Ya, honestly... Yer wasting your time. Do you remember Unlimited Engineering? And the grossely over priced truck they made, after several generations of maxx conversions? I believe they called it the razorback? Well... It didnt go over soo well. An all aluminum truck is pretty much useless. Useless to a basher, even more useless to a racer. If you still want to go that route, i'd suggest looking into making it a 1/5th scale. You might also have better luck appealing to the crawler crowd... I hope that all didnt come out wrong, or rude. Keep us posted on what you do decide though. As far as cost, just look at whats on the market currently, and go from there. And expect to be price competitive.
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I own a machine shop and will be producing a 1/8 scale monster truck. I am wondering what you guys would want in a monster truck and how much would you be willing to pay. the finnished truck will be all aluminum with steel gears. I dont care much for plastic parts. The prototype is almost done and I will post pics when it is done. Any info would be helpfull, like if you would like it to have independent suspension or a solid axle.