MaX-D

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I'm tempted to get the new Traxxas truck, throw some SCT track tires on it, do a little shock tuning, and turn it loose at my local track. I don't race anymore, I just go on practice days to drive for fun. This would be a cheaper alternative than the Tekno truck.

I still have my wing mount and rear wing from my Stampede shapeshifter project I could throw on the truck. It bolts on to the rear shock Tower.
Hmmmmmmm.......

twisted

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i was thinking of making a wing for it too. do you have pics of your creation?

twisted

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took the rustler 4x4 demo out for a rip at a construction site. gave her some love and she worked pretty well. how ever the demo broke. due to a bad landing and being on power,one of the rear drive shafts ujoint snapped. the good thing is the MIP cvd's fit from the slash 4x4.

MaX-D

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aspiringracer

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The "Vyne" conversion for the 22-4 2.0 buggies looks pretty good. I have a fair bit of goodies for that platform yet (rcshox center diff kit anyone?!) But the cost to get everything would be about the same to convert my Eb410. May just pull the upgrades that carry over and order an et410. I wish Tekno would send me one to review. lol

billdelong

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What a disappointment, was really hoping to see a 1/10 Truggy (with a 540 motor), not a 1/14 Truggy (with a 380 motor).... done that with the Losi Mini-8ight-T and that was a fail, I would expect the same with this one as well

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twisted

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SO i test fitted some Associated 12mm hex stadium truck tires on the Rustler 4x4 and as many suspected they wont fit do to the large caster blocks. I was hoping to set this up to race against some teknos now im not sure its possible if i cant get stadium tires on the truck. maybe stretch some 2.2 stadium tires over the traxxas 2.8's?

RazorRC

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Random thought, but Tekno makes M6 axles/CVA's for the Slash/Rustler 4x4, so maybe you can adapt ET410 front blocks/spindles/driveshafts somehow? Note: I only spent about 5 seconds thinking about this, so there's likely something super-wrong about it.

RC*PHREAK

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what about short course wheels? they should clear the caster blocks.

billdelong

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I have heard that Tamiya offset wheels will work on the P4de, though I have not personally tried them myself. When I was tinkering with the idea of doing TheJANG's Shapeshifter, I had planned to give these wheels a try in the wide wheelbase:
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I used a similar offset with some TC wheels back in the day to convert a Sl4sh into a drifter, it was stupid, but it worked!

Cain

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actually looking forward to these as we race mini's in the winter with the LC Racing vehicles being the top ones right now quality to performance wise.

When running on a small track, these can make it seem lik eyou have wide open spaces and great performance for the money.

billdelong

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The Mini 8ight-T that I owned did really well on large outdoor tracks too, I had no issue with performance, but it would occasionally strip a spur gear and it was a complete nightmare to work on. Tiny 1.5mm screw heads would easily strip which compounded my frustration. Temps weren't great with the 380 motor, really wished it had a sensored 540 motor and fit traditional shorty packs and standard (or low profile) 1/10 servos. Saw an LC Racing buggy run some practice laps at the turf track in my area but it just wasn't very impressive on the 1/10 turf track... perhaps with smaller jumps I can see the 1/14 cars doing well, but the technology just isn't there to properly support 1/14 electronics just yet .

Cain

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We here clear the 1/10 jumps on our turf track. The tenshock motor in the buggy is a great little unit, very powerful. Another thing guys would do is go with the long wheelbase setup with buggy. Its like driving a mini 1/10 buggy and with the LC Racing truggy motor, hold on. Cool temps, fast cars I'll have to see if I can find a vid of the action.

Fun times

Anyway back on topic, for those running these do you see these getting more love outdoors?

twisted

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do you know if there is a pic of the shapeshifter truck with the rpm wheels on it? im thinking of trying them but dont want it to be to wide

billdelong

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Not that I know of... TheJANG was the one who mentioned that it should work, but he also cautioned that it would increase the track width which is why he stayed with the SCT wheels.