeed!!!
To build from scratch or to modify an RTR or existing truck. That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and, by opposing, end them? (I may have read that somewhere.) I say if you aren’t going to use any existing electronics, then it it is better to start with a kit. Otherwise I think it is easier and faster to modify an already built truck.
The Titan looks very svelte. But that ride height does need to be fixed. Will lighter springs works once you have electronics in and a body on?
In addition to those two things, I suspect that I’ll move to the ground Fox style trans even for the Titan!
So, if I have this right... out of the $250 kit you kept the shocks, the links, and the transmission? Seems like you could have gotten some other shocks separately, same with links, and then used the Vanquish 3-gear transmission. Then add that fancy frame rail kit and go from there.
For sure, there are ways to do this cheaper, but I'm showing what you'd use from the kit or an RTR.
Hello from southeast alaska how's it going today bro
Hello from Southwest Ontario!
4:32 - yes, those shaft angles are not ok.
How do I get my vehicle to drive straight I have it pulling to the right
Adjust the trim on steering.
How do you get 20% overdrive? The kit only goes to about 11% no?
Optional gearing gets you to 12%, I probably misspoke. Thanks!
Hello
You may have mentioned this already, but I’m looking for a carbon fiber body and Josh isn’t giving up his source. So the obvious question, were did ya get it?
I got mine from Josh. LOL. Sorry man, there's a couple guys importing them, but I'm not sure who they are either!
I also like to fiddle.
Have you looked to see if one of the chassis will work on the IFS trucks?
I have not. Not sure you'd want IFS in a comp truck!
Looks like you're better just building it from parts not a kit 😂
HA! Especially if you've got those things just lying around, like I definitely already do!
Parts wise, you would think so. But if you're starting from ground zero, there's some bits a pieces in the kit that you'll end up wanting. Mostly things like screws and spacers and other little hardware. Just an observation.
Please, have a good day. 😀
I’m not much for comps or flat rails. Flat rails are not realistic, and being realistic is what scale RC is about. I’m not opposed to comps, I just feel that people lose sight of what the purpose of a scale crawler is in the pursuit of a competitive comp rig.
The thumbnail showed a Bug body on the chassis, but it wasn't in the video. Looks cool, and I feel cheated!
The build isn't done yet, this was more about showing off some chassis options. Not to worry, that bug body will see rocks!
I had an Element on my RC buy list this year, that is until the Petroleum Industry stole my RC budget.
I know!!!! Gas prices are insane... I don't know where you are, but in Canada it's out of control. I can only imagine all of our European friends are being hit the worst!
You need to talk to your DOP about the DOF on this one. Have you bought a new camera?
I bought a new camera, still playing with my preferences. Probably a tad too shallow! 😉
Explains a lot. I know you're a professional in the video world, so there had to be a simple answer to this 'dip in quality'. You're always my first search, so thank you for all you give us.
@@phillprice5225 some might see that as a step up, and more cinematic, but it definitely needs some tweaking. I was also playing with a different color profile. Not to worry, I’ll dial it in soon! Thanks for the comments!
"This is a kit for a tinkerer" = Doesn't come with half the parts you need
looks like the artful kit leaves alot more room for an interior.....
Wouldn't it be better to just buy the Element Enduro parts you want separately as opposed to buying the kit and tossing out 80%-90% of it?
I definitely won't be tossing out the rest of the kit and will be using the other parts in other builds. Element was kind enough to send me the kit and as always, I like to change things up and give people ideas for other things. Thanks for watching!
@@scalebuildersguild I see where your coming from. I was also on the live stream earlier and did find a printed sand scorcher engine. Some were raw and some where painted. I bet you could find an stl for yourself. I have the proline version for my crawler, not sure it will fit but gonna buy one and see what I can do. Also want to build the rear cage/skid and oil cooler/roof fin for it. If you know of any resources, I would love some suggestions. Saving up for a 3d printer atm.
Oh man...there is not much worse than overdrive in the rear...
Or just buy the Element Ecto...way better start!
Except it has trailing arms. Thanks for watching!
Whatever happened to this build ?
It's on the bench, and will likely be my C2 comp truck for next year's Nationals!
I REALLY LOVE YOUR VIDEO'S. BUT IN THIS ONE YOU SHOWED A VW BODY IN THE PICTURE WHICH MADE ME CLICK ON YOUR VIDEO. I LOVE VW BODY'S FOR TWO REASON'S. MAINLY LOOK'S AND EASY ROLL OVER'S. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO MENTION THE BODY AND WHERE YOU GOT IT SOME WHERE IN THE VIDEO. I'M NOT COMPLAINING, JUST A THOUGHT FOR YOUR FUTURE VIDEO'S. I'M WORKING ON A MINI ROBOT DRIVER WITH FULL ARTICULATION, AND NO SEAMS AT THE JOINT'S. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE HIM STEP OUT OF MY TRUCK, WALK AROUND, AND GET BACK ON HIS OWN WITH OUT USING TRACKS. IT WILL BE PROGRAMMED TO MY RADIO, OR A PRE PROGAM SETTING. I DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER. I DON'T LIKE THEM, BUT I CAN USE MY DAUGHTER'S TO SEND YOU A VIDEO WHEN I'M DONE WITH IT. LOVE YOUR SCALE BUILD VIDEO'S. THANK YOU.
There's more videos coming.
why would you bothering buying the kit when your only using 3 parts of it? In fact why even mention it really? Just buy some links, the trans and whatever seperate or even use aftermarket parts... sometimes you make no sense. And obviously most of your builds are way out of range for us especially since you get almost everything for free... thanks for being on the same level as the rest of us that actually have to pay for our stuff.
Thanks for watching and I appreciate your comment. I understand that I get a lot of things for free, which is the result of thousands of hours building and filming content for hobbyists like yourself to watch and hopefully entertain you. Sometimes I'm going to show you things that might not be practical, but will inspire you to think outside the box. A lot of my builds focus on budgets, especially the budget build off series, so I am very mindful of the fact that this hobby can be expensive.
I like the content of the channel. I even tune into the live events when I can. So I'm a fan of dune beetles, but not of the Sandworms of Arrakis. That's a long stretch for a Dune joke just to say. "I 100% got click baited by that sweet sweet bug body." Still a good video and entertaining to watch and hope you use that beetle body for this build.
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Thanks for watching!