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What do you guys think should I convert my traxxas nitro into electric
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Should I convert my Traxxas T-Maxx to an E-Maxx?
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There are a couple of guys here that has done that and they will chime in as soon as they see this thread I'm sure.
I have a Tmax and have thought about doing this as well. Guys tell me I should keep it nitro but I'm just not a fan of nitro since electric came around.
I have a Tmax and have thought about doing this as well. Guys tell me I should keep it nitro but I'm just not a fan of nitro since electric came around.
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I've never been a nitro guy so I can't really say, did you enjoy it as nitro, are you just looking for less hassles?
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Well it will depend on what Tmaxx you are thinking of doing it too. Also like DOOM said did you like it as nitro. But it's a beast with the toruqe that the electric motor produces for sure...
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I'm gonna be doing one on the not to distant future. If its the 3.3 Id say go for it. The 2.5 maybe not.
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So this is my conversion I did at the beginning of the this yr. With a castle 2200kv monster 2. And a Revo 2.0 trans.. this trucks ridiculous...
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So what Traxxas nitro are you thinking of converting? And any ideas how you want to go about it?
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I still haven't decided if I am converting mine or not but rest assured @StonerRC365 has me leaning towards yes.
I honestly just don't care for nitro.
I honestly just don't care for nitro.
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I agree there are made to be nitro but when you have the 2.5 original and a 3.3 that you built. And hear that they can be converted. We'll the wheel start to turn. So I looked around in here and rc universe, and another one. Everyone saying just put a foward only and your good. So you got enough parts laying around over the yrs. You start to think. Then you ask why not just use a brushless trans. They say only one would be the Emaxx that's a drop in. You ask what about the Revo 2.0. It's way better and it's said oh that won't work you can't get it to mount in a Tmaxx chassis. Well challenge excepted. So I built a converted Tmaxx with the Revo 2.0 trans. And a castle 2200kv. On 4s.. this T/Emaxx is ridiculous. Way faster and toruqer then any nitro Tmaxx sorry I love the Tmaxx have 3 but DAM man.. if you got parts laying around you should try it
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I know this is an old thread, but I thought I'd give my two sense. I just got done converting my Emaxx a couple months ago to electric. I also had steel driveshafts, steel drive lines, all steel gears in the transmission. I have all the steel stuff because I stripped or twisted everything either into a pretzel or dust. This thing will cover my yard so fast, you can't really open it up. So I mowed part of my yard really short, which is almost an acre and Now I can just get into it and it will still cover that acre so fast, I have to back out of it before it ends up in the pond. I feel like mowing the other 15 acres so I can really open it up. I'm also really thinking about scraping a couple acres bare so I can make a course for hauling butt and some rock crawling. I love how bad this Emaxx is with an electric brushless, that I'm converting my Tmaxx to electric. Just got done ordering parts.
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