N. Rustler Tear Down and Rebuild(pics)

[CumminsDriver]

Here is my rustler i just got in a trade. I just tore it down and re assembled it after cleaning everything since it was filthy dirty. Id post it all here, but its easier to just link to a thread with pictures already in it:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8406331/anchors_8406377/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#8406377

Let me know what you guys think:D

[nitrorustler135]

nice it looks so clean

[Ranger_racer]

Looks good man...nice job on the clean up.

[CumminsDriver]

Thanks guys. I just acquired a nice pro.15 for it, and put it on there. She runs like a top now, and looks pretty decent too!

[lowhombre]

what kind of rear wheels are those? any good? thanks.......

[CumminsDriver]

They are pro line dirt hawgs i think. So far i havent ran it on anything but ice and snow. I feel like they will be good in dirt, and a dry road, but on an icy road it spins out easily, and it wont go anywhere at all in the snow. They are definately better than stock tires though.

[nitrorustler135]

yes the 2wd kinda is a pain to drive on snow and ice...i think next winter im going to over gear it a lot...cuz the bigger gears will take longer to spool up...therefor i wont have to wrap my heatsink...and the engine wont rev up in a second so it will take longer therefor more traction...WWWWWWHHHHHHOOOOOOO

[CumminsDriver]

I am really anxious to run another tank through it. The roads have cleared some now, and it was dark and icy when i ran the tank through it with the pro.15. The little bit i drove it though, it seems to be plenty powerful, and it seems to be a little overgeared.

I bought some new glow igniter batteries tonight, and put a new plug in it, and i plan to try and run it some tomorrow. Hopefully i can get several tanks in on it in the daylight to get a better idea of how it runs, and maybe tune it just a little better, even though it was running pretty good the other night.

I really like this old rustler with the pro.15.:D I think I will keep it and run the heck out of it, and i may put another pro.15 on it if this one dies since it seems to run good and be plenty powerful. My guess is the O.S. carb is a big help in tuning and running good too.

Id like to put some bigger meatier tires on it, and try to keep it a pretty nice clean truck, but probably pretty much stock other than that. I think ill keep the old stock brown chassis just for the originality of it. I cant wait till this summer so i can run it some in the nice weather.

I have to saw some wood in the morning from the ice storm we had brining down some trees, but after that, id like to run my rustler a few tanks and get it tuned in a little better and get more used to driving it, and the power it has and how it reacts. Im not sure what spur is on it, but i may try to stick a bigger one on it to lower the gear ratio a little.

Thanks for the support guys:cool: