What to do with a rustler?
 

Hey guys I have an upgraded rustler VXL with most of the RPM goodies and some dirt hawg tires. I also have a spare MM laying around, what should I build?

Throw some slash body mounts, body, bumpers, and tires on it.

Yeah, either a slash or sell it. 2wd is not really all that fun if it is overpowered.

You could pull the tranny and build a crawler...? :neutral:

Trade it like i did :lol:

If I slash it, do I need a slash chassis, or will the rustler one work with the stock slash body mount holes?

It wont be a Slash without the raised CG. But if you just wanted to run the body, I'm sure you could find a way to make that work.

Trade it or sell it. I think the new VXL 16th Revo would be much more fun, and about the same size.

Using the stock chassis would make it like a SC10, much better for racing as well.

You can get Slash chassis rollers on Ebay for less than $30 and use your Rustler tranny, shocks, etc.

Would be really simple. But I don't think it would work well with that 3s I gave you... the body is like a parachute.

Using a slash body on a stock rustler chassis won't work, the wheelbase is too short. You could get another set of rear arms and put them up front, that'll give you some extra wheelbase. When I had my rustler I was working on my own extended chassis to run a slash body, never finished the battery mount though.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3..._2006/R016.jpg
The extension itself is 20 or 22ga sheetmetal, the rollcage is steel brakeline welded to it and attaches to the front shocktower for protection and less flex. Your front body mount can be flipped for more height, attach the slash rear mount and go. I did do some testing and actually like the handling better than stock. BTW I've never driven a slash so I can't compare.

funny you should ask what should be done with a rustler... I just ran mine on 6s, with a MMM and the castle neu 2200kv motor, with 16/44 gearing. can someone say overkill?

also, if you want something more raceworthy, I have an evader roller here that with some modifications can use the rustler tranny. the evader is pretty much a clone of the losi xxx-t. I can also include a mamba max(ran 5 times) and a never used mamba CM5700 motor

4600kV all the way.

5700 will make it wheelie like it only has two wheels, and that's the only way to run it.

I have my Evader as well, and the 4600 is more than enough

I need to pick up a steel spur:
http://store.rcprecisionproducts.com/dtxc3015.html

and go from there.

the nylon spurs work just fine as long as you have good gearmesh. also, things would be much longer lasting if you go mod 1 or mod .8 (32p). I did this mod on the vader with a savage 46t nylon spur, and a rc-monster 5mm bore pinion, and if needed, Mike makes a shaft reducer so you can use a 5mm pinion on a 1/8th inch motor shaft

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Sick, but I think a metal spur should be lasting awhile :p

hate to hijack this thread, but a nylon mod 1 spur can last as long as a steel one, as long as you have the proper gearmesh.

Err no...

yeah steel spurs are only for people who cant mesh gears properly. I've been running the nylon 48p gears since stock (MM, 4s, Feiago 9L) and have never had a problem. Not even any noticeable wear. That goes for all my cars/trucks.

If you live near sand dunes you could do I what I did, I got the extended chassis and put sand paddles on the rear - makes an awsome dune buggy (think mini baja :p). Can never be overpowered in the sand :p

Oh and ditch the RPM gear, it sucks. No wonder it doesn't break, its basically rubber it's that flexible :no: no good if you want any kind of decent handling or suspension.

I'm in the process of building up a super Florida sand basher out of one of my rustlers. Theres a sinkhole at a big garden/woods area near my house where some bmx guys have kindly built some dirt jumps to fly off of.

sand basher? dirt jumps? sand \neq dirt :p I wouldn't run my sand paddles on dirt, it would ruin them.

Eh, I never really thought of myself as a good gear-mesh-er :P

Forget the CM36 motors, vxl all the way. :yes:

When i was setting up this car, I used 32P Jato spur... Plastic. it lasted for as long as i owned it. the only time it had problems was when Ian used it for tripple backflips. :lol: