*Keep in mind that these Tvp's aren't even close to being finished.. once I get the motor, battery, servo,etc mounted I will take everything back off and finish the design, shorten them, cut sections out to reduce weight, and file the pieces*


Just sayn!

yeah 'scuse me i just noticed that now...

MY BAD BRO!

Bahaha That was awesome! :lol:


Firefrenzy: Yep... about 1/3 of each TVP will be cut off from the top.

This should be pretty bloody awesome by the time you're done...

Don't suppose you could hook me up with that article you wrote for that mag a whiles back?

jaw wide open... beyond words man! keep it up

now thats what u call someone good with there hands, nce work

Fresh Laundry done..... Did you get those Holes drilled?!?! LOL!.....

quit posting get building!!!!!!!!!! i want to see it done =)

Thanks a lot of the compliments guys!

As far as updates...I have been looking at the motor..and it would be a lot easier.. if I where to mount it on top of the spur...

Would you guys by opposed to the idea of this being a dual battery (4s..so one 2s on the sides of the tvps like a flux) car instead of a single 3s battery truck? Thinking possibly a Mamba 2650 or 2400 on 4s in this..?

I personally have always been not so fond of dual battery set-ups..as you have to buy more batteries and have to charge more..I have a charger that can charge two batteries at the same time..and I already have the batteries..plus I think this thing would be insane on 4s. The other thing is that it would make mounting the motor a lot easier....

So I need your opinions...? Dual battery (4s) or single 3s?

well MMM does sound awesome...

But its all your own feelings man... not like we have any legitimate reasons to gripe...

I have decided to go with 4s. Since this truck is going to be close to the same weight as a 1/8th e-buggy I think 4s will be required to give it enough power.

The speedpassion silver arrow motor will be sold.

After much research I have found an inexpensive motor which I think will give this thing plenty of power. I don't want to spend a ton of money on the electronics because well.. this thing will be beaten and I don't want to feel guilty when I take this monster to the skate park..or jump it off a 20ft ledge,etc.

Anyway.. I believe I will be using this motor along with two 2s batteries. Looks like a great deal for $50
http://www.hobbypartz.com/96m802-4074-2150kv.html
I just hope 2150kv is enough.

I have been eyeing that motor as well. I just wish if would say if it is 2 or 4 pole. Does anyone know?

Well I ordered a motor today but its not the tacon 2150kv motor that I showed you guys earlier...that's because I found a steal of a deal on a used original neu 1515 1y/f motor for $50shipped! For those who aren't well versed on neu motors...neu is the company which castle creations partnered up with to make the castle mamba monster line of motors. Neu is known for making arguably the best brushless motors you can buy..but they are also known for having very high prices. The motor I just bought is very similar to the castle 2200 motor. So...basically..im getting perhaps one of the best motors you can get for the same price as the tacon motor...im pretty psyched!

Right now im working on the motor mount so that I can mount the motor once it gets here.

Wow!

That sounds like a great deal on the motor, I hope it's in good condition, although you can probably use the Castle Rotor kit on it to freshen it up if you need too.

Can't wait to see what's next.

Star

I got the motor today and it looks to be in great condition. And uh...its pretty darn big,but it fits perfectly in between the front and rear shocks. On to the pictures..

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...2417-15-02.jpg

Here is a comparison between a regular 540 motor, a 550 motor (the motor I previously was going to use in this truck) , and the beast Neu 1515 2200kv.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...2417-13-48.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...2417-14-09.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...2417-14-34.jpg

This thing is going to be insane! Anyway, the next couple days I will be working on the driveling and will get some pictures of this thing mounted on the chassis.

Iv been following your build and must say great work man , I can't wait to see those tvps cut and mounted and it complete. Its like the new mini savage only better.When do u think you'll have the tvps all cut , drilled and ready?

Well not sure when I will have the TVP's done specifically... my deadline for the whole project though is September 18th.

