thehuntingterminator

Hey guys kinda had a crazy idea a while back. It involved using my Rustler roller that I got with my Bandit. Since I already have a Rustler and a Bandit, this chassis has kinda been used up to me. I thought about putting a waterproof XL-5 ESC with a 35t Saturn combo into the roller because I've always kinda wanted a mudder/crawler/trail rig to have fun with, and with this chassis it wouldn't cost me but $120 max to do it and get it up running. I know a 2wd crawler kinda sounds crazy, but I'm not doing any true crawling, just kinda going around on trails and maybe a little mud/water every once in awhile. What do yall think and have yall ever heard of anyone doing this???

xxmgt8.0xx

good idea. that roller isnt doin any good just sittin there. im sure the truck is trail worthy. have fun. GOFOR IT

thehuntingterminator

i will this spring once i get my spring-time job and get some constant income. i have some money right now but i'm putting it into my current cars

xxmgt8.0xx

what else ya got besides the 2 trx's?

thehuntingterminator

my Rustler, Bandit, and the roller. i got a few toy grade RC's but thats about it

fastrusty

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use a pede chassis for more height i have one willing to part with and skids cheap will be better

thehuntingterminator

sorry, not interested

srtracer

lol like 10 different ppl have done it with the 272 based cars.

the old school crawler guys used the magnum tranny and just build a car around that with like axial axles or whatever they could get hold of.

thehuntingterminator

lol, maybe a few others have but its still not a common thing to do

LewAshby

You can buy a used crawler for $120.

thehuntingterminator

yeah but i have this roller laying around, i need to either sell it or build something off it

Link119

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Get a nice 27t with a lot of torque and gear up.
Its not gonna be much of a crawler but more like a monster. The 2wd is a big setback though.

thehuntingterminator

yeah, alot of people have told me about the 2wd being a limitation. i prefer 2wd RC's over 4wd. they're simpler, easier to work on, and if they get stuck (rarely) you just pick 'em up and set it back down. i'm actually thinking about the Wheely King though.

Link119

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Ive tried a little crawling with my 2wd. If the diff isnt locked you get stuck easily.

hasek1616

if you want a crawler then you'll probably want some good 2.2 inch tires, rc4wd and proline have some good ones, i personally like the rok loks and the mud slingers, the proline super swampers arent bad either, and as stated before youll need a high turn motor with locked diffs, but you may also want o widen the stance a bit to get some more suspension travel out of it, this worked wonders when i tried it with my slash 2wd, just taking some slash 4x4 arms, rear axle carriers and rear turnbuckles and putting them on in place of the stock arms, axle carriers, and turnbuckles made a world of difference, and i imagine the same thing could be done to the front to make them symmetrical, just use the rear slash 2wd arms and turnbuckles

thehuntingterminator

i think i've decided not to do this. i'm gonna put alot of money into my already running vehicles and get them pretty tricked-out

cooldriver385

You could probably get a cheap EZ Run brushless setup from Hobbypartz and boom, you got another Rustler.

thehuntingterminator

na, i decided not to do anything with this roller, just use it as parts. i'm using its all steel tranny now in my Bandit, since i stripped the Bandit's plastic one.