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Mechanicalbob · 03-31-2007, 11:52 PM

Well After I blew out my Maxx tranny I pulled out my modified Rusty with a 2 speed ran great all day till the end (about 3 hours of funning). I was playing in the snow with chains when it lt loose. There was no loud noise or anything just a sudden loss of power and what I thought was a flame out. Well again it was more than I thought

PROTOTYPE · 03-31-2007, 11:55 PM

Common in the racing world

, Did you say that is a modded engine in your rusty?

Mechanicalbob · 03-31-2007, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PROTOTYPE

Common in the racing world

, Did you say that is a modded engine in your rusty?

Nope just that I put a 4-Tec 2 speed on my Rusty. I might have to go with a modded mill though.

PROTOTYPE · 04-01-2007, 03:31 PM

Seems a bit much for a rusty, But I am courious how does the 2 speed work? Was it worth the time?

slobin3d · 04-01-2007, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Mechanicalbob

Nope just that I put a 4-Tec 2 speed on my Rusty. I might have to go with a modded mill though.

we built one of those, with a sirio 18, blew out the 2nd gear at 73mph

Mechanicalbob · 04-01-2007, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by PROTOTYPE

Seems a bit much for a rusty, But I am courious how does the 2 speed work? Was it worth the time?

I think it was worth my time to build it. It was not a hard conversion to do. I took a the main input shaft off of a 4-Tec, took off the belt drive to the front wheels, the belt drive for the rear and replaced it with the input gear of the Rusty. To replace the belt drive for the gear drive you have to drive out the pin and replace the pin with the gear. where the front drive was I placed a airplane wheel stop to hold the gear on. I also had to make a custom engine mount for it as well out of 1/4" plate aluminum. the clutch bell is from the 4-Tec as well. The brake was the easy part as it mounts the same way on both vehicles. Just the parts swapping took about 3 hours, over all time to think it out took about a day or so.

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Originally Posted by slobin3d

we built one of those, with a sirio 18, blew out the 2nd gear at 73mph

How did you guys build yours?

Here is a picture of my 2 speed Rusty, it is torn down now waiting for a new engine.

john alardin · 04-01-2007, 09:09 PM

Two-speed on a Rusty-word.

03-31-2007, 11:52 PM	#1
Mechanicalbob Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Juneau Alaska Posts: 244	Another one down Well After I blew out my Maxx tranny I pulled out my modified Rusty with a 2 speed ran great all day till the end (about 3 hours of funning). I was playing in the snow with chains when it lt loose. There was no loud noise or anything just a sudden loss of power and what I thought was a flame out. Well again it was more than I thought

03-31-2007, 11:55 PM	#2
PROTOTYPE RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Xxx Posts: 1,118	Common in the racing world , Did you say that is a modded engine in your rusty?

04-01-2007, 03:31 PM	#4
PROTOTYPE RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Xxx Posts: 1,118	Seems a bit much for a rusty, But I am courious how does the 2 speed work? Was it worth the time?

04-01-2007, 09:09 PM	#7
john alardin Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Out of my mind!! Posts: 139	Two-speed on a Rusty-word.

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