Scale Bounty Hunter King Build

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johnnyshore

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rocpede4x4 said:
The new parts look awsome
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Thanks!

rocpede4x4 said:
I say trying to change the shock to a lighter weight mite help some.
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I'm already pretty light at 10w. I had the black/black "firm" springs on the truck for this test, but they're too firm. I put the silver/silver "soft" springs on, and it's much improved. Might try a combination of black/silver springs to fine tune the truck...it's definitely nice to have that tuning option depending on the tracks we run on.
 
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Week 2 of MMRC racing took place last Friday night. We had 8 drivers, and some great battles across the board. We ran 4 brackets of racing, and the Bounty Hunter truck took 2 of the 4 brackets, along with a 1 point victory in Freestyle.



My camcorder battery died before the points race and freestyle, so I only have one of the early bracket final races to share...



Unfortunately, on the negative side, the Hot Racing shocks proved to be very disappointing. They started to leak quite badly, and it was discovered that one of the shock shafts had a roughly 1.5" flat spot machined into the surface, allowing oil to sneak past the seals. One of the other trucks, running the same shocks, bent a shock shaft on a fairly light crash.

I feel pretty lucky that I paid less than $5 a pair on the shocks...at nearly $40 a pair regular price, there's no way I could recommend them to anyone. There are MUCH better options out there for close to half that price.
 
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Oops yeah hot racing isn't much better unfortunately
the hardened metals, gears and shafts are normally junk from either and hardware, screws ect is softer than it should be
 
Supreme Reign

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william g said:
Oops yeah hot racing isn't much better unfortunately
the hardened metals, gears and shafts are normally junk from either and hardware, screws ect is softer than it should be
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True. The exception would be the HR chassis and HR straight axle kit. Those are very nice and beefy. There shocks are known for leaks. Traxxas shocks are everywhere. You're much better off just picking up some Pede or Maxx shocks cheap off eBay.
 
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Supreme Reign said:
True. The exception would be the HR chassis and HR straight axle kit. Those are very nice and beefy. There shocks are known for leaks. Traxxas shocks are everywhere. You're much better off just picking up some Pede or Maxx shocks cheap off eBay.
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The only issue with that is it's hard to get the correct spring rates for Traxxas shocks to work with a solid axle truck. The independent suspension on the Traxxas trucks has a lot more mechanical advantage, the the trucks also carry almost all the weight on the chassis.

I had really good luck with the stock WK shocks. There are a ton of springs to choose from in different rates and lengths. You can also put shims inside the shock to lower them and run a shorter spring.
 
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johnnyshore

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I do like the Hot Racing axle lockout kit...seems very stout, as long as the axles don't bent (so far, so good).

I've build lots of shocks over the last 25 years, and after one week using the HR shocks, they're probably the worst I've ever used. The machining is absolutely horrible (the edges on the shock body are so sharp I actually cut my finger tearing them apart), and the pistons make a whizzing sound as they travel up and down inside the shock body (grooves all along the inside).

The stock plastic shocks seem ok, as long as you only run one shock seal o-ring...two of them in there bind up the shock shaft if the lower cap is tightened down too much (even with a healthy dose of AE Green Slime).

I'm probably going to pick up a set of Losi rear shocks from a Triple X-T. Still my favorite shock of all time, and fairly cheap to pick up now that everyone has big bore envy. ;)
 
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william g

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JKRacing37 said:
The only issue with that is it's hard to get the correct spring rates for Traxxas shocks to work with a solid axle truck. The independent suspension on the Traxxas trucks has a lot more mechanical advantage, the the trucks also carry almost all the weight on the chassis.

I had really good luck with the stock WK shocks. There are a ton of springs to choose from in different rates and lengths. You can also put shims inside the shock to lower them and run a shorter spring.
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agree
stockers, or the aluminum upgrades are a pretty darn good shock setup properly
 
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johnnyshore

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Decided to pick up some Crawler King axle mounts, to get away from the single mounting point of the old brackets. The rotated stock brackets can slide around on the axle a bit, and cause uneven suspension droop if they "twist". The rotated brackets also limit the available alternate shock positions sometimes beneficial in racing, depending on track layout.





Still gives me a nice low chassis, about 3/4" more suspension travel (which was needed mostly in the rear), and many more shock mounting options.



Looking forward to testing the changes this Saturday night at the races! I'll make sure to have the camera fully charged this time!
 
DiggerXX

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What is that silver and blue piece on the front axle? Looks like a steering stabilizer or something?
 
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The truck was it's best yet on Saturday night. Did some shock retuning (larger piston holes/heavier oil), and the truck jumped great. Very little rebound, even off the biggest jumps.

Here's a video of one of the racing brackets...

[video=youtube;UIrw0EI07ec]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIrw0EI07ec[/video]
 
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