Converting a TRAXXAS SLASH into a 1/8th Buggy! (Traxxas BackSlash Conversion)

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5 ай бұрын

Alex turns a boring Slash 4X4 into a radical 1/8th Buggy!
Backslash specific parts list for this build:
-Traxxas Sledge wing mount (TRA9518)
-Traxxas Sledge wing (TRA9517)
-Losi 8ight 3.0 body
-Traxxas 17mm hex conversion (TRA6856x)
-Stampede lower front bumper (TRA9035)
-Stampede lower rear bumper (TRA9036)
-Rustler/Stampede shock guards (Front-TRA6732 Rear-TRA6733)
-VG Racing Chassis Brace
-17mm 1/8th Buggy wheels and tires of your choosing
Misc. mods not related to the conversion
-Traxxas GTR shocks (Front-TRA7461 Rear-TRA7462) (40w front 50w rear)
-VG Racing GTR Springs
-Traxxas aluminum driveshaft (TRA6855g)
-Traxxas LCG Chassis kit (TRA7421)
-Traxxas rustler ultimate green motor plate (TRA7490g)
-Traxxas green bulkhead tie bars (TRA6823g)
-Spektrum 85a/4000kv motor and esc
-Traxxas sway bar kit (TRA6898)
-Traxxas green camber links (Misc. links left over from other builds)
-Traxxas gray extreme heavy duty axles (Front-TRA6851a Rear-TRA6852a)
-Traxxas green 17mm nuts (TRA7758g)
-Traxxas center differential (TRA6780)
-Traxxas esc fan (TRA3340)
-Motor fan setup
-RPM front and rear control arms
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#TraxxasSlash #BackSlash #RCBuggy

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@SOMNIOHM 4 ай бұрын

*_This is absolutely nutz.. you are very creative my guy, and this build truly looks like it came out amaaaazing! Great Work!_*

@RichieLong 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this vid! I've seen that buggy in your vids and been super curious man. It looks so cool

@manski209 4 ай бұрын

Very cool conversion. Thanks for sharing.

@briansmith-zw1xy 5 ай бұрын

omg thank you for that list, I did't want to fork out the money for the st kit and this looks better too!

@pedrosiqueira2313 2 ай бұрын

Loving it. Although I’m pretty sure you have just the heavy duty driveshafts. The extreme heavy duty driveshaft are parts number 9051. Those are used the the Extreme heavy duty kit. The bearing sizes are different.

@A2ZRC 2 ай бұрын

The ones you're talking about are the Maxx Duty shafts, the extreme heavy duty shafts are the ones that come on the Slash ultimate and a few other models.

@2040RC 4 ай бұрын

Nice conversion!!

@gangstafish25 4 ай бұрын

MIP made a kit for my Losi SCTE. Changed it into an 1/8 scale buggy.

@monocogenit1 4 ай бұрын

Nice. I kinda did this on my Associated SC10 pro2. its kidna like a 2WD 1/8 buggy, but I left the SCT tires. I also want to try it on my Tekno SCT 410 2.0

@SaarlandRC 4 ай бұрын

Nice build 👍

@joellofquist2537 4 ай бұрын

Sweet build! btw the revo 6s set up fits really nice in the slash just need to move the radio box the buggy body would no longer fit but a 6s slash is pretty fun! I needed to replace my diffs with the x0-1 diffs because they couldn’t handle the 6s power

@xShark 4 ай бұрын

I have a Slash 4x4 with a Funny car motor and a mamba monster 2 esc, receiver box is up front center of the chassis, do you have a part number for the XO-1 Diffs that I could beef mine up so I don’t have any problems?

@Rc_cars5 4 ай бұрын

Traxxas should make one

@petezahut6762 5 ай бұрын

I gotta get those shock guards my ends got chewed up first drive

@mikehollingsworth3814 4 ай бұрын

I have a 3.3 nitro slash and I want to make it wider. What would you recommend me using as far as arms , etc.?

@henryz.8946 Ай бұрын

What tires are those? Are they good for bashing but still have that buggy tire look? Also, do you think this would work on a fiesta st rally? (the slash 4x4 lcg chassis is the same as the fiesta)

@NikkiNexo777 4 ай бұрын

Do you have any video of this running at the track?

@Tom-bo2wj 5 ай бұрын

Just building one of these myself. Fun build for sure. Any ideas on other bodies they stopped making the losi 3.0 body that fits perfect. Only know this because I have 3 bodies from a losi.

@A2ZRC 5 ай бұрын

I just found out today that they stopped making the 3.0 unfortunately, but from what I've seen the 4.0 fits too!

@Tom-bo2wj 5 ай бұрын

@@A2ZRC from what I was told the 4.0 body is a bit wider and doesn’t fit as snug to the sides. A guy I follow on KZfaq did a build this is how I found out.

