T.o.w.o.t.w.

[chevy55]

Nice work on the shocks, the tube work is looking spot on

[Dirty]

Holy crap that's sick.

[crawlski]

Thanks alot for all of the replies, I really appreciate it.

So I had to scratch the whole brass skidplate idea because I was planning on brazing the 4-link mounts but i do'nt think you can braze brass.
I made two sets of brackets, one set for the chassis and one set for the skid. I also used some 1\4 round to reinforce the skid brackets.




Then the set for the chassis.


Made a couple of marks on the inside and then transfered them to the outside by holding chassis to the light.

Then I mounted it up.

I proabably should have made skidplate brackets a little higher in case of clearence issues but just have to wait and see.

I also reinforced lower link mount.

Heres with the tranny.




You can just barely see the tranny hump from a straight on shot.

That's it for now, more to come!

[akguanja]

that styrene tube work is crazy, do you have a shot of how you are notching(tounge n groove?) the styrene tube into eachother?

[Harley]

Nice work man! That's a sweet little rig you have started. I'm looking forward to seeing it done!

[spoo76]

thats some very clean work there!

[The Mechanic]

i was gona to do something like this and build like a micro wraith looks like u beat me to it. nice work so far

[crawlski]

Originally Posted by akguanja

that styrene tube work is crazy, do you have a shot of how you are notching(tounge n groove?) the styrene tube into eachother?

Here is a shot of what I was talking about. Metal or plastic the technique is the same, start your fishmouth with a notch from the cut-off wheel of your dremel and finiish up with a file.

[crawlski]

Originally Posted by Harley

Nice work man! That's a sweet little rig you have started. I'm looking forward to seeing it done!

Thank you

[crawlski]

Originally Posted by Harley

Nice work man! That's a sweet little rig you have started. I'm looking forward to seeing it done!

Originally Posted by spoo76

thats some very clean work there!

Thanks alot

[crawlski]

This build has been more of a challenge just trying to keep everything even and square. Chassis building is definately an art and takes some practice
I found these at the LHS the other day in case anybody was interested, perfect for the axle nuts.

Back to the build. With the skid mounted to the main chassis it was time to move on to the bending up the sub chassis and then tying that into the main chassis.

Made some gussets to re-inforce the mounting bracket.


I used various pieces of aluminum to make braces to try and keep everything square when making my bends.



Now I just need to make the final 90 deg. bends in the sub chassis. I braced everything up trying to keep it square.

These bends ended up taking a better part of a day trying to get them right. I bent and re-bent about a half a dozen times before I was finally happy with how they turned out.



There was no way I was even going to attempt and make the bumper and rear end bends out of the same rod as the sub chassis because I wouldn't have been able to keep things square. So I came up with some brass collars that I will use as connectors.

Chopped remaining rod off the ends of the sub chassis.

Then I needed to make the front bumper and the rear braces.




And then mounted up. I am not going to epoxy these joints untill I have the shock mounts installed and the remaining bracing for the main chassis to the sub-chassis.




Next up I will proababley re-make the front bumper as it is sitting a little high, and I also need to make the side braces for the front bumper.

[beercrawler]

Wow, it´s amazing what people can do with these tiny tubes of styrene .

[dockman]

This is looking awesome, the attention to detail is amazing. I look forward to updates on this.

[Hydro-Tank]

Very great work, keep it up.

[crawlski]

Originally Posted by dockman

This is looking awesome, the attention to detail is amazing. I look forward to updates on this.

Thank you, I appreciate all the replies! I recieved my sumo crawler and some new tires this week so I will get some pics of where I am at this afternoon.

[crawlski]

I want to start by thanking spoo76 for the heads up on the sumo crawler and the tires because they are definatley right on the money as far as this build is going.
So I tore down the the little sumo and started with the rims and tires. The sumo rims are pretty close to the stock wraiths so I got rid of the stock rubber and painted up the rings.



Next up was to come up with the links, I found these at the LHS and thaught they might just work. They ended up bieng the same thread and the lengths were pretty close.

The rod ends closest to the axles needed the ball studs cut down and drilled so the shocks can be mounted in the same spot.


I made up all of the links except for the front uppers because I still have to drill out for the mounts.

Here is the links mounted up on the front and rear axles.


And then on the chassis!




Now for some rubber. But first I wanted to get the stance as wide as possible so I just used some spacers behind the hexes.










Next up I need to drill the mounting holes for the upper links up front and make a set of links. Then proababley on to the shock mounts.

[spoo76]

Awesome! Told ya the baja claws and RSMC axles would make it a true micro wraith! . I bet Axial would sell quite a few if they brought out some cool micro rigs

[crawlski]

Originally Posted by spoo76

Awesome! Told ya the baja claws and RSMC axles would make it a true micro wraith! . I bet Axial would sell quite a few if they brought out some cool micro rigs

No doubt, Axial should'nt let losi have all the fun.

[spoo76]

Ive always said if I found a small enough Tacoma I would build a micro honcho

[Ty@Tekin]

Sweet, any more progress? That is an awesome mini Wraith!