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Old 01-31-2011, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by rokitman
chad, can yall ship cases?
yes but it would be worth it just to get quarts and i will get you a good price.. gallons have hazmat charges..

i tried that fuel tonight.. i had been running losi fuel.... when i put the speed blend in.. my car wouldnt even move.. i had to lean the needles 3 hours on bottom and top LOL.. i will be running this fuel at motorama..
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Old 01-31-2011, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by porkchop
i think if your going to do you should buy the buggy now and take your time building it trust me it be worth it.
and get the truck when it comes out

it took me close to 18 hours to build my first one but i did not build my car like most people i did it a lil differnt
different? How so?
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Old 01-31-2011, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by nitro rat
different? How so?
its been chopanesed!

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Old 01-31-2011, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad Phillips
its been chopanesed!

lol
QFT
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Old 01-31-2011, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by nitro rat
different? How so?
dry build the diffs and cheek the mesh insted of opening them i keep going and then when i get to the shocks i stop tear it all the way down again and fill the diffs gresse the gears and then i do my shocks

as for chad and jared shove it guys
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i tried that fuel tonight.. i had been running losi fuel.... when i put the speed blend in.. my car wouldnt even move.. i had to lean the needles 3 hours on bottom and top LOL.. i will be running this fuel at motorama..
speed blend FTW!!!
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Old 01-31-2011, 08:04 PM
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Chad: Any ETA on when the front/rear aluminum hub carriers will be available?

Impatiently waiting for both.
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Old 01-31-2011, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad Phillips
1) i run the spindle low.. that is where you put the washer on the steering arm in the manual.. low is stock

2) the piston itself is conical not the holes
HI Chad.

What is the effect of running the spindle high or low?

Thanks!!
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Old 02-01-2011, 01:46 AM
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Guys i have a question what will be the affect of the option brackets #600267 , #600308 on the car? And also which caster block is better the 10 deg or the 12 deg.
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Old 02-01-2011, 02:38 AM
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Hey Guys

I have been mulling over a new Buggy for some time now with all the new variations available. I always liked the Serpent when released and always kept coming back to the 811 so I have decided to go with a Serpent for 2011.

I had a very productive season last year and hope to make it a bigger and better 2011.

My home track is OCR raceway www.ocrraceway.com in Darwin the Northern Territory of Australia. There's some great support on here and I'm excited on sharing with you guys Serpent success in Australia.

Will keep in touch and a detailed photo build will follow.

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Here is a pic from the first round of 2010

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Originally Posted by heavyjeffd
Chad: Any ETA on when the front/rear aluminum hub carriers will be available?

Impatiently waiting for both.
rear hub carriers today.. no clue on front ones..
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Old 02-01-2011, 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by HPC
HI Chad.

What is the effect of running the spindle high or low?

Thanks!!
I never tried that on my 1/8 but when i ran 1/10 off road back in the day, I would run my spindles raised on high bite tracks..
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Originally Posted by Demos
Guys i have a question what will be the affect of the option brackets #600267 , #600308 on the car? And also which caster block is better the 10 deg or the 12 deg.
run the 600267..

havent tried 12 but will soon
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Originally Posted by HPC
HI Chad.

What is the effect of running the spindle high or low?

Thanks!!
I moved it to high at CRCRC's race to smooth out the steering. I did this with another change so I can't say how much it affected the car but the group of changes I made was pretty good.

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Guys i have a question what will be the affect of the option brackets #600267 , #600308 on the car? And also which caster block is better the 10 deg or the 12 deg.
I felt the 12 deg spindle took away a bit mid corner steering but added a huge amount of on power steering. As for which is better I think it's situational.

The 600267 rear bracket lowers the roll center of the car vs the standard one. It does a number of things but basically more roll will be added to that end of the car.
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What is the rate of the clutch springs that come with the kit?
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