Muscle Machines accessories
 

There were numerious hits on Muscle Machines in this forum when I did a search.

Wanted to share my $2.08 purchase.

-Nox

I have been wanting some of these pieces for awhile now...

-Nox

Some of these pieces are awesome...

can't wait to mount one of these bad-boys....

holy swearword...

were did you get those?!!!:eek: :eek:

how much modding is needed to fit thoses wheels on a bit?

I picked up a couple at targets. The wheels make a swap real easy and no hole in the middle of the rim.;)

I picked it up at Target.

the hubs don't attach to zipzaps or motor works hubs.
But a little superglue will work nice.

I have to either remove a little plastic on the body or extend out the axle a bit. With the new motorworks release, the torque is great. More then enough to spin out with these wide wheels.

-nox

On a bit rear you will need a spacer but on a zip you can just glue them onto the zip rim (the black part that holds the cap) works perfect.

An example...
 

This is a picture of my very first "tiny" RC. It's a " dare I say" Zip I got last Nov. for my boss but kept after finding this forum. It took less than 2 hours before I drilled a hole in the hood and...
( by the way if you mount it this way you MUST use an aluminum or nylon machine screw to avoid steering problems. And yes that is a spring supporting my antenna ( steering linkage from one of my boats.)

nox-

those thing's are Sweet! i've never seen that speed kit before... oh the possibilities! :cool:

thanks for the heads-up.

im gonna get one now. :D he he he. they look sweet.

those are precisly the tires i plan on using on my project 56' pickup.. heres the link to the post suprisingly there are auctually many different tires.. so far i have seen 3 different sizes of rear tires. and 4 different rim styles..

What's the grip like on those tires? Are they rubbery or more plastic like?


silla

The treads are plastic and the grip is next to nothing.

give the tires a light coat of rubber cement, or latex moldign compound.. then they are sticky like goo...

i went to target today and got one of the kits. it was $.80... it was marked as 1.98 but at the register it was eighty cents...

those look like good drift tires cause their wider, the tomy drift tires are crap...

any tires can be sticky if you prepare them correctly. i will use them as my all around tires on my truck when its done.

tires are crap
 

but sum shells are sweet.

Re: tires are crap
 

Where in the name of all that's holy did you get a "Cuda" body???? That's the shizzle

Is is sittin on a ZZ chassis? or a bit?


silla

Notice the gears on the chassis are on the opposite side. You can get a cuda from Muscle machines, but it's diecast. I think this is one of those. The chassis looks like a semi clone chassis with the rear wheels removed.

correcto sessiz10
 

i always wanted a cuda. i almost got a zip zap just for this cuda.
but the body is diecast. the bit rig came dual celled stock so right now it runs fine. im working on the axles, i tried the pullback wheels <-- a bit small, so im gonna put em up front and lego rear wheels will have to do. i have another cuda in a mold right now, im a noob to molding and casting, so i hope it works....if not i guess ill just have to upgrade the motor and mebee the batt. its pretty fast but those tires gotta go!

dr1zz If you're intrested, there's a guy making plastic casts of some of these bodies. His name is suntzu28, check my thread over at zip zaps forum. You can also use the MM wheels, and for some traction use spanky's tip up top in this thread.
http://www.tinyrc.com/forums/showthr...&threadid=8457

the cuda is bad @$$ i want to make a mold of one.:)

i was at wall mart last night and they had these new cars called DUBS. there were about 5 different body styles, a esclade, suburban, van, etc. anyway they are diecast, and have kick ass wheels, crhome everything and are slightly larger than regular wheels. i didnt buy one, but they are only 2.99 so not to much for some kick ass wheels. they even have 1mm thick rubber on them so it looks like lo-pro tires...

The dub rims are hot. I have a set on one of my bits. If you do a search i think a couple of people have put up pics.

Go MOPAR.... love the cuda....

but don't like the tires on it... Too off-road looking..
You need fat, wide, slicks.

-Nox

about the kits
 

i got one of the muscle machines kit things and ohhh the possibilities :D

but i cant figure out how to put the big slicks on my ms:confused:

somebody help me or im gonna butcher some perfectly good parts:eek:

oh yeah e got a dude out in my hood with a black cuda that looks just like that and hes got a plow on the front and chains on the tires. it looks like it came from a mad max movie but it is really fast and cool.:cool:

hey i just did a tutorial on how to do it. its on my website. come check it out

thanx spanky:) :D :cool:

edit* do your bodies fit on ms and bits without modification?

aint the muscle machine tires kinda stiff and not very grippy?

hog, that would be true. plasticy vs. rubbery.

yes, the bodys interchange on the new motorworks.

the bullet ones don't... they have a screw on body.

-nox

yes my bodys fit with no modifications. you just have to put the slits in the bodys so they pop on and off the stock mounting tabs. you can put it as low as possible or as high as possible. its up to you...

as far as the tires go. they are supprisingly sticky enough to get you going and keep traction. i didnt even need to add any rubber cement ot liquid latex to the tires to make them grippy!! i think this has to do with how wide they are and the amt of rubber hitting the ground.

so after the mod i didnt have to do anything to the tires. they work supprisingly good.

i saw some new muscle machines yesterday that have big fat whitewalls!!! they are awesome...

I have a whole box of the musle machine parts I will trade the box of parts for a ae86 trueno body