zippos neverending project 5b
 

This thing has been a long time since i started to "freshen" it up. main thing thats taken so long with this project is i decided to do some painting on this. did all the proper steps to get good adhesion of paint on the parts. deanodized, "keyed" surface, adhesion promoter, etc.
Finally have started making some good progress over the past week. its really starting to shape up. But still have a small piece or 2 to finish up. But on to some pics.


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been clearing over the past day or so. just waiting on this clear to dry then polish and clear some more. anyway, heres some update pics.

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Lots of new parts to put once once paint is done and I start assembly.
comments and questions welcome. Thanks.

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alright, it is cleared. once this dries, do the final polish and on to assembly

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and here's the rest of the upgrades going on this
turtle racing heavy duty front brace, rear plate, quick diff, enclosed clutch system w/ 1 piece brake.
killer cables, ssss pull cable, and kill switch
hostile boots
phat dad engine brace kit
dark soul dogbones
30.5 esp ported w/ mm stroker crank and outerwears
heavy duty drive cups on trans
new ss shocks with outerwears
proline under tray and desert rat body
ddm aluminum gas cap

i know i have some more parts somewhere as i have a new in line fuel filter for added protection, and a new servo. time to look around for them as i cant find my radio box either.....

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Awesome paint job!!

Ride the Lightening!!!!!

...and is that thing as big as your boy? or is that just pic perspective?

there it is!! i love that paintjob.

the 5b is pretty big. it is a good 3-4ft long.

Thanks bud.

Thanks. Its a perspective thing. Close though.
I have a pic of him holding up my 5sc somewhere.

Thanks man. I'll keep it updated here. Lol


Well minus the body I think paint's done. Got this cleared since these pics. Here you go.

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Should be starting assembly tonight depending on what time I get back in town from work.

Looks incredible. I forgot how big that thing is.

lol, definitely a big beast. from when i got it from you there is very little still original. lol. i think the transmission, for the moment, will still have original hardened gears but going in turtle quick diff, throttle linkage (for the moment) and engine case (upgraded crank and piston / cylinder and carb.) is original gas tank and radio box. lol . have upgraded pretty much everything as a result of different issues. had a bad cartwheel once and destroyed front end, roll cage, and bent front of chassis, and had some issues with some of the rear a arms, they got replaced.

started this morning, cleaned up the plastics and started assembly. new radio should be here tomorrow, and linkage hopefully later this week. did find a few things that will eventually getting replaced in the steering area.

heres pics
also got the final clear coats laid on the tank

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alright radio showed up, played with it for a few, got some kill switches set, installed now and ready to go
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and did a lot more work tonight, all thats left is the rear supports for the roll cage, which i have to paint as it seem i forgot to. lol. install the roof and roof protector, finish securing the roll cage, and install the undertray. hopefully fire it up this weekend if all goes as planned.

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that thing is an absolute beast man!! really looks awesome assembled with the custom painted parts!

Thanks bud. She's looking good. Can't wait to get it broke in and check the power of this motor.

Well the final piece showed up to fire it up.
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Got it installed. More pics and vids this weekend

Vids uploading will post later. Some pics with undertray on. Trimmed window for yamadude linkage.
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well i mentioned it was a never ending project, well heres a look at the next upgrade for this......

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Who makes that beast? Twin cylinder is funnn.

obr rcmk turtle racing. rcmk makes the case, oneill brothers racing makes the crank and puts zenoah top ends on turtle racing and obr came up with the install kit

Good god, a twin would be amazing. Can't see the videos as IOS seems to think its too highfalutin to play them.

lol how much money does your wife think you have in this vs. how much you really have?

lol, yeah the twin videos ive seen so far make these out to be a beast of an animal, i cant wait. lol
the videos are just some break in runs. if i put links will they let you watch them?


she knows how much the engine cost, she has no idea on overall money i have in it though. lol

got some better braking power, the brakes i had worked good, for a bit.. so it was time to try something better. so this babys going in when the twin goes in.
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Well it's getting closer and closer. Pipe showed up today from bring repaired and my local machine shop got my front top plate milled down for cage mounts. Talked with obr and they should have my twin finished tomorrow.

