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saltinemadness · 06-21-2011, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 53Guy

The best way I can describe it is like a bellcrank for buggies or stadium trucks. You could find one or make one with a 1" or .75" lower arm, 90* offset with a larger upper arm than lower to give you better leverage. Here's a few pictures from my XB8. It's beefy and doesn't need to be this crazy but you'll get the idea.

hmmm... seems like a lot of fandanglin around. i'll have to come up with something. could i buy the bell crank itself and somehow rig it into the frame? just seems like a lot of work. the only cutting tool i own is a dremel. ALL of my fabrications are done with a dremel in my apartment. hahaha... same with brazing :(

NGreen · 06-21-2011, 08:16 PM

Ya, that's what I was getting at. You could fab up a way to mount the bellcrank to the frame or make up something similar on your own. Well, it sounds like I've got a leg up in the manufacturing business....I've got a dewalt drill to add to your dremel and brazing equipment. Hahahaha!

saltinemadness · 06-21-2011, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 53Guy

Ya, that's what I was getting at. You could fab up a way to mount the bellcrank to the frame or make up something similar on your own. Well, it sounds like I've got a leg up in the manufacturing business....I've got a dewalt drill to add to your dremel and brazing equipment. Hahahaha!

woah now, i have a black and decker drill and jigsaw... but the jigsaw just gets outta hand, lol.... thanks for the tips and info though!

saltinemadness · 07-03-2011, 01:56 PM

Alright. Built rear wheel wells and bed out of 1/8" black plastic.

_DSC0063 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0066 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0069 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0070 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

Began to mock up the cage...

_DSC0071vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr

Sorry I don't have pictures of me actually brazing it, but it's DONE. Sanded, primed and Enameled.

_DSC0075vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr

Took some pictures with the cage installed...

_DSC0091 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0094 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

Did I mention that I stretched the wheelbase as promised? It's around Cherokee wheelbase length now... Which I believe is the stock length. I also primed and painted the trusses, and painted the stock hubs. I wasn't feeling how tall it still sat, so I put the 110mm RC4WD scale shocks back on, only I flipped the springs in them. So now this thing is running a 100% droop suspension setup. I've never driven it like this, so we'll see what happens. AFTER I FINISH THE DANG STEERING ISSUE...

_DSC0107vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr

MORE POSER PICS until i get an ESC (HH BRXL) and figure the steering out.

_DSC0114vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0133vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0104vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr

Are you guys drooling as much as I am?

saltinemadness · 07-03-2011, 02:10 PM

Also—This is entertaining.

BEFORE:

side by saltinemadness, on Flickr

AFTER:

_DSC0107vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr

BEFORE:

flexfront by saltinemadness, on Flickr

AFTER:

_DSC0091 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

Also forgot to mention that i sprayed the bed and wells with actual bedliner. So you can't see the ugly/shiny glue joints.

Erik R · 07-06-2011, 06:56 PM

looks nuts, you should flip the trany so your spur gear is under the dash.

saltinemadness · 07-06-2011, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erik R

looks nuts, you should flip the trany so your spur gear is under the dash.

i've thought about it... but i gotta put my servo back there due to steering issues... plus i'm not sure if flipping it will make it all the way behind the dash...

Blaine · 07-06-2011, 10:26 PM

I really like that tube work looks awsome.

LateNightRoach · 07-06-2011, 11:05 PM

That is one nasty looking jeep. I love it!

saltinemadness · 07-06-2011, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blaine

I really like that tube work looks awsome.

Thanks!

saltinemadness · 07-06-2011, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LateNightRoach

That is one nasty looking jeep. I love it!

you have no idea how much it sucks to wake up every morning, look over onto your desk and see an awesome TJ that you can't drive yet! or maybe you do!

blah402 · 08-04-2011, 02:22 PM

totally gnarly Jeep man! haha Love it.

Did you use the New Bright R/C Full Function 9.6v 1:10 Mud Slinger ?

Thanks

saltinemadness · 08-04-2011, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blah402

totally gnarly Jeep man! haha Love it.

Did you use the New Bright R/C Full Function 9.6v 1:10 Mud Slinger ?

Thanks

haha what's left of it? correct.

maley607 · 08-06-2011, 08:05 AM

Love the build, hell of a job!

Slaughter · 08-06-2011, 09:02 AM

Awesome build! Love the cage work. I have this body just sitting around, but I might be inspired now

saltinemadness · 11-11-2011, 05:25 PM

Oops! I didn't see these comments! THANKS guys! And hell yeah man, build that thing, get it going! I'm about to build another one me thinks.

Yaeger · 03-02-2012, 04:06 PM

thats an awesome rig dude! love the tube work..

