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TeamBosing 11-06-2013 11:51 PM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Nice Truck!

SkaldidDog 11-07-2013 06:59 PM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by TeamBosing (Post 4539050)
Nice Truck!

Gracias!"thumbsup"

SkaldidDog 11-09-2013 08:48 AM

Super 300HD bushings V2
 
Today I'll make new bushings for my HD universals. Aluminum bronze is the first material I'll test.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/...oads/image.jpg

Don't hurt your neck looking at this. I'll rotate it later.

J

SkaldidDog 11-09-2013 06:42 PM

Super 300 HD universal bushings
 
Done. That bushing's done.

Man I love cutting this stuff so smooth and easy. The thinbit worked like a champ.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/...ds/image-1.jpg


http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/...ds/image-2.jpg

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/...ds/image-3.jpg

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/...ds/image-6.jpg

Will upload more to photobucket later. What a pain via mobile.

SkaldidDog 11-10-2013 07:59 PM

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http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/...ds/image-5.jpg

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/...ds/image-4.jpg

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/...ds/image-7.jpg

All buttoned up and done. It's nice to have smooth steering again. I'll crank out another set of 8 for backups and I shouldn't have to make them again for some time.

sic1to 11-11-2013 07:47 AM

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Very nice!!! Love the uni's"thumbsup"

ittybitty 11-11-2013 07:57 AM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Great work on the bushings Joel...always enjoy seeing the in process photos 8)

SkaldidDog 11-12-2013 08:08 AM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by sic1to (Post 4544170)
Very nice!!! Love the uni's"thumbsup"

Thanks Sic.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ittybitty (Post 4544180)
Great work on the bushings Joel...always enjoy seeing the in process photos 8)

Thanks IB. I decided last night to move the battery under the drivers seat and shift the ESC rearward and downward. Should dramatically improve handling yet compromise steep climbs due to less front bias. Hope to knock all of it out by Fri night. Making some shock changest too. Evolution is fun.

J

Calderwood 11-12-2013 08:14 AM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
You should put that blue star to use and start selling those bushings.

SkaldidDog 11-12-2013 08:30 AM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nigels_world (Post 4545563)
You should put that blue star to use and start selling those bushings.

I'd like to and I'm sure many would like and benefit from that but I don't want to deal with irrational folks that pack their universals with sand, crank their steering to 99 degrees and slam the rig into a wall repeatedly and then bitch about how the product failed. I'd rather be the asshole that never makes anything for anyone than the asshole that makes "crap" parts and doesn't warranty them through 10 nuclear wars for free.

I have endless patience for making parts, and none for dealing with irrational people.

I appreciate your suggestion but I'm sorry.

J

SkaldidDog 11-13-2013 08:20 AM

Lower COG
 
I'm making some purely performance oriented mods. I raked the upper front shock mounts back to the center hole. I had to re-tune the steering and drag link spacer on the nuckle. The front has about 0.25" more vertical travel and rides lower. I'll have to keep an eye on how often the servo horn meets the front upper link axle mount. They can get in each others way now. I swapped the rear upper shock ball end for the shorter version. This shortened the shock by 0.1". I made some new rear shock spring retainers that won't fall off, spit the springs and fit the Losi springs nice and snug. These also lowered the springs in relation to the shock body.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/...MG_09061-1.jpg

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09071.jpg

The big change however is the battery. It's going under the drivers seat. The ESC is also moving all the way back to the firewall and as low as possible. It'll take some creative lexan work to make it all look good but it won't be a problem. This will dramatically improve weight distribution and finally put some weight on the rear of the truck to keep it from being so twitchy. These are just picture to show position. Many parts to make.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09101.jpg

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09111.jpg


J

Natedog 11-13-2013 11:24 AM

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Very nice mods, think I'd leave the esc up front and move just the battery otherwise you're going to lose a LOT of climbing ability.

boosted4lyf 11-13-2013 11:33 AM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Joel these mods are great man, and those bushings are a work of art, but back to the scissor lift :ror: where can I find one? You could post up a custom milled diamond encrusted beer coozie and I'd still find myself staring that damn lift...

Nonetheless KILLER build champ. I always like peeking in here every few days to see what you've done"thumbsup"

SkaldidDog 11-13-2013 11:50 AM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Natedog (Post 4547169)
Very nice mods, think I'd leave the esc up front and move just the battery otherwise you're going to lose a LOT of climbing ability.

The ESC is staying up front. It'll just be a little lower and rearward. It doesn't weigh much so its location change will not reduce climbing ability near as much as moving the battery will.

