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mooman007uk
03-16-2010, 10:46 PM
been busy over the last few days building Scott a 4130 cage, best and strongest one i've done so far...included a raised rear mount plate for his beetle body.
Braced this more than mine after mine bent after falling roof down with velocity from altitude:no: and knowing how he drives i thought it'd better be super rigid:beat dead horse:
net weight gain over stock is 750gr or 1lb 15oz
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Merlin
03-16-2010, 11:06 PM
Very nice indeed! Looks super strong! Wish i had the skills to do something like that.
LardVader
03-16-2010, 11:46 PM
That's good work moo, the MooCage MKII ™
VancouverHobbies
03-17-2010, 12:43 AM
Looks good Julian! I guess this means I'll have to install a slightly bigger and better engine to push the extra weight :good idea::boxing:
Clubin
03-17-2010, 01:35 AM
Well done Julian. Maybe you should talk to Chris and see if he wants to buy the rites to the ChromeMoly cage? lol Or you might just have to go into mass production.
pwaicon
03-17-2010, 02:58 AM
Nice one Moo, I love to see the crash that could bend that one.:) Each cage you make looks better than the last one, great job.
mradlin
03-17-2010, 03:55 AM
Looks great Moo!! Now Scott has a really good reason to bash the hell out of his MT!!:good idea:
NUTECH RACING
03-17-2010, 04:14 AM
Nice job, Moo!
x Wild Bill x
03-17-2010, 01:12 PM
Nice looking cage, I think it will take a beating!

Bill
mooman007uk
03-17-2010, 03:26 PM
Looks good Julian! I guess this means I'll have to install a slightly bigger and better engine to push the extra weight :good idea::boxing:

after making a steel rear bumper and adding some more bracing to mine it's now heavier than yours:surprise: maybe it'll help me get some traction now:excited:

oh and i filled all the tubes on yours up with lead last nightLOL
sickboy
03-17-2010, 07:15 PM
looking sweet moo, how much weight has Scott's beast gained then.
mooman007uk
03-18-2010, 03:46 AM
750grammes is total gain .. sounds a lot but now a 27lb MT weighs just shy of 29lb and is as stiff as Ron Jeremy at work:punk:...mine now weighs in at 1.075kg extra with the bumper so total increase is 850gr
Isle of Wight Basher
03-19-2010, 01:41 AM
Lovely work.

As for the weight gain, it's not a lot and in my opinion Monster Trucks should be built/developed for abuse rather than handling (that's what buggys are for)
VancouverHobbies
04-03-2010, 01:06 AM
Well here's Moo's cage all mounted up on my MT as well as Jetpro's rear TB2 pipe, have to admit it sure stiffens the chassis up nicely :)
Thanks Moo!:dance:
Now just have to wait till the rain stops :( only been raining for uhhmm....5 months! LOL!
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Clubin
04-03-2010, 01:33 AM
Looks GOOD! Maybe a factory option? Sell Nutech the design Julian. LOL
mooman007uk
04-03-2010, 01:48 AM
you lazy bugger you didn't paint it :surprise:

looks good...looks like my guesstimate for your rear body mount was a bit off:damn: does the wing mount/rear cage bolt up ok?

looks good with the pipe...i'll have to make you up a rear bumper that hoops around the pipe :)

What'dya think Chris...factory option??:good idea:
NUTECH RACING
04-03-2010, 03:26 AM
Looks great !:punk:
Clubin
04-03-2010, 03:31 AM
Scott, Tupperware calle -----, they want their container back. LOL

Sorry, I had to do it. I couldn't help myself.
VancouverHobbies
04-03-2010, 04:25 AM
Yah Yah....I didn't paint the cage and yes it's a tupperware container and it works perfectly thank you :punk: I could care less what it looks like under the body shell.....rusty, dirty, bodged this haywire that as long as it works is good enough for me :excited: and it works well I might add.....that's why there's a number one on the roof eh Moo:yahoo:
mradlin
04-03-2010, 05:34 AM
Looking good Scott! I can't wait to hear what you think of the Jet Pro pipe on there.
Pipeous
04-03-2010, 06:51 AM
Nice one... nothing wrong with tupperware. I changed mine over too. it's waterproof.
mooman007uk
04-06-2010, 12:52 AM
Yah Yah....I didn't paint the cage and yes it's a tupperware container and it works perfectly thank you :punk: I could care less what it looks like under the body shell.....rusty, dirty, bodged this haywire that as long as it works is good enough for me :excited: and it works well I might add.....that's why there's a number one on the roof eh Moo:yahoo:

we'll see this weekend:rifle:..and you still need to paint that 1 on the bottom too seeing as that's the side that's mostly facing up LOL
Pipeous
04-06-2010, 02:29 AM
nah just the words please flip over... I painted on my rc8 brushless conversion.. on the chassis... electric flip over, it's not stalled... because so many corner marshalls would take my car off the track when they thought my motor had died... I used to blip the throttle and laugh as they freaked realizing it was still operational