Speedweigand's Wraith, official build thread

[Speedweigand]

Originally Posted by o0wiz0o

It is stout...it's to big I think! Quarter scale!!! Need to cancel order!

I have an 7955 in my SCTe and my buddy Matgyver has one in his Wraith... I've seen nice aluminum horns get destroyed and the servo be fine on his 10lb turd. Tough as nails but spendy.

[Speedweigand]

This what happens when I run Foff gearing and Swampers... Operation Rooftop


Actually this falls into suspension and TTC obstacle testing

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Forgot about this one from last week, and there's a car crash at the end... Sebring vs mini van, the actual wreck happened just out of view but you see the sebring slide by and hear the bang and the mini van sliding.

[Speedweigand]

Originally Posted by dubAron

Thar fuel cell looks wicked nice touch!

Are you interested in purchasing it? I never used it and it no longer fits my Wraith.



The jack and fuel jug are not included

[Speedweigand]

It's really close to 100% official. The website isn't up yet and I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to ship them in but they will start shipping out Monday.

From OIL Pan

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[ittybitty]

Good job making those a reality...they look great

[Speedweigand]

Originally Posted by ittybitty

Good job making those a reality...they look great

Thanks! I finally have the install video up on youtube to show the installation. I still have to make a modifications video but today's project is working on the website ... yay

[Speedweigand]

Houston we have website action!
www.Speedweigand.com

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New video, project 100mph slash creeping up on it's goal

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Finally got a chance to detail up a couple of oil pans... the orange one is for the Honcho I'm doing the install video on the other I think is going on Matgyvers Wraith.

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Speedweigand Customs scale oil pan at RC4WD!

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New hill climb video, 12 minutes of slow motion failed attempts to make it to the top.


If that wasn't enough for you here's the full video, all 43 minutes...

[mikespeed6]

how did you mount the down tubes after hacking off the back half?

[Speedweigand]

Originally Posted by mikespeed6

how did you mount the down tubes after hacking off the back half?

Holycrap I am sorry for not answering sooner, I missed the email...

I don't have a good pic but it's more or less like this

I drill up into the center of the rollbar and drill through the crossbar at the angle of the downtube. I use a panhead screw on the rollcage since there's not enough material to sink it like in the pic.

Thanks for looking ;)
Speed

[Speedweigand]

Found some more pics

On the old one I cut away part of the reinforcement and the downtube is straighter. I left the reinforcement in on the new one and it gives a nice arch to the downtube.

[Speedweigand]

Well the HR shocks made it almost a year


Rebuilt with RC8e Factory Team gold shafts! The value of the HR's has doubled lol

You see I made some changes to this

The extension is for coming back down, you never touch on the way up but anyway I missed landing on the roof and crashed on the rear corner from about 12ft...
1 cracked Revo end, first ever
1 bent shock shaft
1 massive dent in the side panel
The brakeline links survived, unbent!

[gabehunt]

what did you hit?

[Speedweigand]

Originally Posted by gabehunt

what did you hit?

terra firma from high above my back porch roof, I had made it several times and was getting arrogant... I had a little too much arc to make the roof and nobody was close enough to try and break it's fall

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More pics...

I was going to run this hood

...but it matches this body set

Hood version 3.0

This is very much a beta hood, primarily looking at the durability of the seem on the frt corners. From some angles I like it but from others I don't. I didn't want to get all trim happy yet... planned on looking at it for a few packs them trimming it up a little.

Seems Rustoleum was out to get me, there are some bad cans floating around that haze badly if you try to recoat. The rain ruined my first flawless paintjob so I waited a day, scuffed and re-shot

Isn't that super! Rustoleum offered to replace my defective can of paint... best part is the color's off by a mile too, but it will get destroyed so no big deal I guess in the big picture...

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Forgot to mention I cleared the hood 2 more times til it was shiny... poser shots!

I didn't have time to make a radiator yet so this sticker will have to get me by




For my grand finale... sheetmetal interior

Not done yet but getting there, the battery will be covered with a faux speaker box and an aluminum console piece that attaches to the stock Wraith interior. Eventually I'll get the whole interior swapped over

That's it for tonight, let me know what you think of the hood... I was considering sticker number plates with the headlights cut in there. Idk I work too slow I guess

Here's a little peek of the side project eating up all my time