Parks450's super duper build

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Not a huge fan of all the alloy on that thing, but it sure looks nice.

I ran the SRC terrain crushers on my brushless revo for a while, spun one of the hexes when I put them on my savage flux. If your intending on doing a lot of jumping, I'd suggest a different tire as those give you no cushion whatsoever on landings. They also get nearly no forward bite on anything but pavement, which can be a good thing if your wanting to keep stress off your diffs/cvd's as in the grass, there's a lot of wheel spin. On concrete, they drive like your on rails though.

I'm now running pro-line trenchers (not the X's, just normal) and really like the plush feeling they give on landings. Plus, the grip on most surfaces is phenomenal. Also, the tread quantity seems to hold up well even for pavement running.

I have a NIB picco p3 that I never ran, in case your in need of parts. It's not modified like yours of course, but I'd be willing to let it go for the right price. I doubt I'll ever run it in anything as I have LRP's in 2 of my nitros and an OS21TM in one of my revos.
 
I will run them and see what they are like. I can see what you mean though with no cushion. I'll likely pick another set up once I get it all together and running.
 
Anyone have experience with these shocks? They would look sick on my savage I think, I know they are likely softer being for a regular yeti, if so though I can always run 8. I know they are shorter which isn't a big deal, but not sure if they will boot up or not at all. Screenshot_20180213-173716.png
 
fitment shouldn't be a problem but they are alot shorter 50+mm than savage shocks are 130mm/5.100 inches for the RC4WD versus 170mm/ 6 1/2 inches for a big bore, but all that is going to depend on your surface you are running on so if it is gonna be a pavement only rig it will probably get by ok.... but for jumps and offroad you will sure lose much of the suspension travel...
 
That's true. I do hit jumps but nothing extreme. I just like them they are sharp
 
I see the king shocks have a 17mm OD spring, anyone know the hpi big bore spring OD? Could swap springs if that's the case
 
Oh wow, that's a big difference. Well dam lol. Was hoping those would be more of a match
 
Was able to get a slider out of it today lol, swapped the flm plates to the new xl tvp. Have to say I like to look a lot better. If anyone is interested I'm selling the regular length flm tvp. received_2382214321804363.jpeg
 
Got some more done. After I got it this far I realized I had the rear diff in backwards lol. Should have the rest of my parts tomorrow except the body. Finally coming together, should have it finished next week hooefully.20180216_125316.jpg
 
Good job so far, cant wait to see the cool body your doing!

We just got a hydro dipper in town, but its kinda $$$ to do the outside of a unbreakable body so i'll just leave it black.
 
Good job so far, cant wait to see the cool body your doing!

We just got a hydro dipper in town, but its kinda $$$ to do the outside of a unbreakable body so i'll just leave it black.

Thanks man, it can be pretty pricey but it is very slick. A lot cheaper than a custom paint job lol
 
Well got the engine tore apart and cleaned it. It was pretty nasty, probably a good thing I did. Re-oiled it all, installed some dynamite shoes, a new cooling head, new one way and working on sealing it. 20180217_144642.jpg 20180217_144652.jpg
 

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Made a Little more progress, just need to mount the hellfire tank, and connect the front steering and all that. Hopefully have it fired up next week. Had to take some of the tvp off by the engine, the heat sink screws were touching and it needed to go over as far as possible. Also had to slot the 4 engine mount holes to slide the engine back a touch so it got proper clearance.

Looks like it had a set of duramax the rods lol :D
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Managed to get 30 minutes to work on it tonight before work. 16 hour days suck lol.. mounted the tank on it, had to make the rear bracket for the hellfire tank, ordered aluminum fuel tank mounts, front was a perfect fit. For the rear mount, I just used 3/16 zinc plated square stock.

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Also if you lose the clutch bell spacer/bushing. A Losi shock washer works perfect and looks great haha. Really though, it was perfect, even the washer for the screw fit perfect in it. Saved me a trip to the store lol. Also had to clearance the rails a Little to get the scews from the engine heat sink to clear the rails, and had to slot the holes in the engine mounting plate in order to move the engine back a little.
 

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Since you have the ability to weld, you might want to put some X bracing in the long horizontal sections before getting it powder coated.
 
Since you have the ability to weld, you might want to put some X bracing in the long horizontal sections before getting it powder coated.

That is actually a really good idea. May have to go snag it bag from my powder coater.
 
I meant was the original hollow or solid? I have a new era 3 point roll bar on one of my revo's, it's as big around as my pinky, but hollow. I had an RC Raven roll cage back in the day that was solid wire, but didn't look as thick as yours.
 
Ah ok, no it's tube steel not solid. My last one was pretty strong, I had quite a few hard hit on it and no dents or dings.
 
Well almost finished it, waiting on the cage which will be done Monday. Body is getting done by my buddy in a few weeks and she will be complete. Had it out a little running, wow this thing is insane compared to my last one. Had to lock the slipper completely, was slipping pretty bad. I noticed it didn't steer as good as my other one though. Going to try and adjust that a little.

Swapped my big bore shocks over to the integy big bores. My big bores were leaking like something fierce. I tripple o-ringed the bottom of the integys and used slime on them, I really hope they don't leak lol. Used the stiff springs that came with them, sits much better and feels a lot smoother. I had to trim a ton off the integy steering bell crank crossover piece, it is going to bend eventually lol. I have the flm piece, trying to figure out a bushing to work with the integy piece. May have to have one machined. It basically needs to be the same bushing that is included in the flm steering crossover but a couple mm longer. Anyone have a few ideas?

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Got the cage on, looks pretty sharp. Just waiting on the body now l, likely be another week or two. 20180228_045400.jpg 20180228_045223.jpg 20180227_204326.jpg
 

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