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Old 11-03-2007, 01:14 AM
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well heres pics of my new beast .
i allready had to do a repair job [ i glanced the gutter and broke a rear axle ] where the dogbone/drive shaft ball sits in . but i welded it up and put a peice of pipe on for added strength and it seems to be holding ok [ untill i get another one .]
i cant put the front brake kit in yet cause i need long cable holders as the cable fouls on the upper suspension arm with the short holders on .





Old 11-03-2007, 03:02 AM
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I love seeing pics of new trucks. Look at how shiny those rims are. Now go tear it up.[sm=shades_smile.gif]
Old 11-03-2007, 03:49 AM
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That looks great
Old 11-03-2007, 08:49 AM
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Getting there .. looks nice , is your lid painted ?
hope you keep this one .lol
Old 11-03-2007, 10:21 AM
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You bought the wrong brake kit. You bought the kit for the marder models, you need the one for the monster models.
Old 11-03-2007, 10:33 AM
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That brake kit works fine on it. You just need the longer cables for the front

Your truck is set up almost the same as mine but with a 2 speed and disc on all 4 corners [X(] that sucker must rippppp !
The failsave is a sweet item. I wish everyone drove a truck with them on it.
You may want to also replace the dif with the upgraded one in a few gas tanks. You are going to be tearing it up for sure.

Have a blast !

Lets see that body on it too..
Old 11-03-2007, 12:29 PM
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Hi,
how is Your experience with the 2-speed gear-box ? I have never seen a 2-speed gear-box installed in a MT.

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Old 11-03-2007, 04:56 PM
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i have put the alloy diff housing conversion allready in , with a AMS extra thick stainless steel sleeve ..
as for the front brakes every thing else is ok its just the cable holders that arnt long enough.
ill put up a full list of its mods soooon .
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What engine are you running in that thing?
Old 11-03-2007, 09:13 PM
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ok heres the lits of mods :
Elcon alloy front uprights with elcon bearings
FG alloy front axle mount A + B [ gives me adjustable camber at the front ]
Remote kill switch
x2 hitec 5995 TG servos
Hitec 5745 steering servo
spectrum radio
DDM racing 4200mah battery converted from hump pack to flat/stick pack
DDM racing high rpm clutch spring
FG tuning front and rear disk brakes
FG 2 spd kit
FG alloy diff housing conversion
AMS stainless steel diff sleeve
Elcon rear upper arms
Jetpro v2 truck pipe
Elcon layshaft bearings
Outwears pullstart cover and air filter cover



sheograth :
im just running the zen 26 for now .


heres my dodgy shell pics ,

Old 11-03-2007, 10:46 PM
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if jackson pollock were into RC...
Old 11-04-2007, 04:39 AM
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Dont care wat others say but i think that shell looks great! because its different!![8D]
Old 11-04-2007, 08:46 AM
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^^ yeah well it's going to get the hell beat out of it anyway.. Nice looking truck and i hope you enjoy it, they are alot of fun and they get the adrenalin pumping as soon as you fire the engine
Well for me it doe's
Old 11-04-2007, 07:47 PM
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yeah i figured the body would get beaten up rather quick .
well tank 1 is over and ill be starting tank 2 soon then i can see what speeds this thing can do [ i think its gonna be pretty darn fast ]
Old 11-05-2007, 10:47 PM
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jasrx

You get 2 big Thumbs up from me ! you are going to have a blast with that rig for sure.

Andy Warhol Would love that body also
Old 11-05-2007, 11:06 PM
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Yeah the second tank feels very different than the first, I was really surprised.
Old 11-05-2007, 11:40 PM
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well 2nd tank is done and the engine seems like its starting to come alive , i guess it will tank a couple of more tanks to really free up 100%
shell is on now too

Old 11-06-2007, 12:52 AM
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Awesome, Hey Jas, Where did u get that VOltage Thing to tell how much life s left in the battery?, and also does it go into the spare 3rd channel, or does it go plug into the battery, then the VOltage thing plugs into the reciever?
Old 11-06-2007, 01:03 AM
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hey ,
i got the voltage meter from amain hobbies [ but u can buy them in aus]
and i have it running from the reciver , i have the battery pack going through a Y lead into the steering slot on the reciver .
as the 3rd channel slot has been taken up by the remote ignition kill switch setup .
Old 11-11-2007, 02:56 AM
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well a bit of a update ,
the truckl has be running great , but i did have 2 drama`s one was the tyre insert [ on left rear ] some how came unglued and i had to take the tyre off the rim [ as it was unbalanced ] and 2nd was the long right hand side bowd cable got chewed up in the diff [ my fault as it must not have been out of the way enough] but apart from that every things good ...
Old 11-11-2007, 03:41 AM
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How u managed to remove the tire off the rim?Did u re-use all the parts ?
The shell looks awesome mate...
Old 11-11-2007, 05:32 AM
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Hey Jazrx

Just wondering what your break in procedure is? getting my first petrol marder soon myself.

Oh the truck looks sweeeeet!
Old 11-11-2007, 01:22 PM
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ORIGINAL: dimag093

How u managed to remove the tire off the rim?Did u re-use all the parts ?
The shell looks awesome mate...
yeah i reused all the parts , i used glue debonder on most of it and the rest the tire had started to come away from the rim.
Old 11-11-2007, 01:28 PM
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COOL job from jasrx. Nice work with the body. More simplier than ever
Old 11-23-2007, 11:32 PM
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new pics , i hope to have more bits soon .









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