Mini-T Monster Truck

I built this a long time ago, and have sold it since, but I thought I'd put it up here for all to see.
 
Here it was the day I brought it home.
 
I picked up a ton of parts.  A Speed 280, spare stock parts, etc.
 
 
 
HPI touring car shocks were modified to fit.
 
Cutting the front skid like this allows more movement from the a-arms and raises the ride height.
 
Here was one side of the upgraded suspension installed.
 
 
 
Completed front end mods.
 
 
 
You can see the increased travel in this pic.
 
I made some extensions that were needed to mount the links.
 
Here is the rear suspension completed.
 
Needed some pimpin', so here are the 1/10 touring car wheels I put on.  I used the most grippy tread they had.
 
To make the wheels fit, I had to modify the hexes.  I used a Dremel to remove a circle from the center.
 
The bearing goes in...
 
and it goes into the wheel.
 
I made some custom screw-on front body posts.
 
The rear was held on with a single screw in the bed.
 
Pro-Line Dakota.
 
 
 
Here it is with the Max I had at the time.
 
I later installed lights.
 
 
 
The servo was modified to fit and upgraded to a high-torque.
 
The Speed 280 turned about to be the best choice at the time.  At one point, I had a full sized 1/10 motor, but it was a wheelie monster and no fun to drive.
 
I used an Eco-20 because it's waterproof.
 

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