1/6th Scale Chevy Monster Truck

[sadsack]

awsome build!! i've always wanted to build something like that!!

[NickRummy]

The goal at lunch time today was to get the front ring cleaned up since it still had a lot of center section left. There was no real easy way to do it so out came the dremel with the cut off wheel and a lot of patience.



Here's what I got it trimmed up to. I still need to get it cleaned up but at least I can test it.



So here's the modded Ofna Pirate rim. Outer lip taken off the front and the rear lip completely taken off the back and the front and rear rings from the kong rims.



Here's the slip fit on both sides to see how it goes together. All seems perfect! I'll get the rings epoxied on and should be set.







Now I just need to get the rest all cleaned up and assembled and I think I'll paint them up so they look decent.

[NickRummy]

Hopefully this will be the last of the boring wheel posts

Got the front and rear rings cleaned up and epoxied onto the center section. Drilled a hole and installed my blingtastic valve stems from Summit Racing. You can see the bead of the epoxy around the ring.





The tires are MUCH wider looking. Looks more like a monster truck wheel now.





You can see the difference in the sidewalls pretty well in this pic.



They hold air well but not good enough to hold air over night. Should be fine for testing. Brought the camera and truck with me today so hopefully at lunch time it'll do some floating!

[NickRummy]

How about some pictures first







Now how about a little power





You know I had to take a video

Chevy MT Floating Video

[Bondonutz]

Can you please please more specific about what Toy truck you started with ?
Thanks.

[NickRummy]

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

Can you please please more specific about what Toy truck you started with ?
Thanks.

Are you referring to what truck the chevy body came from? If so, it's a Jesse James West Coast Choppers Chevy Silverado. I'm not sure exactly who makes it.

EDIT: I didn't really start with any truck in particular. Just knew I wanted something big. So I got that body first, got the axles because I knew they would hold up to some punishment then started fitting everything together after that.

[Arct1k]

Damm those are sweet motors....

[nitrostarter]

Some serious brushed power there!! Looks great! Clean build.

As for the tranny, the 3905 tranny is much stronger and will handle the power better than the 3906 tranny. If you were going to make the plates, I would definitely do the swap.

[NickRummy]

Originally Posted by nitrostarter

Some serious brushed power there!! Looks great! Clean build.

As for the tranny, the 3905 tranny is much stronger and will handle the power better than the 3906 tranny. If you were going to make the plates, I would definitely do the swap.

Is there anything that needs to be done to the 3905 to beef it up or are they pretty stout stock?

[Arct1k]

A steel idler is about it...

[NickRummy]

Does it use the same idler as the 3906?

[Arct1k]

Sorry ignore me - I had by 3906 and 3905 mixed up as i was looking at your pic...

3905 is supposed to be fine as is...

[NickRummy]

Originally Posted by Arct1k

Sorry ignore me - I had by 3906 and 3905 mixed up as i was looking at your pic...

3905 is supposed to be fine as is...

No problem. I never knew why they made the part number for the new truck smaller than the older?

[NickRummy]

I hope you guys like pics I didn't bring the camera with the video... I probably won't take any video until I get the trans sorted out. No one enjoys hearing that noise.



Took it to the rocks to see how it would do. The transmission complained quite a bit but other than that it had plenty of power with the current gearing and the suspension seems pretty stable. Center of gravity was a lot better than I thought. I'm not running any foams at all in the tires. Sometimes it's ok and other times it's not, mainly when there is a heavy load on one tire. I think I'm going to have to modify the stock foams and put them back in. Anyone know of 3.2" beadlock wheels with 17mm hexes? Full offset preferred. There weren't to many places it wouldn't go. No real challenging climbs.





Then it was over to the baseball field for some low traction high speed testing! They didn't mind me running for a few minutes.



You can definitely see the need for foams when running wide open.







To much fun!

[Arct1k]

maximizers... 1/2 offset...

http://www.rcplanet.com/Maximizer_17..._p/max1731.htm