![]() Assembled the shocks and added Hot Racing bleeder caps to them. Spent a little time last night on the GK/Ecto. I should roll mine in the shop and show it a little love too! Nice to hear your Sendero will be getting a little love. I think these rigs may perform even better slimmed up a bit and just add the weight where it is needed. Sounds like you have a sweet GK/Ecto build in the making! Can't wait to see it! I agree on the brass, I'm gonna try to stay away from too much brass and make mine lighter using alum parts. It's such a simple design, yet does so great on the trail and rocks. I'm glad to see all of the GK and Ecto builds too! From what I've seen and heard, these rigs are wicked on the rocks! My Enduro Sendero is one of my favorite rigs to go out and wheel. The body I have for it is heavy, so it may need it.Īs always, mine will be slow in coming together! I think the Sendero will get the length-wise Samix battery tray and transverse servo mount, and it may get brass later. Have a bunch of hop-ups I bought for my Sendero that I have not gotten around to installing - not sure what will end up being used on the Ecto, things like the inverse gearbox shaft and the all-steel gears(?). The trusses are about all that will really add weight. Staying away from brass this time (unlike my Ascender) - want this to be lighter. Just so happen to have the GK kit and a clear Ecto body sitting in my own apartment right now, with most of the aluminum SSD parts and some steel axle trusses on the way. I'll be very interested in seeing B-MOW71's build, as his execution is always top-notch. Great to see this flurry of GK/Ecto builds! I've got a few parts on order that should be here either today or tomorrow. Looks like it should work and I'll have to add about 3mm extra length to the panhard link. For the front mounting bolt, I used a 3mm alum spacer to attach it to the rail. I had to drill a hole in the shock tower for the rear panhard mounting bolt. I also wanted to see if I could make the stock GK panhard mount work with these towers. I decided to use these instead of the RPRC Element front towers because I had them and I didn't want to wait for another order to arrive. The front (rear) shock towers are also a set of Rock Pirates RC shock towers in the clear flavor. ![]() It is a beautiful servo and should steer this rig over any obstacle with ease! The Reefs RAW 500 servo is a limited edition servo which a portion of the proceeds were donated to Operation 11 Charlie to help get our Veterans to USTE 2022 this past weekend. ![]() The rear towers are a limited edition gold that were sold on Veterans Day 2021 and all proceeds went to Operation 11 Charlie to help out our Veterans. Using Team KNK hardware, as always, I assembled and attached 2 sets of rear Rock Pirates RC shock towers. To start the build off, I went ahead and put the chassis together. I don't really have a build list yet for it, but I do have a few items that I picked up last year on Veterans Day that will be used on this build. I've heard many good things about the Ecto and how good it does right out of the box and how it will drive lines and keep up with most flat rail chassis'. In the meantime though, my plan is to pick up an Ecto body and see just how good these rigs are. The end goal is to use this kit to build this kit using the IFS and Knightrunner body to build a tiny version of my 1:1 Toyota Tacoma. ![]() I decided to go with the GK kit because for one, it was a pretty sweet deal for what comes in the box and two, I had accumulated a good amount of points at AMain. Now that my VP Phoenix is complete and my bench is now cleaned off, I decided to pick up the GK Builders Kit. I've been wanting to build an Ecto or Knightrunner for awhile now but other builds got in the way. What's on the bench! Something new to keep my busy until this long, cold and snowy winter finally packs up and heads north!
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