MaX-D's Wroncho Build

[MaX-D]

Side shot. First pick full extension, 2nd pick normal.

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[MaX-D]

Should the front shocks be more upright or straight up and down? Does it matter?

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[smog]

Originally Posted by MaX-D

Should the front shocks be more upright or straight up and down? Does it matter?

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It isn’t detrimental to the rig functioning, but does affect how the shock performs. I don’t entirely understand the physics/mechanics of it, but that angle should, in effect, soften the spring rate of the coil over. Depending on how you feel about the resulting performance you may want to adjust your shock oil weight

[MaX-D]

Originally Posted by smog

It isn’t detrimental to the rig functioning, but does affect how the shock performs. I don’t entirely understand the physics/mechanics of it, but that angle should, in effect, soften the spring rate of the coil over. Depending on how you feel about the resulting performance you may want to adjust your shock oil weight

Thanks. When I take it out for its maiden voyage the day after Christmas, I'll pay attention to the front suspension and how it performs. If I don't like it, It literally takes 2 minutes to move the shocks to a different hole on the shock Tower. Test and tune.

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[Phildirt]

I have noticed that the front end rolls more with the shocks angled too far back. Yours look OK. That is probably fine for a crawler but it was horrible on my mud truck, moving the towers forward made it feel much more stable.

[xtreme4x2]

droop is good. I lose about the same as you with mine, but it lowers the COG and my shocks work great.

[MaX-D]

Originally Posted by xtreme4x2

droop is good. I lose about the same as you with mine, but it lowers the COG and my shocks work great.

This truck sits much lower than than I anticipated with 100mm shocks. This is a good thing. Thanks for the encouragement.

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[MaX-D]

Got the front bumper mount made.

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[MaX-D]

I just have to measure and drill the holes for the bumper and paint it.

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[ScaleLifeNewbie]

Looking good! Curious as to how you’ll secure the bumper to the bracket.


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[MaX-D]

Originally Posted by ScaleLifeNewbie

Looking good! Curious as to how you’ll secure the bumper to the bracket.


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You'll find out tomorrow. I painted up the brackets today. I'll be mounting up the bumper tomorrow afternoon.


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[MaX-D]

Santa hooked me up with an aluminum tranny case and underdrive gears. I'm SOOOO excited I didn't get coal in my stocking again this year!!

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[MaX-D]

Originally Posted by ScaleLifeNewbie

Looking good! Curious as to how you’ll secure the bumper to the bracket.


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Probably going to have to wait a few days on the bumper. I painted the bumper Mount and brackets and the Rust-Oleum paint stinks like hell. I had to put it on my back patio to air it out as it was stinking up the "man cave."

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[MaX-D]

Here's the bumper.

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[MaX-D]

Haven't put the stickers on yet.

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[MaX-D]

I also got the Hot Racing aluminum tranny case, Hobbywing 1080 ESC, and the Holmes 550 12t motor installed. The motor has surprisingly good wheel speed on 3s just running on the bench, but the SLOOOOW wheel speed is SOOOO much better than the brushless system I had in there previously. The aluminum tranny is actually smoother than the stock plastic case.

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[xtreme4x2]

Looks pretty good man. I'm interested to see how it does on the rocks with that awesome frame.

[MaX-D]

Originally Posted by xtreme4x2

Looks pretty good man. I'm interested to see how it does on the rocks with that awesome frame.

Thanks. It's not perfect , but it will do. Had a couple of hiccups along the way that I needed to adapt and overcome from. The main one is a piece of the overspray film on the hood for the axial emblem does not want to come off. I may have to paint over the glossy side on the right with the satin black.

I also have underdrive gears for it , but I'm going to wait to install them. I want to drive the truck with the stock gears first to see how it does, then install the overdrive gears so I can compare. The lights are going in tonight, as well as stickers on the body. The maiden voyage will be this Saturday morning.

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[MaX-D]

Another problem I ran into was I sprayed tint on the windows , but I think it was too humid outside. It looks more like the windows are fogged up instead of tinted. I had some splatter come from the can on the first spray. I knew about that, but it happened anyway. Oh well , it's just a toy truck. As long as I have fun driving it, that's all that matters.

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[MaX-D]

A wise man once said, "IT IS FINISHED!" Commence commentary and photo dump.

We got lights! Bright as hell!! Beautiful. I picked up this lighting switch to turn the lights on/off by an aux switch on my Spektrum radio. It works great. So easy to set up. It even comes with instructions......imagine that!
https://www.amazon.com/Remote-Contro...9554971&sr=8-3

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Lighting controller.


Wiring all tidied up.