Can anyone suggest a decent cheap basher truck. I bought a second hand Tamiya Wild Dagger a short time ago for this purpose, I was hoping with twin motors it would tick along a bit but unfortunately not, it's a bit pants actually . I would like something to take to the local BMX track that will get some impressive air, so parts availability need to be good, electric only as I have a no limits speed controller and a number of modified motors to use and I'm not into smelly nitro (for cars anyway). Any ideas welcome.
Thanks.
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ahh, just come off the pocket and pick up an e-maxx and brushless set-up. I run it more than any other cars combined. Runs anywhere, good runtime, fast, doen't break too easy. Just a pricey initial investment, but for the use I have gotten out of it, it was worth it. I also have an old xxt brushless basher thats good fun too. I think a stampede would make a good basher too.
The stampede is a great basher, durable and parts are plentiful.
They have a brushless version coming out which has a few durability upgrades over the standard version and looks to be a great bang for the buck.
I've never owned a t-3 or t4 so I can't comment on their durability for a basher.
Get a T3. They are tough for sure. My kids have them and they have had some spectacular crashes and driven away. Parts easy to find (including upgrades). The T4 is a little better suspended, but easier to to break.
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As the title says this will just be a budget basher build with nothing fancy (for now). Over time I will slowly upgrade the parts and make a more modernized buggy.
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they are about equal to stock arms. They are a little tougher, especially if your arms are old and brittle. You could do the boiling water trick to freshen the stock ones, and just replace IF you break them. No significant improvement with the RPM...
I built a couple XXTs as stadium trucks, but when I was a kid I didn't race one, I jumped it up & off curbs in my neighborhood, or did speed runs in parking lots with friends. I bashed the hell out of my old XXT. So I picked up a third one, restored...
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Finally got a body painted for this thing. It's a Jconcepts 88 Chevy, the maroon color turned out great, but translucent red bled right through that white (more than gray or black!). So the fade is unintentional, but I guess it'll work for a...
I am not sure where else to put this and I hope everyone is ok with me posting this here.
I am not and have never really been a basher, when I was a kid I did the lets see how big of a jump I can take this off , until I broke something that was...
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Thanks for the info, I like the idea of a short course truck and not having all the hanging body parts.
I am deciding to do a few things......and like most things I do it is probably over kill.
- I bought a Pro-Line Pro 2 and it is on the way, I...
I won an ebay auction and picked up a B3 for $80 after shipping. I want to have a little fun with it. I would like to do lipo and brushless along with some bumpers and anything else it needs, and just beat on it and see how it does.
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Hey Guys I have a Video up on my Youtube channel of a basher test I conducting. Check it out if your bored and give me suggestions on what you would like to see.
Thanks guys!
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Well if anything it keeps the spare parts end of the hobby going.
It actually has a year warranty on replacement parts like arms and stuff. I have some coming, ill let you know if they come.
Well, I have been here for a while now and posted no pics of myself or any of my cars. So I thought it was time to join the crowd and extend my level of participation.
I asked the question last week if I should bash or restore this car:
Bashing...
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Here is the finished project, burnt shocks and all. On the shocks, the chemical bath that tried to eat them did manage to eat away the groove at the bottom of the body the snap ring sits in. I took some heat shrink tubing and a pinion gear and...