Quote:

Originally Posted by boosted4lyf (Post 4547178)
Joel these mods are great man, and those bushings are a work of art, but back to the scissor lift :ror: where can I find one? You could post up a custom milled diamond encrusted beer coozie and I'd still find myself staring that damn lift...

Nonetheless KILLER build champ. I always like peeking in here every few days to see what you've done"thumbsup"

Here is one like it. I can't find the exact one I have. Mine is many many years old from back in grad school. Mine is like the 4x4" one.

https://us.vwr.com/store/catalog/pro...mber=12620-904

Natedog 11-13-2013 11:53 AM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by SkaldidDog (Post 4547206)
The ESC is staying up front. It'll just be a little lower and rearward. It doesn't weigh much so its location change will not reduce climbing ability near as much as moving the battery will.

Yes, battery is going to be huge reduction in climbing, just thinking to keep it well balanced...it all adds up. A gram here and there = an ounce, etc. but you know that. "thumbsup"

Erin 11-13-2013 12:54 PM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
I have a set of tomy's slw brake rotors you are welcome to have for some scale knuckle weight holders.....

Erik D_lux 11-13-2013 06:01 PM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by SkaldidDog (Post 4545585)
I'd like to and I'm sure many would like and benefit from that but I don't want to deal with irrational folks that pack their universals with sand, crank their steering to 99 degrees and slam the rig into a wall repeatedly and then bitch about how the product failed. I'd rather be the asshole that never makes anything for anyone than the asshole that makes "crap" parts and doesn't warranty them through 10 nuclear wars for free.

I have endless patience for making parts, and none for dealing with irrational people.

I appreciate your suggestion but I'm sorry.

J

Its funny, I have this convo all the time.

In 1:1 you can buy a $500 part, break it on your first run and thats life in a severely abusive hobby

In 1:10, you get to severely abuse the part for 6mths, break it and then demand a free replacement.

The mentality in the hobbies is severely different.

How are you liking those Kyosho shocks? I would love to try them but like to run the same shocks on all my cars and my pocketbook does not like the idea of changing 3 cars right now.

I think I would just try a hardened steel on those joint cups. Works for xr shafts..

SkaldidDog 11-14-2013 08:25 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Erin (Post 4547277)
I have a set of tomy's slw brake rotors you are welcome to have for some scale knuckle weight holders.....

I appreciate the offer Erin but I'm going to go without weights for now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erik D_lux (Post 4547561)
Its funny, I have this convo all the time.

In 1:1 you can buy a $500 part, break it on your first run and thats life in a severely abusive hobby

In 1:10, you get to severely abuse the part for 6mths, break it and then demand a free replacement.

The mentality in the hobbies is severely different.

How are you liking those Kyosho shocks? I would love to try them but like to run the same shocks on all my cars and my pocketbook does not like the idea of changing 3 cars right now.

I think I would just try a hardened steel on those joint cups. Works for xr shafts..

Shocks are good. They have no bladders so can't run them inverted.They are smooth. Don't leak so far. Big bores just take forever to break in. I lost patience. Common theme. I had some steel joint cups but they were cut wrong for the C-clips. If these fail too quickly I'll go steel.

SkaldidDog 11-14-2013 02:08 PM

Ever changing...
 
New ESC location looks like this. I'll trim the end of the CF ESC plate.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09121.jpg

New battery tray ready to be born. Work holding done.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09131.jpg

Bye bye endmill cutting edges.

J

howsyouraspen 11-14-2013 09:31 PM

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Wow, your work and machining is completely unreal. This whole build is inspiring. Wish I had access to some of that sweet machining gear.

Nicely done.

SkaldidDog 11-15-2013 08:04 AM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by howsyouraspen (Post 4549075)
Wow, your work and machining is completely unreal. This whole build is inspiring. Wish I had access to some of that sweet machining gear.

Nicely done.

Thanks Aspen. I'll get some new pics uploaded sometime today.

J

SkaldidDog 11-15-2013 08:36 PM

Stealth Battery
 
Made some good progress on a covert spot for a 3250 3s pack: under the drivers seat. Made a carbon fiber battery plate, Lexan fire wall and wheel well liner. No crap is getting in my spur.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09141.jpg

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09161.jpg

Blacked out the topside of my batteries so they don't stand out.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09171.jpg

Put a tab on the drivers seat so it straps down under the battery strap.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09181.jpg

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09191.jpg

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09201.jpg

Sneaky!

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09231.jpg


http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09241.jpg

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09251.jpg

More later. Enjoy.

