The 2008 ROCKIT Chassis are now in production. The ROCKIT will accept all Lightning suspension parts. The dry weight of a Lightning chassis is about 6.6 lbs. The dry weight of the ROCKIT is 5.5 . I toned down some areas of the current Lightning design and beefed up some of the week points and it turned out a whole pound lighter. I am hoping that Lightning adopts at least some of this design. The steering rack mount takes a lot of the flex (a common problem with Lightnings) . If I can figure out how to shrink the pics I will post them. If interested e-mail me and I can send some.


Chance Overholt
ROCKIT Motorsports
chance_overholt@yahoo.com

i sent you a email

I havent recieved it yet Jim. I have posted the pics in my photo album now. Thank you Scott George for showing me how to shrink them!

I saw this chassis a week ago and in my opionion it was very nice and very well built.:thumbsup: I like the servo mount that tied in the top and bottom rails together. That will make for a much stronger front end, I think. I also liked the shock mounts. One other thing that I noticed was how well this car was welded, I mean all welds looked ahh........kinda professional. That is something I have not seen alot of on other chassis(no offense to anyone else) I can't wait to get my hands on one of these cars in the near future.:woohoo:

Chance also makes really nice aluminum side channels/pods/bumpers for all cars, that have built in battery trays. These things are a work of art.:thumbsup: I have not seen anything that is made yet that will compete with his side pods yet. I am going to get another set from him once he gets caught up on all his chassis he is building. Maybe he can get some pics of them up one day soon too, in all his spare time.:wave:

Bryant Gibson

please send me pic my email is bobw57475@yahoo.com

You should be able to look at the pictures by clicking on the My Photos button underneath my username.

Thank you for the kind words Bryant. I will try to post some pictures of the side pods as soon as I can. I am crazy busy building chassis and getting stuff ready for Easley!

I have posted new pics of a powder coated chassis in My Photos. This one belongs to Jeff. It sure is bright!


Chance

Looks good, can't wait to get mine next week.....:woohoo:

Hey nice work ,,, I see that you did some mods on the steering [nice change]But do you send a new servo plate or do they just add holes or does the stock servo plate fit , Good job Chance they look good !!!!! Robert :thumbsup:

Bob, it comes with the plate and mounts to the top and bottom of the chassis.

Bob, it comes with the plate and mounts to the top and bottom of the chassis.

Thanks! Bryant , Looking forward to see how it does , Good luck Guys
Robert :thumbsup:

I just posted a picture of what the steering rack plate looks like. Thanks for the kind words Bob. Let me know when the package I sent you shows up.

Chance

Looks like it will harder to bend that steering servo plate ,if at all ,,,, The ???????? pkg ,You bet i will , Thanks Robert :thumbsup:

Chance,
Looking good, I like it bright! Everyone can see it better as it goes by.
You forgot to put the broom on it?
To sweep all of those cracker crums up with. HAHAHA:p

I have posted new pics of a powder coated chassis in My Photos. This one belongs to Jeff. It sure is bright!


Chance

LOL. Thats funny! We can only hope so Jeff! I have very high hopes and expectations. Hey Jeff if you get a chance, call me tomarrow.

pics to teampolaris7x@aol.com thanks

Thank you Chance ! U.P.S. stopped and I recived the fuel bottle holder , It is a work of art , nice paint job too !!!!! Thank you again Robert :thumbsup:

Thanks Bob. I was hoping you would like it. I thought it would look right nice on the wall of your trailer!

Just got done with the first "test" if you would like to call it that! It went very well. I was up till 6 this morning and finally got my car together. The car handled great and the car went together very well with very few problems. The steering rack works great. I am very pleased with it. I am very excited to run in Easley.



Chance

Chance,
Got mine together to day and it looks great. I will be running test maybe this week after work. The car ready to run weights 28Lbs. had to add a few pounds but thats what I like. Thanks for the Great car. You are one he!! of a welder.:thumbsup:
Keep up the good work.
Just got done with the first "test" if you would like to call it that! It went very well. I was up till 6 this morning and finally got my car together. The car handled great and the car went together very well with very few problems. The steering rack works great. I am very pleased with it. I am very excited to run in Easley.



Chance

Thanks Jeff. I take a lot of pride in it. Did you get that broom mounted to the car??? LOL. Let me know how she does!

Got my chassis today. I have the front end, steering rack and servos all in and so far so good. Cant wait to get it finished.

Chance,
Got mine together to day and it looks great. I will be running test maybe this week after work. The car ready to run weights 28Lbs. had to add a few pounds but thats what I like. Thanks for the Great car. You are one he!! of a welder.:thumbsup:
Keep up the good work.

