What motor to run with MM for crt.5 or LS10?

[GO-RIDE.com]

Originally Posted by R00ST

Of course 2.2 tires are big enough, BUT bigger is better :) Masher are 4.9 and like 2.4 wide...the tires I have (ofna blazer sst tires) are something like 5.25 and 2.2 wide. They are a block/pin pattern (in between holeshots and gladiators I guess you could say). They look like a beefed up 1/8 tire (taller/wider).

Hopefully the extended/widened crt.5 can handle these ok. If not I will just run my 1/8 buggy tires/wheels and my standard size 2.2's.

Thanks for all the help guys!

If you drive hard and jump big you won't want anything bigger than a 4" 2.2 truck tire. The larger the tire you put on the crt.5 the more leverage you put on the arms, hubs, knuckles, steering rack, and wheel bearings. The strength of the parts in the crt.5 were designed around 2.2 buggy wheels.

If you just want something that looks cool or mows over tall grass thent he big tires will work. If you like to drive the track then 2.2 trucks will be plenty big.

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by GO-RIDE.com

If you drive hard and jump big you won't want anything bigger than a 4" 2.2 truck tire. The larger the tire you put on the crt.5 the more leverage you put on the arms, hubs, knuckles, steering rack, and wheel bearings. The strength of the parts in the crt.5 were designed around 2.2 buggy wheels.

If you just want something that looks cool or mows over tall grass thent he big tires will work. If you like to drive the track then 2.2 trucks will be plenty big.

That's why you get multiple sets of tires lol. The mashers are great to go hard offroading and climbing. I have 1/10 buggy tires for the street for low slung handling and high spd fun.

The bearings, hubs and rack are no smaller than the ones on the rustler. I wouldn't go extreme jumping with the mashers tho. Does give some extra cushon tho on the more reasonable jumps.

The .5 has 12mm hexes which fit the TRX wheels perfectly, but the TRX hexes don't fit so well on the .5. The .5 hexes are ~10mm thick where the TRX hexes are about 5mm. The wheel won't bolt up tight w/o shims. I used to have a bunch of thicker hexes from my RPM wheels I bought for the rustler, but they are all missing now.