Rear wheel drive only?

[ChuenouXiao]

Have anyone here tried running their XB, MT or Dune Runner with the rear dog bone only? What kind of performance do you get? Just wondering......

 

[Deluge1]

Acceleration will be better.

 

[GTS 666]

Brakes would be less too.

 

[Heavy Chevy1]

I asked this question a year ago and someone said I'd get premature diffs blowing up and wearing out.

 

[Guest]

The MT, & DR would hold up better. The X-series might see some premature failure.

 

[Deluge1]

The Dunerunner, for sure. The MT, maybe. If you run the stock MT wheels you'd probably snap some driveshafts.

 

[DemonRC1]

The Dunerunner, for sure. The MT, maybe. If you run the stock MT wheels you'd probably snap some driveshafts.

I bet you would break the diff outdrive shafts at the pinhole like back in the old days.

 

[ImminentFailure]

I had this on my XT. It handled like crap for me without 4wd, and given the drive-train setup on these, i got robbed of a lot of power. It accelerated like crap. I ended up breaking 2 diff cups. They aren't 'designed' for all that power to go to 2 wheels. Go HPI if that's your gig to be honest, because you are going to have a system designed for it, as well as a lot of aftermarket beef ups for the drive train in general.