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MotorWorks™ Drag Truck
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:36 am
by ChaosCauser
My customized MotorWorks™ drag truck. Enjoy!
So, do you guys like it?
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:50 am
by CaboWabo
Yea, I wanna see more of that body - looks cool man.
Welcome to the hood.
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:21 am
by hue35
CaboWabo wrote:Yea, I wanna see more of that body
Hell, I wanna see more of that sofa, or bedspread, or whatever that is...
Seriously though, that looks pretty cool. I think you could have thought about that motor a little more... it looks like it's just kinda stuck on there. And the wheelie bar also looks a little huge...
Having said that, it looks like you put a lot of time and thought into that paint job, which is why the other stuff stands out a bit.
Welcome aboard man... you're off to a good start.
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 12:45 pm
by steelwoolghandi
Welcome man!
I am with hue on this one the motor does just look slapped on. The wheelie bar is a cool idea looks like you used the wheels off a finger skateboard good idea!
The paint job does look good nice Work!
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:05 pm
by ChaosCauser
steelwoolghandi wrote:Welcome man!
I am with hue on this one the motor does just look slapped on. The wheelie bar is a cool idea looks like you used the wheels off a finger skateboard good idea!
The paint job does look good nice Work!
Sorry to disappoint, but the paintjob is stock...
Drag Truck Update, 6/26/05
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:39 pm
by ChaosCauser
A Few things have changed on the truck, as of late.
The first thing to go, the oversized wheelie bar. Why did it have to go, you ask? Because it made the truck look like one of those stupid-looking Muscle Machine die-cast toys.
Secondly, the last piece to go was the stock MotorWorks™ rear axle.
I put in a ZipZaps™ turbo axle with wheel extenders from the ZipZaps "Axle Upgrade Kit" & two different sets of slicks in favor of the original & MORE SLOW original rear axle.
And I tell you, man, does this puppy ever fly! It's so fast it can ALMOST keep up with my 1:16th scale electric Chevy 454 dragster, The Chevinator, that does somewhere between 16-30 MPH.
And finally, my last mod to this pup is to make it wheelstand the entire drag strip(3-4 pieces of straight-away track from an old NASCAR slotcar set) length. Because I tried it once before and the weight was too heavy, all the truck did was flip itself over or spin in circles. Any suggestions on how to get it to wheelie SUCCESSFULLY?
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 2:04 pm
by filelicker
No disappointment here.... just creative criticism....
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:41 pm
by ChaosCauser
hue35 wrote:CaboWabo wrote:Yea, I wanna see more of that body
Hell, I wanna see more of that sofa, or bedspread, or whatever that is...
That is actually the table cloth on the table here in my house's dining room. Yes, that's right, my computer is set up in the dining room.
Re: Drag Truck Update, 6/26/05
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:04 am
by crazydave
ChaosCauser wrote:
And I tell you, man, does this puppy ever fly! It's so fast it can ALMOST keep up with my 1:16th scale electric Chevy 454 dragster, The Chevinator, that does somewhere between 16-30 MPH.
So let me get this straight, you stuck the red gear in there and it
almost keeps up with a car that does 30mph?
That's freakin' amazing. Wow.
Cool.
Do you have any idea how fast 30 mph is?