Another Muggy Conversion

Nice work with the delrin.Muggy looks sweet!You get a chance to take those measurements on the 5b?Or will it be called the "5-J"?It should be interesting to see my beat-up-hand-me-down-worn-out-diff-breaking-tire-slinging-p.o.s- LST1 get beat up by your muggyThat's o.k. though cuz I'm kinda' used to it. Word!

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by bmperrin985

Nice work with the delrin.Muggy looks sweet!You get a chance to take those measurements on the 5b?Or will it be called the "5-J"?It should be interesting to see my beat-up-hand-me-down-worn-out-diff-breaking-tire-slinging-p.o.s- LST1 get beat up by your muggyThat's o.k. though cuz I'm kinda' used to it. Word!

Welcome B! I need to get the 5j on the table and get some eyeballing done on the mount...

I am sure your lst will be every bit as gangsta as the muggy!

To everyone else B is my buddy who can weld al and get laser cutting done. He loves to make stuff and has some real fabricating talent! He gets me all kinds of material too, like the gangsta green (word) delrin that I have been making stuff with. He is also throwed off, so I am sure you guys will have a good laugh at us going back and forth like idiots...

[lincpimp]

So I ran the muggy for a few minutes earlier... The front tires were about to blow off the rims... So I had a look at my fluid collection and found some AE 100000 wt oil. I have 50k in there right now, and it feels like water in the diff... I will put the 100k stuff in and give it a try. I will say that it has some serious punch, and I cannot even get it up to speed, the front tires just blow up when the rear is loaded. It turns like a buggy though, I have a feeling this will be the truggy that I like...

[riverat1540]

good to know, cant wait to see how 100k works

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by riverat1540

good to know, cant wait to see how 100k works

I have a feeling it will work well. Seems like heavy fluid to use, but this truck is a few pounds heavier than a truggy, so more load on the center diff and most truggies have slightly more reduction in the diffs (10/43 vs 11/45 for the muggy) so they do not work the center diff quite as hard. Also I am running 40 series wheels and tires, so a bit more weight/load there too. And I have a hacker c50 xl on 6s, not a low torque setup by any means!

This is what a Muggy does to people:

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I have no idea if I will even like the muggy(I have something against truggies)

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I have a feeling this will be the truggy that I like...

[ilpufxit]

Here's my one of a kind Muggy with 8ight body and custom chassis brace. Fresh from battle, it will do a wing stand at almost any speed! Not as agile as my 8ight-T but what an awesome machine.

[riverat1540]

if u put truggy tires on a muggy is it still a muggy?lol

[lincpimp]

I pulled the center diff last night, and I guess that I just did not get it filled correctly... Looked to be about half full so I added some 100k to it and threw it back together. Much better, it does not blow the front tires up anymore, and it will wheelie easily. Handles much better than the lst, that is for sure.

Originally Posted by drkdgglr

This is what a Muggy does to people:

Yeah, with a few more tweaks it should be good to go.

Originally Posted by ilpufxit

Here's my one of a kind Muggy with 8ight body and custom chassis brace. Fresh from battle, it will do a wing stand at almost any speed! Not as agile as my 8ight-T but what an awesome machine.

It is a huge buggy! Too cool.

Originally Posted by riverat1540

if u put truggy tires on a muggy is it still a muggy?lol

Hmm, good question. Maybe we should call it a fuggy!

[ilpufxit]

Originally Posted by riverat1540

if u put truggy tires on a muggy is it still a muggy?lol

I'll leave that one to the philosopers but what I can tell you is that motor temps will drop, runtime will increase and handling will improve.