my truck puller /show truck warning its bright might wanna wear welders goggles

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maximusraylius

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well guys this is what i got so far .. still a long ways to go need a body... clutch set up and wheels tires and motors.. yes going to try running duel 32.s electronics and fuel tank.and.diff locks ..everythings polished and nickle plated ..alot of man hours went into it so far... alot more needed to finish it up ..ill add pics as i add things to the build ..

heres the base parts..
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fast lane tvps
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flm bulk heads
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flm extended arm set
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flm shock towers
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flm center skid
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flm servo tray.. will be making a solid one for it soon my servos ride inside the tvps so no need for the tray with cut outs.
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hot racing lst piggy back shocks.. these things are massive don't recomend them for bashing they are heavy but for this perfect added weight.
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lst shock next to a hot boddies stock size savy shock can see the resivour is the size of the stock shocks if not bigger.
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rear carriers and front knuckle set up all polished
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titanium stub axles
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skid plates and bumpers deanodized and polished.. with a skull on each i polished and nickle plated.
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partial arm n bulk head asembly
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tie rods to hold the arms stiff shocks just for weight n looks
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front sitting nice n flat
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front and rear rears raised slightly to transfer the weight forward
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the engine till the others come in .. lrp .28 polished chrome and chrome transmision case
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partial asembly
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thats it so far .. still need to figure out the hitch aswell..


just got my custom tank back from the welding shop... finished nickle plating it and dry fitting it ... still need to drill the mounts every 1/2 inch ... and should be good to go on that part,,, it weighs 1lb.. and adjust from 1 inch from bumper to 4 inches out..

before nickle plated and polished out.
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AFTER NICKLE PLATED AND BUFFED OUT.
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dry fitted still have to drill and mount it ..
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thats it so far ... think its coming along pretty good ... think the tank sets it off n should work great for weight ..

got my weights done today.. between the 3 of them they weigh 4 lbs... so 1 1/3 lb each ... still need to nickle plate them n polish them ... they are 6 inches long x 2 wide and 1/4 in thick...

flat 2 inch by 1/4 in bar stock..
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the weights cut out...
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the weights on the front .. still need buffed out more ..
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the new lid on it..

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just built some stainless steel tie rods to stiffen up the susspension ... going to cut them in half and drill n tap the centers out and put a threaded turn buckle on each one to give me full adjustment on them for different ride heighths to transfer the weight where i want it ...

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the 1/5 scale conversion begins .
the puller next to the new cage thats going on the 1/5
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a stock tvp next to new 1/5 ones. nearly twice as long.
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1/5 cage sitting on it before the tear down
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converted over to 1/5 next to a xl and a stock length x.
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need to finish up the aliminum servo tray n new center skid.
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hooked to the pulling sled ..nearly 8 ft long
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.ill post more as i finish up the truck and the sled ...

new engine going to try out if it does good ill keep it in ... eventually ill do the two 32 lrps.. getting it all polished and chromed out .. still need to do the crank case polished to chrome.... but here it is so far ..i think it looks good .. tell me what yall think... thx guys ...
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got the servo tray built and polished and installed .
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and a ugly picture to show the size of it ... keep in mind I'm 250 lbs of pure sexy ... so I'm pretty wide and lucifer is wider than me ...
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my new custom built beadlock rings ...made them out of a road sign the aluminum is same as the flm tvps thickness .. but i don't recomend going out n snagging a road sign to build parts out of ..lol
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did a little modding of the 1/5 tvp's gave them a more custom one off look ... till i build the full one off tvps...
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finished up the tvps and done some milling on the metal tie rod eliminators to give some detail and match the theme .
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my 2 yr old neice riding on lucifer...
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You have put alot of work into it. Coming along real nice. Nice touch with the skull heads. Bunch of pics - keep up the good work
 
Wow dude! That thing is very impressive. It'll make quite the show peice, and should pull awesome too with all that weight and power! Love the skulls too!
 
thx brian... yeah alot!!! of work went into not just buying parts and slapping them on... buffing n polishing every part before it goes on is very time consuming.. and i still need a ton of parts ..its basically a roller the way it sits now ..
 
the mike.i figured its the only way id have a show truck thats functional.. to heavy for much more than to build it into a puller ..where weights your friend..lol..and wont get bashed up pulling so will stay nice looking ..always liked the look of shelf queens but had no use for one so got the idea of this ..purdy sweet and functional..i like the skulls to... thinking of adding one on each side like a x up front..idk yet...
 
lol... yeah... om asuming your refering to the breaks and tie rods and tie rod ends? still on my list...i tried nickle plating the stock tie rods... idk what they are made of but it didnt take so didnt get them shiney like i wanted... got the break lever done... its actually a shock shaft i cut and bent then drilled the brake caliper pin out to accept the shock shaft... the carb on the engines are to intricut to deano and buff out so didnt want to do that n ruin it...still got parts coming .. just waiting on it all...
 
yeah if theres a pull start handle that will be scale ... let me know...lol i looked way long ago but found nothing.... and the breaks I'm going to run the titanium ones i found a set... in pulling don't need working breaks to much anyways lol...
 
anyone know of a aluminum pull cord handle that fits the nitro engines? all I'm finding is for the bajas ... they are to big ...links if ya know of any,.. thx

Lyle, great lookin truck. Can't wait to see it in action. A suggestion on the pull start handle, maybe you can talk to Dejan from Alza racing to make you one. Worth a shot and from what I've seen of the parts he's previously made, they look good.
 
Truck is real sharp looking, and the custom tank with the skull head is one of a kind. Your truck is very UNIQUE. Looking forward to seeing the rest of it.
 

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