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[ksrichard]

i have 2 tmaxx's. one is down for repair the other is great! i know
parts will break. it seems everytime i run my maxx i have to repalce
something. bad part is I'm not really pushing it. should i u
pgrade to after market parts or buy a savage xl. i heard and
saw the difference in performance. did i make a mistake wit the
tmaxx. dont get me wrong i love it but.....

 

[Zdragon71]

Either upgrade to all RPM a-arms and aluminum skid plates aluminum bulk heads savox or futaba servos and steel cvds or center drive shafts. Or just sell them both and get a savage. I have a maxx I've already turned into a hybrid with all aftermarket parts and a picco .26 max and its a beast. But before i upgraded EVERYTHING i had the same issue you speak of. Now about $500 later in aftermarket parts i wouldnt sell it unless someone offered me at least $600. Now if i could just get my buggy straightened out i would be content. For now anyways.

 

[cwal1774]

Take the $600 that you will end up dumping into that T-MAXX and get a Savage X or XL. Oh wait you have 2. Well then take the $1200 you will end up dumping into both of those rigs and buy both a Savage X and XL. You won't regret it either way. I know I don't. I used to think that Traxxas was the absolute best brand out there. It's just not true. They are the most popular but certainly not the best. That's not to say that HPI is either but I know I'm a lot happier since I jumped off the Traxxas bandwagon and finally got a truck that will hold up to my kind of abuse. My Savage XL is still pretty much all bone stock with the exception of the engine. It will take twice the beating that my upgraded T-MAXX would and still keep on truckin. I did all the upgrades to my MAXX alloy bulks, rpm arms, alloy chassis braces, Picco mid block conversion and it still didn't compare to my Savage X that I bought used.

 

[Mn Monster]

what are you doing with your Maxx? i have 2 and bash them pretty hard and outside of a few A arms and some shocks i find them to be very tough.

 

[Riz23]

Get whatever you can for both and buy a Savage XL. Buy RPMs for all four corners and you will have an apocalypse-proof beast. The Maxx is a great rig and has the history behind it as a classic. And if HPI never made the Savage then the Maxx would be my choice. But as it stands the Savage is the king of all bashers. LONG LIVE THE KING!!!

 

[TRXaddict]

I dont think you made a mistake with the t maxx.. its a great MT and is fun !!! its just in my opinion the savage is almost a different class.. savages seem to always have larger engines than the tmaxx and always tougher..

I owned a tmaxx 2.5 when they first came out and it was fun...

I actually put everything aluminum on suspension and other parts... and i personally had an opposite experience from what every user will say on here..

Everyone will say the aluminum parts will bend and just not good for bashing. How ever when i had my t maxx years ago.. I was breaking parts left and right and when i broke my second bulk head i decided to go all aluminum.. Witch included bulk heads, upper and lower arms, shock towers, bumpers, titanium skid plates etc etc.

I literally owned the truck for about 2 years after that and i never bend one arm or part at all and i bashed and i mean BASHED the hell out of this truck.. after that video first surfaced of the buggy jumping over a house i was focused on doing the exact same thing with my tmaxx. I attempted it for about 2 hours straight, just constantly hitting the coping of the roof about 10 feet up and landing back down over and over.. after realizing i only had a 2.5 on a heavy truck i gave up.. But i never once bent one part the whole life of that truck. i can name countless times I've crashed landed on the nose or one arm after a jump.

I eventually just got frustrated and gave up on the truck when my transmission completely gave out and all the gears stripped and broke.

I'm not sure if the quality of aluminum parts has changed since the days i used to rock them .. but apparently aluminum parts now is just about the worst thing to do for a basher. I do know that my experience with aluminum was awesome. And believe it or not after i blew my tranny about 4 years ago i parted all the aluminum parts out for another tmaxx buddy and that truck still is good to this day with the same aluminum parts functioning properly and not bent all to hell..

 

[joshman1204]

I have over $1500 in a revo and had I known before hand I would have just bought an XL and saved a ton of coin.

