tuneing issue? runs great for first few passes then gets slugish...

[down4thakrown]

well I took it out again after sum minor carb tuning.....and i noticed if I'm not goin wide open throttle then slamin breaks and then wide open around corners it dont over heat as fast...you know like tryin to turn while on the gas...or stoping the slaming the throttle again..like if I was racing on a track, it dont over heat as quickly as if I was. like the more gas i give it while turning the hotter it gets then over heats. but I plan on racing this truck on track so I'm goin to need it to handle me being on and off gas a lot and being on the gas around hard corners.......(is this normal for a 2.5? should i just upgrade to a 3.3? sumthing with more hp?) then the tranny locked up again....it would roll back words but not forward and the spur gear would spin but not easily....what would this be?
and i dnt know if i mentiond this b4 but my tmaxx does have a locker in the rear diff..

 

[Metalhead Matt]

The locker will cause you all sorts of driveline problems. Is there holes in the body to let air run over the head? If not, that's the first problem I would have addressed. Ditch the locker before it destroys your rear axles and tranny. Other than that, I can't think of any other way to help ya. Good luck.

 

[down4thakrown]

I've been runing it with out the body....and i thnk the tranny is already gone....i think I'm just guna buy single gear conversion and fwd only conversion.......and see if that helps...if i did a single gear conversion and fwd only conversion..would that make my tranny a direct drive..meaing i can spin fly wheel with my finger and it will spin the tires?

 

[Metalhead Matt]

Yep, but the single speed conversion would take some of the fun away. Wouldn't be as fast, or as quick.