Almost finished my Mud Blaster / Brat!

[MAD RACER]

I always wanted a Mud Blaster so when this came up on E Pay I bought it.

I wanted a Chrome body set from the re re Brat so all the bits were purchased . I ditched the pathetic shocks & added some alloy threaded ones all round . I set of Jun Fac rear Frog alloy shock mounts was added to replace the stock week versions.

A Frog under bash plate went on to offer a little more protection. I have purchased a team CRP upper front tower support brace but have to custom make a few brackets to finish that conversion. I centered the steering servo & placed the ESC down the bottom of the chassis for better COG..For power wise I used a Reedy 18x2 motor with a nice machined alloy adj motor mount for gearing options.

The wheels were the hardest to get right and after a few attempts I ended up with this monster combo .Chrome Blackfoot 3 wheels with deep dish rims. This proved to be a real pain as the wheels are all hex drive fitments even though the Blackfoot 3 is only 2wd!!!! I loved the wheels so much I had to some how make the front hex fitting to work. The rear was easy with Frog alloy hex drives which solved that.

For the front I modified a set of Hot Shot front knuckles to fit inside the Mud Blasters C carrier . I then used Manta Ray king pins. Hot Shot stub axles spin on bearings with the hex mounting. The Bump steer was quite bad so a set of Hot shot steering hub ball stud was used ( Long ones in the Hot Shot) Bump steer is a lot better but still like to improve on it. A 12kg MG digital steering servo was added for the task of steering the huge wheels.

Almost finished all I have to do is sort the front springs out. Need a lot softer ones as the front is still very light being a Frog chassis.

Comments welcome good or bad LOL.

[Jesse James]

Mate. That looks like one radical machine!

[matman]

M8 , have a look at 50calibercustoms.com . They have some more goodies for that sweet Mud Blaster .

[Maximus Desimus]

That looks fantasic, don't think i've ever seen one of these before!

[mtbkym01]

Nothing unusual here, another typical MAD RACER example, looking unbelievably clean and tidy, fantastic job as always mate, love your work.

[Thommo]

Hey MR, Mega Muddy you've built there. Well done, she's a beaut. Have you thought about or got a pc shell for running ?

[MAD RACER]

Thanks guys.

That 50calibercustoms.com makes some nice stuff but out of stock on alot of items.

mtbkym01 thanks and you have awesome builds that i watch.

Thommo I want to run it the way it is but everyone said it's too nice to run. So I might have to do another shell the same. I have a Brat with a pc shell and really love the deep tray that the hard shell offers.

I will have to wait & see but if it does get run it will be lightly for a few action shots.

Cheers

[Gazzoomers]

Looks Awesome! I'm just trying to sort out my old mud blaster but having trouble sorting out the drive. Suspected the long/short gearbox joint as pin in middle was not the correct/original however the joint I've received fits the gearbox well but doesn't take the hex drive shafts. Any advice/recommendations for parts would be much appreciated to help me get this classic back on the road

[Frog Jumper]

Looks Awesome! I'm just trying to sort out my old mud blaster but having trouble sorting out the drive. Suspected the long/short gearbox joint as pin in middle was not the correct/original however the joint I've received fits the gearbox well but doesn't take the hex drive shafts. Any advice/recommendations for parts would be much appreciated to help me get this classic back on the road

Come find us in the Monster Beetle Re-Re Thread... Lots of "ORV" advice over there...

Terry

[beefmuffin]

Looks Awesome! I'm just trying to sort out my old mud blaster but having trouble sorting out the drive. Suspected the long/short gearbox joint as pin in middle was not the correct/original however the joint I've received fits the gearbox well but doesn't take the hex drive shafts. Any advice/recommendations for parts would be much appreciated to help me get this classic back on the road

For this gearbox there are no long/short gearbox joints. Neither should have a fixed center pin. Both sides are open in the center for the pin to float between them. You probably have a joint from one of the -shot series gearboxes.

[MAD RACER]

Update guys.

Nope couldn't run it. The body set looks too nice and the chrome shell is worth too much now. Should have bought 2 of them. LOL

[mongoose1983]

Mark, that Mud Blaster looks GREAT! I love that chassis so clean!

Reminded me instantly of the one built a couple of years ago by our friend Crash Cramer here: http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=119559&sid=2640

You should have bought another body, yeah.

And you know something, when you get to run it, a video would not hurt!