Pro mod Bronco buggy chassis

[super mud]

Found out what to use for a t case. Traxxas Mini e revo transmission. like $15 shipped. I hacked it up, painted the case and brazed on some complicated mounts(which are hard to see in the pictures and look like crap) I also did the front servo mounts and steering. All the brazing should be done, all the nuts brazed for the skid plates and floor boards have been done too. Forgot other pics

cutting and drilling the input shaft

made a shaft to connect- set screw on 1 side and 2mm pin/screw on the other. hopefully the 2mm screw will hold.

shims for the outdrives so they fit ax10 driveshafts

cut up the case and paint

 

[spicer3]

dude that looks sick

 

[rider12693]

looking good any updates

 

[bikeman]

I know a little off topic! But are those dans comp stickers on ur work bench? Been ridi 20" for 25 yrs. Id recognize those from a mile away!

Sick build by the way! U got some decent brazing skills.

 

[super mud]

Update. Just about finished the interior. painted seats and put foam on them. Made a shifter/switch to turn on power from the battery to the esc. Made cutting brake levers with the master cylinder. Figured out how to cover the tranny, with styrene glued to the dash which works well and easily. I'm going to leave the t case uncovered though. I also cut off willy's legs so I could re attach them at the right angle cause he sits alot lower now in these racing seats. He is velcroed in to make it easier and I also cut out the 1/8in bars in the roof so I can work on the interior easier and take stuff in and out in whole pieces and not parts.

plastic bb's

Trying to get close to blue anodized color (same color as shocks)

Switch: tight area

Also I am going to run coilovers instead and use rc18 springs as a spacing spring so the truck can droop to ride height and then at full extension the springs keeps everything in place and dampens similair to when a trophy truck rear end drops out when launching off a jump.

 

[sleek6mt]

nice fan work,love the shock mounts n batt box pretty nifty!

 

[rider12693]

That looks badass, probably could beat a berg!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[super mud]

it beat your berg at closest to crawl over the gap between my desk and dresser so I guess so lol

 

[rider12693]

Want to go for pinks???????????

 

[rider12693]

legit crawling day today

 

[dickwart]

Wow...

 

[rider12693]

any updates??????

 

[super mud]

Update since a while. I can't find the USB cord for my camera so I had to take some cell phone pictures. I finished and painted the frame finnaly. I didn't have the frame sand blasted cause I ended up cleaning it with "Delimer" (phosphoric acid) and steel wire brushes which cleaned the metal really good compared to any heavy degreaser actually. Still more details to finish though. And it's been ran a while ago (if I didnt say so already) so I got some older pics of on the trail. Also for christmas I got a couple new toys.

 

[romulus22]

i dont even know where to start. so many cool things on this build. definitely turned out sweet "thumbsup"

 

[super mud]

i dont even know where to start. so many cool things on this build. definitely turned out sweet "thumbsup"

Thanks, I got to finish up alot of the details and accesories on this rig. You gotta see how I ran my wiring, it was fun and also a pain in the ass.

 

[super mud]

I found the chord to my camera so heres some pics assembling it back together.

Too cold to paint outside. and paint dust just got everywhere. had to mop the whole floor cause it was dusted red.

after paint

motor tranny and t case in

Firewall servos fuel cell in

running wires

back up through the floor boards where its covered by the passenger seat and tranny cowl

Axles and wheel bolted up- made it look pretty simple yea

Lots of channels on my dx6- throttle, front st. rear st. suspension winch and lights.

 

[super mud]

another update. I found a way to mount my electronics under the floor boards so everything is well hidden. I took the ar6000 receiver out of the plastic case and it just barely fits under the skid plate upside down.
Fuel cell finished and repainted texture. also mounted transmission cooler and a traxxas elec. fan which a friend broke on his sc10, threw it away at my house and I salvaged it. (had to fix the blades and stuff)

4link bar

light bar painted, mounted and wires ran through the transmission cooler to look like hoses. "thumbsup"

I decided to mount 2 tiny switches in the dash which will turn on and off the taillight and fan incase I don't want them on or whatever.

winch servo- still need to run the line through the 4link bar and back up to get a pulley effect.

Now theres no wires in the cab behind the seats too

repainted wild willy

 

[ToyTundra]

Nice work. I love the chassis design and hiding all the wiring is impressive.

This make me want to build a tube scaler.

 

[super mud]

Nice work. I love the chassis design and hiding all the wiring is impressive.

This make me want to build a tube scaler.

Thanks. I've been workin on it since about summer time and I'm just now starting to finish all the details. I ended up putting alot more work into it than I planned but I'm pretty satisfied with the way it turned out. lol no I'm more than just satisfied. Though like most scalers I'm gonna end up changing it or continue building it even after it's done. Some more plans I have are: Brake rotors (which I want to try to machine) and some other stuff I can't remember at the moment. But I did get my rock lights working by just rewiring them parrallel instead of series. (for some reason the series wiring would short the pc board controller and just screw everything up (I think I eventually destoyed 2 before I relized it was the lights doing it) I beleive it has something to do with these radioshack leds being reverse polarity resistant since they will only turn on when wired correctly but won't burn up wired incorrectly.
Heres the picture I forgot. The rock lights are under the rock sliders on each side.

 

[super mud]

I noticed I never posted any pics of the 1:1s I get my ideas from.
Looks the same but it's a jeep. actually it dosn't really make a difference anymore lol.

Bronco

another jeep- 2009 KOH winner