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11.25.2007, 11:08 PM
Old thread, and Arct1k probably already bought the truggy but I figured I'd mention it here. I've been burned by one of these seemingly huge deals on a "Prospec" mugen, and its not a prospec.
Never buy a Buggy that has been converted to a truggy. The reason being that it uses buggy arms still and as such it needs hub extenders which are fragile and cause nasty loads on the hub carriers. The chassis is usually shorter, and the short arms and hub extenders make the converted buggy handle like crap.
I've seen these on ebay as well as at the track. The converted buggies never fair as well as a truggy. Its why they are so cheap on ebay. The uninformed buy it, do the conversion and then get whipped at the track so it goes on on ebay to recoup the $$$.
Buy a true truggy, infinitely stronger, and faster. For buggies and truggies that share parts such as the Jammin X1 and CRT you can convert them but it requres that you buy all of the following. Truggy chassis, shock towers, arms, chassis braces, truggy cvds for center/front/rear...etc.. The price of all of these seperately equals the cost of simply buying the CRT Pro kit, or the CRT RTR and upgrading as nessesary.
- 1989 Pontiac TransAm GTA, 5.7L LT1/M6 400rwhp+
- Jammin X1 CRT Pro, MMM/1717, 6S
- Hyper One Seven 1/7th scale GT car, MMM/1717, 6S
- Hyper 10TT, MMP/1410, 3S
- TL Mini 8ight, stock, 2S
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