ok, i didn't read through all these posts. the t-maxx is a entry level rig and the .15s aren't built very good. i haven't really been around traxxas nitro in about 8 years or so, but when i was messing with the 4-tecs and stampedes. i have to say i didn't like the .15 motors, they were a pain in the ass to tune. they ran hot and blew just about every other time i ran them. i hated them. but I WILL SAY the stampede i had, once i put a os.12 cvx motor on it and a 360 stinger pipe. it was awesome. i wish i still had it. i beat the crap out of that trck, rarely broke anything on it it was a fun little truck and held up good.
if you are going to bash and want a monster truck and are on a budget. i recomend picking up a used stampede and putting a os. motor on it. i jumped my moms truck with mine with a piece of drywall leaning up on the door . when the truck hit the drywall leaned in and the truck pratically went straight up in the air at about 30 mph. it was awesome. it went a good 30+feet up in the air. and landed on the wheels. when it landed i drove it around to me and it stalled from sucking air through the tank while it was in the air.
the stampedes are a better basher than the t-maxx. the plastic pieces are just as durable if not more druable than the t-maxx and they are prob. half the weight. therfor less is going to break. i have a t -maxx with a os.18tm motor and a spare .15 that prob. needs new piston/sleeve i'd trade it without the os for a stampede any day. and put the os on the stampede.
Looks like ya got a good start building it up, anyways. Might as well make it the way you want it.