I got the motor mounted today. I mounted it with a RC8e motor mount. Like I said before this motor fits perfectly! Adjusting gear mesh will obviously be a pain in the butt but it won't be to bad since I have a L - shaped allen key that I trimmed to get into that space. My only concern with this set-up is that the slots on the motor mount are vertical...so I can just imagine going off a big jump having a hard landing and the motor sliding down on the motor mount since its so heavy, so I'm trying to figure out a way to support it from underneath so that doesn't happen. But other than that it fits perfectly and the black can will fit in one I cover the aluminum in flat black vinyl.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...2612-31-58.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...2612-32-10.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...2612-32-38.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...2612-34-35.jpg

Next I have to work on the drive line. Does anybody have a suggestion for diff fluid for the front/center/rear diffs?

That looks AWESOME!! :cool: :nod:

I would almost say 50k front and rear 100k center, as it's a mt and you will probably be doing a lot of bashing and rough terrain.

PLEASE!!! PLEASE!!!! UPDATE US!!!!!!!:cry: NEED MORE

Ask and you shall receive my friend..haha Wish it worked that way with everything..mainly my girlfriend

Anyway...

Tonight I got the drive-train all put together. I have decided to go with 100k diff oil in the center Since I had modified some Revo axles in my Evo8 project to fit in the Rc8 center diff I was able to use that..Some of you haven't seen my Evo8 project so I will describe the process of being able to use slider drive shafts for a 1/8th scale diff.

1.First I had to shave about 1/8th inch off of the black plastic part where the axle hooks on to the sliders.

2.Then I spent about an hour and half using my hand saw to cut down the axles so that they where the same length as the Rc8 inputs.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0702091911.jpg

3. That's about all there is to it after that I just started putting it back together.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...702091911a.jpg
(Right is stock, Center is cut-down, Left is the completed one)

4. Once you have it put all together it should look like this.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0702091919.jpg

Since I had that all done..all I had to do was measure to how much I needed to shorten the Revo drive shafts I recently had bought. It turns out that I didn't have to trim the drive shaft for the rear at all so that was easy as pie.

Now.. the front on the other hand was a bit more of a handful. I was planning on using just a cut-down slayer drive shaft for the front center drive shaft..but that ended up being way too long. The other problem is that on the Revo/Slayer/Summit the front differential is angled upward. My center diff is mounted horizontal. So I had to trim down the bulkhead so that the front differential could be at the correct angle to match up with the center diff.

I noticed that the male end of a Slayer drive shaft fits perfectly over the output shaft on the front diff. So I trimmed one down drilled a hole and put a pin thru it. To keep the pin in I made a simple sleeve. I have to say that so far this is the part that I'm the most proud of..because not being able to hook up a front center drive shaft is a big problem and I was able to fix it in a creative way..anyway enough talking..more pictures.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...3119-12-31.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...3119-13-16.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...3119-14-32.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...3119-13-46.jpg

Tomorrow or friday a little package with my battery boxes and some drive shafts should arrive....that means I'll be able to get the driveshafts installed but more importantly...I will be able to get the batteries, esc,receiver,and servo mounted!!

But till then...back to my calculus homework.

lol good stuff !! smoking cigg... :lol:

Ohhh yeah!..... Needed that.....:nod: Thank you sir...... Until the electronics then......

looks good bro!

Thanks guys

I waited around all day for a package of parts today so I could work on this....found out the package was in my neighbors mail box.

Anyway...got the battery boxes mounted and I'm getting very excited about this project!! Here is as it stands...need I say more?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0221-13-15.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0221-13-58.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0221-15-32.jpg

The battery boxs fit awesome... and the esc,receiver,and servo will also be mounted in the boxes. I'm going to try and route as much of the wires in the boxes so that it will be a very clean electronics install. Here is how I'm planning on having the batteries/electronics layed out

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0221-16-22.jpg

I'm getting closer and I'm very excited about this project! Its gonna turn out sick.

Here's my to-do list

Mount esc/receiver
Mount servo
Order parts
Cut/mount drive shafts
Make roll cage (If time allows)
Trim TVPs
Fill front/rear diffs with oil
Cover parts in vinyl
Paint body
Take final pictures
Take videos!!

damn bro! lookin' pro!

i want one! i want one!:D

Then email Traxxas after I send them pictures of the finished product and tell them you want one :p haha

I got a small update for you guys today...

