650$ to spend what to get?????

[fescue101]

I have 650 to spend what brushless car or truck would you buy? I am leaning towards the New emaxx with water proof elecs and telemetry. What would you buy under 650?

 

[HPIguy]

Depends, what are you going to do with it mostly?

 

[fescue101]

mostly running it trough the neiborhood and hitting some jumps at the sod farm. on 6s

 

[Nitrotrout]

Personally, for an additional 50 bucks, I'd go with an E Revo Brushless instead of a E Maxx. They're so much more versatile as is. Or, with a little creativity, money and effort you can covert your Revo into a Short Course truck like a Slash, a truggy style truck or a trail blazer truck like a Summit. An E Maxx on the other hand, will always be an E Maxx.
That's JMO.

 

[Snook Man]

If set on running 6S, look at something besides traxxas or stock up on diffs.

 

[hamz9561]

6s is tough on any larger brushless. I even seen early versions of the Savage Flux eating diffs and transmission gears.

 

[fescue101]

I'm not set on traxxas. and I had a erevo about a year and a half ago. I liked it and wish I had never gotten rid of it. but I thought I would try something different.

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what would handle 6s better savage hp or the lighter emaxx?

 

[Snook Man]

The flux with bp diffs will handle 6S much better.

 

[hamz9561]

The eRevo. If you shim the diffs properly, you should be okay. I shimmed the diffs on my mERV and have never had a problem on 3s which is as tough on them as 6s is on its bigger brother.

 

[Snook Man]

Doesn't matter how well you shim the little traxxas diffs, 6S will eat them in short time.

 

[chickenman242]

I've run 6s on all 3 of my trx trucks and have had zero diff issues, what are you guys doing to them to kill them so easily
the only 2 issues I have had is destroying tires and on the e maxx I snapped the rear Centre shaft about 4 times doing back flips but a set of steels cads has fixed it
if I had to choose between an e revo and e maxx I'd go the e revo, it's a lot more durable.I've put a lot my $$ into the maxx to make it last the stock bulks are a joke but I haven't broken an arm to date just bulks and skids and a shock tower but you get that running a truck to 70 km/h into your wife's stationary car.

 

[Sixtysixdeuce]

Why set on running 6S? I run 4S in my e801Xt (a 10 pound 1/8 truggy), and it's plenty fast.

As for what I would buy if I had $650 burning a hole in my pocket right now? Honestly, I'd let it smolder a little longer, then jump on a Losi Desert Buggy XL when I hit $1,000. But I already have 27 kits, 1/16 scale up to 1/8 truggies.

 

[fescue101]

A guy has a used savage hp for 400$. Is that a pretty good deal? It cones with extra street tires,stock tires,and New set.should I jump on it or is that about average price for a used savage?

 

[Nitrotrout]

A guy has a used savage hp for 400$. Is that a pretty good deal? It cones with extra street tires,stock tires,and New set.should I jump on it or is that about average price for a used savage?

I wouldn't do it, not when you can buy brand new for $400-$500.

 

[wacmartin]

I wouldn't do it, not when you can buy brand new for $400-$500.

I'm assuming he means a Savage Flux HP, which in that case it would depend on the condition of it. They retail at $640, so if you have $650 why not just go for a new one?

 

[fescue101]

It frees up about 130 for upgrades. But a new one I know it hasn't been beat down.??? If I buy new it would probably be the emaxx. I like all the New goodies on the New emaxx.

 

[bdog325]

Erevo, summit, or a 1/5 scale gasoline.

Maybe a diesel mod with a turbo. And some coal. Hahaha