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got some assembly done tonight, heres some pics.

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well got some work done on it today, now its just a stand still til i get a few more things, twin included, lol.
i did find out i need a couple of screws and and a piece or 2 more in order to mount the front and rear sway bars up.

got the links mounted to the arms, just need to get some longer screws to mount it to the rear.
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need to get the lower piece of the sway bar mount for the front, have the top here
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got the shocks updated. ddm HD springs, full force extended spring cups, scropion locking nuts.
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brain farted when i did my last order and only got 1 set of ff cups, are they necessary on the front too for the twin? i did put hd springs and scorpion locking nuts on the front. will order if needed. Thanks for the input.
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turtle racing plug and twin layshaft installed.
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also installed the front bumper etc. but forgot to take full pics of it.
just need some minor bits now, front sway bar mounts and longer screws to come through chassis. hoping that the twin will be here tomorrow. :rockon:

thanks for all the comments, help, and input everyone has given me through this build.

she showed back up today. thanks again obr
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Yikes, what kind of power does that thing make?

insane, lol. not sure the exact number, most common ive heard is 12-14hp. i know ive seen some sick videos of what this can do. I only wish that i had dunes closer. would be sweet to run this bad boy on some sand with paddles.

Wow the twin is a beast!!

Good lord, that thing is going to be insane! Keep the updates coming!

yes it is.

will do :)

got some work done on it tonight. heres some pics

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I don't think the twin is big enough now that it's installed... do they make a quad??

lol they do for boats :eyecraz:

found my nut holder set, even though i already ordered another..... got front and rear swaybars installed.

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All the black plastic parts still on it... are they stock or something along the lines of upgrade RPM parts? Will they be able to take the beating that the twin will be throwing at them...

Still stock. Waiting for them to be on ddms deal of the day again to upgrade to rpm. Otherwise they are around 25$ a corner. I want to get some hostile hubs and different heims and turnbuckles too. Make suspension and steering stronger and smoother.

alright, so the current stage of this project is coming to a close, all i have left is to run the fuel lines and i can fire it up. :) Big thanks to O'Neill Brothers Racing for breathing life back into this engine and getting me the parts i needed to beef up the gearing and mounting pieces, Turtle Racing for being able to get OBr the front cradle mount, Dino at JetPro for fixing the pipe up, DDM (davesmotors) for their lightning quick shipping of all the parts i needed to beef up the suspension, drive train, conversion to 5t so i can mount the cage, and all the other misc parts, dscjester and silverss from hpibajaforum for answering many questions i had and giving me advice to get this bad boy together, and everyone else who has given advice and commented and posted on my build thread to keep this going.
I have a few other parts on their way to finish off the build. Only thing i'm going to have left to get is some better tires that will handle the power of this twin. I'm hoping these hold up until hostile gets his belted tires in production :).
well enough talk, here's some pics

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Man that thing is a beast, you did a great job on it. Can't wait to see a video on it running.

Thanks man. She has come a long ways. Hopefully fire it up tomorrow.

Had a package show up early. Got the cage installed and fuel lines ran. Only have to buy an L Allen and grind it down to tighten the one exhaust bolt down. Then fire it up.
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working til 5 and getting dark at 5:20- 5:30 sucks. as soon as the sun goes down its getting chilly made it hard to get this fired up and tested.

so today i was at the shop and not on the road so i decided to try and fire this up over the lunch hour. had to adjust my idle stop screw in a little to get it to fire and keep running. here's a video

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Been toying with the idea of a body. Going to find out if anyone has anyone had heat issues running a body on the twin. Living in KS it can get pretty hot in the summer.
but it looks good with a body....
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I rather like it with the body if it was fully fitted it would look pretty darn sweet!

Wishing I could fit a twin in my F1, although it hasn't even been started in years. Amazing build man.