Hi,
My youngest son has a Tamiya Mad Bull that is great fun and gets lots of use, and my eldest son Finley now is fancying a car of his own but wants one he can in his words "mess about" with as he loves taking stuff to bits modifying them nerf guns, pushbikes, lego, meccano etc and strangely for a 14 year old he enjoys putting it all back together again!
He is big into pushbike and motorcycle trials so he really likes the idea of a rock crawler and our back garden would be perfectly suited to one. But he also still likes the speed of the Mad Bull and would want to have a 'bash" and jump now and again with this brother.
Is there a car on the market that is able to do that ie a rock crawler-basher combo !! Or would that make it too compromised and therefore good at neither.
The other thought I had, and this would also feed his habit for modifying things.
Can you convert a Maverick Scout into a basher ?
Its a cheap start up kit, looks a decent enough crawler (from the reviews and video online) but I can't find any info on converting it.
Could you shorten and stiffen the suspension, and change the gearing to make it faster? I realise this wouldn't be a 5 minute swap over but it would keep him busy for an evening the day before a trip out with the mad bull. Then another evening turning it back to standard if he fancied a bit of rock crawling again?
Is this a crazy idea? Would the scout last about 5 minutes as a basher ?
Any better suggestions, for less than