I would not trade the selective underdrive for a permanent fixed underdrive. I love the ability to switch to one to one or to 40%. Can't wait to see it up against the VRD!
I have both the Pro and VRD. In my limited experience (as a crawling enthusiast) with these two trucks, the VRDs advantage over the Pro is belly clearance/breakover. The Pro's advantage over the VRD is its planted sure-footedness and light weight. I have a fusion pro in the 10-Pro and a Holmes Team Spec 1800 revolver in the VRD and I love both systems. Looking forward to your head-to-head comparison.
@lastcreations8845 the VRD weighs 5.6lbs while the Pro weighs 5.5lbs....both weights are without a battery. I have heavy brass portal covers on the VRD and medium weight SSD brass on the Pro. Both run the exact same Megalithic tire and Squid SL3D inserts. Hope this helps.
Love the axles and the servo behind the axle. The rest is parted out and the rails and transmission is binned. Can not recommend buying this over something like a VRD
Here's an idea. Compare them like you plan to, with the pins, then put them on a set of bot so good tires, and see how good either would do without the extra boost
My pro transmission clicked for 6 months before it finally broke. I replaced it with a creeper t and it smoothed the drive out so much. I run TRX4 shocks on mine and love it.
We need to see this guy on the Crawlimpics, the performance surprised me a little bit I really dont like that body, but the one that WDW owns looks amazing to me
I think the Pro and the Vrd are so close, that in the end it will be a decision between what you prefer or what you’re looking for, straight axles or portals.
the first pass on the hillside AKA Yella's line looked excellent - no slip no hesitation - she is a side hill queen and underdrive the front diff 33/8 that will also get the top end down
Ey up lads and lasses. I put a fusion 1200 in my Capra with stock tranny, haven't done the math but feels good with plenty of torque and middling wheel speed.
Should be about right, the Capra box has (IIRC) a 1.2:1 internal ratio, which is... dumb. All of the reduction is in the portals. I think a Capra is maybe 40:1 final, which is insane for a portal rig.
@@JasonLumpkin I'm using a printed skid, the model is free on thingiverse. A Vader skid would of course be the proper way, some people shave the link mount.
I said to someone today, "the Pro body looks like the bottom half of a hotdog bun." It's funny how ugly it is, it's hilarious that they made a comp body that's not comp legal.
Been waiting for this. There are definitely things about Axial that aggravate me and I'm sure the VRD would be more fun to build, but I'm kind of a straight-axle guy these days and the performance is undeniably there. Yeah, the body is hideous. Looking forward to the head-to-heads before making a decision one way or the other.
@@CrawlerCanyon Well that's an option I hadn't considered. Hmmm...that may well tip the scales, but I'm still curious to see how this plays out. Thanks!
Before you creeper T it kill some underdrive by going 8-33 front and 8-27 rear. Then find out how front underdrive performs. I think you'll be surprised.
So you're saying overdrive the rear, underdrive the front, and lock it in 40% on the box? For a fixed 20% UD, but 10% lower FDR. I'll definitely consider it.
@@CrawlerCanyon it's the availability to shift into the "wrong" configuration. You might find it a helpful tool in certain situations. Plus you have a more friendly rear UD for "normal" conditions. You don't know until you know. 😎
I must be the only person left still with 0% overdrive😂 I'm looking to put like what 12% in my 10.3 though now. I've never driven overdrive so am I in for a life changing surprise?
@CrawlerCanyon you know what my scx10iii does😂 it does exactly that haha. I'll get some better shocks and some overdrive or underdrive maybe instead of gearing the pinion down.
Fly weight it ! battery to front mount next to bumper, cut front mount to move FMM forward as much as possible, and swap to the other t case as forward as possible on skid. maybe 1 diff gear to reduce down to 20% ish range. a lb for tcase, dang. ran good
Dropping the 10.3 box out of the CJ and replacing it with the fake Creeper T took off a pound, not including the shift/dig servos. I figure the reduction here would be 12oz.
Not unlikely. But that smacks of cash grab, because the gearbox is definitely a portal-ratio box-- so why not just release two versions? Why is there no 10 Pro portal kit? Ohhhhh, that's right, I keep forgetting-- #justaxialthings
@@Bonitacreekrc2 Axial Engineer One: I have everything from M3x10 through M3x25, so how many screw lengths should we use on the cage? Axial Engineer Two: Yes.
@@CrawlerCanyon I guess to axials defence, they want as much thread engagement as possible,that might be there reasoning. They probably just don't trust there plastics
I'm really looking forward to seeing the comparison tonight VRD Carbon. Right up until Vanquish announced and released the Carbon kit I had a 10-Pro on a similar ridiculous back-order from horizon you experienced.
I jumped and ordered a 10 pro on release, assembled it and felt the same way you described in your videos. Uhg. I tried the brazin scale chassis and still disappointed. Sold it before i even ran it.
Yeah, but they got the math wrong, from what I understand. If you look up the VFD Twin gearbox kit on Vanquish, it says something along the lines of "standard overdrive 6.5%, selectable overdrive 46%"
I don't know what the context for this comment is, as I've never tig welded in my life, and wouldn't really consider what I've done with mig to even be welding.
