Bought a Revo!

[JCosper]

Its awesome.. should have went Traxxas to begin with. She is all broke in.. and I'm having a blast with it.


Traxxas is definitly a recomendable brand fora newb. If everybody went with them to begin with, there would be no.. what is wrong blues. The DVD the send makes it dummy proof.

 

[jetmechG550]

Welcome to da club, come join us in the Revo forum!

 

[SMaxxin]

Congrats on your new Revo, how about some pics?

 

[4u2nv]

What did ya have before the revo?? Anyway congrats on the new rig!

 

[SMaxxin]

What did ya have before the revo?

I was wondering the same thing

 

[JCosper]

No pics of it yet... a buddy of mine and I will likely be doing some drag racing soon eneough. I will get some vid footage of that.

I had a smarttech ebay monster before this. Its a small buggy... and just not the quality this Traxxas machine is.

I havent done ANY tuning on the Revo at all... I am at tank 10. I'm thinking of going ahead and dialing her in some. Any suggestions? It says on the vid, to slowly lean her out... also, it seems to not be 100% from a dead stop. I was under the impression that these machines take off so hard they wheelie or flip. Mine takes off hard, but not hard eneough to do anything like that. So, I'm wondering if I need to do some fine tuning on the bottom end specificly??

Another thing.. I noticed there is a place where you can adjust the transmission and control when it shifts. If I make it shift sooner, why will it shift quicker than it did before? It must either, not spin the motor as high before shifting or be geared lower... thoughts on that?

 

[SMaxxin]

Get it tuned in before you adjust the tranny, it should start shift better as you tune it. Start tuning on the HSN first, once that is dialed in then you can make lsn adjustments if needed. As for wheelies, the Revo is not a wheelie machine. The suspension is designed to keep all four wheels on the ground but it might lift it once and a while. When I had mine I put a Trinity pipe on it and it would pull wheelies all the time.

 

[Revo Rancher]

Lean the HSN a bit if you have not already done so, if your smoke trail is real heavy. Use the HSN to lean it some more until it is a steady, medium stream up all the way through full throttle. Also, if you are getting nitro snot, a lot of it out of the pipe at aidle, you are too rich. Once you think you have properly set the HSN, if it is boggy at the low end then try very small changes to the LSN, maybe one or two tries at 1/16th turns lean. Follow the Traxxas tuning guide. It really does work.

 

[truthseeker]

welcome to the revo club! to answer your question about the shifting, the tranny has a clutch in it similar to the one on your motor. only on the tranny, you can adjust the spring tension with a screw. when you loosen the screw, the spring exerts less force on the clutch "shoe" and it takes less rpm to engage it. tighten the spring and it takes more rpm to engage. what it's doing is engaging a completely different drive gear with a different number of teeth on it. thats where the different gear ratio comes from. see? not so complicated after all. the shift point seems to be funky on a lot of revos from the factory so you might need to adjust it some. i usually see people screw it all the way in and go out a half turn at a time until it shifts. then you can fine tune it from there. smaxxin is right, though, absolutely get the motor tuned right before you worry about shift points. just make sure it has good smoke without bogging down too much off the line. check out my thread on the resonator pipe. the wheelies will come...

 

[jetmechG550]

Make your HSN adjustments first and don't adjust anything until you engine temp is up to a normal range, meaning putz around a little first and once it warms up a little then start. I use hours (1/12th turn), the 2.5R can be a little finicky so you need to take it slow. The 2.5R also tends to run a little hotter from my experience but if you putting out a good smoke trail I wouldn't worry too much. From my experience I'd probably wait til you had at least a few tanks through it when you get the HSN set where you want it before you jack around with the LSN. Wait on the tranny, I've read several instances where trucks wouldn't shift until they had over 1/2 gallon through them or more. Mine is set to shift in about 15 feet, which is pretty good for the track I run on and I also have forward only along with the close ratio gear set. As far as wheelies, you can do them with the 2.5 but don't be disappointed if you don't see them. If you want wheelies, wait until your good and broke in and then start messing with your gearing and suspension (stiffer rear end). HTH

 

[Monkey Wrench]

Nitro snot? Is that a technical term? Is that like "gas loogy"?

