Official Rustler Thread
07-11-2004, 09:38 PM
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RE: Official Rustler Thread
How much will bigger tires affect speed? I know when I put the stock tires on, as opposed to the strikers the rusty seems to scoot at a much more rapid rate. So say I put on some mashers. Would that bog the rusty down alot? Or with foams increase the top end. I kind of like the looks of the mashers, but I also want the dirt hawgs, those are some of the coolest tires I have ever seen.
07-11-2004, 09:46 PM
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RE: Official Rustler Thread
Bigger Tires = Faster Top Speed and lower acceleration and torque
Standard Tires = Even
Smaller Tires = More torque and lower top speed
Standard Tires = Even
Smaller Tires = More torque and lower top speed
07-11-2004, 09:47 PM
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RE: Official Rustler Thread
Maddrums, if you are looking for decent tires, Run Proline Gladiators, they are bigger then standard tires but smaller then mashers and are great for ANY surface
07-11-2004, 09:51 PM
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RE: Official Rustler Thread
bigger tires will also heat your motor up so you should gear it lower. the lexan i got from my dads work but Acme Plastics of S FL is where ive gotten it from before the chassis is 3/8" thick i want to make one out of blue tinted lexan to match but im not gonna bother lexans almost as big a pain as fibreglass is... nightmare chassis' are looking nice... i MIGHT get one in a few months after i get a job... light and fairly stiff from what ive red.
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07-11-2004, 10:00 PM
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oh and mtr if you want a stiff chassis, you want to go with lexan this stuff has almost no twist on it and with a single bar or 2 across it vertically and horizontally will make it have almost no bend in it either...
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07-11-2004, 10:08 PM
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RE: Official Rustler Thread
also take a look at the imex claw dawgs theyre smaller than mashers and great on concrete and good offroad from what ive heard
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07-11-2004, 10:11 PM
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I almost bought those on ebay for like $24.00 for four with foams. I should have got them... oh well. better luck next time. Man does rcu ever make you comp. go nuts? Mine has gone wierd on me two nights in a row, and it said its from rcu content. Let me know if anyone is experiencing the same problems.
07-12-2004, 02:27 PM
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sorry i havent posted in a while.i was outa town on a fake train robery in stettler.its suked ASS! i mean what kind of criminals ask for donations and use please and thank you.anyway im back. i cant get a ESC,they are to damn expensive.the cheapest one there is is a XL-1 for $70 or a ESC with no motor limit for $110 and the super rooster for $150.if i order off of tower for $50 it would be about $90 once converted into canadian then add $20 shipping on that adn that costs $110 total.id be better off getting the one with no motor limit.
07-12-2004, 03:59 PM
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RE: Official Rustler Thread
Wicked, do you think that they sell Lexan at Home Depot? or Acrylic? If so I may go with that for my carwler chassis, It's gonna be a trapazoidal chassis base with some 4" shocks... I may just got with the stock maxx shocks or savage shocks 'till I have $100 for some piggbacks... I'll post pics when I get the materials and such.... I think I may hit hobby people too for some center diffs and shocks... and maybe a body.... what body do you guys reccomend?
07-12-2004, 04:37 PM
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nah home depot wont sell lexan.... if you look for a plastics shop in your area you can usually get scrap lexan for cheap(mish shaped orcut before or something....
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07-12-2004, 08:19 PM
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yeah but the only problem is, there is no plastics shop near me... like 20 mins but still, it's out of my way...
07-12-2004, 09:56 PM
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RE: Official Rustler Thread
naw here's what I got so far to start:
23 GA steel sheeting for chassis
1/4" aluminum tubing for my cants
plexiglass
screws for the tie rod ends
I'll post pics later
23 GA steel sheeting for chassis
1/4" aluminum tubing for my cants
plexiglass
screws for the tie rod ends
I'll post pics later
07-13-2004, 12:32 AM
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RE: Official Rustler Thread
ok, here is my first stage of my Crawler done... I dunno if you can see or not but the tranny is locked and is mounted to plexiglass.... it's clear... that is going to be the underchassis.... it looks pretty cool, but will look sweeter with the see through bottom.....
07-13-2004, 12:37 AM
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looking good... i still havent figured out how the whole 4x4x4 thing works... you have 2 gear boxes connected to axles one for front one for back... now how the **** do you get these front and rear wheels to turn now? is it a second set of gearboxes or something?
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07-13-2004, 12:58 AM
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ok i had a few more questions ill see if i cant find some info online.... also gotta find a way to seal the boxes if i were to do this..... it would be sweet to go to the beach and croll up a 30 foot dune lol... talk about a geek... going to the beach to rock crawl with a rc car lol
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07-13-2004, 06:23 PM
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who here is planning on getting rid of there russtler?i want to get one for my sister.she wants one really bad to.if not what about spare parts.ill build her one from the bottom up.
07-13-2004, 08:04 PM
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RE: Official Rustler Thread
I have a parts chassis I can sell you or trade you.... no diff and needs new chassis cuz I cut the rear diff mount becuase I needed it, as you can see in the pic.....
Wicked: There are two seperate gearboxes... I'll send you a link for a pic of what I am going to use....
EVERYONE: DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY DIFF PARTS I.E CV'S (the cheap little plastic things), AND SUCH THAT I COULD BY OR TRADE FOR...???? LMK PLEASE!
Wicked: There are two seperate gearboxes... I'll send you a link for a pic of what I am going to use....
EVERYONE: DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY DIFF PARTS I.E CV'S (the cheap little plastic things), AND SUCH THAT I COULD BY OR TRADE FOR...???? LMK PLEASE!
07-13-2004, 08:11 PM
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dont you have the rustler tranny locked then running the 2 outshafts back and forward to the locked emaxx diffs? still not sure on how steering works on these things.....
once i figure out how steering works i might go ahead and make just a chassis,,,, then ill worry about the gearboxes and all.....
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once i figure out how steering works i might go ahead and make just a chassis,,,, then ill worry about the gearboxes and all.....
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