If you're looking for a stampede, PM me. I have one with a VXL, full RPM, and more.

-JB

Go with the Slash, if you want more ground clearance get some imex 2.8 wheels and tires and throw a mt body on it.

Follow this thread for some motivation!

http://monster.traxxas.com/showthrea...ghlight=street

muggy or LST xxl

Here's a guy selling a Stampede VXL roller for 75 shipped:

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=250192

Slash with aluminum shock caps

rustlers can take a little more of a beating than stampedes. they also handle much better. out of all the rc's i've ever had, my rustler has seen almost as much runtime as ALL the others combined. the traxxas 2wd 1/10 trucks are the ideal if you are looking for low maintainance and reliability. they aren't quite as tough as a slash, but handle much better, especially when jumping. i was launching my rustler 20-30 feet in the air and doing double backflips and only stopped when i bent the shocks like pretzels and put a nice dent in the motor that was caused by the plastic motor mount flexing on impact.

I just remembered the JConcepts J82, a 2wd 1/8 buggy conversion kit for the T4. Its big, looks awesome, its just over normal 1/10 weight, and with a light 1/8 setup its going to fly. Like novak HV motor, or speedpassions new slotless 2500kv motor with the MMPro on 3-4s.

The b4/t4 is known to be reliable, so it just might fit the description(hope thats proper english;-)

http://www.jconcepts.net/store/index...roducts_id=286

Thomas G

B4/t4 is kinda fragile IMO for true bashing. Rpm parts will help, but a rustler/pede/slash would be a better starting point. I've had all of these and my vote is a pede or rustler. A slash with bigger tires on offset rims isn't bad in the handling department, IMO a pede is better. The pede does suffer from more understeer than a slash as it likes to wheely, still fun to drive though and get my vote for a trail basher. Rustler with pede size tires would be my second choice. I think I need to build one of these now, I have some parts and a esc/motor around to put to use.

Thanks for all the input guys. I think it is definitely going to be a Slash 2wd or Stampede with a few choice upgrades to make it a tank.

For now this beater vehicle will be going on the back burner. I realized I have never actually converted a nitro vehicle myself yet (truggy was factory electric and buggy was already converted when I bought it). I don't feel like I'm a true RC Monster until I do, so I decided to do that first. Picked up a brand new CRT .5 kit and so the beater will have to wait.

what are you talking about? the crt .5 can be a great basher. all you have to do is convert it and then add some nice 1/10 tires. gladiators should work nicely.

WHAT!?!?!?!:surprised:

I think we should make that a requirement on the boards. You only get limited access to the forums until you actually do one....

I know, I'm not going to baby it, but for a pure beating vehicle I want something with a simpler drivetrain and less parts. Less to break and easier to fix.

I know, I'm not worthy LOL. I planned on converting a buggy, but then when I saw Arct1k's for sale I couldn't pass it up. So now that will change when the CRT .5 gets here.

buggies and truggies have the simplest drivetrains available. the diffs are the same as any other rc as far as simplicity goes. where it gets simpler is the transmission. buggies and truggies run a direct drive center diff. on anything without a center diff, there is a complicated transmission with half a dozen gears to deal with. if you wanted to make the drivetrain simpler on your crt, you could just lock the center diff. if you wanted to make it really simple, you could just lock all the diffs. that way, there would only be 6 moving gears in the entire drivetrain.

Personally I see a 2WD Slash tranny as simpler than a 4WD 3-diff buggy/truggy setup. All the diffs have 6 internal gears, there are 6 dogbones/CVDs instead of 2 on a 2WD. I don't want to have to lock all 3 diffs on the CRT. Now 4WD center diff vs. 4WD trans (like E-Revo) then yes the center diff is simpler. Comparing stock CRT .5 to stock Slash the 2WD Slash is much simpler. When I get my beater vehicle it will be a Slash or Stampede. The CRT .5 will be for lighter bashing and hopefully track driving soon enough.

+1 or a stock rusty with rpm arms. If you get any traxxas the rpm arms would be a good upgrade for you.