Muddin Crawlin SSMT WIP

[zzapultimate]

Welcome to my new project! There doesn't seem to be much being done with the 1:24 SSMT's. Sure their axles arn't as nice, but it'll do. Here's what I've come up with. It's a crawler, or is it a mudder? I havn't decided yet. Anyways, lets see some pics.


Here's just a mockup. I'm using a silverado model truck body. It needs a bunch of work.




First thing was to get the axles seperated so I could get the extension in.



Again, I havn't decided if I want to gear it down and have a rock crawler with the LRSM shocks, or keep it speedy and have a mudder. What I really would like would be to have some sort of transmission, a high and a low. I can go muddin until I get to the rocks, then switch it into low and really make it crawl. Either way, I think I'm having the motors and gears in the middle, driving the shaft.

[SuperFly]

That looks like you might end up with something pretty sweet. I'd go the crawler route, myself.

Btw, this Sunday's TRU ad has the 1:24 SSMT listed at $4.99, stock up on parts!

[zzapultimate]

I'm leaning towards the crawler too. I think I'll keep the dual motor, and gear it down a bit.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll check it out!

[Tuner1989]

Looking good, keep us updated

[zzapultimate]

Update:


Gearbox. I decided to go with a crawler. Pinion gear, plus 4 transfer gears onto the axle gear. I'll have to calculate that sometime.

[zzapultimate]

Mounted...

[zzapultimate]

Update:



Shock mounts...




Flexing on the rear...



Flexing on front... I wont need all of that flex, unfortunatly The wheel wells will only allow for about 3 inches of artic.



A mockup to show ride hight.

To do list:

Paint chassis black
Mount body
Add electronics
Lock diffs