@A2ZRC 5 ай бұрын

⁠that's correct, it is a tad wider but if you use body mounts it'll work. I've also seen that the arrma typhoon body fits it too

@joeromani9108 4 ай бұрын

What does it weigh? How much ground clearance do you have it at? How much better would you say a Typhon is for turning and stability? Under any circumstances do you figure this could keep up with either buggies 1:10 or 1:8, or is this just good as a basher? I had a Traxxas bullet as my first car. It was too heavy, but 1 thing it had that went away and came back was sway bars front and back. Just wondering if the cheap used slash build is the way to go. I saw the old video where your friend put a brushless in his Slash, and it kept flipping. I'd hate that, or cars that just do donuts too easily.

@A2ZRC 4 ай бұрын

I haven't bothered with checking weight, I just built this because it was a fun buggy to build to my liking. Any purpose built 1/8th buggy would be better performing but I built this for around half what a Typhoon 6s cost and I absolutely love how it turned out. If you plan to race, definitely do not go this route. But if you have an extra slash laying around and a fun assortment of spare parts- definitely get creative and build one for the hell of it.

@petezahut6762 5 ай бұрын

Fuck yea

@arivega1312 4 ай бұрын

cool

@Drunken_Hamster 4 ай бұрын

Shouldn't those swaybars mount much wider on the arms in order to have the proper leverage to be effective at the amount of travel where they SHOULD be doing something? (I mean, I've seen other RCs built with narrow mount sway bars that didn't do anything to the other side until 90+% of the suspension travel was achieved. One example didn't do anything even at FULL travel. Might as well not have it if it's not doing anything by mid-travel or so.)

@icin4d 3 ай бұрын

You can also experiment by making your own swaybars out of music wire. I bought the Traxxas bars for my Rally and thought they were pretty ineffective - very little influence at full travel. Later I bought a Slash and made my own sway bar system bending my own bars. It took some experimenting, but I'm much happier with the results.

@brianlackie5093 4 ай бұрын

An 8th scale shock is going to be three times bigger. U get a lot with a pro kit and there's a lot out there to choose from it doesn't matter which one you choose as long as it's Pro level

@Gnomesquatch. 5 ай бұрын

Are those GTR shocks specifically designed to fit the slash 4x4?

@A2ZRC 5 ай бұрын

Yes! They're standard slash 4x4 gtr shocks with vg racing gtr springs.

@adventuresoftigtourettesin5885 4 ай бұрын

I wanna make my nitro slash into a buggy help me out

@rickmaroney9950 4 ай бұрын

What kind of RPM arms? 4wd Slash? For what vehicle are the RPM arms?

@A2ZRC 4 ай бұрын

Correct, slash 4x4 rpm arms.

@johnnycash7803 4 ай бұрын

How did ya moubt the esc to chassis?

@A2ZRC 4 ай бұрын

It just screwed into the factory esc mounting holes luckily!

@waynemcclanahan2990 2 ай бұрын

How did u die the chassis

@Kory1084 Ай бұрын

You use Rit brand clothes dye.

@atdanylo 5 ай бұрын

What was the price for that used slash?

@A2ZRC 5 ай бұрын

I picked it up for $150 🫡

@atdanylo 5 ай бұрын

@@A2ZRC Great deal! I also recently bough used ultimate for 250usd RTR, but I strugle to find any joy driving it or upgrading it. Just not my jazz anymore i guess

@user-tq1kq5yf6c 4 ай бұрын

Awesome build 👍🏽🔥🔥😁🤙🏽

@alantaylor353 4 ай бұрын

Nice, clean build.! Awesome.!! Subbed & liked & the very best wishes from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙏 ❤️ 📻 🕹️ 🔋 🚗 🚖 🚕 🚔 🚚 🚙 🚘 🚓 🚒 🚑 🚐 🚎 🚤 🚁 🛩️ 👍 👍 👍

@fvckpiolk 5 ай бұрын

Sir that is a 1:8 E buggy and you can NOT drive it on our track

@ShootingCars 5 ай бұрын

hahahahahahahahaha

@jaydooley5099 4 ай бұрын

Oh I see it's actually a 4x4 slash. Yeah you can't run the "Slot Machine" motor on our track either!

@brianlackie5093 4 ай бұрын

Cool conversation but why not just get an 8th buggy? Your putting alot a money into that and your not actually getting the experience. I get it, it's fun to biuld but it doesn't make sense to spend the same and deprive yourself of what u want and there's tracks, u might have to drive but if u just wanna bash around thats cool too but u to your local track your gonna find others who share the same passion. The shocks on that thing are dainty and it doesn't have much suspension travel. Go get a tekno or if u like Losi go buy one. For the money u spent you'd have something awesome compared to that. Your missing out by messing with that

@A2ZRC 4 ай бұрын

I spent half what a Typhoon 6s costs to build this and I primarily built this because I had parts laying around and love how these look when built right. If I had a track under 3 hours away from me that I could visit often, I would absolutely look into proper 1/8th buggies but spending that kind of money on a race buggy only to bash it just didn't make any sense to me personally.