El Nino III build for "Winner"

[winnerone23]

My long awaited change has come thru and as I started putting my Chaotic El Nino III together, I quickly realised, I was building a second sporty. My previous BWD sss-rs-cf has served me well and I couldn't tear it apart. I have kids, mainly my 4yr daughter that can't wait to start crawling and goin to comps with dad, son, and even wife that drove it at the NENQ this past year. Better save it :thumbup:
Plus it gives me reason to start fresh.. so here goes..

I put the chassis together and at first twist, I felt the quality and time put into this chassis. Not to mention, its super sexy!



Links and 4 link plates showed up, all shiny an shiz..



Revo ends and aluminum balls came in and got busy..



Got rained out of work so "just" goin to throw the links on and the rest of the cross braces.. and... link plates







As with most addictions and addicts, can't stop now!
So a mach up tranny went in.. VP motor plate, steel gears, steel outputs with the hole thru.. only thing left would be a 32p spur and it Could stay..





And then... well, I have these hopped up scx axles just sitting here.. VP stage 1 8*, vvd's, ti tie rod, ud in the rear and only a few scratches.. Run em!



Some stock scx shocks and we have a slider..



Which led into link placement and adjustments..
I like my rear shaft above the links to keep from dragging, so I unscrewed the rod ends till I was happy with it. That led to binding of the revo ends on the link plate, so I took the middle ball stand off, cut the upper side off and mounted.. all free and clear.



What the heck.. let's throw some rubber at it and make it a roller!



MIP shaft in the front and wb8 in the rear..
Steering isn't horrible at 50* but narrow..


That's what I got for now.. Lots more to come. :thumbup::cool:

[Erik D_lux]

Good start!

How narrow are you and what hubs are you running?

[Jslick]

Looking like the shifts, what do you have troy, two thicker spacers?? Great work so far.

[marzzz23]

Sexy stuff!!!! I would have a hard time putting the other shafty aside asgood as it runs.

[boosted4lyf]

F ya Troy!

[winnerone23]

Originally Posted by Erik D_lux

Good start!

How narrow are you and what hubs are you running?

10" front 9.5" rear (for now)..

The one and only.. Shift hubs!

Originally Posted by Jslick

Looking like the shifts, what do you have troy, two thicker spacers?? Great work so far.

very correct John.. actually only a thick spacer in the front and the hub itself in the rear..
I have plenty to put on yet, even a couple thick Dlux spacers if needed..

Originally Posted by marzzz23

Sexy stuff!!!! I would have a hard time putting the other shafty aside as good as it runs.

You know it Dave! Tearing er apart just didn't seem reasonable, but building another set of axles did! :thumbup:

Originally Posted by boosted4lyf

F ya Troy!

F'n A right!

[Erik D_lux]

Originally Posted by winnerone23

10" front 9.5" rear (for now)..

The one and only.. Shift hubs!

Sorry, I meant how wide of shift hub or SLW equivalent.

[Crawllife]

Lookin sweet bro. Please go clean those tires and repost the roller pic. Hell ya could have stuck em out in the rain for a few seconds. Ha! Weather sucked today. Hopefully I'll be hitting you up soon on our project! Happy thanksgiving man.

[winnerone23]

@Dlux.. I had the shift hub and 1/4" spacer in at 10".. I now have a .450 Slw and Dlux 1/4" spacer on the front for 10.5" in the front and 10" in the rear with the spacer and Shift hub.. so I was at a .450? Now a .7? The wheels have a offset as well, like a 3 piece wheel..

@Crawllife Graphix.. easy buddy! It was a long day that day and just couldn't stop! Wasn't thinking of the dirty tires, just that sexy chassis.. :thumbup:

But..... since I had some time before turkey coma, I decided to do an little work.. got some parts an pieces around..



Luckily I had some donor shocks here to get some o-rings out of.. Thanks donor!



After tear down and flush, I replace the black plastic with a 3rd o-ring and some green slime..
The machined pistons are O So nice! I have had them for some time and never felt the need to tear into my other shocks, as they perform flawlessly.
Only problem with them, that I found.. now I got 2 more sets ordered for my other 2 rigs. :eek:



And all rebuilt.. longer shock/link end for the rear and 30wt oil. 25wt for the front



A little stiff at first, but they break in nicely after a few suspension cycles by hand and super smooth!
Now for ride height and cleaned side walls, just for you David! :cool:



On to a little something that may just take ur eye off the dirty rubbers and on to more impressive viewing pleasure!





A little custom work by David himself.. some Crawllife Graphix on board! :thumbup::cool:

[slowride1]

looks good troy.

wish there was more of them chasis to be had

[Chaotic Crawlers]

Looking good Troy

[winnerone23]

Thanks guys!

Since the family is in bed, And I want this thing on the rocks ASAP! I pulled together some backup electronics and goin to start on placement..



After I made the backwards servo guard or no hole guard, I realized, I can't even use it on the 7980 :/ not until I get the axr axles built.. oh well..

HH br mini, HH 30t Team pro flow, 60/12 32p gears, cc bec, and a airtronics rx..

Time to do some work before bed and getting up to go to work..

[Crawllife]

I have a shock building day coming up real soon! I'll hit ya up for tips. This rig is really looking nice man!!

[RICrawler]

Nice Troy! You're doing exactly what I did, gotta get it running and change from there! I'm glad I did that instead of waiting for all the good stuff, at least you can drive it and experience the changes as you go. Funny thing is, as soon as I drove it and realized how much I liked it, I went and spent a fortune on all the good stuff! My thread will be gettin some updates soon!

[winnerone23]

Originally Posted by Crawllife

I have a shock building day coming up real soon! I'll hit ya up for tips. This rig is really looking nice man!!

Building shocks is Fun! So many options with all the goods out these days..

I nixed all the fancy fancy for what I know has been working for me on my pro an other sporty. I didn't figure its where I wanted to spend my money.. cough cough axles... :thumbup:

Originally Posted by RICrawler

Nice Troy! You're doing exactly what I did, gotta get it running and change from there! I'm glad I did that instead of waiting for all the good stuff, at least you can drive it and experience the changes as you go. Funny thing is, as soon as I drove it and realized how much I liked it, I went and spent a fortune on all the good stuff! My thread will be gettin some updates soon!

How bout it Bob... its hard for me right now to wait to build the axles that will live under this animal but in the long run, I know it will be worth the wait!
Can't wait to see ur build hit the top of the page, with All the good stuff!

[slowride1]

mine is ordered an on the way
cant wait to get as far along as you are.
ill be bolting on my good set of axles tho lol

[winnerone23]

I got parts ordered for the new axles, od/ud gears, CtBM premium wide tubes, 2x axle housings, and on the list for some gripfab ti spools.
I have the xr uni's and rear shafts.
Just got two, normally overlooked, but yet, IMO, VERY Important small parts..



Well, while I wait, I swapped axles and put on the Dlux ti sliders an VP shock razrs. Mounted the servo, motor and axles..







I switched out the front shock links for some bent/laid back link ends.



Hopefully get it on the rocks tomm

[ZZR 1100 Racer]

Nice build and partsWhere did you got these bend/laid back link ends for the shocks?

[slowride1]

looks good troy

I got some of my parts so mine should come togather this week

[Trubble]

Originally Posted by ZZR 1100 Racer

Where did you got these bend/laid back link ends for the shocks?

Axial parts tree # AX80005. They're typically used at the ends of Axial's upgraded (aluminum) steering tie rod.







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