 

[SVORay]

Hey welcome aboard :jittery:


The Revo seems undestructable when out bashing in one. It's almost like the energizer bunny....it keeps on going and going, even after beating the hell out of it. I hope you have a blast with it and post up some video if you can.


Ray

 

[JCosper]

Thanks for the responses... I feel better about it after having read your responses. I thought it was pretty odd the machine wasn't pulling the wheels; but I can agree with what you guys are saying about the suspension keeping her snug on the ground.

The tuning guide simply says to lean her about bit by bit and stop when there is no difference in performance. I leaned it out a little and couldent see any difference, so I just put it back to where it was. It is spitting a little fuel out of the tail pipe, but not a lot. It may need to be leaned out a little I guess.

This evening I think I will go ahead and mess with the LSN a little and see how she does with that and a little more air.

I does shift... but, its late.. or so it seems to me. I dont have a lot of room, and not to mention I've only been messing with these things for a short time; so I'm by no means the best operator. I'm also pretty carefull with her... I hate to have an accident at 30mph or so. lol.

 

[JCosper]

Also- will the tuned pipe make the truck considerably louder?? I already pissed off all of my neighbors last night.

 

[SVORay]

It's probaly not a good Idea to run it at night


I'm memeber of a HOA( Home owners ass) and fear one day they may get me on the noise. So I make sure not to run it to late in the afternoon. It's in a field out back but it still makes a little noise for being a stock Revo. I don't know the Nitros that well but would be willing to bet an aftermarket exhaust system would make a hair more noise than stock. Just my uneducated guess though.

Ray

 

[JCosper]

Running her until 1AM... could have been part of the complaint as well! pps:

 

[SMaxxin]

This evening I think I will go ahead and mess with the LSN a little and see how she does with that and a little more air.

This is not the right thing to do. As the above post have said, you need to get the HSN tuned in before the LSN. Once the HSN is set you might not have to touch the LSN. Make a small adjustment to the HSN, 1/8 turn, then make a few high speed passes to clear the engine. Continue to use these steps until you reach a good running temp. The temp will depend on your location. To be honest if you wanted wheelies you bought the wrong truck IMO, the Revo is a good basher but it was built to race.

 

[SMaxxin]

Also- will the tuned pipe make the truck considerably louder?? I already pissed off all of my neighbors last night.

Yes it will get louder. Not all are the same, I had a Trinity pipe on my Revo and it was VERY LOUD but had awesome low end power. Plus I live in the stix so I dont get complaints

 

[JCosper]

This evening I think I will go ahead and mess with the LSN a little and see how she does with that and a little more air.

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This is not the right thing to do. As the above post have said, you need to get the HSN tuned in before the LSN. Once the HSN is set you might not have to touch the LSN. Make a small adjustment to the HSN, 1/8 turn, then make a few high speed passes to clear the engine. Continue to use these steps until you reach a good running temp. The temp will depend on your location. To be honest if you wanted wheelies you bought the wrong truck IMO, the Revo is a good basher but it was built to race.

I stand corrected...

I'm great with it not doing wheelies.. just figured it would, I just want to make sure she is dialed in and running top notch.

Thanks for the input.

 

[jetmechG550]

The Trinity pipe is obnoxious, IMO. I absolutely hated mine. Ran one race weekend with it and sold it as fast as I could. It wasn't so much that it was loud, I can handle loud pretty well being around jet engines all day, but the sound it made was just annoying as hell. If you do feel as though your shifting late and your pretty well broke in and tuned go ahead and bring your shift point down some. A good target to shoot for to start would be 20-25 feet.