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DarthRacer
04-27-2007, 12:35 AM
Original threads:
Thread - http://www.ripper7racing.com/r7rforums/showthread.php?t=63
http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4241
Gallery - http://www.ripper7racing.com/r7rforums/showthread.php?t=14&page=2
http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6276


This is my TLT build that I pulled the build progress for from other forums. It takes you up to it's current running state. Enjoy!

Specs:
TLT Axles
Pede Tranny
Pede sliders
T-Maxx shocks w/ Integy soft springs
Traxxas links
custom/fabbed by me chassis
Proline Masher 2Ks on Traxxas Pede 5-spoke wheels
Tobee Craft 34mm wideners
Novak XRS
Futaba servo
Orion 23t - may change later - Currently a Johnson silver can 540
HPI Rubicon body

I've been working on the chassis here and there since August 2005. Nothing real special but it was my first attempt at building a chassis. It meets my needs though because it allowed me to do a laydown tranny and I can mount a battery within the length of the chassis. I had some shock mount towers I did away with since they made a funky body mount height and the chassis sides were shortened by one inch to get the wheelbase down to 12.5 inches. It's all holding together with JB weld!
The process was fun, frustrating, slow, interesting, but I got what I wanted out of it.
Here are the first pics I took of the build.

http://home.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/TLT-10-006.jpg
http://home.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/TLT-10-007.jpg
http://home.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/TLT-10-008.jpg
http://home.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/TLT-10-009.jpg

DarthRacer
04-27-2007, 12:40 AM
A few people asked me how I got the JB to work.
Well, the aluminum I used is the everyday stuff you find at Lowes or Home Depot. JB weld is the same stuff you can buy anywhere.
I mixed the JB according to the directions. I sanded the aluminum so the surfaces that would be touching the JB were scuffed up and not polished. I figured it would hold better to the rough surface. After I applied the JB to the parts, I held them together tightly with some of those $3 plastic clamps. I did this one part at a time letting it sit overnight until the whole thing was built up. It is holding a lot better than I thought it would. The chassis sides stood up to me cutting them down by a half inch on each side with a hacksaw and never showed a sign of separating from the top rails. It has stood up to filing, sanding, sawing, and drilling since about mid last year. It even held up to me prying the side plates apart a little to wedge the tranny in and out a few times. It has held up through the running I did last year including rolling it end over end down a hill several times.

http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler001.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler002.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler003.jpg]

DarthRacer
04-27-2007, 12:41 AM
Here are the pics. My old camera works fine outdoors but sucks indoors, so please excuse the low quality.

http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWranglerBumpers001.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWranglerBumpers002.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWranglerBumpers003.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWranglerBumpers004.jpg

DarthRacer
04-27-2007, 12:43 AM
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler001.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler002.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler003.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler004.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler005.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler007.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler008.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler009.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler010.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler012.jpg

DarthRacer
04-27-2007, 12:43 AM
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler013.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler014.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler015.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler017.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler018.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler019.jpg
http://users.adelphia.net/~darthracer/images/TLT/TLT-10/JeepWrangler020.jpg