SNARLS Jr a southern buggy with ocp's

[salmonfacesalad]

First order of business is a huge thank you to Chris (Ecoli) for this outstanding Southern buggy style chassis. Its mean, its big, and surprisingly light. Although I'm a fan of the current mint paint, its going to get powder coated a different green.

parts list:

Ecoli Southern buggy frame

Axial Wraith drivetrain

RC4WD coilovers 100mm and 110mm

RC4WD rear lower links ( i think they are for some sort of super crawler )

Axial has the rest of the links covered for mock up but new ones are in order. The uppers interfere with the driveshaft so bent uppers may solve that problem...not sure yet

Novak Goat 3S

hobbico-cs170

cheapo 2.4ghz TX/RX from tower ( TACTIC ) the RX has no antenna

20T motor

2 2200 3S lipos

VP diff covers

Axial Wraith seats and steering wheel

Mayhem Monster XS 2.2 beadlocks

2.2 Boggers

SCX10 skidplate

VP wraith knuckles, CHubs, tie rod, and draglink.


here it is on AX10 axles and junfac windeners

now with the AR60 axles, I need new upper links to clear the driveshafts






Going with Mayhems for this build, not sure if I will stick with TSL's. Im thinking maybe Boggers...who knows



the Wraith on the old AX10 axles, its running the DMG truss on the rear and an Axial truss up front and some kind of plant debris or grass in the hubs

[2JSC]

That Wraith frame actually looks pretty good with the AX10's under it.

[salmonfacesalad]

Originally Posted by 2JSC

That Wraith frame actually looks pretty good with the AX10's under it.

Thanks man, it's not as stable as the stock wraith but still fun as hell. Besides needing 4 very long 3m bolts, it was a bolt on affair.

[GREEDY GENIUS]

Sweet man!...how you like the mayhems on the tsl's?...i got a set but i didn't like the way the tsl looked on them.think i might just stick with rok lox on the mayhems?

[Colby]

Oh my god Cannot wait to watch this thing go next weekend Richard!!

EDIT: LOL at the title Also I will let you try out my 2.2 baja claws next weekend if you would like.

[salmonfacesalad]

Originally Posted by GREEDY GENIUS

Sweet man!...how you like the mayhems on the tsl's?...i got a set but i didn't like the way the tsl looked on them.think i might just stick with rok lox on the mayhems?

So I'm not alone, I too thought the TSL looks weird mounted on that wheel. It formed a small wall near the bead ring. I thought I was doing something wrong and dismounted and remounted the TSL several times but still looked the same.

[salmonfacesalad]

Originally Posted by Colby

Oh my god Cannot wait to watch this thing go next weekend Richard!!

EDIT: LOL at the title Also I will let you try out my 2.2 baja claws next weekend if you would like.

Thanks for the offer but I seriously doubt this rig will be running anytime soon. It's got a lot to be done, none of which will be by this weekend. I'll just run the Little Raisin and the AX10-Wraith hybrid for now.

[country_crawler]

SICK! Southern buggy's are popping up everywhere now. Love it!

I think the TSL's look pretty sweet on those wheels.

[crawlinnTN]

where did you get the frame?

[GREEDY GENIUS]

Originally Posted by salmonfacesalad

So I'm not alone, I too thought the TSL looks weird mounted on that wheel. It formed a small wall near the bead ring. I thought I was doing something wrong and dismounted and remounted the TSL several times but still looked the same.

No your def not alone

I spent an hr just trying different ways of mounting them and no luck so i stuck with my CAC's on the TSL and the mayhems on the ROK LOX

[j-bird]

Originally Posted by salmonfacesalad

So I'm not alone, I too thought the TSL looks weird mounted on that wheel. It formed a small wall near the bead ring. I thought I was doing something wrong and dismounted and remounted the TSL several times but still looked the same.

same here..i caouldnt figure out what i was doing wrong ..its that damn tapered bead on the prolines thats why they dont work on the steelies..i said screw it and snugged em down after about a hr...

[Crawln Coles]

Loks like you're off to a good start

Nice rig man, Keep it up.

[salmonfacesalad]

Originally Posted by country_crawler

SICK! Southern buggy's are popping up everywhere now. Love it!

I think the TSL's look pretty sweet on those wheels.

Thanks, this is my second southern buggy. The first was a scaled down 1:1, its sold though. heres the link "Sweet Tater"

Originally Posted by crawlinnTN

where did you get the frame?

I got it from the Southern Buggy Whore himself...Ecoli

Originally Posted by GREEDY GENIUS

No your def not alone

I spent an hr just trying different ways of mounting them and no luck so i stuck with my CAC's on the TSL and the mayhems on the ROK LOX

Im hoping Boggers will fit better, but the TSL's do great down here Ga. I might just live with the weird little wall that formed.

Originally Posted by j-bird

same here..i caouldnt figure out what i was doing wrong ..its that damn tapered bead on the prolines thats why they dont work on the steelies..i said screw it and snugged em down after about a hr...

Oh yeah I felt fustrated, cause the tire locked in there extremely well but looked wrong to me, I was sure it was my fault untill guys chimed in about the same issue. Its not a big deal at all, the wheels are just awesome.

Originally Posted by Crawln Coles

Loks like you're off to a good start

Nice rig man, Keep it up.

Thanks man, i cant wait to see some of your wraith axled builds coming up!

[country_crawler]

[QUOTE=salmonfacesalad;3185606]Thanks, this is my second southern buggy. The first was a scaled down 1:1, its sold though. heres the link "Sweet Tater"




Gus's Essentially Offroad built buggy. Nice!

[ecoli]

You know I like it Richard ! The Wraith axle is exactly what's needed for this buggy. Now you just need new diff covers (whenever they're released!).

A bit of history on the frame, this was the one I had started for Screamin Blue, but never finished once I found out I wasn't going to be able to go to Scale Nats. Richard and I chat regularly and he asked what happened to it. Being a friend, I offered to finish off the frame for him in a Coleworx style and of course Richard jumped on it with the promise of putting Wraith axles under it !

[salmonfacesalad]

Originally Posted by ecoli

You know I like it Richard ! The Wraith axle is exactly what's needed for this buggy. Now you just need new diff covers (whenever they're released!).

A bit of history on the frame, this was the one I had started for Screamin Blue, but never finished once I found out I wasn't going to be able to go to Scale Nats. Richard and I chat regularly and he asked what happened to it. Being a friend, I offered to finish off the frame for him in a Coleworx style and of course Richard jumped on it with the promise of putting Wraith axles under it !

Thank you again Chris this chassis is outstanding, and your right it looks perfect with these style of axles. I still hope one day you finish "Sreamin Blue" I was very excited to see you finish that buggy

but that does leave me room to jazz it up how I want without having to mimic a 1:1

I'm still loving the dash and steering colum!

X2 on metal diff covers, should be soon.

[salmonfacesalad]

VP steering knuckles, chubs, tie rod, and draglink intstalled

[Colby]

Looks perfect!

[salmonfacesalad]

Originally Posted by Colby

Looks perfect!

thanks Colby

[Hoyta]

Awesome!
I love the NEW southern buggy!
The Tater is still coming along...