4WD Short Course

[Overdriven]

For a motor mount you might want to consider something like this

that attaches to the center diff mount with the brake disc screws. With thick enough material you won't need a brace on the chassis like my example. But if you make your own chassis adapting a 1/8 diff and motor mount would be easier than with the stock chassis.

For a body, the kyosho DRT body is the closest in size, but the wheelbase is still 23mm longer on that truck, which with some careful trimming should still look good. And the width is alot closer DRT=257mm, Tomahawk=245 than the alternatives. Since you plan to go 40mm longer I assume you're thinking slash body which has a track width of 296mm. Not trying to talk you out of the extended chassis, just providing some info. Looks like a cool project, keep us updated.

[Tupers]

Thanks for the comments guys, spelling mistakes corrected.

Overdriven, I had considered the Kyosho body but I'd rater lengthen the chassis and have a better spread of shells as well as more room for the LiPos. The Tomahwak comes with 12mm wideners on each side but with a set of TC hexes I should be able to get the wheels inside the shell no problem.

The battery are Kokam 3 cell 2000mah pack left over from my heli days. The motor is just in there to make sure it would all fit in there.