What to do with a rustler?

[eovnu87435ds]

the nylon spurs work just fine as long as you have good gearmesh. also, things would be much longer lasting if you go mod 1 or mod .8 (32p). I did this mod on the vader with a savage 46t nylon spur, and a rc-monster 5mm bore pinion, and if needed, Mike makes a shaft reducer so you can use a 5mm pinion on a 1/8th inch motor shaft

[rawfuls]

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Sick, but I think a metal spur should be lasting awhile :p

[eovnu87435ds]

hate to hijack this thread, but a nylon mod 1 spur can last as long as a steel one, as long as you have the proper gearmesh.

[Arct1k]

Originally Posted by eovnu87435ds

hate to hijack this thread, but a nylon mod 1 spur can last as long as a steel one, as long as you have the proper gearmesh.

Err no...

[Sammus]

yeah steel spurs are only for people who cant mesh gears properly. I've been running the nylon 48p gears since stock (MM, 4s, Feiago 9L) and have never had a problem. Not even any noticeable wear. That goes for all my cars/trucks.

If you live near sand dunes you could do I what I did, I got the extended chassis and put sand paddles on the rear - makes an awsome dune buggy (think mini baja :p). Can never be overpowered in the sand :p

Oh and ditch the RPM gear, it sucks. No wonder it doesn't break, its basically rubber it's that flexible no good if you want any kind of decent handling or suspension.

[seth556]

I'm in the process of building up a super Florida sand basher out of one of my rustlers. Theres a sinkhole at a big garden/woods area near my house where some bmx guys have kindly built some dirt jumps to fly off of.

[Sammus]

sand basher? dirt jumps? sand \neq dirt :p I wouldn't run my sand paddles on dirt, it would ruin them.

[rawfuls]

Eh, I never really thought of myself as a good gear-mesh-er :P

Forget the CM36 motors, vxl all the way.

When i was setting up this car, I used 32P Jato spur... Plastic. it lasted for as long as i owned it. the only time it had problems was when Ian used it for tripple backflips.