Strawb's G-made R1 Rock Buggy

hi andy .... the only thing left stock from the original R1 kit is the tranny ..... the axles have customized mounting positions to accomodate the 4" losi shocks which were an inch longer than the G-transitions ...

over-all im very happy with the R1 axles ..... they are tough as nails ..... ive binded them in cracks which literally snapped the stock drive shafts off the pinions (reason for which why i upgraded to MIP CDV's) ..... i did a rebuild and regreasing of the portals, spools and pinions last night .... suprisingly the casted gears are still like new .... and believe me i've bashed the hell out of these bad boys!!!

in conclusion .... if you need a rig to run and run and bash and bash ..... the R1 is good for that use .... it doesn't have the same aftermarket options as axial but it does have good parts support from junfac (which is ok if you break something)

and yes the portal gears are limited to what they are .... its snugged in there without room for an extra tooth!


hope we all get to crawl soon!!!

I really like the the Junfac kit.....very well made. Kit instructions suck a bit, but overall the products are solid. Jun could do a hell of a lot for his business if he would learn to communicate. I am not sure if it is a language barrier, but even if that is the case, he would increase sales a lot if he employed a CS agent or at least a relations person.
I know so many people who have put off buying just because they dont have someone to talk to there....

The portal axles are awesome, I would love to mount a set on the joker....I need to find a body for mine...

got me a crawling buddy now .... BERG in the house!!!







got my first chance to drive a MOA (motor on axle) rig ..... now i know why these things are dominating the crawler comps around the world .... they just handle awesome

nice addition you got there strawb!

what about us paul?. . . . .

paul@play wrote:

nice addition you got there strawb!

this rig aint mine paul ..... its owned by a friend of mine ..... dubcrawl - team alain ....


although ive got me a new project in the works .....

a peek of some parts i got ...





and i did some Wheel tuning for the R1 as well

Nova's 5.5 Double D's ...




vanquish fiesta anyone???





lets get crawling!!!!

well done on recruiting another crawler!

oooooo more mods!!!! those vanquish rims are sweeeet me likey!!!

does any one have tissue?

strawb. . . . don't forget, you need to set the BEC to 6v. . . . its default setting is 5.1V

you did notice my matched pair holmes hobbies torquemasters??? and 2 sets of vanquish dirty harrys and SLW's right?

guess where its goin to fit in to???

2 TT01's ?

chardiboi wrote:

does any one have tissue?

strawb. . . . don't forget, you need to set the BEC to 6v. . . . its default setting is 5.1V

CC BEC set at 6V chard ......

and i still am grateful to you for showing me the way when i was starting out ....






so lets get crawling!!!!

yeah. . . . but you're way to deep now. . . . and you have a pretty deep pocket. . . .

i'll just be behind you, with my underdog shafty. . .

i'm keeping my shafty R1 though ..... the R1 just doesnt break!!! .... tough as nails .... seriously


my pockets are deep in debt!!!

plus RCCrawler has got to have the best for sale section in any crawling site there is ..... the deals going on in there have fantastic products with prices 50% off from the original prices shipped!!!!

this just got in right now ....

a little bit of y-town beetlejuice for ya crawler lovers ...

xr-10 is here

strawb

nice one, not even gonna try and run the stock xr10?

the crawlin addiction has hit you hard


richard

forget the CC.....when you gettin an xr10...the competition has stepped up

wuhuuuuu!!! it's almost done papi strawb. . . . i will definitely come there one of these days and crawl with it. . . .

@ paul,

i'm sticking with shafties for now . . . . . . doesnt matter, we're not competing anyways. . . .
i'll enjoy what i have for now. . . haven't even got to know my rig fully yet. . . still trying to get the most out of it, And that's the best part. . . tweaking it to it's maximum.

til such time i have me enough to buy something else.. . . .

as they would say, "don't give in to the urge" , i just hope i'm strong enough

@paul ...... im running the xr-10 with the beetlejuice v3 chassis ..... i aint goin stock no more!

im not addicted at all ..... are there signs that i am?



@chard .... its almost in roller form actually ..... im keeping my shafty ..... the shafty is all set-up and ready to go .... let me know when your coming so we can set something up

black & white tandem