BigRed Landy: the build thead

Alright going to announce the specs

Hpi Defender body
Back Woods Customs scale frame
TLT axles
Pede tranny
55t lathe (may move down to a 45 or 35 later)
1.9 swamper boggers from RC4wd and 2.2 geolanders
3 link coil sprung scale suspension
Stock TLT internal sprung shocks
1/4 scale servo winch!
Scale soft top
LED lights


Gonna run the Geo's in the comps and 1.9s for fun. The 2.2 tires are gonna scew the suspension geometry all to hell but i dont care, got my insirations from Tony, i dont expect to win im just here to have fun

I'll get pics goin when the frame gets here and the build actually starts.

cant wait to see it going also.

sounds interesting.
and thanks glad i inspired you.

Got the frame in today. Gonna start the tear down soon. Need to get some things from scruff before i can get started.

cool. hurry up with the pics.

glad you got the chassis. like it?

can you move my build to the scale section?

yeah, the chassis is great, i think its gonna work just right. cant wait to get started on it!

yeah, i;ll move your build.

hey there

Do you need some internal springs?

I can give you the same ones I used in my Augusta Build and I also have some that are a tiny bit firmer (to counter act torque twist.

They are $1 a piece. I paid 0.67 but I had to buy $50 worth, and a bunch of them were way too hard.

BigRedB2 wrote:

yeah, the chassis is great, i think its gonna work just right. cant wait to get started on it!

yeah, i;ll move your build.

cool glad you like it. and thanks

that'd be great rene....$50? surely thats a typo!

Im gonna try to turn down the stock TLT shocks, never done it before, but how hard can it be. Then im gonna mount the coil spring around the tlt shock on the front axle (ever seen how a dodge 4x4 sets up their coils and shocks? same thing on a land rover, im gonna try to mimmick that) the rear will have conventional shock location.

Turning down shocks is not hard at all Reid but just make sure you chuck it up straight.

hey there
That is not a typo, I bought them of an industrial supplier who had a $50 min order.

still no pics, but ive got a roller. still need to mount the shocks and nail down the electronics.

this 1.9 stuff is kinda new to me...and im not even a master a 2.2 i think im gonna have too much flex.

gonna do a scale landy....with 4 link, but if i cant work out eh suspension, it may get converted to some thing with leaf sprung suspension.

The BWC chassis' are built perfect for leafs. with custom dimensions a 4 link is possible. i may have to go back and shorten my links.

lol...all this is useless without pics huh?

be patient. i'll get 'em

well hurry up with them.

Pics? I am interested to see what your chassis looks like. I have seen Clodstall's and want to see how you mounted your suspension.

Okay, here are the pics.

I have 2.2s on it for mock up cause....well, i dont own any 1.9s yet.

Im not really happy with my link set up as of now. I think i will go with shorter ones later.

it wont have as much flex once i mount the coil springs and TLT shocks.

right right. coming together. looks like the rear axle is cockeyed. dog legged.

yeah, its my mounting points for the upper links. they REALLY need to be futher back in the frame. A panhard bar would probably bandaid the problem, but i think i'll just shorten the upper links.

update....

project scrapped.....


4 links suck......

stay tuned for new updates.