The Violators Trophy Wraith

[The Violator]

When the Wraith came out I decided I needed one. After I built one I found out a few things. When they are fast the handle like shit. And they really do not crawl all that well. I built mine and it broke so often I put it on the shelf. What I really wanted was something that would take the beating a slash does, yet had the look of a wraith. And so this is where I am. The Trophy Wraith.

I started out with a slash 4x4 front end. Added RPM arms and Tekno cvd's. I mounted the bulkhead on a Magnesium lower plate designed for the slash lcg kits. I mounted the completed front end to an old chassis plate I had from my Losi 8ight T truggy when I converted it to brushless. Add in a Summit transmission and a Novak 5.5t 550 motor and we are getting closer. It is not fancy, but it should hold up. I used RC4WD lower links and some old carbon fiber links I had laying around. A wraith rear axle with steel locker and steel gears. I used the tmaxx driveshafts front and rear.

The only issue is the slash steering, or lack of. I need to pick up an aluminum steering system, but I changed the way the steering work, and the aluminum kits cannot be changed. So this will have figure something else out. Enough words, on to the pics.























To run the RC4WD wheels I needed to widen them. I noticed the hole looked awful like the slw screw pattern. After drilling them out, and milling pockets for the screw heads, I had a nice and offset wheel for the front end. I will say the benefit of using the EXO kit would be the small size of the front hub assembly. The negative is the low quality of the EXO parts. A slash is 10x stronger than the EXO on its best day.







A quick shot of my Trophy Wraith next to my Blingy wraith.




Overall this thing is the funnest RC I own. It will wheelie over it is so fast, and handles pretty good. A little tuning and a rear sway bar will make good great in the handling department.

[boosted4lyf]

Look at you, you stealth SOB thing is badass! You bringin it out this week?

[The Violator]

I'm bringing them both. That way I hopefully can get at least one pack between both of them before they are both broken!!

[isyeskeert]

That thing looks beefy. I have been thinking up a similar build, just got to finish a couple of other projects..... I could get so much done if it weren't for work. Dang job, I could be making motor noises all day, just me and my toy trucks!

Btw, still like your style. You know, with the peachy nerts hanging off the back!

[crawler nut]

Can't wait for some action shots or vids so we can see how this thing performs.

[Steelfish]

Originally Posted by isyeskeert

That thing looks beefy. I have been thinking up a similar build, just got to finish a couple of other projects..... I could get so much done if it weren't for work. Dang job, I could be making motor noises all day, just me and my toy trucks!

yep. .. I have this idea too but too busy at work, maybe I will just enjoy the wraith for some months and later butcher it to make something similar to this

any video of this rig yet?

[el_Fernando]

I likey your red one better. It is supa sweet! You should put some red ARB diff covers on the axles.

How are you liking those Gmade shocks? I'm thinking of getting those since many on here seem to be using them. Those are the 103mm ones right? Are they a better improvement over the stockers?

[Dostradamas]

Of course your a Van Halen fan!

Get some video of that trophy!
Looks like fun

[grunt95]

This rig looks soo sick! Mind if i take some style Q's from it? Also did you know BMRC has a wraith specific trailing arms?

[Natedog]

Nice twist on the IFS Wraith, Wrexo, etc.

[The Violator]

Originally Posted by grunt95

This rig looks soo sick! Mind if i take some style Q's from it? Also did you know BMRC has a wraith specific trailing arms?

I like the looks of the RC4WD links more. Plus they are longer, so it opened up the wheelbase.

[The Violator]

Originally Posted by el_Fernando

I likey your red one better. It is supa sweet! You should put some red ARB diff covers on the axles.

How are you liking those Gmade shocks? I'm thinking of getting those since many on here seem to be using them. Those are the 103mm ones right? Are they a better improvement over the stockers?

The red one is OK. It looks cool. It works for shit. I will probably rob some of the parts, wheels and tires off of it and covert it to a water dog. Brushed motor, no rear steering, and drive it in my pool. JeremyH gave me a waterproof ESC, so the hard part is done. Maybe a project for this weekend.

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by The Violator

...and drive it in my pool. JeremyH gave me a waterproof ESC, so the hard part is done. Maybe a project for this weekend.

Hell yes! I approve of this! No warranty though...

[Hobine]

I'm also building a rig with a Slash front end. You're right about the lack of steering. Did you ever figure out anything that works better?

This is what I've got and its pretty freakn' poor.

[evan03]

could you flip the servo over so its further from the belcrank and make drag link with a bend so it clears the driveline?

[Hobine]

The drag link clears the driveshaft no problem. The bellcrank arms hit the diff case and limit the amount of travel. I think that, and the weak built in servo saver spring effect the steering.

I was really surprised at the poor steering because this is essentially the stock slash set up and Slashes can turn on a dime.

Maybe the design just doesn't work well with 5.5" tall tires?