Project RockClod

Well...here goes another project!

dug out what i could find for the old Clodbuster parts, and found alot of shit!
This will be a crawler using a 16.8v ESC on x2 Kyosho MagMayhem motors (9T)
and adjustable motor mounts by thundertech. Also have wheel widners ill have to dig
out somewhere also by Thundertech.

Lot #1
Stock chassis, custom chassis, MOA axles, links, partsbag, etc


Lot #2

Savage stock shox x4 (or) i have x4 alloy piggyback shocks (100mm)
x4 stock clod tires/wheels (or) i also have x4 stock wheels with nobby tires?
Some misc crawler items i still had kickin about:
Bumpers/scale
Links/ax10

Finished my custom TVP chassis for this Clod project...

Looks for a crawler chassis. but ya better keep in mind ya wanna have some weight also

thanks mike!
so far its working in my favor!

i removed the 3mm threadrod & 3/16" alloy tubing and opted for HPI savage alloy bars which evenly space this TVP now. Also gives me a platform to mount a plate ontop allowing for my electronics.

deal, try some kydex plastic or some acrylic to make ur mounts out of, will make nice electronics plate and comes in colors too we used blue acrylic on my WildFire truck

Here she is once again.....
AX10 lower links installed & the rest of the nuts&bolts have been threadlocked.

ur only gonna use 2 links per end ? whats gonna keep the axles from swaying and moving around ? ya need to triangulate them too .... got the axle tubes drilled yet ?

i know this!
i built a few crawlers.....

the triangulated links go from the top center of the axle to the top side of the TVPs (not made yet)

oic ok , hope ya get it runnin soon

well.... started gettin the axles prepped for this rig....



before i head off to bed....
managed to get the axles stripped down to the bare-essentials!
ill need to repair the one axle up front as the support bar screw broke out from
the transcase. ooof!

tommorow after my LHS visit...ill be fabricating a 3-link post mount which will be installed
through the existing hole in the center/top of the axles (where the old bellcrank went).
Basically it will be x1 piece which will have x3 different mounting locations, a spacer to fill
the large hole in the transcase, x2 bolts, a spacer and a nut. Pretty simple design!
hard to explain, but ill post more as it unfolds!

Looks like a nice project...

got the top deck installed along with the EVX2 16.8v waterproof ESC!

ur gonna make mike JELOUS with a that sweet bling

Sweet project swamp dont put to much $$ in it cus ur prolly not gonna get wut ya put into it..

found some axial standoffs for my bodymounts!
the alloy i used was too soft and kept moving around, so these
are solid!


ill be working on the 3-link postmounts later aswel as mounting up the lower links to the axles.

got too the axles/configuration...
possiblly as seen, but might use longer shocks yet??
i just love my alloy threaded piggybacks..

just to give you an idea how this will come together mike! :P
keepin in mind i still havent fabb'd the 3-link post mounts yet.

Well have fun with it, even tho ya prolly never drive it. but if ya do remember it aint ur daddys savage

im thinkin ill prob ending up giving it too one of my boys as i have no use for it. itll be slow (crawler) so perfect for a starter! :D

Custom lower-link mounts for Clod axles
Template from Styrene.

TEMPLATE
3-Link Post Mount

Here's the general design for my mount, still a little trimming to
do to make it look right but this is pretty much it.
A spacer will run through the hole in the axle and up into this custom
mount which is followed by a 3mm machine screw.

Rising from the fucking ashes comes RockClod

Finally got to the lower axle mounts using alloy, now atleast this rig is taking shape!

Sweet rig swamp .How much twist can ya git ?

WildFire will twist like a MOFO and can crawl as well as race

Nice so far :swampy but them lower mounts look a lil thin there, maybe is the angle of the hope it worx out

the mounts are solid, cutting was a fuckin whore!

Thundertech wheel widners and big nobby tires installed, all the lower end stuff is finished (spacers, screrws, nuts, threadlocked, etc...) Still need something 10mm thick to fabricate my custom 3-link post mounts. Just cant seem to find anything with this thickness??

Dropped on my old Clod body (this is the larger scale lexan from ProLine)
and cut er up!

startin to like a truck now,