Traxxas 4tec drift car

[looneybin]

Picked this think up missing a bunch of parts but hey it was cheap and has been entertaining to fix up. Since parts are scarce I decided to commit it to a life of ease. I wanted a drifter so it just fell into place. Started making a new chassis for it. Plenty of room for electronics and interior. Going to scoop up a body from the lhs tomorrow and do it up nice. Not a great car and I have seen very few modded up but my very first hobby grade rc was a 4tec so I figured what the hell why not save it from the junk pile. Got to pick up some shocks and some battery and body mounts.

 

[looneybin]

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[looneybin]

Ordering parts as well as parts for my tamiya cobra shelf candy

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[looneybin]

Going to cut out a new shock tower and drill holes everywhere to dress it up a little too. Plan is to have interior with brazed roll cage.

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[Drewman]

Looks good so far, always wanted a drift car but don't have a good surface to drift on. Well I got all hardwood floors but think the girlfriend and dogs would get tired of it pretty fast lol.

 

[looneybin]

Well got a little closer. Ordered some nitro 4tec shocks and my battery hold downs. I will make some shock towers with provisions for hidden body mounts. Speaking of which hobby shop had a wrx and a 2010 camaro. I was gonna go subi but the muscle car guy inside won out. Order gunmetal Grey for the color. Anyone know if a larger pully can be added for a cs setup. Gonna try.

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[looneybin]

Custom stealth Velcro body mounts, check!

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[MAXXMASHER]

Nice work on the 4Tec! I am in the middle of refurbing mine, as well. I was going to go the custom chassis route with mine but found a carbon chassis set for it. Can't find the aluminum standoffs or bellcrank mounts, so I made my own. I LOVE the custom body mounts!! I actually have a set of adjustable aluminum Velcro mounts that I am going to incorporate into my build when I get my next body. All my bodies have holes now, so I left the posts on there. I'm getting into the drift thing, as well. Awesome job, man.

Built this last night.

A couple of my bodies.

Recently built this from the ground up. A 1/16th Traxxas Fiesta that drifts awesome.

FLM BL E-Maxx - BL Slash - BL 4Tec - 1/16th Fiesta - Wraith - SCX-10 - Custom Axial 6WD - Custom Losi micro Monster Truck - Losi Micro-T Hummer - Custom Losi Micro Peterbilt Crawler - soon '65 Malibu Micro T Drifter

 

[looneybin]

Yea you were probably the only other person online working on one when I started looking. I found the carbon chassis but I didn't want to drop 60 bucks on it. Figured with the larger lower deck I will have more room for stuff and the cage tie in points. Cool to see someone else in the same boat. Upgrading there "junk"

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[MAXXMASHER]

Yeah, I know it was pricey for the chassis. For me, it was like finding a jewel that I had been looking for years to find. As soon as I heard where to get it, I didn't even give it a thought, I just bought. I did find a rear carbon tower on ebay, but the guy wanted $40 just for the one! Pass. One thing I need to do is get some exact measurements and get some proper length screws. What I have will work, but I don't know for how long. None of my aluminum mounts will work on this car, so I may have to copy yours. Not having posts sticking up would be nice.

FLM BL E-Maxx - BL Slash - BL 4Tec - 1/16th Fiesta - Wraith - SCX-10 - Custom Axial 6WD - Custom Losi micro Monster Truck - Losi Micro-T Hummer - Custom Losi Micro Peterbilt Crawler - soon '65 Malibu Micro T Drifter

 

[BJoe]

Wow, was that the Traxxas chassis? There can't be many of those out there, I've had mine since '99!



Thinking about making it a shelf queen though, parts are getting hard to come by and I don't want to ruin that chassis!

 

[looneybin]

Body.....check

And I ordered these bitchin rims

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[looneybin]

Chassis prettied up a little. I would like to point out this is done with a vice, drill, a hacksaw, various files, and some scotchbrite. Anyone can do this.

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[Drewman]

Well done, did you use a factory chassis to make that or like a template?

 

[K.O.M.]

What's the thickness on that aluminum?

 

[looneybin]

For the holes yes. This chassis is larger to make room for electronics and cage tie in points.

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[Calderwood]

I like the hidden body mounts. I hate that extra tall untrimmed body posts have somehow become a fad in the drift/touring car community.