What's up. I was wanting to know if anyone knows whether you can put monster truck wheels on a 1/8 scale buggy?? See, buggies seem so much more reliable and durable than trucks, but on the other hand, I want to be able to climb things with the ground clearance of a truck. So with that said, have anyone done this, or know how to do it?? Please let me know.

The reason buggies are thought of as being more reliable & sturdy is because

A) They are LIGHT, so when they crash & land jumps, there isn't a whole lotta force at work

B) They are not designed for, nor often used for, bashing on unprepared surfaces. They are TRACK machines!!!! Exposed (thin!) shock towers, spindly a-arms etc are GREAT for getting the best lap times, but they'd be chewed up in the real world!!

And as there'd be no reason to put on MT tires & wheels for track use, I have to think you want to use it in the real world (fields, construction sites, yards, asphalt, etc.).

NOW YOU'D HAVE A WEAK MONSTER TRUCK, not a rugged buggy!

The weight difference between the wheel setups would be HUGE, and a buggy's drives & suspension would have to be beefed up a LOT.

If you want a "cross trainer", I think you'd be better off going the OTHER way. Get a MAXX or some other MT with a lot of suspension adjustments. Lower the ride as far as possible, work on some BUGGY wheels & tires, and you'd have a decent quasi-buggy. And the Maxx would shine here, as it's already nimbler & quicker than other MTs. Cut the tire/wheel weight in half & you'd get some pretty scary performance!

Dean

[X(][X(][X(][X(][X(]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm speechless!!!!!

Your on the right track with them being lighter and the forces being less when they jump. I also whole heartedly agree with you about the drive line having a tougher time with the MT tires. As for buggies getting "chewed up in the real world", having "thin shock towers" and "not designed for unprepared surfaces", I couldn't disagree more (have I already said I'm speechless? ). Yes buggies excel on the track, but they are equally at home at a construction site or a baseball field or even on the asphalt. My buggy sees more time in the "real world" than it does on the track and it FAR outperforms the MT's I drive with except for the really big bumps.

Baseball field or asphalt, sure, they're flat. But construction sites, tree-heavy terrain, etc. (uneven stuff) WILL create a lot of problems.

I guess you gotta define what kind of buggies, too. Big OFNA & Kyoshos are different breeds than the XTM. Losi, DuraTrax, etc. machines. But still, those exposed towers & shocks are gonna get torn up when you careen into a hedgerow or have a tumble in rocky terrain.

That's one of the nice things about MTs, the gear is protected as much as possible and, more importantly, the big tires themselves act as protective "bumpers" when cartwheeling & other "mistakes" occur.

Sure, a good buggy can be a blast in a field, but it will NOT be as rugged as an MT. Even a T-Maxx

Dean

I have a Hyper 7 that has seen more tall grass and jumping hills at construction sites than the track. Go through the ruts that the tractors have made just fine. I even drive it through the mud and the muck...

It is a blast. I have had monster trucks - but for bashing or racing, nothing can replace a 1/8 scale buggy. You can put MT tyres on it. A lot of people here in the UK take the highest end Kyosho and put MT's on it and a truck body. Some leave the buggy wing because the wing does help performance.

Can not beleive how people claim you can not bash with these things... The 9.5 violator. OFNA's latest and greatest. Was NOT ever designed for racing. It was designed for bashing... Many people bash like this with their 1/8 scale buggies.