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09-20-2012, 10:48 AM
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| 2013 2.2P Nat. Champion   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: BorderLine Crawlers Season 3 is on!
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|  SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
I just couldn't resist any longer. I love go-fasts and with all the insane aftermarket offerings it was too much to resist. VP, you guys are artisans. Thanks Harley et. al. for all of the concise posts on how to make a Buck-Nasty Wraith with little effort and a little $. The first photo shows the bulk of it and here's my un-original, copy-cat, boiler-plate recipe: Everything VP makes in badarse grey SLW V2 0.7" (already had a pair so trick, scale beads will have to wait) Hitec 7950 CC-MMP ESC CC BEC Tekin 3300 sensored 5mm RPM gears Revo/RPM 8 mod spur/pinion TMaxx shafts ProLine Swampers w/ stock foams Crawler Innovations front output shaft BWD motor plate (in transit) Chaotic Crawlers 4 bend tie rog (in transit) Big Bores (modified) Max Amps 3S TBD Futaba 4PKS Axial HD gears (in transit) All Ti and 7075 hardware where applicable Berg steering bushings polished down for a super snug fit I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions for y'all and I thank you ahead of time. She'll evolve a lot after the build as I tune it and sick my machine skills on it. The drive-train will get first attention. Photos posted as I go. Enjoy. And yes, it'll be fluorescent yellow  .
Last edited by SkaldidDog; 09-20-2012 at 06:23 PM. Reason: Typo |
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09-20-2012, 11:11 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa
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Axles look great. Is that their new color? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk 2 |
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09-20-2012, 11:22 AM
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| Y-Town Crawlers   Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Not Hesperia
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
So it begins...  |
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09-20-2012, 11:24 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rochester Hills
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
Very sweet man , you are gonna love this piglet Just don't drive It before or during comp days....I tend to forget that my Berg isn't my Wraith sometimes Hope to get out to see ya on your side of the country next year and do some bashinLater, Farmer |
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09-20-2012, 11:24 AM
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| D-Wray 4 Prez!  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Shh
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
I think you bought out the VP warehouse. Just so you know I'm coming over to see it in person. Good start so far. |
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09-20-2012, 01:25 PM
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| 2013 2.2P Nat. Champion Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: BorderLine Crawlers Season 3 is on!
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith Quote:
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09-20-2012, 02:36 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Atlanta, GA
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
Looks like a blast! Wraith builds are too much fun!
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09-20-2012, 07:12 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Highlands Ranch, Co.
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
You going to be ready for a 3 mile scale dash anytime soon? Nice beginnings... |
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09-20-2012, 07:35 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: AT THE DRAGON'S LAIR
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
That grey does look bad a$$! |
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09-20-2012, 07:39 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: thurmont
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
did you have to sell your kidney to get those axles?
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09-20-2012, 10:15 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Scumrise, Flooriduh
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
Just a little $.... Great start Joel, my busted wraith is envious! |
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09-20-2012, 10:26 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: barstow
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
nice pile of parts there Joel cant wait to see this fine piece of VP goodness in person
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09-20-2012, 11:08 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Scumrise, Flooriduh
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
get a blue star and sell these "thumbs up"  Or at least help one find a home in South Flooriduh. Last edited by DickyT; 09-20-2012 at 11:10 PM. |
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09-21-2012, 09:54 AM
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| 2013 2.2P Nat. Champion Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: BorderLine Crawlers Season 3 is on!
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith Quote:
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Did some tinkering last night. As expected the drivetrain needed love. The output shaft had about 0.010 lateral slop due to the gear pin on the output shaft sliding in and out of the pin slot. Oh, and the stock pins are poo. So, I made a new pin from a 0.0605 hardend steel pin guage, lathed and polished off the ridge on the pin side of the gear and ground some shims to take the place of the ridge and fill the additional gap. End result is the pin won't fail and can't slide in and out of the groove laterally. There is absolutely no lateral or rotational slop in the output shaft now. Next up, the slipper mechanism... J | ||
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09-21-2012, 10:15 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
No rear steer?!?! It's good practice for your upcoming super class build. |
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09-24-2012, 12:31 PM
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| 2013 2.2P Nat. Champion Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: BorderLine Crawlers Season 3 is on!
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith Quote:
Made a little progress this weekend. BWD motor plate arrived, really nice and worth twice the weight of stock. Bored the TMaxx universals to 0.199" to fit the trans/diffs. For reference I included a shot of various shafts (L to R), stock wraith, HD Slash 4x4, TMaxx and Revo. Finished the shocks and a shiny new 7950TH arrived from the gents at Hitech. I use this servo for all crawling and 1:8 applications. J | |
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09-27-2012, 10:38 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Apple Valley,CA
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
Looks like fun Joel. Curious as to why you decided on the tmaxx shafts rather than some MIP's? Del Monte Rock race on Oct 13th at Cougar if you can git er dun in time. |
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09-27-2012, 10:48 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: va beach
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
Not that you haven't spent a boat load of cash already, but how strong are the stock differential gear sets? In for updates and finished rig |
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09-27-2012, 11:01 PM
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| no talent hack Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Redwood City
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| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
I'll give you $20 for everything left over when your done  |
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09-27-2012, 11:58 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: UT
Posts: 78
| Re: SkaldidDog's "Buck-Nasty" Wraith
Lookin sick man, I just love drooling over builds with budgets like this. Motivates me to wish harder กก
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