Ood's Power Wagon - My First Crawler

[Ood]

So I didn't want to include "build" in the name of this thread as I doubt mine will ever come close to the complexity of some of the project threads on here. Mine is more of a "beat the piss out of it, fix what breaks, and slightly improve it along the way" thread. Also, I'm 100% new to the whole RC crawler scene so there WILL be dumb questions asked by me along the way.

It all started in a fellow car club member's garage. One of my good friends let me try out his Wraith and at that point, I knew I needed a crawler. Thanks a lot bitch. There goes $400+ out the window immediately. A couple days later, I find that Axial makes a suitable model for me and it even has a Dodge body. I'm a lifelong Mopar fan so this was without a doubt the one I would be buying.

Fast forward about a week, and it shows up:







One of the first things I ordered for it was a lift because the tires rubbed the body and no way in hell was I going to cut it up already. Just for fun, I set it up for maximum lift and tried out a friend's 2.2s. Needless to say, the 2.2s made it look like some Walmart piece of crap and I'll probably be sticking to 1.9s:

Stock height



Max lift, stock wheels/tires



Max lift, 2.2s



I ended up settling on lifting it juuust enough so that at max flex, it just barely rubs with the stock Ripsaws.

 

[Ood]

So far, the only real upgrades I've done to it are a more solid steering linkage setup, and a metal rear upper suspension mount.

Before



After



Before



After

 

[Ood]

Upgrades that will probably happen soon include:

Aluminum beadlock wheels
Tires (to be determined...)
Metal suspension arms
Some kind of front bumper

 

[Ood]

Also, if anyone that reads this happens to want to get rid of a new or very nice Power Wagon body, I would gladly buy it off of you. Mine is already in a little rougher shape than I'd like and I want to keep a nice one around. I emailed Axial and the guy that emailed me back said they weren't sure if they were going to sell the body separately or not. Wish I would've known that before I pounded the piss out of mine.

 

[slow1500]

Looks good. The lift is just about perfect.

 

[ranger4xlt]

What lift kit did you use?

 

[Ood]

I used this Gearhead lift:

Gear Head SCX10 Lift Kit

 

[Jchevy01]

Looking good. I'm brand new to the crawler world as well. I got the same truck. Will be great to see where you go with it!

 

[CrawlinFord]

Lookin good Ood! I didn't realize you had a thread here on RCC until just now.

 

[Silverdirt]

yes looking good Ood, I as well didn't realize you had a thread either. were going to have some good crawls when the snow melts!