Monster GT Conversion With A Center Diff

[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!

[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.

[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.

[The Dude]

Originally Posted by Krawlin

None of the Maxx parts will bolt up to a Monster GT as far as I know.

except for the steering knuckles of RPM (I'm gonna put this for mine cause I break a lot of stock steering knuckles...)
http://www.rpmrcproducts.com/product...T.htm#carriers

[Krawlin]

Alright guys, here it is. Not totally done yet, just have the finish work left to do, but I got alot of it done yesterday and so far so good.












It's a hanging setup, nothing holding it on at the bottom of the chassis, only at the top, and the diff basically hangs from the motor mount. Nothing super amazing, but I thought it would look a lot cooler than the previous setup. Besides, I have to have something that can give "TheDude"'s motor mount some competition.

While I wait for a new LiPo from HC, I will clean the mount up a lot with files and the dremel, as well as dunk it in some muriatic acid for a few hours to clean it really well and save some work with the files (it will smooth out the surface quite a bit, I've done it before with other parts with great results). I also need to clearance the chassis a bit more for the wide plastic spur I have now, so I'll try to do it in such a way that looks factory rather than the current hack job I did with a sanding drum on my Dremel. Stay tuned for more updates!

[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.....