b@5her

hows about posting pics of some home made truggys along with the specs . i'm about to start my own with an old xterminator/rex-x chassis and would like to see whats about and what works well.

maxxedout8

Heres a Hot bodies LSP.

Rossi .28
M8 Radio
Airtronics High Torque steering servo
Proline Bowties on MAXX Velocity dishes in yellow
1/8th Large Motor Saver air intake
Yellow Proline Wing with buggy mounts

hybridstone

HOME MADE TRUGGYS!! lol no offence i just hate hbI will try to post some pic of my dominator with custom made extended chassis and bulk heads for super maxx arms

Bobby33

does this count as a truggy

Bdud

hey guys, im sumwhat new to this rc trucks and buggies thing so i gotta ask a question, Im looking for a gasser, not nitro or electric, but not too high maintence or proffesianal what do guys think is a good truck for me?

tristy

hay bobby33 is that a savage?

fhm101

Here is what a truggy was before they became a converted 8th buggy

fhm101

Here's a couple of shots of a pre production prototype of the first ever complete U-build-it truggy kit ever sold. I helped develop this kit with GB Direct USA. It was basically a Bergonzoni Blast buggy kit with a larger center diff gear and rally car ring and pinion sets, Rally car front body mount, Uruguay buggy radio tray and center brace, Atomik prepainted truck body, OFNA Dominator wheels, and Panther Meat Grinder tires. This was really a great handling truggy and dominated the MT class at any race track it showed up at. There were two basic variants of this kit, the blast, and the uruguay with it's longer chassis and buttload of pro level parts. Unfortunately, Bergonzoni could not be convinced at the time of the potential market for these kits and it was simply too expensive to produce without their help so it went the way of the carrier pigeon. In spite of the lack of support from Bergonzoni, close to 100 of these bad boys tore up tracks nationwide until lack of parts availability sealed their fate.

fhm101

Here's a shot of a crono truggy I also worked on with GB Direct. This truggy is sporting the first ever pre production test samples of the Panther Komoto Dragon LP tire. Crono kept promising they would put it into production but so far it has not happened.

revopqrs

great pics and info, lets see more!

itspuddingtime00

This isn't the thread for that. If you want to find out about gassers, head over to the giant scale forums. To make this post have some relevance to the thread, maxxed out, that LSP looks awesome.

fhm101

Here's a shot of both the Berg and Crono at the track

fhm101

The next generation of truggy is already being tested. Here's a spy shot of the original test bed.

maxxedout8

Is that a losi with a .30 sized engine?

Truggie393

No that does not count as a truggy. A real truggy is a monster truck converted from an 1/8 buggy. Usually (i'm not saying this is the exact way) when converting an 1/8 buggy to a truggy you put on axle extentions, monster truck tires, a larger .26-.28 powerplant, a truck body, and you change the diff gears and pinion gear. So in conclusion that nice looking buggy you got there (ever been ran?) could be a mean truggy with about $200.00-$350.00 maybe alitte more, truggies can get expensive when converting your own. The best way to go is to buy some of the new factory built truggies that some of the major manufactures are selling. I recomend the Hot Bodies Lightning Stadium Pro (I'm getting one this week) it comes with aluminum lower control arms and a mean .26, and to top it all off it comes RTR for $520.00-$560.00 it don't get no better than that if your racing on a medium budget like myself.

Truggie393

terminal what

petrolpixie

fhm101

It's a Losi (mini T) with a 12. Kinda reminds me of the old Big Daddy Roth cartoons.

Truggie393

That's not a .12. It's at least a .21. Look at the guy's hand compared to the motor. If you ask me it looks like a pretty stupid idea. You don't need that much power in something that small. Be cool if it worked though.

revopqrs

i think you would get tired of walking over to it to flip it back onto its tires!

fhm101

Funny what you can tell from a picture and how that could be so different than what someone who has actually seen the thing running in person and is well aquainted with the owner might say. I guess Andy does has some small hands so I can see where the wrong assumption might be made from looking at the pic. Trust me, it's a .12

As for how it actually handles, I don't think handling was ever considered when it was built. It's one of those things that just happens during those long winter months when you are going crazy waiting for the next racing season to start. It does kinda remind me of folks that think sticking a huge honking assed engine in a t maxx is cool though. This is America after all, and you must never forget our creedo, "There is no such thing as too much power." Forget the fact that it turns a well behaved rc car into a semi guided missle, cannibalisticaly eating it's own parts as it flys down a straight line because there is no way it's ever gonna turn without crashing. It does however fill the bill if you are a member (pun intended) of the "Mine's bigger than yours" crowd.

JEFFRO503

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I completely agree with FHM101 on this one............Isn't what this hobby is all about , is to experiment , adjust , test it some more...and just basically have fun doing it! HAHA!!.......I think that lil' truck is cool as hell.

JEFFRO503

Bobby33

This is my violator 9.5 with savage upper and lower arms..

fhm101

I guessed a 7.5 with savage arms. Shows what I know. Very cool either way. What did it take to graft the savage arms to the 9.5? How does it turn compared to the savage?

xtremraptor

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since you did say you were gonna start an xtrm conversion. here's what i did to mine. i decided i didn't care for the overall height to length, maybe try using the MAMMOTH ST / XLB front towers instead. they are lower set. it handled well but it just wasn't what i expected. so i turned it back into an xtrm buggy and started to use the extra parts for an XLB build

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