Has anyone done this or seen something like this? I'm thinking about turning the OFNA HODR into a monster truck by buying more MBX body posts and putting them on the topmost shock positions of the shock towers, ripping off the wing stay and finding at least a 1/8 scale truck body, take off the stone guards and add wheel adapters for T-Maxx wheels. This way I have an MT and can set it on the starter box too.

I think you should change the gearing too, monster truck wheels are much bigger than buggie wheels.

I'm also aware of that, but after thinking about it a bit I got confused- do I get a larger clutchbell or smaller...

Well, monster tires are bigger, so more power is required to turn them around. It means that you should use lower gearing, put smaller clutch bell or bigger spur gear.

Go to this web site. They have a kit for just what you are talking about. Not sure if it will work with your buggy though.

http://www.jtracingproducts.com/


Smaller clutch bell for quicker acceleration or bigger wheel/tire combo's, bigger clutch bell for smaller tires or higher top speed.