Tower Terror conversion - RC-Monster Forums

suicideneil · 10.15.2007, 11:49 AM

Hehe, I have two ways of looking at things:

1. You can have a good truck, but that is baddly converted (poor workmanship and design) which makes it pants.
2. You can have a really nice looking conversion setup, but one which is put in a crappy truck, so its a wasted effort.

In the case of the Tower terror though it does look like a nice, basic truck with tvps and a very straightforward layout, and the conversion you did was simple and clean- the way it should be! Cant really find fault with that....

lincpimp · 10.15.2007, 03:08 PM

Yeah, the terror is not too bad, some design faux pas. I think it is built as well as a traxxas vehicle and the basic idea is very good. Parts quality is not up there with the greats, but it is way better than some off brand crap. So far my only problems have been the steering servo and the wheel nuts. Both have been replaced and no more problems. The truck is alot lighter than an emaxx and the 7xl really pulls it around! I think that it will hold up well, just need to find a body that can hold on to all the flips I do!

lincpimp · 10.15.2007, 06:52 PM

Bashed the crap out of the truck today and nothing broke

The diffs are wearing in now and the spur and hardened pinion are doing fine. My motor mount needs to be reinforced a little as it is shifting slightly to the rear. Great runtimes with the 5k packs, got close to 30mins on the first run and they took about 3800mah back when I charged them. The 7xl is not getting very hot, and neither is the MM, but it does have a fan. I think that Artur will be getting this MM to mod and I will do more testing without the fan.

lincpimp · 04.19.2009, 01:01 AM

So I dug this old turd out and decided to make a chassis for it. Going to put a center diff in this truck. Since I have a losi e8 mount laying around I decided to pick up a complete 8 diff and mounts. Not sure what to use for center driveshafts, but I have all kinds of cvds and dog bones so I will figure it out. Most likely going to stretch the wb an inch or so. I have an old (but never used) 2.5 maxx body that is thick and would look good on it.

My main reason for doing this is that I need a decent 4s truck to test lipos, everything else is 5s and up right now. Plus if I sold it I would get 2 bucks...maybe 2 bucks!

I will get some pics up of the truck when I get the diff parts in. That way I can figure out the actual chassis length...

Not sure what to use as a power system. I do have a kb 45 10l, 1800kv, which would make for a slower, cooler setup that I could use with a MM...