Bruce,

I too had to MT or truggy dilemma. I know that there are a bunch of guys that went with a truggy and bash them, but I've found that the truggies that I've seen are geared more toward racing. I have the 8ight, and have friends with Mugens and other makes and they are built for racing. What I mean by this is that they don't have much ground clearance. Even when I put 40 series tires on my 8ight, it still doesn't have much ground clearance. It doesn't do well in taller grass and isn't much good for getting over rocks and logs and stuff.

When I'm just going out to meet friends for a bash session at a gravel pit or the spill way where things get really rough with lots of things to roll over, I find myself leaving the 8ight at home and taking the Monster GT.

So...I'd say that if you are going to do some racing and light bashing, go for the truggy. If you are only going to bash it, go for an MT.

The Monster GT was really EASY to do. The motor mount was just a piece of aluminum angle that bolts into the existing motor mount holes and I just had to lock the tranny into first gear. I did first rather than second for a couple of reasons. First, it was for my son and didn't want it too fast, and second first gear looked stronger. It's been easy to get it going over 35mph which has been plenty fast enough.

I literally did the conversion in a few hours. The MGTs can be had cheap too. $400 for the truck and then dump the radio and engine for $150. $250 for a brand new rolling chassis plus a bit for the forward only conversion.