Finally It's Done!!!

Originally Posted by Serum

Sweet truck!!

Mike will look an awful lot like yours!

The push rods are not hollow-shafts bytheway, the red turning buckles are, but the push rods are solid.

Two words of advice;

Get another set of the gmaxx straps and use two of them to hold down 1 battery.

Aluminum diff housings will make your diffs last longer, the plastic ones will cause the diffs to fail, due to their flex.

How much does it weight, without the batteries?

A very nice ride!!!

Thanks Serum, I definatly need to figure out how to secure the batteries a little better. I will most likely get another set of the G-Maxx Straps. On my first run, one of the battery packs flew out of the truck after I flipped it and did a cartwheel!

I am considering the aluminum diff housings but at the moment, my funds don't allow me to. (Truck cost quite a bit to get running).

I was also considering going lipo. I may in the future. I was surprised at how much power and punch these 8-cell NiMh packs gave me. I already bent a rear axle after I did one of my cartwheels. I am not used to this kind of power yet :027:

I will figure out the weight soon. The rolling chassis alone was very light. I am probablly gonna go with the standard size bow-tie tires to reduce weight. I think it will handle better also.