Bender's Honcho............Now Sporting Wraith Axles

[schlabinski]

Here are a few pictures I took of Bender's Honcho at MSD Scale Nats 2010. If you want to see more, go here: MSD Scale Nats 2010

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Thanks,
Jeff

[Pappy]

Thank you x100!!! Really appreciate you posting those up!!! Great background for my PC!!!

[jo_icebox]

Dude..where u got those cool side mirrors?

[BGGruff]

Those are some great shots! That's one mean little Honcho.

[BENDER]

Thanks for posting some pictures from the scale nats Jeff, amazing shots!!

Originally Posted by LIKES2CRAWL

Nice new mods and upgrades, where might I find one of them Pull Pal's?

Thanks. A friend of mine in Colorado made the pull pal.

Originally Posted by RCMANN12

Nice Truck. i have been looking at the honcho a lot and realy like it. I was wondering if i could put a traxxas 12t brushed motor on there with an xl-5? Thanx for the insight.

Those electronics will work fine. They may not like crawling at really low speeds though. I ran a stock Slash motor for a long time in my first SCX10 build, and it was fun as a trail runner/basher. But, in hard binds while crawling it was hard to finesse the truck through with that much motor.

Here's a link to that build.
Updates on my SCX10.........

Originally Posted by jo_icebox

Dude..where u got those cool side mirrors?

They are part of Axial's exterior detail kits.
http://axialracing.com/ftp/ax80037-4...etail_kit.html

[zrxw13]

Originally Posted by BENDER

Changes:
Switched to MSD 1.9 aluminum wheels
Lowered the body
Raised the rock rails
Pushed the front bumper back
Added a 645mg winch
Painted up the Pull Pal
Rebuilt the shocks
Rebuilt the transmission using our new HD steel outputs for the driveshafts
Added an exhaust
Added scale goodies from Pro-Line
Added our side view mirrors and blinged out fire extinguisher
Installed fresh winch line
Installed an Axial 27t motor for a little more zip

Any pictures on how you raised the rock sliders? And/or an explanation?

[schlabinski]

Originally Posted by Pappy

Thank you x100!!! Really appreciate you posting those up!!! Great background for my PC!!!

You're welcome!

Originally Posted by BENDER

Thanks for posting some pictures from the scale nats Jeff, amazing shots!!

You're welcome, Brad. Thank you! Say, where did you end up mounting your 645 winch?

[BENDER]

Originally Posted by zrxw13

Any pictures on how you raised the rock sliders? And/or an explanation?

I turned the plastic sleeves that the sliders mount too, so they point up now. Then drilled new holes as needed. Hopefully that make sense.

Originally Posted by schlabinski

You're welcome, Brad. Thank you! Say, where did you end up mounting your 645 winch?

I mounted my winch to the backside of my radio box. I was a little skeptical on whether it would be strong enough, but it has held up great so far.

[Cave Dave]

Originally Posted by BENDER

I turned the plastic sleeves that the sliders mount too, so they point up now. Then drilled new holes as needed. Hopefully that make sense.

Somthing like this?

[BENDER]

Originally Posted by Cave Dave

Somthing like this?

Exactly, thanks for the picture/help with that.

[Cave Dave]

Originally Posted by BENDER

Exactly, thanks for the picture/help with that.

You're welcome. I have to give Tanis credit for the mod,that's the SCX I bought from him.Nathan always has great ideas.

[SFC K]

Awesome action shots!

[16hp]

Brad, could you share with me how you moved your front bumper closer to the body?
Thanks
BTW Your vids are great. i'm and adam jones fan myself.

[J.DUKE]

This flippin' thread has cost me about $300!
After reading all that you've done in this thread, and really getting a feel for the performance potential, I just had to buy one.

Thanks alot Brad! You're like a mentor to my son and I!

[BENDER]

Originally Posted by 16hp

Brad, could you share with me how you moved your front bumper closer to the body?
Thanks
BTW Your vids are great. i'm and adam jones fan myself.

Thanks for the compliments on the videos.

In order to mount the bumper closer to the body I flipped the front cross member around, trimmed where needed and mounted it back to the frame rails. This will move the bumper quite a bit closer to the body.

Originally Posted by jduke31+6

This flippin' thread has cost me about $300!
After reading all that you've done in this thread, and really getting a feel for the performance potential, I just had to buy one.

Thanks alot Brad! You're like a mentor to my son and I!

Thanks, sorry this thread was costly to you.

[Kilo1alpha]

Awesome lookin rig

[bradblr]

Your rig just looks sick. I am wondering how much better does it crawl with the taller tires on it. I like the way it looks with the taller tires, just wondering how much of an improvement in crawling you will get.

[BENDER]

Originally Posted by Kilo1alpha

Awesome lookin rig

Originally Posted by bradblr

Your rig just looks sick. I am wondering how much better does it crawl with the taller tires on it. I like the way it looks with the taller tires, just wondering how much of an improvement in crawling you will get.

Thanks guys.

The height difference between the Flatirons and Rox Lox is nice for axle clearance. There isn't a huge improvement in performance though.

[xtian]

were you still running 1.9's on the top truck challenge? cool truck man

[bradblr]

Hi, I was wondering if you had any pictures with the body off, so we can see how much you lowered the batteries and how they are mounted in the truck.