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11-28-2012, 07:36 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Richmond
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|  Bigfoot 18 Wraith
Hey guys wanted to share my Bigfoot 18 tube chassis using Axial Wraith axles and transmission. John Boyer made the chassis and a friend of mine made the body...After I got everything together I sent it out to Mr. Boyer, it was a loooooong 6 months after that but it was well worth it. I can adjust the shock mounts up or down so I can use any 100-120mm shock, and he made sum very nice custom shock/link mounts. Here are a few pics of how it looked when Boyer was done....        |
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11-28-2012, 07:48 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Auburn, MI
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| Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
Very nice. Me likey.. I was just thinking it was time to build something this winter that had monster truck tires.. Hmmmmm. |
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11-28-2012, 07:48 AM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Crawlerado
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| Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
Not sure if I'd classify that awesomeness as a wraith. LOL
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11-28-2012, 07:50 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Richmond
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| Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
I have since made a few changes...picked up a Viper VX4 3900 system to use and changed the gears to 32p gears and a 12t pinion and 60t spur...I realized I wanted a little bit more speed so I changed the gearing agin recently to 17t pinion and 54t spur..the difference is night and day, much better performance...I also changed the wheels and tires..the RC4WD beadlocks where too heavy and the Wraith stub axles were too short and I couldnt thread the wheel nut on enough to keep it secure so I picked up sum TXT wheels and added the ZRP wheel mode to make the TXT wheel look more realistic..I am ordering Proline Powerstroke shocks to replace the HPI shocks (way too stiff)..Here are a few pics as it sits now... motor and electronics...        wheel mod...   How it sits now...     Here are a few vids I took of the truck in action... RC Bigfoot 18 Monster Truck - YouTube RC Bigfoot 18 Monster Truck part 2 - YouTube RC Bigfoot 18 backstage at Hampton MJ 2012 - YouTube Bigfoot 18 at JMW Motorsports park - YouTube |
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11-28-2012, 10:39 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: ontario
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| Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
The shock mounts! the lowers are so right. Cool rig, lots of cage work! |
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11-28-2012, 11:18 AM
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| Scale Detail Engineering Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Turtle Island
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Very cool.  |
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11-28-2012, 11:43 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Arvada
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| Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
Very sweet!
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11-28-2012, 12:43 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Norway
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Love it!
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11-28-2012, 12:54 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tehachapi,Ca
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| Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
Damn! That thing is sick. I love the body man did your buddy vacuum form it?
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11-28-2012, 01:08 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Richmond
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Thanks for the compliments guys! The body is an HPI 1/12 desert truck body that he cut up and glued to match Bigfoot 18..I have the all blue body coming soon too I love the way he did the lower shock/link mounts too..He built it so I could actually run it...Very easy take down too... Im looking at sum of the Vanquish products for upgrades...lots of nice stuff there.. | |||||
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11-28-2012, 02:01 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vermont
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That came out awesome! I live looking at the pics an seeing Wraith parts hahaha. |
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11-29-2012, 08:19 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Richmond
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| Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
Thanks man...I loved the wraith when it came out and immediately thought it could be used for an MT lol....eventually Ill get a stock Wraith and make a crawler/scaler....Im actually doing another Bigfoot tuber with the Wraith axles very soon.
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11-29-2012, 06:19 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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| Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
Cool old school monster truck, but I'd try to mount the battery lower or at least on it's side to help with CG.
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11-29-2012, 06:23 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Castle Rock, WA
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Great truck. I wish I had one of those chassis!
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11-29-2012, 08:20 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Long Island
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| Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
That is so cool, i want one  |
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11-30-2012, 01:10 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Canaan
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Hey Gavyn, as you can see, I made my way over here as well. I really like the way that came out. Bigfoot series trucks will always be my favorites. |
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11-30-2012, 02:14 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004
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| Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
WOW!!! Looks very scale. Any problems with flipping over due to the batt being up in the air? |
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11-30-2012, 05:10 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Richmond
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Thanks guys..its a really fun truck to run too..I have a replica motor im gonna add at sum point and I need to make the sponsor plates and fuel tank. Quote:
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12-03-2012, 01:05 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Richmond
Posts: 275
| Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
I think I might order the Vanquish Products steering setup...I dont like the "play" I have in the lower tie rod with the current setup...Is anyone running the VP steering?
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12-03-2012, 02:52 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kyle TX
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| Re: Bigfoot 18 Wraith
Sweet! It wouldn't take much to make the track for that. A little dirt, a few old die cast cars and a hammer.
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