When I got the Slayer Pro a-arms I was under the impression that the stock Slayer Driveshafts would be long enough to work with the Pro extended a-arms. I didn't feel like they would be so I bought some Revo Driveshafts. Summit driveshafts would've been better since you don't have to worry about the little e-clips falling out but the Summit drive shafts are crazy expensive. So, I went with Revo drive shafts. Revo drive shafts are obviously way too long...so I got out the scroll saw and trimmed them down.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0623-39-57.jpg

As many of you know Revo driveshafts are beefy...how beefy you ask? This beefy!
(Left is a Jato/Rustler/Stampede drive shaft, center is a stock slayer drive shaft, and right is the revo drive shafts )
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0623-41-47.jpg

With the drive shafts installed...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0700-03-52.jpg

While I was at it I put some Jato rod-ends on the Rc8 steering turnbuckles I had used on the Evo8 in order to make them long enough and mounted them

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0700-04-11.jpg

On the rear I installed the drive shafts and installed Jato rod-ends also on the Toe links.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0700-08-21.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0700-11-24.jpg

I ordered the last of the parts that I need to complete this project and they should be here Friday or Saturday. I have a busy week and weekend so I'm not sure how much I will be able to get done. But we'll see....

Awsome awsome awsome.... :eek::eek::eek:

+1 :P

YAY!!! clap:clap:clap YAY!!!:lol:

I must say very impressive!

Thanks guys!

Today I got the steering servo mounted.. I was going to just cut a rectangle out of the battery box..and just bolt the servo directly to that..but I didn't think it would be stiff enough. So I cut a aluminum piece and then cut a lexan piece and bolted the lexan piece standing up on the aluminum... I then bolted the lexan to the Tvp and the servo to the aluminum and also to the battery box. No flex here..

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0823-09-54.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0823-10-20.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...0823-13-47.jpg

Now it's come to that point into time where I have to tear down the entire truck and run thru everything... fill the diffs, trim the TVP's , cover the aluminum pieces in flat black vinyl, make sure everything is spinning freely, etc

Once I get all the nit-picky stuff done I will be putting it all back together...mounting the esc and rx , wire everything up, take care of any last minute touches, and finally paint the body.

What you still gotta paint the body.... lol... do you have an Idea how your going to resurrect the soul...:flaming::lol::flaming:

Nor sure how big those battery boxxes are but do you still have room for some decent size batteries in there now??

This was posted earlier, looks like he's using some saddle packs pretty effectively.

Guess i missed that post or somethign:S

Well good to know it's all working out!

YOU STILL OUT THERE!!!! ANY TEST DRIVE YET?:(

A note about the batteries...any standard 2s lipo stick will fit in the boxes with the rest of the electronics... i just wasnt able to sell my saddle packs to buy stick packs so I'm stuck with them for now.

Sorry guys for the lack of updates...I have been very busy between college and work. I'm not used to having to spend so much time studying...and that darn calculus is kicking my butt...

anyway.. over the last couple of days I have been slowly working on this...

First I decided to wrap the Tvp's and the upper chassis plates with black vinyl..as I'm going for the blacked out look. Once I got that done I started putting everything back together. The center differential didn't spin freely so I spent a couple of hours sorting that out and now it spins like butter. I also filled the front diff with 50k diff oil and the rear with 30k.

I have been looking at the huge brick of a motor and I have been worrying about the possibility of the truck landing off a huge jump and the motor sliding down on the motor mount and on to the spur. So I made a bracket that slides up and down with the motor and that supports the rear of the motor.

The 12mm aluminum hexs I ordered from Tekno didn't end up the way I wanted because they fit the axles but the pins where way too small. So I was browsing the hobby shop and I found some Losi ten-t wheels. I came to find out they are PERFECT for this build..they are 2.8...fit on 6mm rims and have 13mm hexs. I picked up the hexs to go with them and they have the same size of pin as the revo axles use!

As you can probably tell I have been pretty busy..unfortunately.. I am un-able to post pictures of the black covered aluminum parts, the hexs, and the motor support...but since you guys have waited so long I decided to snap a few pictures of how it stands...
I'm very close to finishing..just a few small things here and there.

I don't like the chrome ten-t wheels so I will be stripping the chrome and dying them black... I will also put the red springs into the dye bath as well for the blacked out look...

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...1721-56-41.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...1721-57-50.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...1721-56-02.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/...1721-57-50.jpg

looking good man... you done the tvp mods already or are you waiting until you can test drive to see if it's required?