Chubby5000 · 05-14-2012, 03:03 PM

Agreed. For me, this is the sweetest build in the entire SCX10 photos section. I've even stolen your pics for my desktop! I'll apologize now for completely plagiarizing your rig in the future.

saltinemadness · 05-15-2012, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chubby5000

Agreed. For me, this is the sweetest build in the entire SCX10 photos section. I've even stolen your pics for my desktop! I'll apologize now for completely plagiarizing your rig in the future.

That's perfectly fine with me! It currently has wraith axles under it now. I'll post pics tomorrow when I get outside. I haven't decided if they're too wide or not. Also, I slipped in a 35t motor on 3s lipo... the thing is nuts!

saltinemadness · 05-27-2012, 10:34 AM

-------------UPDATE-------------
P I C T U R E H E A V Y
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SO after waiting forever for classes to stop, I FINALLY have a chance to tinker with my stuff.

And my TJ now has Wraith axles!!! It was running on a 35t motor with 3s on the axial AE-1 ESC but the steering was glitching due to the 5v BEC. So, because of my stupidity, it took me about 2 days to figure out what the dang problem was before I finally threw in the only other ESC i had—the traxxas xl-5. Along with the xl-5 I had (from a slash), I also had the 12t TITAN motor. So I figured, what the heck, I'll throw that in there too and see what happens.

Now the thing does donuts, backflips, wheelies... but doesn't crawl so well...

_DSC0113 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0109 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0108 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0107 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0106 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0105 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0076 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0077 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0079 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0090 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0095 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0096 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0097 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0098 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

***POPPED A SHAFT***

_DSC0099 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

"SH*T, BRAKES! THERE'S A BUSH!"

_DSC0100 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

"I just killed a bush"

_DSC0101 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

"I think Denim Dan is stuck in a bush...could be worse

"

_DSC0102 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

Well there's the problem...
"RECTUM!? DAMN NEAR KILLED EM!"

_DSC0104 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

Made a fuel cell from scratch...

_DSC0114 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

Remember that pesky 3 link & panhard setup I had earlier? Well now it's on my OTHER newbright TJ and it works perfectly because I wasn't an idiot this time and decided NOT to cut the front end of the chassis down.

_DSC0128 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

She's gonna be purty when I'm done. Going for a more scale look with fenders and what have you.

_DSC0122 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0124 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

_DSC0125 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

Brazed cage, bumbers, etc... Gonna be a red-orange color... lots of lights.

Also, I'm working on my brother's blackfoot bodied, dove-nosed truggy. Still have yet to braze the cage and bumper up... bumper is going to be the same as my wraith TJ bumper and I need to upload a scan of my cage drawings to see what he thinks. But here's where it sits as of now.

_DSC0121 by saltinemadness, on Flickr

Sorry for the crappy pics. I'm gonna try to have video of my scx-10/wraith/TJ on here either later today or tomorrow. I just keep popping driveshafts, so I'm going to temporarily reinforce them with all thread until i do the revo or e/t maxx mod.

Thoughts?

07-03-2011, 01:56 PM	#84
saltinemadness Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 180	99% done! Alright. Built rear wheel wells and bed out of 1/8" black plastic. _DSC0063 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0066 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0069 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0070 by saltinemadness, on Flickr Began to mock up the cage... _DSC0071vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr Sorry I don't have pictures of me actually brazing it, but it's DONE. Sanded, primed and Enameled. _DSC0075vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr Took some pictures with the cage installed... _DSC0091 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0094 by saltinemadness, on Flickr Did I mention that I stretched the wheelbase as promised? It's around Cherokee wheelbase length now... Which I believe is the stock length. I also primed and painted the trusses, and painted the stock hubs. I wasn't feeling how tall it still sat, so I put the 110mm RC4WD scale shocks back on, only I flipped the springs in them. So now this thing is running a 100% droop suspension setup. I've never driven it like this, so we'll see what happens. AFTER I FINISH THE DANG STEERING ISSUE... _DSC0107vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr MORE POSER PICS until i get an ESC (HH BRXL) and figure the steering out. _DSC0114vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0133vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0104vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr Are you guys drooling as much as I am?

03-02-2012, 04:06 PM	#97
Yaeger Newbie Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tunnel Hill Posts: 16	Re: Hacked up Newbright TJ (first rig and post!) thats an awesome rig dude! love the tube work..

05-14-2012, 03:03 PM	#98
Chubby5000 Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 65	Re: Hacked up Newbright TJ (first rig and post!) Agreed. For me, this is the sweetest build in the entire SCX10 photos section. I've even stolen your pics for my desktop! I'll apologize now for completely plagiarizing your rig in the future.

