Hummer with mods
 

Well it's not as quality as I thought it would be when I bought one. And the bump steering was out of control when the lift kit was installed but after a couple days in the work shop it came out quite nice!

The mods include lifting the body, streering knuckle arms added and steering redesigned to eliminate bump steer (works great), AWD, custom wheels made for larger tires, bearings, light kit, dyed parts, hop-up motor kit, steel pins in drive shafts and a FET upgrade. Next on the list is as much metal for the drive train as possible; gears diffs etc and some alum shocks.

nice:cool:

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pic of steering mod

rear pic

side

AWSOME!! i wana see a vid of that. post a tut of how to make that custom steering! id appreciate it!

Hi, Thanks. The wheels and tires are from the Newbright "Stomper" like trucks sold at Walmart and others. I carefully cut off the stock wheels hub part and the new wheels outer rim and CA glued them together. The wheel must be thinner than the tire so it will recess into the tire, otherwise the wheels have too much offset. I am very pleased with this set-up, not one complaint.

I'll post on the steering mod soon, need to get a good hi-res picture first.

did you use my mod on how to lift it?:D anyway Good job!! im looking forward to a movie or a tut

Here is the hi-res of the steering mod. The little knuckle arms are screwed and CA glued to the knuckles and they slide on the smooth shaft little screws mounted on the steering link. You just need to trim the stock link like in the picture, even if the lift arms are used. Also trim the slider guide a little like the picture shows. Use some freehand and trim/file anyplaces that bind. Thin aluminum or steel could be used for the little arms too.

Stomper?
 

i have been trying to find a stomper so that i can do the same mod to my hummer but no luck! Please could you tell the store you got it from? Thanks
no luck at wal mart

Here is a shot of the little dyed dog bones that came with the lift kit with the steel pins. I've been using the heck out of the truck and they are flawless!

The best Evo-T yet!

Any more info on how to dye the parts black? Have you had any problems with the diffrential slipping? How did you lift the body?

Thanks! The body lift is awesome and allows it to work just like stock. On the body's mount I added HPI wheel washes and ~5mm alum sleeves to stand off the grey plastic latch mount. I had to use a large drill and create a flange so two flat head screws could be used and be flush, they must be flush!

For the chassis part I simply drilled matching holes in the little black mount and the top tab on the chassis front and attached with two 2mm screws. You could also use some CA if your paranoid but it's fine without.

To dye all the parts black took about 30-45 min of soaking and stirring in a glass pot with the water and dye near boiling. Be very carefull with the shock mounts as they can warp if they rest on the pot bottom for too long, keep it stirred at all times. Remove each piece and rinse. If not black enough toss them in for a little longer. The rear motor casing is very difficult to dye so don't expect pure black.

No problems with the diffs but I don't push any limits just fun driving.

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body2, sorry for the horrid resolution...

body3

and about the steering mod...did which steering rod did you use?

I used the stock link even though the lift arms were used. It really does'nt matter since you cut off the part that's different between the two. I highly recommend the little Commando brand pin drill that Radio Shack carries for all precise drilling, it is top quality!

Here's a quick little vid of it showing some articulation. Hope you don't have to register to view...

http://www.one18th.com/gallery/albums/album01/acda.mpg

does it still toe-out a lot when the front suspension is compressed?

Check out my video...

www.rcpics.net/img/67595

That's neat! It looks like you have a lot of torque. Did you FET upgrade? Stage 2 motor with smallest pinion? I did the FET upgrade and it has a little more punch and speed now. I tried the two stack but lost reverse so I went back to single. The soldering required is VERY tricky.

My modded steering barely has any toe-out when compressed fully. When it was lifted with just RS arms the wheels literally aimed away from eachother when compressed, like they were turning opposite, it was terrible. The little knuckle arms I added position the steering pivot point of the knuckle in the right place, more inboard. I am 100% satisfied with the mod and so far has been flawless.

All it has is RS upgrades including the st2 motor with lowest gearing. I wish I had the skill to solder fets.

You think you have time to solder some fets in for me? I'm in California, so its not that far from you. It would probably take a couple days to ship.

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i still dont know how to make the mod work. TUT!!

I'd also like a TUT. I'm not sure where to glue or where to cut/trim.

^what he said^

Ditto. I think I can come up with what you did to eliminate the toe out (or atleast come close), but somemore details would be awesome. THe toe out is the one thing that bugs me about my F-150.

Well I'm pretty new to forums and I must admit I don't know what TUT means... If you guys let me know I will post it.

step-by-step guide to how you did that with pics. AKA tutorial.:rolleyes:

ps: 1 q, what do you mean by "dyed" parts? did you spray paint them or what did you do? i painted mine and the got scratched like hell(i did this before you existed!^^) so its a little orange

Well that makes sense...once you know...lol

I will make something up and post soon.

Wow, thats maazing. With the offroad kit, does it give the a-arms that much push down and that much clearance under nreath the axle? What did you do to your differentials to make them hold up? add me to msn/aim
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Ok, sorry for the delay but I made a picture with descriptions for help in the steering mod. If anything is still unclear let me know. I used two small segments from a large zip-tie due to the very durable, flexable plastic material. I tested about six different lengths till I got it right; the one on the pic is the final version. I can measure if need be so let me know.

For the dying of parts you need to use actual black Ritz dye and boil the orange parts in the dye solution till they absorb the black color. Takes a good 30-45 minutes of stirring at near boiling. Check the net for tips on this if your unsure.

The FET upgrade is too intense (difficult) to do on someone elses truck so sorry I can not help there. I think on ebay people offer this service for a price.

Yes the optional kit offroad arms add what clearance you see in the pics, but the tires do add some too. My diffs have been fine since I have not locked them. I will lock the rear once metal gears are released.

Here is a couple shots of the wheel mod and a side view of the steering mod.

The wheels will be thinner than the tires so place the tires flush with the outer rim and the offset will be correct. That way they don't look silly sticking out too far.

This is what your steering link set-up should look like.

Here's a new little mod I did to gain some torque. I built a 33t spur gear that mates to the 8t pinion. The set-up required some careful trimming to the spur casing and I made the little aluminum gear centering plate to keep everything in line since the cover no longer fits. The plate has a recessed hole that keeps the spur pin captured in place just like the cover did.

There is a noticable difference in torque. I was getting a lot more wheel spin in the dirt and it could go over objects from a dead stop, which it could hardly do before even with the 8/25 combo. I now see a need to lock or limit the diff action for very small scale rock stomping (not quite crawling material...yet)

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try these tires:blift:

Tire/Wheel size
 

i was just wondering about how tall the tires are because i have a few things lying around and have been thinking of trying my own franken rig. thanks

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so far these are the only custom mods done to an evo-t chassis that i can find on the searches.

i gotta say good tips, maxx.