My XL is still box stock after over 3 gallons of brutal bashing and the only part I have broken is a shock shaft. My revo literally broke something everysingle time I ran it and then even after I got it all upgraded it still broke something about every 3rd or 4th time I ran it. Granted it never breaks anything major now it is just mostly rod ends but fact is it still breaks atleast twice per gallon.

 

[TRXaddict]

I have over $1500 in a revo and had I known before hand I would have just bought an XL and saved a ton of coin.

My XL is still box stock after over 3 gallons of brutal bashing and the only part I have broken is a shock shaft. My revo literally broke something everysingle time I ran it and then even after I got it all upgraded it still broke something about every 3rd or 4th time I ran it. Granted it never breaks anything major now it is just mostly rod ends but fact is it still breaks atleast twice per gallon.

I agree, traxxas never seemed to focus on toughness...

My savage 4.6 is just now going on its 3rd gallon and the only thing thats happened was one slightly bent tie rod or turn buckle if you will.

Largest jump I've done was at a skate park wide open from one end of the park and almost hit 2nd gear before it hit it and i launched about 15-20 feet high in the air trying to do a back flip and landed on my nose from that high up and the only thing that broke was the zip ties on the body holding the body pins odd enough as that sounds....

Generally its a better truck..

But i still give credit to the tmaxx and revo... both good.. just not as tough.

 

[joshman1204]

I agree, traxxas never seemed to focus on toughness...

My savage 4.6 is just now going on its 3rd gallon and the only thing thats happened was one slightly bent tie rod or turn buckle if you will.

Largest jump I've done was at a skate park wide open from one end of the park and almost hit 2nd gear before it hit it and i launched about 15-20 feet high in the air trying to do a back flip and landed on my nose from that high up and the only thing that broke was the zip ties on the body holding the body pins odd enough as that sounds....

Generally its a better truck..

But i still give credit to the tmaxx and revo... both good.. just not as tough.

I did almost the same jump at a skatepark with my revo and it broke a few things .....

All 4 rear control arms, cracked the engine block, broke the engine mount, broke the cooling head, bent both rear toe-links and push rods, and bent the chassis.

Now fast forward a few months and my savage XL routinely takes the same jump that basically totalled my revo and no matter how high I go or how hard it lands it always seems to just drive away like nothing ever happened.

 

[cwal1774]

I hear you joshman1204. Everytime I took my T-MAXX out to run it something went wrong. If I had it to do all over again knowing what I know now I never would have bothered with Traxxas. The thing is just about every hobby shop you got to is plastered with Traxxas stuff. The one where I go to get fuel has an entire wall devoted to Traxxas stuff. Replacement parts an hop up parts that are grossly over priced and then there is this one little section of pegboard with HPI and Losi.

 

[ksrichard]

thanks for the input. i have all the parts to fix my downed maxx except for steering
arm mounts. there on back order.. think ill upgrade a little on new maxx. only 2.5. i
dont want to make it to heavy. learn a little n get a xl.

 

[srusinek]

I was in the same boat except my reason to get an xl was because of performance not durability. I'm kinda a medium basher that only runs at my park. I figured why spend all that coin to make a tmaxx classic into a big block when I can just buy a savage xl for a little more? The tmaxx needed a new driveline, new or nodded tranny, new engine and upgraded suspension. So in the end I have my xl which I love and then theres my tmaxx upgraded with rpm a arms, 2.5 driveline, foc tranny, OS .18 just to name a few. The tmaxx to me will always be a small block monster truck and then there's the savage for big blocks out of the box.

 

[3_Stroke_Motor]

Thats the whole point of nitro, run for an hour, work for an hour... some like that, (I love it) if you can't come to terms with it, then you should invest a lot of money into metal aftermarkets or go to electric, not trying to be harsh, but thats what Nitro is all about, it's for gear heads who love to tinker, if all you want to do is run, then electric is certainly the one for you.