28 pounds even? Wow, That is pretty light. I read on here somewhere about frame weight. I checked mine (Pro1) last Sat. and it was 6.1 pounds w/powder coat. My car was 29.3 race ready with about a half a tank of fuel in it.

Nice Looking Chassis Chance..........Awesome work.....:thumbsup:

Thanks Brian. Are you guys still planning on making it up here in April? There should be about 7 or 8 people running the chassis! I am just excited for Easley.


Scott, yes the chassis weighs about 5.5 pounds. I use all .035 tubing. My car with no lead weighs a tick under 29.

chance out standing driver and builder cant go wrong with his chassis watched him in easley this kid knows what he is doing

Thanks Chance for the Chassis. It was a great running car at Easley. I had a blast with it in the GN class. You are one he!! of a welder and that means alot on these chassis. That is were you lose alot of your weight over the Lightning. Thanks again and see you in ohio.

Thank you for the kind words Will and Jeff. I had a blast in Easley even though I broke. The car worked great all weekend. I hardly made any adjustments to it from the first time I set it on the track. I look forward to getting more ROCKITs on the east coast. I met a lot of great people and enjoyed the company of genuinely "nice" people. You all made the trip worth it! If all goes well, Jason and I will make the trip to Freddie's.


Chance

Thank you for the kind words Will and Jeff. I had a blast in Easley even though I broke. The car worked great all weekend. I hardly made any adjustments to it from the first time I set it on the track. I look forward to getting more ROCKITs on the east coast. I met a lot of great people and enjoyed the company of genuinely "nice" people. You all made the trip worth it! If all goes well, Jason and I will make the trip to Freddie's.


Chance


Hi Chance – It was a pleasure talking & hanging out with you and Jason. I really hope you guys make Freddies NCS event in June. That track is soooo SWEET and FAST as Heck! :woohoo::woohoo:

Chance,

It was great talking to you and meeting you in person. I had such a great time there too. I'm having a hard time thinking of a reason not to get a Rockit chassis the next time I get a new Car/Truck. You do a great job on the finer points of chassis building, and you seem to be a real good ambasador of the sport as well. I look forward to seeing you at another NCS or local event.

Thank you Jim. I suppose it has a lot to do with the fact that I weld thin chromeolly for a living! I do take a lot of pride in not only the performance of the chassis, but the appearance as well. I have a vast background in latemodel's and other short track racing that helps quite a bit. I love this sport. It is what I LOVE to do. Racing is my life! Maybe thats why Im single!


Chance

Ok, Jeff Davis talked me into it! I will also be offering a Cage design of the ROCKIT Chassis. I am going to build it to accept car or truck bodies. I will post pics as soon as I am done with Jeff's!

Chance

Good deal,
I hope it's orange.LOL:thumbsup:
Ok, Jeff Davis talked me into it! I will also be offering a Cage design of the ROCKIT Chassis. I am going to build it to accept car or truck bodies. I will post pics as soon as I am done with Jeff's!

Chance

Ok, Jeff Davis talked me into it! I will also be offering a Cage design of the ROCKIT Chassis. I am going to build it to accept car or truck bodies. I will post pics as soon as I am done with Jeff's!

Chance

That's cool. What are you gonna call it, The "Missile"? :p

LOL. Thats funny! Im sure I will come up with a nickname for it. Believe it or not we nicknamed the design of the ROCKIT that we have been using "Lisa". Dont ask me why! Jason has a habit of naming different designs of things womens names!


Chance

Chance did you get the pic?


ED

Hey just wanted to join in on the fun of "How big can we make Chance's head?" lol... Well pops and I both have a Rockit chassis now, I personally haven't had the time to switch it yet so I'll still be running the Lightning up in Washington this weekend... But pops put his all together and made the Vegas "club" race last weekend and was very impressed. Besides a few radio problems it was every bit as fast as his Lightning and felt real stable... So down here in the Southwest we got :thumbsup:2-thumbs up:thumbsup: for the Rockit!!! And yes Mr. Chance, very nice welding and those side pods are awesome!!!:woohoo:

Thanks Denny....shoulve gotten off your butt to put it together! j/k Looking forward to seeing ya up here in just a few days!


Ed,
I got the pic. That is a beautiful looking chassis man!:thumbsup:

Thanks Denny....shoulve gotten off your butt to put it together! j/k Looking forward to seeing ya up here in just a few days!


Ed,
I got the pic. That is a beautiful looking chassis man!:thumbsup:

Thanks Chance,
Let me know when you get sometime.I would like 2 or 3 built for testing.I would rather use DOM.I am not a fan of Chrome Moly.

ED