Let's Build a Dagger Without a Dagger

[MadAnt 347]

I know I said I was going to start this build next year, but... I got most of my parts in and I want to get a head start.

So it's now it's officially a build. But please do continue the conversation, I'm no WR-01 expert lol.

To start off I'll show a box full off parts that I got today. Also, I apologize for the lower camera quality, I have a replacement camera for the phone on the way and my other cameras are not in the best shape right now, like batteries not holding charge and one of the digital cameras is a bit glitchy. Oh well.

I got the aluminum control arms too. You know, for 60 bucks these should be ready to mount, but nope, the mounting holes for the shocks are not threaded, so I had to tap 8 holes to fit the typical 3mm machine screw.

@acprc kind admin or moderator. Can you move this thread to "The Builds" please.👍

 

[MadAnt 347]

I just realized they did not ship the Thundershot dogbone shafts😢. I'll call Tamiya support tomorrow and find out what's going on with that.

[MadAnt 347]

So I decided to fix the aftermarket suspension first, it did have some issues. One hole needed to be drilled out so I can fit the pin and modifications were made to the upper links. The metal end of the camber link was not going to work, or work correctly. It would be too sloppy mounting them with the supplied hardware, it would need thin wall bushings. So I ditched them for the next best thing, servo mounts. Used the same threaded rod with the ball end on one side and the servo mount on the other, then attached it to the case with the proper step screw used for the factory camber link.

It's a good thing I keep these parts around, this pretty much the same thing I did on my TL01.

It fits like a glove, but for 60 bucks these parts should have been engineered better, instead of me fixing them.

[MadAnt 347]

I forgot some news. The Traxxas Bigfoot no. 8 body will be available sometime in February. The hobby shop I go to has one on order for me, so that is something cool to look forward to in the future. Lol, a dagger bigfoot is going to be awesome.