You know, as much fun as The Rube is with it's 4 drive motors, I still end up stalled somewhere on my course due to it's puny motors.

I plan to do 2 more New Bright mod's, and being an X-Hot Rodder, one of the projects is going to be centered around POWER !!!! hahahah.

How much is too much? I'm going to find out
A racing buddy once told me "You know you have enough motor, when you can't keep up with the drive train repairs" :

He was my kinda guy !

The Rube is complete, he cannot withstand more mod's, I just need to keep him in good shape. So I plan to use the new little Rubicon I bought on Ebay.

Have a look at these pictures, this is not the motor I will use, but the physical size is the same.

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Ya, I know ........ I'm crazy

yeah im going to take your advice because i also want better power

yeah, me too.. i'm not good at electric wirings.. i will just try my best to do it and follow what you guys says then i will do it.. hopefully i wont waste any money hahaha..

the only trouble ill have with this is how to keep it in place

i cant wait to see those pics of the install and wut kind of motor is it??

the motor I have in the picture is a 550 motor (???) same as the motors on my Emaxx.

I am looking at the Integy Matrix Pro Lathe Motor 75T Single. It is a very low RPM and VERY torquey. People use them on their Super Clodbusters and TXT's.

haha, I can hear breaking parts already

damm how much does those things cost and oh it will break something

thats good but those things will probably drain your battery huh

They are about $20 us.

I'm sure there is enough power in this little baby to break some New Bright parts. I am already thinking I need some Flapding brass dog bones.

But that's the fun of power, use just as much power as you need ......... and fix the parts you break when you use too much

i can just imagine the axel snapping power of the motor. the gears will be ground up into dust. have fun

yeah same here but what are you duing for electronics keeping stock or what tikoni

i would figureyouwould want some sort of heavy duty electronics. so that it doesn't fry the board.

If you use that 75T motor you will need a 12T Pinion 55T is alot better for Crawling I use this in my Clod and in my TLT-1

If I were you, I would look around and try to find someone with a c&c machine, and get them to make you a set of billet gears. Those puny little gears are not going to last long at all with that motor...

hey maybe flapding could make you some billet gears tikoni.

knowing flapding he could do almost anyhing

You guys all bring up good points !

I agree, the little pastic gears will be one of the first things to go, I have a few spares, but I will have to find some metal ones.

Another thing that was mentioned was the gear axle posts being ripped from their moorings. Good point! That problem will require some thinking.

The entire project is just starting to jell for me.

You asked about the electronics, I think a project of this nature requires an aftermarket radio. This will also allow me to put in a good proportional steering servo as well. Front wheel steer only.

Another benefit on an aftermarket radio is that now you can use decent battery packs

I am going to use the stock suspension, but will modify it with some of your ideas to get better flex.

I would like to find a way to put taller rims and tires on. Not much bigger, 3/4 to an inch ???

I think those New Bright People in China should charter a plane an fly us all to their factory and we can help them improve their crawlers

Then we would have more potential for mod's.

Oh, where would it end !!!

Reserve to me a place on this aircraft at your side.: -)

you guys are crazy.. i think im just gonna try to change the gearing in mine... maybe throw in a bit bigger of a motor... (one that fits into its stock place) lol, if i did anything crazy like that it would jsut end up like my traxxas thats been sitting in a box in my basement for 4 years