05-27-2012, 10:34 AM	#100
saltinemadness Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 180	Re: Hacked up Newbright TJ (first rig and post!) -------------UPDATE------------- P I C T U R E H E A V Y ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SO after waiting forever for classes to stop, I FINALLY have a chance to tinker with my stuff. And my TJ now has Wraith axles!!! It was running on a 35t motor with 3s on the axial AE-1 ESC but the steering was glitching due to the 5v BEC. So, because of my stupidity, it took me about 2 days to figure out what the dang problem was before I finally threw in the only other ESC i had—the traxxas xl-5. Along with the xl-5 I had (from a slash), I also had the 12t TITAN motor. So I figured, what the heck, I'll throw that in there too and see what happens. Now the thing does donuts, backflips, wheelies... but doesn't crawl so well... _DSC0113 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0109 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0108 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0107 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0106 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0105 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0076 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0077 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0079 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0090 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0095 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0096 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0097 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0098 by saltinemadness, on Flickr *POPPED A SHAFT* _DSC0099 by saltinemadness, on Flickr "SH*T, BRAKES! THERE'S A BUSH!" _DSC0100 by saltinemadness, on Flickr "I just killed a bush" _DSC0101 by saltinemadness, on Flickr "I think Denim Dan is stuck in a bush...could be worse " _DSC0102 by saltinemadness, on Flickr Well there's the problem... "RECTUM!? DAMN NEAR KILLED EM!" _DSC0104 by saltinemadness, on Flickr Made a fuel cell from scratch... _DSC0114 by saltinemadness, on Flickr Remember that pesky 3 link & panhard setup I had earlier? Well now it's on my OTHER newbright TJ and it works perfectly because I wasn't an idiot this time and decided NOT to cut the front end of the chassis down. _DSC0128 by saltinemadness, on Flickr She's gonna be purty when I'm done. Going for a more scale look with fenders and what have you. _DSC0122 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0124 by saltinemadness, on Flickr _DSC0125 by saltinemadness, on Flickr Brazed cage, bumbers, etc... Gonna be a red-orange color... lots of lights. Also, I'm working on my brother's blackfoot bodied, dove-nosed truggy. Still have yet to braze the cage and bumper up... bumper is going to be the same as my wraith TJ bumper and I need to upload a scan of my cage drawings to see what he thinks. But here's where it sits as of now. _DSC0121 by saltinemadness, on Flickr Sorry for the crappy pics. I'm gonna try to have video of my scx-10/wraith/TJ on here either later today or tomorrow. I just keep popping driveshafts, so I'm going to temporarily reinforce them with all thread until i do the revo or e/t maxx mod. Thoughts?

06-21-2011, 08:16 PM	#82
NGreen Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sneads Ferry Posts: 430	Ya, that's what I was getting at. You could fab up a way to mount the bellcrank to the frame or make up something similar on your own. Well, it sounds like I've got a leg up in the manufacturing business....I've got a dewalt drill to add to your dremel and brazing equipment. Hahahaha!

07-03-2011, 02:10 PM	#85
saltinemadness Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 180	Also—This is entertaining. BEFORE: side by saltinemadness, on Flickr AFTER: _DSC0107vibsat by saltinemadness, on Flickr BEFORE: flexfront by saltinemadness, on Flickr AFTER: _DSC0091 by saltinemadness, on Flickr Also forgot to mention that i sprayed the bed and wells with actual bedliner. So you can't see the ugly/shiny glue joints.

07-06-2011, 06:56 PM	#86
Erik R Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2010 Location: Kaena Point, Hawaii Posts: 452	looks nuts, you should flip the trany so your spur gear is under the dash.

07-06-2011, 10:26 PM	#88
Blaine Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Moses Lake , Wa Posts: 123	I really like that tube work looks awsome.

07-06-2011, 11:05 PM	#89
LateNightRoach Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Kaneohe, Hawaii Posts: 87	That is one nasty looking jeep. I love it!

08-04-2011, 02:22 PM	#92
blah402 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: New Mexico Posts: 15	totally gnarly Jeep man! haha Love it. Did you use the New Bright R/C Full Function 9.6v 1:10 Mud Slinger ? Thanks

08-06-2011, 08:05 AM	#94
maley607 Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: on a rock at 8000'... Posts: 71	Love the build, hell of a job!

08-06-2011, 09:02 AM	#95
Slaughter Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Austin Posts: 414	Awesome build! Love the cage work. I have this body just sitting around, but I might be inspired now

11-11-2011, 05:25 PM	#96
saltinemadness Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 180	Oops! I didn't see these comments! THANKS guys! And hell yeah man, build that thing, get it going! I'm about to build another one me thinks.

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