Nitro Monster Beetle

[coxbros1]

It's just mocked up, nothing is final...but this was the hardest part...rest will be downhill...gonna run the crap out of this thing! Goal is to make it look 100% stone stock

[Dangeruss]

Am I the only one who looked at that first picture and saw...

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[MarkyDents]

Dude ! Holy poop !

[BattleTrak]

Whoa! This will be awesome.. You can get aluminum gear cases and counter gears now for these.

[coxbros1]

Whoa! This will be awesome.. You can get aluminum gear cases and counter gears now for these.

Cool! I haven't researched any upgrades for these "space age" chassis trucks..but I will...I would like to keep it as stock as possible and see what holds up and what doesn't, then just buy what I need for reliability...the only switched part so far is a frog counter gear (the smallest one)...luckily I have an unbuilt Frog I can steal parts from!....and it has an MIP Ball diff in it

[ZED32]

Man, this will be cool!

[Frankentruck]

Are you starting with a rere gearbox? The pin dogbone outdrives look like it is.

[juicedcoupe]

Are you starting with a rere gearbox? The pin dogbone outdrives look like it is.

That is the MIP diff. It only works with re-re dogbones or CVD's. The rest of the gearbox parts interchange.

[juicedcoupe]

the only switched part so far is a frog counter gear (the smallest one)...luckily I have an unbuilt Frog I can steal parts from!....and it has an MIP Ball diff in it

What did you do to the "pinion" section of the Frog counter gear to get it to work with the larger Blackfoot diff gear?

[1911Colt]

Are you planning to paint it orange, perchance?

[coxbros1]

Are you planning to paint it orange, perchance?

Lol, nope stone stock

[coxbros1]

the only switched part so far is a frog counter gear (the smallest one)...luckily I have an unbuilt Frog I can steal parts from!....and it has an MIP Ball diff in it

What did you do to the "pinion" section of the Frog counter gear to get it to work with the larger Blackfoot diff gear?

I had to take out the MIP ball diff and pit in a stock Frog gear diff...tranny and clutch bell roll over super free!

[coxbros1]

Had to do an engine swap...the red head hit the body, didn't want to cut up the body...hope this lil O.S. CZ is up to the task!
Had to switch the MIP Ball Diff for a Frog Gear diff...tranny/clutchbell super free...zero resistance
Also had to relocate the right rear shock to clear the engine mount...it will have brakes but that's on down the road

[juicedcoupe]

I had to take out the MIP ball diff and pit in a stock Frog gear diff...tranny and clutch bell roll over super free!

Did you do the "Frogshot Mod" to it?

[coxbros1]

I had to take out the MIP ball diff and pit in a stock Frog gear diff...tranny and clutch bell roll over super free!

Did you do the "Frogshot Mod" to it?

I don't know what that is..lol!