J

Erin 11-15-2013 08:59 PM

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Thats some 007 shizz there, nice work

hpiguy 11-15-2013 09:58 PM

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Ya know, I just read this thread from the beginning. Don't get me wrong, you have a very nice rig. But what really impresses me is that you do everything on old school mills and machines. You sir have some serious skills, nice work. "thumbsup"

SkaldidDog 11-16-2013 04:06 PM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Erin (Post 4550253)
Thats some 007 shizz there, nice work

Thanks Erin.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hpiguy (Post 4550307)
Ya know, I just read this thread from the beginning. Don't get me wrong, you have a very nice rig. But what really impresses me is that you do everything on old school mills and machines. You sir have some serious skills, nice work. "thumbsup"

Thanks HPI. I appreciate your kind words. Click on the Build Thread link in my signature if you want to see my trusty old machine.

J

Bluebox 11-16-2013 04:29 PM

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So, is the drivers seat just placed on top of the battery?

SkaldidDog 11-17-2013 08:38 AM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluebox (Post 4551017)
So, is the drivers seat just placed on top of the battery?

That's correct. The black tab slides under the battery strap.

J

Bluebox 11-17-2013 09:51 AM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Do you plan on putting a driver in there?

Frankenwheely 11-17-2013 01:31 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluebox (Post 4551872)
Do you plan on putting a driver in there?

:lmao:

SkaldidDog 11-18-2013 08:44 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Frankenwheely (Post 4552097)
:lmao:

:shock:"thumbsup"

SkaldidDog 11-20-2013 08:42 AM

Back of the tub...
 
I've never really liked the wide open back of the drivers compartment so I closed off the tub with a tidy panel. Plenty of room for sponsors logos here. I like the way it completes the look.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_09311.jpg

Up next, backup bushings and titanium rear axles...then to a custom jig for softening springs8).

Stay tuned.

J

SkaldidDog 02-24-2014 08:43 AM

Toasted Bushings
 
I can't really complain about their duty-cycle but my knuckle bushings are toast. Time to install some fresh new ones. This is my last set of brass ones. I'll make the next set from aluminum bronze per my HD universal bushings.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_12491.jpg

The worst offender is the top passenger where the drag link torques on on all of the time.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_12501.jpg

But my universal bushing are showing no signs of wear after several packs of hard beating. The brass ones were starting to fail by this point in comparison.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_12511.jpg


To anyone that may question the durability of VP axle housings for some odd reason...don't. Trust me, they take a beating and keep coming back for more.

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_12531.jpg

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_12521.jpg

More soon. Rear springs just can't be soft enough. Trailing arms coming up.

J

rob_b 02-24-2014 01:07 PM

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Nice work as always Joel. I dig the rear cage construction/execution. Looking forward to seeing your trailing arms. My build will need some soon as well.

SkaldidDog 02-24-2014 04:01 PM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nwflyj (Post 4684956)
Great looking rig.

Gracias.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rob_b (Post 4685256)
Nice work as always Joel. I dig the rear cage construction/execution. Looking forward to seeing your trailing arms. My build will need some soon as well.

Thanks Rob. I think they will be cool. Jake noted that they improve crawling but not racing. I'm trying to get more details from him. Either way I'll make some just cuz. Yours will be more pretty as my CNC lacks C and N.

J

MexicanMarauder 02-24-2014 09:18 PM

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Holy shit. Those VP axle housings have seen lots of action.

rob_b 02-24-2014 09:48 PM

Whatever man. Your JNC unit might be running 1950's Russian technology but it can still crank out some cool shit! Read a little further back in your thread too. Nice work on the cvd bushings. I like custom parts!

SkaldidDog 02-25-2014 08:10 AM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Thanks Rob. On the trailing arm front, Jake clarified that I should make them. They have pros and cons but he said I'd be better off with them. Looks like I'll take advantage of the incoming rain this weekend and make some cool parts. Hope to get the knuckle bushings swapped out tonight.

Looking forward to seeing more of your cool ass one-off stuff soon.

J

SkaldidDog 02-26-2014 08:27 AM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by eazy street (Post 4687258)
wow! this is the best rig I've ever seen!
nice work man, keep it up!

Thanks Eazy. I will.

J

rob_b 02-28-2014 09:05 PM

So?

We need live updates...

SkaldidDog 03-01-2014 08:14 AM

Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
 
Hang in there Rob. I'm working on it today. Got my stock squared off before breakfast. A nice rainy day in Southern California is a perfect day to get stuff done.

J


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