 

[SchrodeMode]

Thats the whole point of nitro, run for an hour, work for an hour... some like that, (I love it) if you can't come to terms with it, then you should invest a lot of money into metal aftermarkets or go to electric, not trying to be harsh, but thats what Nitro is all about, it's for gear heads who love to tinker, if all you want to do is run, then electric is certainly the one for you.

There's a HUGE difference in tinkering and repairing. Tinkering all the time to make the truck better or custom is fun, making repairs every now and then after beating the crap out of it is fun. Having to rebuild your truck everytime you run it, even when you're not really going hard, sucks.

 

[Riz23]

making repairs every now and then after beating the crap out of it is fun. Having to rebuild your truck everytime you run it, even when you're not really going hard, sucks.

That's exactly why the Savage will always win out. I love my Maxx for what it was, my first monster truck. It got me to love the class. But the Savage is what took it over the top. I loved going out and tearing it up, then taking it home only to find out that you have only 1 or two small repair jobs. That's when it's fun!

 

[Bkyd Basher]

I've been noticing a trend, been on 3-4 different threads and Riz 23 is doing nothing but bragging up the savage and how fast it is and how tough it is. U should spend more time on the savage forum and yall can brag them up together I have owned a savage xl a few tmaxxs and now my revo. The savage was like driving a tractor on our race track. Always onits lid from the smallest of thing and just wasn't very good handeling.(Good basher i guess). Now the tmaxx 2.5 did have quite a few week points and wasn't the greatest handleing truck either, but with the 3.3 conversion it made it alot tougher and with a simple set of tires with an offset it handled a ton better. And the revo is by far the better handleing out of the 3, with descent suspension setup, and so far i havent had a ton of problems, just a few small things that were kind of a fluke.Either way, there all gonna break something eventually.IMO

 

[joshman1204]

Honestly a revo is in a different class than a tmaxx or savage. I know they are both monster trucks but the revo is more of a race platform and is no where even close to the level of basher of a tmaxx or savage. It is best just to not even attempt to compare the two as they are as different as a GT car and a truggy.

 

[sv250]

Honestly a revo is in a different class than a tmaxx or savage. I know they are both monster trucks but the revo is more of a race platform and is no where even close to the level of basher of a tmaxx or savage. It is best just to not even attempt to compare the two as they are as different as a GT car and a truggy.

Right Apples and Oranges

 

[Zdragon71]

I've had both tmaxx and revo and there is no comparison to handling at all. Then i bought a hpi buggy and sold my revo. The tmaxx i have has too much invested to sell an i agree with whomever said that it handles like a tractor on a track but not from being on the lid. Its from the track being way too loose and the picco .26 just being an untamed monster everytime i gas it! Other than that i would like to have a savage one day just to be Able to experience it for myself. I love the tmaxx for bashing and it has been upgraded to a 4907 chassis and all rpm corners and hub carriers with gpm aluminum skids. So its very durable now and fast as hell. I also agree with it just being preference on what you want. Either tmaxx or savage will be a good fun bashing rig for anyone and the revo is just in a monster truck class of its own and will handle a track better than both the others if you race in a MT class.

 

[sur3fir3]

just my .02 If you want an all out basher then get the XL, but if you want something to race with get a Revo, or a Losi Truggy. I don't race at all, I do goto a track now and then just to have fun, but last thing I want to do is take this hobby too seriously and get upset over losing races and etc. The only bad thing about the XL is the engine it comes with sucks, make sure you don't even break it in. Sell it on ebay and buy a better one. either one from ERCM(if you have the cash), or get a LRP .32.


@TRXaddict I completely agree with you on the aluminum parts. On my old Savvy .25 I was almost all aluminum, with Titanium where possible. (did not own FlexTech arms though) I drove the hell out of that Savvy, only issue I ever had was with the Aluminum bulks and the threads striping out. With the aluminum though, I did bend hinge pins, and break plastic shocks here and there. I can't remember breaking much else, but it was a while ago and my memory isn't the best.