4wd Corr/Pro-4 Truck REDESIGN POSTED 12/23/09

[MTBikerTim]

A buggy front end, centre diff and motor mount and a solid rear axle would be sweet. I would use the strongest axle you can find that is closes to the width of the buggy front end. I'm not much of a fan of dual motor set ups. Dual motors could give some interesting power delivery though.

[lincpimp]

A std buggy front end and a narrowed xtm x-factor rear axle would be the ticket. Both use 13/43 gear sets, and plenty of people have narrowed the xtm axle.

[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

A std buggy front end and a narrowed xtm x-factor rear axle would be the ticket. Both use 13/43 gear sets, and plenty of people have narrowed the xtm axle.

Unfortunately the X-Factor parts are discontinued and difficult to obtain even for a guy like me who works at Hobby People... Not to mention I've heard of differential problems with the stock nitro motor.

But even then the X-Factor axle would be difficult to narrow without sacrificing a lot of strength, and with the use of a 1/8 buggy front end the whole truck would be quite a bit heavier than what I'm shooting for.

You guys are providing great ideas, and have made me think more about this. Previously I had not considered the front/rear differential ratio issue. Here's another idea - Wheely King or Axial rear axle, and MT2 front end. This setup can be made to take a lot of abuse, is much closer to the weight I am shooting for, and the front/rear end would have the same differential ratio.

Thoughts?

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by MetalMan

Unfortunately the X-Factor parts are discontinued and difficult to obtain even for a guy like me who works at Hobby People... Not to mention I've heard of differential problems with the stock nitro motor.

But even then the X-Factor axle would be difficult to narrow without sacrificing a lot of strength, and with the use of a 1/8 buggy front end the whole truck would be quite a bit heavier than what I'm shooting for.

You guys are providing great ideas, and have made me think more about this. Previously I had not considered the front/rear differential ratio issue. Here's another idea - Wheely King or Axial rear axle, and MT2 front end. This setup can be made to take a lot of abuse, is much closer to the weight I am shooting for, and the front/rear end would have the same differential ratio.

Thoughts?

Sounds good, both have the same diff ratio? Whatcha think about my pede tranny in the center idea?

I have built a few crawlers that use the pede tranny for the center trans. Question is, do you know where to scare up a locker for the pede diff? I once saw one on ebay that had a solid center shaft that connected to a piece of al that replace the cover of the diff. It eliminated the spider gears and outputs. Wish I could find that item agin, my slash has terrible diffing out problems.