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Project Stealth Rally: Part 2- Rear Suspension Upgrade

Rear Arms Installed

We want our Stealth Rally to handle like its on rails so we’re swapping out the stock arms for Pro-Line’s arms from their ProTrac Suspension Kit. The arms are longer so the hinge point sits further out in the wheel. …

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Team Losi Racing 8IGHT-T 3.0 Build Photo Gallery

8IGHT-T 3.0 Box

  While building our Team Losi Racing 8IGHT-T 3.0 competition race truggy, we photographed most of the steps so you can get an idea of the quality and design behind this popular 1/8-scale racer.   LINKS Team Losi Racing

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Project Stealth Rally: Part 1- The Collection

Project Stealth Rally

  Well look at this cool collection of parts we’ve gathered up! We’ve got the on-road/off-road bug biting us so what better to do than to build a cool rally car. The base of this project is actually a Slash …

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Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans Build – Electronics and Body

Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans Build

The Build – Part 8 The final step to the Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans involves installing the electronics and the absolutely stunning LM-1 body. Big props to Brad Palmer at F1 RC Labs for his amazing paint work! Build Notes: …

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Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans Build – Body Mounts, Wheels and Tires

Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans Build

The Build – Part 7 In this step we attach the tire/wheels to the car as well as the body mounts. We also top the LM-1 off with one of the most amazing bodies I’ve ever seen. Thanks to Brad …

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Project Ugly Truck: Part 5- It’s Alive!

Passenger Side

It took about a month to get Project Ugly Truck together in our spare time, but we did it, it’s done and it actually looks pretty cool. When we dug through a bin of parts and pulled out random pieces …

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Project Ugly Truck: Part 4- Chassis build complete

Project Ugly Beauty Shot

What started off as a build deemed Ugly Truck because of the use of random parts of varying colors has actually grown on us. We think it’s looking pretty good and whoever we give it away to will most likely …

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Project Ugly Truck: Part 3- The Business End

Rear End Assembly

Congratulations, you made it to part three of our Ugly Truck project build and we’re now building the business end of the truck, the transmission and suspension. Once again we’ll be bolting on a miss-mash of parts we found in …

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Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans Build – Center Shock

Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans Build

The Build – Part 6 Time to build the center shock. We’ll also be attaching the upper deck in this step as well. Build Notes: Since we’ll be building the center shock at this time, have a few clean rags …

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Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans Build – Rear Suspension

Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans Build

The Build – Part 5 This step is a short one and involves assembling the rear suspension; basically the rear damper, side springs and center shock mount. Build Notes: The side springs are a little bit delicate, so take care …

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Project Ugly Truck Part 2- Front End Frenzy

The Ugly Truck Front End

Last week we announced the start of Project Ugly Truck (UT), the truck being built from a box of extra Traxxas components we’ve gathered over the years. We unearthed a lot of cool parts from the bin, but they don’t …

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Project Ugly Truck: Part 1- The Big Dig

Truck Parts Bin Dig

  RC Driver magazine has been around for over ten years and during those years we’ve built a ton of project vehicles. When projects are created, stock parts are pushed aside, but they are not thrown away or even forgotten. …

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Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans Build – Front Suspension

Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans Build

The Build – Part 4 If Part 4 of the LM-1 build, we assemble and attach the front end. It’s a simple, double a-arm setup that features a pillow-ball upper arm for quick and easy camber adjustments. Build Notes: Threadlock …

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TLR 22SCT Build – Additional Chassis Parts

TLR 22SCT Build

The Build – Part 8 Part 8 is a short step; we’re basically bolting on the miscellaneous chassis bits prior to final assembly. Pretty easy. Build Notes: None. Start off by sliding the body posts down into the front body …

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Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans Build – Steering

Speed Passion LM-1 LeMans Build

The Build – Part 3 The LM-1 uses a unique dual-bellcrank steering system, a setup found mostly in offroad and touring cars. This setup makes the steering feel (and react) a bit differently than a direct-setup and I’m actually loving …

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