4x4 chassis?

[spede_pede_14]

I want to make my pede a 4x4. I have evrything worked out except for where i can pu my dual batteries and EVX. Is there a chassis that i can buy that will able me to fit these on? Because I have no ideas for where to place them? Thanks!

[cale]

how about either making a 'holder' for underneath where the batt. goes now, or if your gonna use the same 2 batts. just ziptie one on the bottom, that way your truck also wont be so top heavy, cause you have more weight lower.

my $.02-Cale

[kylesfa]

i still like what heavy throttle did with his 4x4...he got an emaxx chassis (off of ebay i believe...but dont quote me) and hacked it up to get this:

more info on his 4x4 here

[spede_pede_14]

I like wat heavy throttle did too. But that looks more like a carbon fiber chassis more than emaxx. Only thing i c from emaxx are the battery boxes. Where can i find sheets of carbon fiber and how much?...

[Jim511]

That is all that heavythrottle used the emaxx chassis for, was those battery trays. I have a link to buy carbon fiber, but I am afraid to post it and get into trouble. Pm me if you would like it I guess.

[Heavy Throttle]

I ripped the battery trays from an emaxx chassis. I bought a carbon fiber strip from mcmaster.com. I think I only paid like 30$ or so if I remember right. Stuff is a bit hard to work with when you don't use carbide tools, and will make you itch for a week as well like fiberglass. Overall it's super strong, I'm suprised it's still in one piece after what I have done to it.

[kylesfa]

spede_pede_14
i wasnt saying his chassis was from an emaxx, just showing how he did his batteries...sorry for the confusion
here is a place where you can get a cf 4x4 chassis...dont buy it direct though, other people have gotten their stuff from ebay or stormerhobbies for much much cheaper

[spede_pede_14]

well im throwin the 4x4 idea out the window. It just too expensive for me right now for the way i wanted to do it..it was comin close to the cost of an emaxx. I think i might just save up for brushless this summer.

[Heavy Throttle]

Back when we older users had done it, the stampede was made in a kit form. You could get the kit form for like 60$ retail. Grab all your tranny parts outa it, and then start selling the body, tires, rims, chassis, esc or msc, shocks, ect to make up the price. Now with only having a RTR version it makes the cost too high, and building a tranny from scratch is also on the expensive side.

You can also check ebay, and get a used rolling chassis for a good price and then still do the same, just rip the tranny parts off and sell the rest in parts to some friends or back on ebay.

[spede_pede_14]

yea i bought my truck in kit form about a year ago. This summer im goin to save my grass cuttin money and make a novak brushless pede.

[Mirage]

I did mine very similarly to HT's. I got most of my parts off ebay, including a few rolling chassis's. At the time, i could get new kits, but i got 2 rolling chassis's for the price of one kit.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, and i should get a pic of it, but when i completed it, i managed to be able to use standard bodies that would fit both the 2wd and 4x4 stampede using the same holes for mounting the body, and for the antenna.

[ohiotrickpede]

Here is mine I have another chassis I am not using.
http://hometown.aol.com/__121b_pDjMI...43DtEIkTJVadOM