Van Diesel Fusion POWERED Econoline Van RC Crawler Takes Over Reedy Creek!

[00:00:03]What's up, guys? It's your boy, OG Red.

[00:00:06]We back.

[00:00:07]It's the second run of the day.

[00:00:10]I'm out with Van Diesel.

[00:00:13]Chad is out in the blue SR5. Chad, you got to give this thing a catchy name.

[00:00:20]>> Little blue truck.

[00:00:21]>> Little blue truck.

[00:00:28]And I don't know if you can tell, but we have swamped our wheels.

[00:00:31]Chad wanted to see what these uh Mickey Thompson Baja Pro XS's are about.

[00:00:48]How you doing?

[00:00:51]>> You getting down?

[00:00:52]>> Uh yeah.

[00:01:47]>> And also, I did upgrade.

[00:01:51]Got the Hobbywing Fusion Pro.

[00:01:54]Guess you know that upgrade was inevitable.

[00:02:03]I think them Mickey Thompson's look pretty good on Chad's rig.

[00:02:07]Those are 4.55s.

[00:02:09]I'm running 4.75s, the ones he normally keeps on his rig.

[00:02:20]>> And there's the foam inserts, too, right?

[00:02:22]>> Yep, those are the stock foam inserts.

[00:02:25]Which works, and I guess it works because of the shorter sidewall, you know what I mean?

[00:02:30]>> Yeah.

[00:02:31]>> You don't get as much tire roll.

[00:02:34]I believe Chad is on green inserts.

[00:02:38]And I do see >> No, I'm switching to blue.

[00:02:40]>> Oh, those are blues, okay.

[00:02:44]>> I do see my tires catching a little bit, that extra quarter inch.

[00:02:49]But, that also gives me extra quarter inch of ground clearance.

[00:02:54]Chad loses about a quarter inch of ground clearance with those tires, but we're both on portals.

[00:03:04]>> No rub right there, though.

[00:03:06]Just enough to make it not rub.

[00:03:09]Cuz that would rub before.

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[00:04:08]>> But the other transmission is a lot quieter.

[00:04:12]Guys, I've been trying to put the Axial 3 gear with the dig in this came into a some clearance issues.

[00:04:22]Hopefully Chad from I'm sorry. Chris from Overkill Scale Designs has worked out something.

[00:04:33]Fixed for me.

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[00:05:14]These big tires are working on this thing.

[00:05:21]Well, you mean you introduced me to the crawlers, they'll do anything.

[00:05:25]Yeah, well, I don't think Chad bought a another set of tires since, have you?

[00:05:29]>> Nope.

[00:05:30]>> You got to switch them up, Chad. You got to get you some KM3s. You going to like them, too, I promise.

[00:05:37]They're so close performance-wise.

[00:05:41]I can't tell which one I like the most.

[00:05:44]I like the way the KM3s look more. I think it got more detailed trail tread design.

[00:05:48]>> Yeah.

[00:05:50]I know I'd have to buy several sets of those coming up, right?

[00:05:57]Maybe some new wheels.

[00:05:59]>> Yeah.

[00:06:04]I hate buying wheels. So many options.

[00:06:07]>> Yeah.

[00:06:08]And I don't want to get the same ones over and over, you know?

[00:06:11]>> Yeah.

[00:06:12]>> But I've got extras of those that would be >> I mean, though the wheels that's on here works on everything.

[00:06:20]>> Yeah. That That like greyish color.

[00:06:22]>> Mhm. That gunmetal, I guess.

[00:06:36]Shout out to Brooke.

[00:06:39]But paint job is looking awesome. Still getting compliments on it.

[00:06:49]>> She sat at that table for so long and painted and painted and painted. She was just content to to work on it.

[00:06:58]>> Tell me if you see it rubbing.

[00:07:02]We're looking for tire rub. You guys see any tire rub?

[00:07:05]Let us know in the comments.

[00:07:07]It's one reason why he wanted to go with these smaller tires.

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[00:07:43]>> It it going to rub, it'd rub there.

[00:07:48]I can tell you one thing, the back you got like 1 mm, maybe 2 mm of clearance between full articulation in the back.

[00:08:26]Man, that is close, but I don't I don't think it rubbed much.

[00:08:28]>> No.

[00:08:29]>> If at all.

[00:08:30]>> I haven't heard anything, that's for sure.

[00:08:33]>> And with the crawlers, you would definitely hear it.

[00:08:35]>> it. There you go, you got some just now.

[00:08:37]>> somewhere.

[00:08:39]>> This front left would be it when it went up that first corner.

[00:08:46]But it didn't grab, that's what I look for. I don't mind the rub.

[00:08:50]I just hate when they grab.

[00:08:51]>> Yeah.

[00:09:01]>> So, I say the front you might get some at full articulation under full turn.

[00:09:08]Should be able to live with that.

[00:09:10]>> Though.

[00:09:19]What's the best way to come off of this without flipping over? Right here?

[00:09:22]>> Yep. Closer to that way.

[00:09:26]And just take your time coming down.

[00:09:29]So, let the FOC FOC slow as possible.

[00:09:36]>> Hey, I didn't flip there.

[00:09:37]>> Was that the first?

[00:09:38]>> That's a That's a win for that one.

[00:09:42]It might be the first time I didn't flip it right there.

[00:09:53]>> And it feels good to have a van with this fusion in it, but in the back of my mind, I'm not worried about it overheating.

[00:10:03]I still do think I like the feel of the out runner more, but you know.

[00:10:12]Let's see if I got the ground clearance.

[00:10:14]Nope.

[00:10:15]Still got to catch this at an angle.

[00:11:00]Just noticed my body wasn't snapped down in the front.

[00:11:06]For those of you who don't know, this is the way this lift up.

[00:11:10]Show you under the hood of this thing real quick.

[00:11:13]Make sure.

[00:11:16]Hobby Wing Fusion.

[00:11:22]Got rid of that long 104 transmission.

[00:11:34]Back to the action.

[00:11:53]Yeah, go ahead.

[00:11:56]Thanks, sir.

[00:11:58]It wasn't worth it.

[00:12:10]Might could have drove out of that, but I love this rig.

[00:12:16]And it take so long to get another one.

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[00:12:48]Look like you still got the clearance.

[00:12:52]Yeah.

[00:12:56]That front wheel over there.

[00:13:00]There you go.

[00:13:07]Those scale ropes.

[00:13:10]I mean, he bit off a lot and it ate it.

[00:13:14]Ah.

[00:13:23]And I got it about halfway down.

[00:13:29]>> Here you go.

[00:13:30]>> Nice.

[00:13:43]Yeah, I'm going to I'm going to have to order some of these tires.

[00:13:50]>> Three sets for the spare, too. It make it look way more scale on that.

[00:13:53]>> Yeah.

[00:13:54]>> I think they fit very well.

[00:13:56]>> Guys, leave us a comment. Let us know what you think.

[00:14:47]>> Me laying it forward.

[00:14:53]>> Being young again would help, too.

[00:14:55]>> Yeah.

[00:14:57]If I wouldn't have bought a motorcycle that time, that would definitely help.

[00:15:02]>> This is the closest calls I've ever had were on my my bike.

[00:15:07]>> You still got >> No, heck no.

[00:15:14]That was worth it. I was a jerk on my bike.

[00:15:20]>> And it is true that other people just don't see them.

[00:15:25]>> Yeah, and every time I rolled, I treated like it was a video game and people was trying to knock me off my bike.

[00:15:32]>> [laughter] >> You know, I used to wheelie through traffic, 100 plus miles an hour.

[00:15:42]I had nitrous on my GSX-R 1000.

[00:15:45]>> Oh my gosh.

[00:15:47]Holy cow.

[00:15:48]>> Not a drag race bike, street bike.

[00:15:51]It wasn't extended or nothing. We used to race from Baltimore back to Southern Maryland.

[00:16:01]I did it in like 17 minutes, 45 minute ride.

[00:16:05]>> [laughter] >> Oh my gosh.

[00:16:21]>> Rock sliders earned their money again.

[00:16:42]>> Oh.

[00:16:45]>> LeBron James roll over.

[00:16:52]Scoot me over a little bit. Thanks, Chad.

[00:17:05]Yeah, scoot me over about 6 in the back. Yeah.

[00:17:15]Thank you.

[00:17:17]Chad has set me up in the position to win again.

[00:17:23]Think I kind of came into that turn a little tight. This is still a new obstacle. We're still kind of figuring it out.

[00:17:33]>> Every time it rains, it settles down a little bit more, too, it seems like.

