Does anyone know if the traxxas velineon be able to handle this rig? It's about 15lbs give or take,but last time I had a novak goat in it and they told me it fried due to stress,so do you think the velineon would fry also do to the weight stress?

i cant really tell from where the 15lbs is coming from when the body is on.

that thing looks like a crawler, why would you want something like the VXL in there???

With the right gearing, it would be fine, but it might be slow. some body-off pics might help

I was wondering the same thing...

What is it? You normally go to a bigger size motor the bigger the rc car. Did you try a 550 motor or bigger?

Isn't that the e-maxx mudder that was in the traxxas forum. Have you tried using the EVX-2 and some Kershaw Designs 650 motors? Those should drop right into the stock motor mount.

He's probably thinking VXL because it's... 1. brushless, 2. it's a lower kv rated motor (similar to a 13.5t) and 3. runs pretty cool at a lower cost than others.

The goat was slower and had more torque. If it fried the VXL will definitely fry. Its like replacing a big diesel with a big block. They both have lots of power but a Hemi wont cut it in a Semi.