dwarfy
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Hi Guys.
I have always wanted a monster truck but for what ever reason never had one and I think the FG MT is a really good looking truck so decided that building one will help me get back into the hobby and will sit nice with my 2wd standard marder and 4wd beetle with Stevo engine.
I have a spare marder in bits that I never got round to fully building up (bought as a wreck with a poop load of spares) so that will be my donor and so far I have picked up a mint set of MT wheels, front shock mount, switch blade kill switch, mint Samba exhaust and a set of hydros although these may end up on the bug and the cables come across to the MT. Will just use a single shock set up front and back to keep it simple.
Engine wise it will have a CY with 27cc DDM ported head kit. Had this running in the bug before I got the Stevo engine and it is fast as fook so should go well with the Samba pipe. Wheelies galore
Still to buy:
New T/B servo - looking at K-Power DHV300 28kgs @ 6v for this. Any other options welcome!
Side guards - checking out ebay for these or could make some easy enough
Body shell - used FG MT shells in decent condition are hard to come by and they are a fortune new so been looking at the Maverick Blackout shells which can be made to fit and only £60 new for pre-painted or clear. It makes more sense but undecided yet. Not sure how either shell would sit with the Samba pipe though??
As usual it will be a plastic build (never had a problem with FG plastics) so no fancy ally although I do have a full set of ally MT arms and a few other bits n bobs I could use (all came with the wreck I bought) but they need cleaning up and new rose joints so maybe I will change them over in time.
No pics at the minute folks but I will get some posted as I go along. Got the 1:1 car to work on this weekend so might be a bit of a delayed start lol! Ah well no rush after 3yrs out lol! Good to be back
I have always wanted a monster truck but for what ever reason never had one and I think the FG MT is a really good looking truck so decided that building one will help me get back into the hobby and will sit nice with my 2wd standard marder and 4wd beetle with Stevo engine.
I have a spare marder in bits that I never got round to fully building up (bought as a wreck with a poop load of spares) so that will be my donor and so far I have picked up a mint set of MT wheels, front shock mount, switch blade kill switch, mint Samba exhaust and a set of hydros although these may end up on the bug and the cables come across to the MT. Will just use a single shock set up front and back to keep it simple.
Engine wise it will have a CY with 27cc DDM ported head kit. Had this running in the bug before I got the Stevo engine and it is fast as fook so should go well with the Samba pipe. Wheelies galore
Still to buy:
New T/B servo - looking at K-Power DHV300 28kgs @ 6v for this. Any other options welcome!
Side guards - checking out ebay for these or could make some easy enough
Body shell - used FG MT shells in decent condition are hard to come by and they are a fortune new so been looking at the Maverick Blackout shells which can be made to fit and only £60 new for pre-painted or clear. It makes more sense but undecided yet. Not sure how either shell would sit with the Samba pipe though??
As usual it will be a plastic build (never had a problem with FG plastics) so no fancy ally although I do have a full set of ally MT arms and a few other bits n bobs I could use (all came with the wreck I bought) but they need cleaning up and new rose joints so maybe I will change them over in time.
No pics at the minute folks but I will get some posted as I go along. Got the 1:1 car to work on this weekend so might be a bit of a delayed start lol! Ah well no rush after 3yrs out lol! Good to be back