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Unfortunately I did not take a lot of pics. 99% of this car is new parts. It all started with Composite Craft Chassis I traded Bearickster a mound of parts and cash for a long time ago, thanks! My goal was to use up much of the NIP aftermarket stuff I had as I was getting tired of looking at parts in bags. Also used all stainless steel hardware.

Highlights:

Composite Craft – Chassis with metal stays – I did not drill chassis for two rear stays. This chassis is extremely stiff!
Litesink – Rear Motor Plate
A&L - Steering Bell Cranks and Rack with Losi Steering Posts so as not to have to drill chassis for larger A&L Screws
Tecnacraft – Titanium Turnbuckles and Front Suspension Pins
RPM Stuff – Ball Ends, Spur Gear Cover, Rear Suspension Arms, Castor Blocks and Steering Knuckles
Andy’s – Front A-Arms
Thorpe – Gears and Differential
Trinity – 5 spoke wheels (Dyed Purple, too dark unfortunately), Vampyre “Bloody Fast Stock Motor”, Purple Power Shocks (These need associated shock bushing size)
Losi - Vari Spike Rear Tires, JRXT Front Shock Tower, Pro Se Rear Tower, JRX2 Wing Wire
JG - Front Body Mount
CRP – Front 2.0” mini spike tires

I think that’s about it, fun build. Pics to follow momentarily.

ts o goodies in there!!! JG front body mount?

Charlie don't surf wrote:ts o goodies in there!!! JG front body mount?

Yes, JG Mfg. When your body or lack there of matters, you use JG!

nice jrx there those chassis are hard to find. are the shocks a dry build? always wondered how smooth they were.

build looks amazing, those composite craft chassis kits are great. i have like 3 sets of those shocks myself but never found a build to use them on, they go great on your car there

They are not a dry build. 30wt in front, 40wt in back. I like to play the suspension on my shelf queens so I keep oil in most of them, at least a little bit to keep the o-rings lubed while I bounce them up and down.

They were surprisingly smooth as I had no idea what to expect. They are as smooth as any new shock I have on my modern cars.

I also have a built set of short front ones power purple shocks but they would only work with stock JRX2 shock tower, they were even too short for a proSE front tower.

RCveteran wrote:They are not a dry build. 30wt in front, 40wt in back. I like to play the suspension on my shelf queens so I keep oil in most of them, at least a little bit to keep the o-rings lubed while I bounce them up and down.

They were surprisingly smooth as I had no idea what to expect. They are as smooth as any new shock I have on my modern cars.

I also have a built set of short front ones power purple shocks but they would only work with stock JRX2 shock tower, they were even too short for a proSE front tower.

I felt those trinity shocks back in the day and they were the smoothest thing on the market...least amount of stiction. Really nice build. What size are the trinity front wheels? I had a set and they were 2.0 all around. I wound up using a pair of 1.9 inch tires to make it work.

They are 2.0 fronts and the tires are CRP still available from CRP on ebay. The wheels were originally a hot pink but badly faded from UV exposure. I will probbaly be looking for another set and try to get the purple dye a bit lighter.

And I agree on the shocks, I was surprised just how smooth they are, I'd put them up there with the best today and I have some new Schumacher Cougar SV Big Bores and Losi to compare to. Kind of a unique piston set up or at least one I had not seen.

Thanks for providing the pics. Did those have 2 of the orange o-rings (like most of the shocks of that era) or one?

You know I am not sure, they were preassembled and I did not pay attention.