'Scalerized' CR-01

[Daigoro]

Well, here's the story of my CR-01.
I hope can help Waterboy and all people that had the same idea!:p

Ok, this is the beginning: a standard CR-01, as you know
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4137.jpg

It's an amazing car, very funny to see and to drive, but day by day I understand that my way is SCALER way. So I tried to made my FJ40 more realistic.
I started with a simple test: lower the ride height.
Before:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4227_2.jpg

After:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4246.jpg
I got that simple...go out withe spring!

Result is very good for me: low center of gravity, less bouncing, stable on steep hills and downhills and a scale look. But I wanted more....
So I tried to adjust the wheelbase to the body fenders like this:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4648.jpg

That's ok, but ride height is again too high! Ok, go without cantilever and full drop setup, but now I had to rise the tranny....
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4766.jpg

Ok! No bad! It's time for a touch of scale:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4756.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4763.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4771.jpg

Ok, more to come....limit of images warning

[Daigoro]

Here ya go!
Part II:

I like it more and more!
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4889.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4884.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4881.jpg

Ok, I'm satisfed now. But......but.......what about 1.9?!?!?!
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4905.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4902.jpg
GORGEUS!! But I'd to lowered more, and I can't without drag the ground with the tranny:(
Idea! I had to raise the tranny more, stratch the links (for better suspension work) and change shoks position.

[Daigoro]

I made myself alu sideplates and steel skid:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5070.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5071.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5536.jpg
Front shoks relocated:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5539.jpg
And rear shoks:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5537.jpg

A scaler must have a driver!
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5532.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5529.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5531.jpg

[Daigoro]

Results of my efforts:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5541.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5547.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5548.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5549.jpg

[Daigoro]

Some action pics:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5090.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5078.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5081.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5098.jpg
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5103.jpg

That's all falks!
I hope my Yota can help something in his mumbling!!:rolleyes:

[860Crawler]

That looks great! Nice work you have done on the chassis. I love the tiny RC car in the roof too!

[TubbyT]

That looks good. I've been considering shortening the wheelbase on my CR-01 to give it a more scale look.

Was it difficult to do? What did you do to the springs? They look compressed and shortened.

[LOSIASSOCIATED#1]

Very nice I never thought of that to bad I dont have it no more

[Daigoro]

That looks good. I've been considering shortening the wheelbase on my CR-01 to give it a more scale look.

Was it difficult to do? What did you do to the springs? They look compressed and shortened.


No, it's easy Tubby, you have to make new links and cut the cvd.
Like this:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4636.jpg

But as you can see in the picture, cvd now is sooooooo short and when rear suspension is fully open it can snap:eek:
That's why I made that new sideplates and skid. In this way I centered the tranny with new wheelbase and it's more accurate.
Look at the differences with the same wheelbase.
Standard sideplates and tranny position:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4635.jpg

New tranny position with handmade parts:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5536.jpg

Concerning springs....you're right: they're cutted and compressed with the dampers in full droop setup.
In the detail, I used soft spring in the rear (no cutted, soft rate give a lot of SAG) and medium in the front (and cutted too).
Droop setup is made with some others small springs in the dampers:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4641.jpg
In this way, shoks are constricted to stay in a compressed position:
http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP4642.jpg

Of course all that is made without the standard canty system:)

[OldSchoolRC]

Great looking CR Daigoro! Lots of nice, clean mods on there. Looks very "factory" overall.

[Waterboy]

Thanks Daigoro, that helped alot!!:)

[grubbybuz]

hmmm very inspiring,very nice fj ,i have been considering a similar conversion with my unimog as the wheelbase to body is way off and it bugs me no end.
congrats on perfectly executed conversion.

[Daigoro]

Thanks all guys!;)

Glad to see that my little Yota is a lovable car!:D

[brunion]

Daigoro,

Great Landcrusier and really nice chassis work. You have created a cool scaler!

[ivan-ator]

wow very nice. you have done a great job on your cr-01.i am a big fan of scale r/c and
yours is very cool. i love the pics and the driver #54 :omg:

[Arcocustom]

http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp22/Daigoro74/IMGP5098.jpg


Looking good Daigoro. :thumb: