customizing my tmaxx

[tmaxx05]

Ok guys i am planning to get this for my tmaxx hopefully for when it snows. Just wanted to know if i need a better engine or does trx 2.5 is good to haul this type of metal.



http://www.unlimitedengineering.com/cgi-bin/store/13100.html

 

[retarded pilot]

oh no ....its starting fast & hard LOL. ....i can already hear the whooshing sounds from your pockets from here

 

[Plaidfish]

Just wanted to know if i need a better engine or does trx 2.5 is good to haul this type of metal.

Ummmm, ever hear the term "snowball's chance in hell"???
man the UE stuff is just WAY over priced......I have on ekick ass Revo stomping T-maxx I built and I will walk those UE aluminum nitmares all day long.....
https://www.rcnitrotalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31966
If you want a real race maxx check out those specs on mine....you really don't want all the UE (or anyones) aluminum all over the truck....do the center w/ aluminum and th earms and knuckles w/ RPM.....less likely to break and they are WAY cheaper.....

 

[beason]

dman those look super nice!! to bad its a maxx... listen to plaid.. he spent alot of money on that maxx. he knows what works and what doesn't

 

[Monkey Wrench]

Ah man, DON'T LOOK AT THE BRIGHT LIGHT REFLECTED FROM THAT OVERPRICED ALUMINUM! $500.00? I tell you what, if I were to put that much money, at once, for that kind of hardware into my rig, two possible things would happen:

1. My wife would stab me in the heart with a rusty spoon until I was good and dead.
2. I'd hang myself first time I bent something on it.

Think about it, you could literally buy 1 1/2 additional NEW T-Maxx's for the price of just that upgrade! If you've got that kind of dough laying around, by another T-Maxx and outfit them both with RPM A-arms, bigger engines, skid plates and whatever else Plaid thinks and have fun with a buddy!

And just imagine how many Budweiser cans you can save by going another direction! Think of the hops, man, think of the HOPS!

 

[.21Rc10GT]

I would go with the Fastlane machine bulkless or something like that, then the Fastlane towers... From there go with the RPM a-arms and knuckles with some CVDs. That should give you a pretty tough suspension setup.

 

[MyJeep]

I second .. third .. and forth that. That is way overpriced.

Fastlane machine bulkless .. RPM ... RRP steel gears ... if you want more blink on the arms take a look at the flextek titanium a-arms. RPM & flextek give you life time warranty my friend.

 

[bustedgears]

I wouldn't do all aluminum. Just think of how hard it is to back screws out of that when they break. From experience, I'd stay as far away from an all aluminum upgrade like that as possible.

I think it LOOKS good, but it's not practical. The first time that thing goes full throttle into a wall it's gonna cost out the ying yang to fix it and you will not be happy.

I'd sooner buy something else to run. I'm not saying to sell the maxx or crapping on it one bit, but it's something that you really shouldn't do alot to. I did with mine, and I regret every penny.

 

[Monkey Wrench]

Man, put the Wide-Maxx kit on there. Just did that to my brother's Maxx and it looked good and ran better.

 

[tmaxx05]

What do you reccomend? cause i wasn't going to buy the aluminum. I was going to trade my Cisco router( $500) for the full set of aluminum body,front and rear, bulkheads. But i wanted to get your thoughts. Also thnx guys. I'm a newbie. And I'm getn into this hobby really quick. I was thinking but i dunno. Making my tmaxx all aluminum for the winter, uncluding rims. JEJE. I doubt it though.

 

[Monkey Wrench]

I tell ya, follow what the guys earlier have said. Some aluminum, but add some RPM stuff as well. To fight the cold, you can boil your plastic parts for about 10 minutes, let 'em cool then put them back on. It'll allow them to flex a little more in an accident, rather than snapping them in two. I'd say, aluminum bulks and aluminum hub carriers, RPM (or like) the rest of the way.

 

[Plaidfish]

I'm telling ya if you want a tight track kick ass MT copy my setup...if you have large spaces you run in just get the Dynamite or XTM big block conversion...that has chassis/pipe/Clutch/CVDs/and a whole slew of other parts that make the kit well worth it.....there's also a guy on e-bay seling the powerline shocks/proline CVDs (they are just black mip ones) and lunsford titanium kit for 100 bucks...if you haven't done any of those things I highly recommend them.....get RPM arms and I like the aluminum bulkless setup but I'd do 1/8 scale diffs and center CVDs. RPM carriers and you'll have one sick freakin T-maxx about 200 for all that....maybe 250...but you'll have a much more usable truck instead of a real pretty showqueen...also look at getting an FM radio too....Hitec 645MG is a nice steering servo that don't break the bank....wait amin...I'm just describing all th ecrap in the thread from the link I posted...read that list you'll have one KICKING IN THE NUTS ASS HAULIN MACHINE.....

don't get the picco though...I'd look at the RB .23 for a stock chassis drop in....

 

[olds97_lss]

Listen to Plaid. Like many others, he has walked the walk of the hop'd up maxx. I did it as well and ended up with pretty much everything he listed off, except I never went with 1/8th diffs. I should have. His list right above this post will give you a very solid maxx that won't let you down.

If anything, trade your router for the stuff, then sell it on ebay. Then buy the stuff Plaid suggests.