Anyone know if a rustler could be made into a crawler. I know clods are better but I'm 15 and a little short of funds so one of my old cars with have to do till summer comes and i have to get job so i can get my clod and start making the mod one. Also has any heard of turing a rustler into a 4wd one. I think it would take two gearboxs and a super rooster but I think it is possible ].

Im not too sure how much hope there is for you...Save up for a Tamiya(Clod/TXT)
stock w/lockers both are quite capable. Then when you have more cash mod it.

Try to find some longer a-arms that will fit and get some bigger tires and change you gearing. You can do it but it wont be the best but if you want a crawler thats how to do it. IMPROVISE

on the old clodtalk forum some guy took a nitro rustler and made it into a awesome crawler it had wide sus. arms and everthing the sad part is most of it was custom made.

for bigger tires get the proline masher 2000's

how much do rock crawlers cost by the way. and can you link me to some sites with them for me to take a look at them?

around $500-$1000 most often

Check out:
Clodtalk.com
rcmt.net
rccrawler.com
rc4wd.com

go down to a hard ware store and buy some quality air grade aluminum or wha tever it is called and make longer A-arms and buy some savage shocks.your rusty will by ugly as hell but it will be rock worthy.if you dont want ot do that find a good couple barrel fulls over head-sized rocks and your rsuty will be able to clib them with masher 2000's on.

Also try a high tourq low speed motor(magnetic mayhem) the goal is to crawl over the rocks not fly

element good point.lower your gearing to.speed is nothing.tourque is everything.

About how long do I need to make the new a-arms.[>:]

long enough so that when the arms are fully extended with your new shocks they are about 1inch longer then stock.That should do but I have never looked at a rusty in person.

as long as you want them.probably about 7 inch's if your using savage shocks.like i said,itll be ugly as hell,but itll work pretty well.

Thanks I will get to work on it this weekend and when i get it together with the new shocks i will post some pics of it[8D]. Might take a while for me to get the shocks as i do not live near a hobby store.

good luck and hopefully it wont look to bad.cant wait to see some pics.[:-]

I would also like to wish you good luck

hopefully ill be joining the rock climbing seen to.ive liked them since i got into the R/C hobby. im trying to turn my mounty into a rockclimber as i said in my post in this forum.ive driven them lots. ive borrowed the LHSs clod for a couple months and loved it.

Hey i got started and this is it so far. Evader st front a arms which are about 1 in longer then a rustler arm. Some mad bull tires, and a locked diff. here are some pics of it on my new rock coruse. i still need to work on hooking up the steering and buy the evader rear a arms but is is on its way.[>:]

looks great how does it crawl?? i want to make my tmaxx into a basher/crawler. lock the diffs, savage shocks a trans skid plate or somethig like that

I have not crawled with it yet as i have not gotten a speed controller, motor, or spur and pinion gears. I belive it will be a good crawler for an indenpent suspension truck that is only 2wd. When i get it up and running i will update ya'll on how it works. I am in the middle of cutting my tires so that may also help it crawl a little better when i get the stuff i need to get it rolling or should i say crawling.

im going to pretend i didnt see thoose pictures and get on with my life

I'm pretty confused on how you decided on using a rustler for a crawler! I can't wait to see how the two wheel drive works, But I guess you'll never know unless you try!

It was the only car i had that was just laying around and I thought that with some parts form around the shop I could make a cheap crawler that would be fun to drive utill i could save up to get a clod and the chassis an esc, motors, and on and on. It is not my perment crawler but it will be fun to drive and play around with and who knows 2wd rock crawling may be the next big thing since it is more challenging than 4wd.

I see what your talking about, the only truck I have lying around is a stampede, which I'm also turning into a crawler (cantilevers and everything) with so far nothing but stampede parts. It's also 2wd until I get another pede' gearbox to make it 4wd. My friend said I was stupid until he saw the "prototype" of my front end!

good luck on the rustler crawler!

ok now thats just scary...nice job tho