Like the tittle says I am starting on version 2 of an ifs wraith build! I’m sure some of you are probably thinking what? Is he using a b1b conversion on a wraith??? The answer is no! As some of you may know back before the yeti came out ifs wraiths were fairly popular. There were 2 basic conversions that you would see.
1 version used the entire front half of an axial exo (without the cage) and ended up giving you a steering angle of about 3 degrees. That is a bit of an exaggeration but you get the idea, it was HORRIBLE.
The other conversion that you would see was blue monkey ifs conversion which basically replaced the exo chassis as well as the factory exo steering rack with a traxxas part.
Now version 1 of this build I did when these conversions were popular, about 6 years ago. That one was all stock parts and never really got finished. Plus there was the wheel offset issue back then.
Now onto the reason for this build thread! Ever since I finished my yeti score, and b1b build I’ve had the itch to get the trifecta of axial ifs/solid rear builds. Now I have a 1.9 ifs wraith but it’s not the same. I needed the 2.2 ifs wraith build!
With some exo parts being a nightmare to find, the exo chassis version didn’t seem like a good fit, so after some time searching I was able to stumble across the blue monkey conversion in the classifieds!
Upon receiving it and a ssd wide rear axle I proceeded to rip the conversion apart in order to check it out and make it nice and clean as well as replace any broken or damaged parts.
This is were I am currently at with the build. I’ve got a parts list that I need to fix as well as swap out.
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1 version used the entire front half of an axial exo (without the cage) and ended up giving you a steering angle of about 3 degrees. That is a bit of an exaggeration but you get the idea, it was HORRIBLE.
The other conversion that you would see was blue monkey ifs conversion which basically replaced the exo chassis as well as the factory exo steering rack with a traxxas part.
Now version 1 of this build I did when these conversions were popular, about 6 years ago. That one was all stock parts and never really got finished. Plus there was the wheel offset issue back then.
Now onto the reason for this build thread! Ever since I finished my yeti score, and b1b build I’ve had the itch to get the trifecta of axial ifs/solid rear builds. Now I have a 1.9 ifs wraith but it’s not the same. I needed the 2.2 ifs wraith build!
With some exo parts being a nightmare to find, the exo chassis version didn’t seem like a good fit, so after some time searching I was able to stumble across the blue monkey conversion in the classifieds!
Upon receiving it and a ssd wide rear axle I proceeded to rip the conversion apart in order to check it out and make it nice and clean as well as replace any broken or damaged parts.
This is were I am currently at with the build. I’ve got a parts list that I need to fix as well as swap out.
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