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5ive T, one piece at a time
- Thread starter Seandonato73
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One of these days I'll upgrade the pipe in my dbxl too. not a priority right now.
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I mean it was also on a different motor. So hard to tell. Definitely like the sound of the bart better as well
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Looking good Sean, looking good. Can't wait to see her run too
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Finally got my rear diff case, post dropped it off at 6pm, but I had a fire to go to at the neighbors house. Came home, put the kids to bed, started a fire, and boom. More or less complete less swap bars and pipe that one way or another will be showing up next week.
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Did you end up winning the vrc off ebay?
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Must be stoaked bud??
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What pinion gear did you settle on?
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Sweet so you saved a decent amount ?
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Think the 19 is on it atm, have a 20t on hand.
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Definitely start with the 19 the 20 may be to tall for it
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Yeah, my max bid was $170, so I was quite happy I got it for $157 +shipping, totaled $186.00 (ebay added tax as well)
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It’s way cooler that you have an Lsf scrap 5ive t but you could have just bought a brand new 2.0 for the same price ???? I henceforth dub thee “junkyard 5ive”
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Yep, figured it's easy enough to gear up if I have to.
But I could afford to do it this way, pluse it's git a few upgrades on it as well, so I'm quite happy atm with how its progressed. Think the tally is around $1500.00 total.
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Yeah you have a way better rig this way. I just wonder what kind of ghost you’ll be chasing. You seem a proper mechanic unlike me so maybe none
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That 34 esp will pull a 21 pinion no problem ??
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Yup 21
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Truthfully, theres no part of this rig I haven't touched at least once. Theres a few things I'm a bit leery of, namely the flex in the battery tray at the steering/ brake servo. Theres a gap between the brace and trans mount. Have to come up with something to deal with that. Even a stock servo makes it bend an awful lot. I'd really like to boot all the cv shafts up, but that's not gonna happen this time around. Over winter sometime I'll break an few things down to check them out. Want to see how that new ring and pinion are wearing in the rear diff. And I'd like to upgrade to duel steering servos as well as get a light package on it (because I opened my fat stupid mouth to my 4yo and she hasn't forgot about it yet)
I guess for being a parts rig I cant complain as if have had to tear quite a bit apart, anyway.
Big thanks again to everyone that's sent me parts for this build! If anyone needs something and I have a spare just ask. More then willing to pay it forward.