Monster GT Conversion With A Center Diff

[The Dude]

too many power and not enough control....
It's new era tower, not easy at all to bind...and I don't think that UE made some tower for MGT....
the upper arm didn't break, it's just the pillow ball who pop off...

and no this is not me !!! (all this kids... I think this is too dangerous for playing with all this kids around...)

(not easy too find the good word...so sorry if it's incomprehensible....)

[Chadworkz]

I could be complete;y wrong on this, but I think Maxx shock towers will bolt up to the MGT. If I remember correctly, they end up being a little shorter, like a ½", but that's not too bad, and you will get a much stronger tower! New Era uses 6061-T6 aluminum, UE used 7075-T6 aluminum, which is MUCH, MUCH stronger!

[The Dude]

If I remember right the new era tower is in 7075-T6.... but I can't find the info....

and the UE Racer-X Knucklehead shock towers don't fit on the MGT....
look at the new era design and the UE design...

[The Dude]

the little video

http://www.vimeo.com/12013825

I'm just a beginner.... I discover the amazing power of electricity....

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by Chadworkz

I could be complete;y wrong on this, but I think Maxx shock towers will bolt up to the MGT. If I remember correctly, they end up being a little shorter, like a ½", but that's not too bad, and you will get a much stronger tower! New Era uses 6061-T6 aluminum, UE used 7075-T6 aluminum, which is MUCH, MUCH stronger!

If a Maxx tower bolts up, save some money and just get a FLM tower - also 7075-T6.

[Kcaz25]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

If a Maxx tower bolts up, save some money and just get a FLM tower - also 7075-T6.

Actually everything FLM makes to my knowledge is 6061-T6, billet of course. Most definently the shock towers. The flm towers are so tall that if it did bolt up it would work just fine. Lots of adjustablity here.

[The Dude]

ok, but FLM or UE don't fit on the MGT...

[Chadworkz]

Originally Posted by Kcaz25

Actually everything FLM makes to my knowledge is 6061-T6, billet of course. Most definently the shock towers. The flm towers are so tall that if it did bolt up it would work just fine. Lots of adjustablity here.

Yea, FLM and New Era make almost all of their parts out of 6061-T6. The only parts they make that are 7075-T6 are their diff-cups and a couple other smaller parts.

[Krawlin]

None of the Maxx parts will bolt up to a Monster GT as far as I know. The Monster GT uses a completely different style of shock tower mounting than the Maxx. The MGT uses a large "H" style foot on the tower and it anchors at each of the 4 ends of the "H" foot, and this foot mounts pretty much flat onto the chassis (angled up front for caster but that's a given). The Maxx uses a vertical style of shock tower mounting, where it butts against small upright's on the bulkheads and uses 4 screws to hold it vertically against the uprights on the bulkheads. The MGT design is actually stronger as it distributes the load over a greater area, and with aluminum towers can be made even stronger by TIG welding 4 braces from about the middle of the tower down to each leg of the "H" foot. The bulkheads are also a bottom/end loading design, where they actually slide into the end and up from the bottom into the chassis, with the chassis spanning almost the full length of the truck, where on a Maxx the bulkheads simply bolt onto the ends of the chassis. The Maxx design is more modular in a way, because it only takes 8 screws to remove the rear bulkhead assembly with arms and all from the chassis, and the front only requires like 12 screws to remove everything. IMO the MGT seems less parts intensive and it's easier to work on. An overall better design really.


EDIT:
To TheDude,
Awesome video, that thing flies! Looks fun! Mine is like that when I gear it up but not quite that fast, but I keep it geared low so it's more controllable.

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by Chadworkz

Yea, FLM and New Era make almost all of their parts out of 6061-T6. The only parts they make that are 7075-T6 are their diff-cups and a couple other smaller parts.

I'll have to dig through my emails from them - I bent one of their towers, and I swear she told me they were machined from 7075.....but then I did ask her several other questions.....hmmmm....me thinks yer right.....

[suicideneil]

Great video Dude, truck looks like a real handful- much fun

[Krawlin]

Here is a quick teaser shot, it doesn't show very much at all and that's the whole point. However, you will notice the current design with the foot on the bottom of the motor mount to bolt to the chassis, nothing new there, but there is something added in the picture, and there has been alot taken off the mount since the picture was taken. I've gotten my re-design aluminum finished, just some basic finish work with the Dremel to do and a couple holes to drill.

[The Dude]

Originally Posted by Krawlin

That looks awesome though man, really nice setup. But we need more pictures!!!

more pics !!!!!

[Kcaz25]

And now we know.


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[The Dude]

yes but