[00:17:36]>> Yeah, it does change, for sure.

[00:17:39]And this is a SCX10 3 Gladiator chassis, long 13.9 wheel base.

[00:17:56]I've just been finding all types of trouble over here.

[00:18:01]There we go.

[00:18:10]Oh.

[00:18:23]All types of trouble.

[00:18:46]Oh, thanks, Chad. Watch your back, Chad, buddy.

[00:18:50]How you doing, buddy?

[00:19:00]Move your truck out of the way.

[00:19:02]In case a biker come through.

[00:19:10]All right, man. The only thing I can say is I made all them turns pretty good.

[00:19:16]I got nice ground clearance, but it may be upsetting the center of gravity some.

[00:19:30]>> Appreciate your chain.

[00:19:31]>> It might have It might have pulled out of that. It probably would have, but wasn't worth it to find out.

[00:19:37]>> Your logo getting ready to get destroyed. [laughter] >> Yeah, I don't want nothing to happen to that big OG red logo in the middle.

[00:19:45]I hear clocking off of the lugs.

[00:20:10]I don't want to work out. I have to straighten it up some.

[00:21:02]It's amazing how that quarter inch of ground clearance affects things so much more different.

[00:21:43]Going to make a different line choice.

[00:21:48]See them front tires grabbing real bad.

[00:22:18]Well, it wasn't clean, but I made it through.

[00:22:21]Thanks Chad.

[00:22:23]The hand of Chad.

[00:22:25]>> [laughter] >> It work well, that's for sure.

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[00:23:32]>> You mind if I ask your viewers for some input on this build?

[00:23:35]>> Of course, please do.

[00:23:37]>> So, we're talking about the the ropes.

[00:23:40]I kind of want to go crazy with the ropes.

[00:23:42]>> Me, too. On something.

[00:23:44]>> On this truck.

[00:23:47]Put a rear winch on it.

[00:23:49]And have kind of a trail support vehicle.

[00:23:58]Or should I wait and build another one specifically for that purpose.

[00:24:06]You know?

[00:24:06]>> I could say I don't think you can go wrong.

[00:24:13]I think most of the viewers going to say start with another build.

[00:24:18]Hey, buddy. Come on through.

[00:24:22]>> You good, man.

[00:24:23]>> Hey, sorry, man.

[00:24:26]>> You, too.

[00:24:40]Besides >> Yeah, I think most people going to tell you to go with another build just so you'll have another build.

[00:24:45]>> [laughter] >> But And only thing I would suggest, maybe, is another build with a bigger vehicle.

[00:24:54]>> Yeah.

[00:24:55]So, I was thinking like a >> Not like a scale, but like you know, bigger overall vehicle.

[00:25:03]I was thinking a uh Phoenix.

[00:25:08]But, kind of hard to get right now.

[00:25:13]>> Especially with the portals. I see the builders kit with the straight axles all the time.

[00:25:19]He burned some rubber there, but >> I don't know what the difference was, but I always struggled getting my car around that big rock, and it and it went right up it, so.

[00:25:32]These tires are winning again. There's no way I'm going to make this, though.

[00:25:37]>> You don't know. It's different setup now. Let's see what happens. I can't wait to see what happens.

[00:25:44]>> All right.

[00:25:47]Somebody coming?

[00:25:48]>> Truck.

[00:25:50]>> Huh.

[00:25:53]Thought it was a bike at first.

[00:25:55]>> Me, too.

[00:26:10]Truck.

[00:26:56]>> Continue.

[00:26:56]>> Well, I I'm usually work, but everybody went on vacation, so I'm on like a miniature vacation right now.

[00:27:02]>> Oh, okay.

[00:27:04]Oh, yeah, the day is Juneteenth.

[00:27:07]>> Yep.

[00:27:09]My shop owner went to Orlando, Florida, and then his sister decided she want to take a few days off, so the shop closed down for a little while.

[00:27:25]>> They closed the whole shop?

[00:27:27]>> Well, it's only four of us there.

[00:27:30]>> Oh, okay.

[00:27:31]>> It's Rob, his sister, me, and another mechanic.

[00:27:37]>> And going for a check? Oh, okay.

[00:27:39]>> go for it.

[00:27:40]>> I was half got disappointed.

[00:27:43]>> Is that the SR5 or SR7 SR5?

[00:27:45]>> SR5, yeah.

[00:27:47]>> I want I've got a rig at the house that's got some clones.

[00:27:53]AR45 that aluminum housings and all.

[00:27:57]I'm wanting to buy some of those plastic housings and what they call them trail >> The trail gear ones, yeah.

[00:28:02]>> Yeah, cuz they look like SSD diamond pro axles.

[00:28:13]What tires are those?

[00:28:16]>> Those are the Mickey Thompson Baja Pro XS.

[00:28:20]>> I don't know if they're JConcepts.

[00:28:23]>> Yeah, toss them.

[00:28:26]They look pretty much the same.

[00:28:27]>> Yeah.

[00:28:28]>> I confuse some Saturday or Sunday or something.

[00:28:34]They're sticky.

[00:28:37]>> They call it the 08 compound, don't they?

[00:28:40]>> Huh?

[00:28:41]>> It's supposed to be G8, but it's a different compound than regular G8 and >> No, they probably are.

[00:28:47]I don't know if they make uh G8s in these.

[00:28:53]At least yet.

[00:29:22]Guys, we got Chuck. He met up with us.

[00:29:25]He out with his 6x6. Little late to the 6x6 party.

[00:29:30]But, he got a awesome 6x6.

[00:29:33]So, you guys remember from a couple of weeks ago.

[00:29:38]I guess that was about a month ago.

[00:29:40]>> Yeah, it's going on now.

[00:30:14]Change out the tires.

[00:30:15]>> Yeah.

[00:30:16]Listen to the back. They can't sit back in the back of them.

[00:30:19]>> Oh, okay. You got six of them.

[00:30:21]>> Well, no. I got four of them. I need to get two more in.

[00:30:24]>> Oh, okay. What you >> were still uh >> Canyon Trails.

[00:30:29]>> Canyon Trails.

[00:30:32]But, the uh But, the front four are Bostons.

[00:30:43]See what we're doing over here.

[00:31:03]Right here is where I'm going to have clearance issues.

[00:31:06]When I don't roll, I do a little bit different than you.

[00:31:12]I underhang my third a little bit.

[00:31:16]>> Yeah, we come much further over this way.

[00:31:19]>> Yeah.

[00:31:21]There we go.

[00:31:25]I'm going to come up.

[00:31:26]>> I think you're sitting on your rail there.

[00:31:28]>> Oh, you're actually yep.

[00:31:37]I was like that third is long wheel base.

[00:31:43]No good.

[00:32:42]>> Now where you going to put my tire?

[00:32:43]>> You can go over that rock there.

[00:32:45]>> How much does it Does it matter on that?

[00:32:48]>> Not too much.

[00:32:51]>> Not too much.

[00:32:54]I still got a little bit of body rub, didn't I?

[00:33:07]All right.

[00:33:09]That's harder than it looks, though.

[00:33:14]>> Yeah, cuz it's up and at an angle, too.

[00:33:16]>> Yeah, it wants to keep pushing it over that >> creature. I'll try to go over much more.

[00:33:20]Right, there you go.

[00:33:24]>> And here comes the fun part, getting it over this.

[00:33:28]>> Yeah, you might want to bring it this way. You're going to miss this rock.

[00:33:31]>> Yeah, I know. I missed it, I guess.

[00:33:38]I'm going to try to do it again.

[00:33:41]I got it.

[00:33:47]that's a nice save, though, you're working on.

[00:33:49]>> Yeah.

[00:33:50]It's like it's pulling it off.

[00:33:55]I don't know if I'm going to be able to make it or not.

[00:33:58]>> I think you got it.

[00:34:00]>> That SA75 servo really strong.

[00:34:08]>> Wow.

[00:34:20]>> You might touch all three rocks.

[00:34:22]>> Yeah, literally.

[00:34:24]He He was, literally.

[00:34:30]Yeah, fall on this little rock.

[00:34:33]Make sure that passenger catches it.

[00:34:54]>> I can't see what I'm doing.

[00:34:58]>> Oh, okay.

[00:35:00]ain't no spot out there.

[00:35:04]>> Yeah, you might want to lunge it out a little bit.

[00:35:10]>> It's like that.

[00:35:10]>> Oh, that's AGF RC you got in that, too, huh?

[00:35:13]>> Yep.

[00:35:15]>> Direct power.

