Build Thread S-maxx weedwacker build?

[trainguy]

I've been planning a custom R/C truck.

My current idea is:
Use the Traxxas S-maxx suspension, transmission, and drivetrain.

Make a custom chassis out of aluminum tubes and plates. Putting them together with J.B. Weld.

Then have a weedwacker motor and S-maxx transmission put together via pulley and belt.

Would this work? Weedwacker too heavy? Tranny not stong enough?

Pls Give ideas...

 

[beason]

you would have to have some BEEFY shocks to hold it up. or like 8 of them in the rear.

JB weld is nice, but its not going to hold.

i dont think any of the maxx drivetrain would hold up to a gasser, just because of all the extra weight its carring around.

It would be easier to make buddys with a welder, and build your own 5th scale. use shocks off a baja and build a chassis.

 

[w bill]

My 1/4 scale uses a weed wacker engine its 4ft long weighs about 30lbs.Sorry to say your idea isn't happening it would be like a monkey fu_king a football see what i mean.:

 

[frickenjoey]

Yeah... nothing would hold up. The tranny will not even hold up to a large nitro engine let alone a gasser that is twenty times the power. JB Weld...also not going to happen. I am all about custom builds but not going to work in any way.

 

[HPIguy]

Yep, as stated it's not going to work. It'd be easier to find a used and abused Baja, and use the drive train from it for a custom build. Lots of guys do that.

 

[trainguy]

Back to the drawing board...

Would this work any better, using the stock trx 3.3 motor? Decided to rebuild the motor.

I would use everything on my S-maxx, but the stock chassis.

Any ideas, the specs for it are: 29" long, 12" wide at rear bumper, 8" tall at rollcage.