{"id":1265,"date":"2015-01-08T23:37:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T04:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2022-10-05T01:43:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T05:43:00","slug":"doing-the-circuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/doing-the-circuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing the Circuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been wanting to buy a 4wd Stadium Truck… the problem was that nobody really sells them off-the-shelf (with one exception<\/a>). I had looked at various 4wd platforms to build by own… and had decided to try something based on the new ECX chassis if I could find one cheap…<\/p>\n

…and eventually I found one…<\/p>\n

sort of \ud83d\ude42 .<\/p>\n

I found the “Ruckus” Monster Truck variant<\/a> for a good price: a bit ugly because the last owner attacked it with a can of black spray paint… but the guts were good:<\/p>\n

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Here’s the stock Ruckus electrics and chassis. It was too long to fit a Stadium Truck body… but I could buy a shorter frame for the “Circuit” model to bring it down to size:<\/p>\n

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After some quality time with my electric screwdriver, here it is with the short chassis (trimming about 4cm from the middle) and with the new budget electrics. Hitec metal-gear servo<\/a>, HobbyKing X-Car 120a ESC<\/a>, and Tacon 2-pole 3500kv 550-can motor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The stock ECX Circuit<\/a> didn’t run real 2.2″ Stadium Truck tires. TLR 22T rims were much too narrow… but AE T4.2 rims were close<\/em>. To get them mounted I added 10mm-long 12mm hexes from Ebay… that were drilled out a tiny bit from a 5mm hole to a 6mm hole on the axle side. Now the AE rims fit with perfect clearance!<\/p>\n

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Then I swapped the front and rear body posts around and painted up a Pro-Line Bulldog ST<\/a> body made for a Traxxas Rustler. Finally, I had the look of a regular 2wd Stadium Truck… but with 4wd!<\/p>\n

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I also bought some Traxxas adjustable rear-camber and front-steering links, but haven’t mounted them yet. In the end even though the chassis only shrunk about 4cm… by the time you take off the front+rear bumpers, add the slammed ST body, and shrink the tires by an inch you get a noticably smaller truck:<\/p>\n

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Time for it to join the fleet and get back on the track!<\/p>\n

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