[00:35:17]>> Yep.

[00:35:19]12 volt.

[00:35:26]Black wheels are good on it, too, I think.

[00:35:30]>> It does.

[00:35:32]>> I might as well run that one with steel.

[00:35:45]I can't use that here.

[00:36:59]>> Mhm.

[00:37:09]Beautiful.

[00:37:12]Now that you said that Huh?

[00:37:17]No, he got uh No, we actually switched tires. These the tires he normally got.

[00:37:26]And those the tires I could run on this normally.

[00:37:29]We just switched the day so he could take a look at it.

[00:37:31]>> Yeah.

[00:37:52]He got smaller pinion made a big difference, too.

[00:37:59]Oh.

[00:38:02]Mhm.

[00:38:06]I'm in trouble.

[00:38:14]Yeah.

[00:38:18]Here we go.

[00:38:19]>> Stock one I think was 14 and I I I down to 11.

[00:38:35]I'm in trouble again.

[00:39:15]Yeah, that water must have had a little WD-40 in it.

[00:39:23]>> [laughter] >> He got some lead in it. Got the tires slick.

[00:39:45]I don't know if you guys can tell on camera how wide Chuck's truck is.

[00:39:50]But, I got grown man hands and this truck is wider than my hand span.

[00:40:16]It is like a spider crawling up.

[00:40:20]>> I'm not Oh, I'm going to hit that rock.

[00:40:23]It's pretty gnarly.

[00:40:39]What's the wheelbase on that thing?

[00:40:40]>> 13 9.

[00:40:42]It's a Gladiator chassis.

[00:40:44]>> Okay.

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[00:41:23]And I don't know if I mentioned the tire swap me and Chad did. That's why I'm on these 475 Crawlers.

[00:41:30]I was being lazy.

[00:41:32]>> You need a little bit more weight on the front end to help balance it.

[00:41:37]Body out.

[00:41:41]>> And then these tires are a little taller. It's kind of throwing me off.

[00:41:46]>> Yeah.

[00:41:55]Are they normal uh 475?

[00:41:58]>> Mhm.

[00:41:58]>> Mhm.

[00:41:59]>> They're just Crawlers.

[00:42:03]Well, not just Crawlers. They was all Crawlers.

[00:42:06]>> [laughter] >> We know what you meant.

[00:42:14]Woo!

[00:42:20]>> Oh, 47 455.

[00:42:31]Yeah, I like them. I'm going to order some.

[00:42:53]Yeah, I like these cuz they are smaller.

[00:43:33]And these guys at the RC scale rope shop pick you up some of that rigging recovery gear.

[00:43:41]And then the guys over at Twisted Tree RC pick yourself up one of them scale antennas with the tennis ball option.

[00:43:50]They got different >> And if anybody knows a Sorry, I interrupted you.

[00:43:54]>> No, it's all Anybody knows a great place to get scale license plates in a timely fashion, let us know.

[00:44:05]>> There's a guy that advertises on Facebook all the time. He's got some good but you know you have to order them. You get them made organic.

[00:44:13]>> Yeah.

[00:44:14]I ordered I ordered another set from one guy, and it's been a long time.

[00:44:22]It's been over a month, haven't it?

[00:44:24]>> It's been about a month.

[00:44:26]>> It's Yeah, however long I've had this truck, and then a little bit longer than that. Uh-oh.

[00:44:36]Oh.

[00:44:38]It's sleeping.

[00:44:41]I'm not buying these tires anymore.

[00:44:43]>> [laughter] >> Nope. I will.

[00:44:58]That was a funky little angle we was hitting it at.

[00:45:00]>> Yeah.

[00:45:03]I'm still learning.

[00:45:58]>> Yeah, I don't think you're going to have any issues hitting it at that angle.

[00:46:02]>> No, I think I'll be I'm wide enough now. not to worry about it.

[00:46:09]>> Yep.

[00:46:11]That's sweet.

[00:46:49]It's all good, man.

[00:47:03]You kind of disappeared behind the grass.

[00:47:06]>> Yeah, the lower the front end.

[00:47:36]>> What did you say, Charles? Charles?

[00:47:38]>> I thought you said you were going to flip there.

[00:47:40]>> Ah.

[00:47:43]I thought you said we rolled through something bad.

[00:47:57]>> 2 minutes.

[00:48:22]Okay.