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10-19-2011, 04:45 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Powder Town
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Got the hood done today... The parts needed:  Took the stock hood off:  Close up of the hood pins:  Drilled out holes and threaded the pin studs in:  Hood teamed out to fit pins:    Mounted the rear clamps:  Mod cost about $5 and is a must if you run a battery up front. So much easier! Last edited by rojo; 10-19-2011 at 04:52 PM. |
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10-19-2011, 05:27 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Georgetown, On
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Hope you dont mind if i steal that idea. Traxxas slash battery hold down pins? part #? | |
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10-19-2011, 05:33 PM
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I stole the idea from someone else, so have at it.   | |
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10-19-2011, 05:35 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Georgetown, On
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alright. ill pick some up tomorrow. can you get the wire clamps at the hobby store too? ive never seen small ones like those.
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10-19-2011, 05:41 PM
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10-20-2011, 04:31 PM
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I'm really digging your rig. I am in the process of converting to a front mount battery and want to know what batteries you are running. More specifically the dimension and capacity.
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10-20-2011, 05:48 PM
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10-20-2011, 06:04 PM
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Put new Dinky Cowl Hood on today... Also made front inner fenders...      |
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10-21-2011, 08:45 AM
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I got the proline shocks installed but feel like the stock springs are a little stiff. Are you using the stock springs or did you get the tuning pack?
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10-21-2011, 12:57 PM
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On a side note, we need to get a Southeast Wraith GTG planned...  | |
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10-24-2011, 05:46 PM
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The Proline shock tuning kits came in a few days ago. I dropped the primary spring down a rate to blue. You can see the steel gauge is a bit smaller.  I also got around to getting the upper shock mount shimmed with a few O-rings. The mounts are 5mm machined balls by Jeepin Doug.  Also picked up a set of 2.2 Proline TSL's to get me rolling for a while. I used CI foams in them. These things bite hard. I am really impressed with them.  A few shots before I gave it a good shake down this afternoon.      A few after I had a chance to run the bugs out of it... Lol   Driving impressions: I love the new lockers and universals. Amazing steering. No drivetrain slop. It gives you a ton more control as well as reliability and consistency. I love the new 32p trans gearing with under drive gears. Temps seemed to stay cooler, lots of beef for abuse. I also really am impressed with the shock setup now. Night and day difference from the stock spring rate. No more random suspension unloading anymore, seems a lot more consistent and smooth as well. Judging by my experience today, I wouldn't change a thing on any part I have put on it. |
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10-25-2011, 01:55 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: middle,tn
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i like what ya did with it..keep it simple and replace the critical stuff first instead of going for looks b4 performance...nice work keep it up
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10-25-2011, 03:24 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia
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Great build, i'm going to follow a few of your mods on mine. |
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10-25-2011, 05:39 AM
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In all seriousness, I don't care what it looks like near as much as I care how it drives. Building this one with a soul of a comp truck...  I am thinking of taking the cage off the back and making some delrin kick braces to the shock mount to clean up the look a bit. Figured it would save some weight and bulk too. You forget how big these things are until you try to get under a ledge or somewhere else tight. Quote:
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10-29-2011, 09:54 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: san jose
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hey Bye chance what rims are you running? |
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10-29-2011, 11:41 AM
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nice looking wraith i have one also love them looking for and scx10 now or cc01 for my 1.9 rig |
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10-30-2011, 02:20 PM
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Updated a few things before the trail comp RCA had yesterday... First, I got DMG to make me a custom set of front shock towers. They are sized for the longer Proline Powerstroke shocks that I use up front. I wasn't happy with them laid back, so I stood them as straight up as possible. It really paid off with a lot more stability and predictability off camber (at the cost of a little travel... But totally with it IMHO). I LOVE the new feel up front now. I also dropped the smaller upper spring down a rate alt all corners as well. :thumbsup: New mounts:  Comparison to stock:  Before relocation:  You can see how vertical they now sit. I was playing with the wheelbase in this pic, so they are still angled back a bit... Now they sit almost perfectly verticle (took about a 1/8" of wheelbase out after this pic was taken...). Unbelievable how stiff the front is now as well... it really took a ton of chassis flex out of the front end.  This of course changed the way I could access the battery, so I redid the electrics again up front.  While I was digging into the wiring, I added a few accessories... In the past I powered the servo with a bec through the receiver. Cheapbatterypacks came out with a nifty harness that bypasses the receiver and sends power straight to the servo. They are cheap, and work great. I got two, one for the front... one for future use out back.  Both bec's wired in:  Almost ready to go:  A Dynamic Concepts 72 blazer body came in the mail yesterday. Stay tuned! Last edited by rojo; 10-30-2011 at 02:35 PM. | ||
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10-30-2011, 02:37 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: anchorage
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That hood mod that you came up with is a great idea! And the shock mounts poking out of the hood is looking killer. Nice job |
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10-30-2011, 09:36 PM
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The body came out of the box and underwent the knife.   Got the hood fitted up and trimmed:    Sides trimmed and fitted:   Rear end mocked in as well...  I'm going to do a diamond plate facia over the stock rear corners. For paint it will be a black and/or white paint job. Simple and clean. |
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