The box was all full of shipping peanuts. But, this is what it looks like after a half hour of peanut removal. It was kind of like christmas. My memory sucks, so I forgot what was included. As I was removing peanuts I was finding prizes! OOOOhhhhhhhhh shocks! OOOOhhhhhhhhhh, original owners manual. OOOOOOhhhhhh, spare parts. OOOoohhhh tires...
Anyway, it came with a handful of spare parts including some cvd's or dogbones (don't remember, I was in a hurry to get the truck part out to look at). A pretty new set of street tires mounted on rims. Installed hot bodies threaded shocks. All 8 stock shocks (un used) in a bag. Bottle of shock oil and something else. Installed dual brake disk upgrade. Can't remember what kind of cvd's are on it, but they aren't stock.
I plan on throwing my Omega 21 Comp engine in it that was in my 21 maxx that I kept breaking. Along with the Airtronics MX-3 Radio that I just bought to make my 21 maxx more controlable. Having a radio with EPA didn't help much. Even with the EPA set to 50% open on the carb, it was still just smoking the clutch. To avoid that, I would have had to drop probably about $40 into it for an 1/8 scale clutch. Then I would probably toast the diffs again, the cvd's, the trans 2 speed... you know, all the headaches that come with a 21 maxx.
I tore the 21 maxx apart, washed everything (and i mean everything) in soap and water. Oiled stuff that would rust and just sorted everything out as spare parts for my little maxx. Pretty much everything is usable on my little maxx but the engine, chassis plate and chassis rails.
I'm just a weekend basher. No racing. The bill on the 21 maxx had exceeded $2000. I decided it was time to stop putting money into a truck that was never going to be what I wanted.
So... I'm starting the slate clean again. I have a 2.5 maxx with an Orion Wasp 18 in it. I've converted it to 2wd. I loaded it up with upgrades that I had on my 21 maxx. Rc-Solutions skid plates, my bumper grommets that every likes so much, new era 3 point roll bar, 4 supermaxx shocks, RPM shock towers. Basically, all the stronger and better stuff I had on the 21 that I didn't have 2 of for the little maxx. I took the little maxx out saterday and ran about 1/2 gallon through it. 3 hours of beating the piss out of it. The damage for the day was a lost body clip and torn exhaust coupler.
Sorry for the long post. Just thought I'd throw out a history of the mess I've made for myself. I'm fairly certain that since the savage is made for a 21, it's going to handle the power a lot better and prove to be more fun than my 21 maxx ever was. But now, my little maxx is like a stadium truck that you can't kill! So both will be fun.
