Clodzilla Identification Help

[Otis311 421]

About 15 years ago my old boss gave me this monster truck when one of my paychecks was light. Best I can tell it is some version of ESP Clodzilla. Figured it is about time I gave it a little restoration. Maybe re-grease the gearboxes and add ball bearings if needed, steel pinions too. One of the shock ends broke while sitting so I'll need to address that. Maybe get a new Quicrun 880 ESC. It has an old Novak Super Rooster in it now. The Trinity 16 turn motors are basically unused. It has a couple Hitec metal gear servos. I think the whole truck is basically unused. Anybody know what version of Clodzilla this is?

[Saito2 8450]

Clodzilla 4

[Saito2 8450]

The Clodzilla 4 was the last and most "racer" of the Clodzilla series. There was a 5 in prototype form but afaik, it was never produced.  I had a 4 at one point but sold it as my customized Bennett outperformed it.

Some days I regret it, but I made good money on it that went into an Egress purchase. While the Bennett was more successful competitively, the Zilla 4 also made a good/better basher. I found the bearing supported cantilevers better and less sloppy than the bushing supported Bennett's, which I replaced with TXT versions. That is a very nice period piece you have there.

[Otis311 421]

Thanks for the input Saito. There's a lot to learn about this era of Clods.

I got to work today. Tore into the gear boxes. They are mint and have a nice coating of ceramic grease so I'll just swap in ball bearings while apart. I was thinking it will be nice to put a 3 channel receiver in it and run the front and rear steering independently. There was just a wye in there as it was. Not much else to report.

The Novak ESC and Trinity motor were the things dreams are made of when I was younger. Now I have them, I guess I've reached the pinnacle. That ESC is so heavy, 100 grams! Beats a servo and MSC any day though. Man there is just something about the orange and purple Novak.

[Otis311 421]

Cha-ching. I think I have everything needed to get this project completed. Already had some 5x8 bearings. Figured locking the diffs would be good for my needs which will be slow off-roading.