I know of the issues with the M-LST. I was under the impression that a lot of those were worked out with the M-LST2. I only recommended he look into them as a way to avoid dealing with diff tuning. I'm tempted to try one out myself to take along with my brushless 1/8 LST2.

I'll agree with everyone here though. I would recommend the 18t first and foremost. I currently have 4 of them. 3 brushless and one still running stock. All run circles around my Mini-quake.

ya im gonna agree with the mlst. i bought truck off ebay the guy dropped 800 into it and then put it on ebay. i bought it for 375 with an mx-3 and then after about a month was fed up with it.. the truck is just horrible in every way. put it back up on ebay and was suprised to get 340 (without mx-3) i got very lucky.

anyways i bidded on a vendetta today and ended up losing (didnt want it that bad) so im going to buy the superdiffs and maybe send the diffs to someoen so they can properly install them for me! lol i hate dealing with stuff that i cannot fix..

edit: if someoen wants to make a video for me of how to put the diffs apart that would be prettyyyy sweet!


thanks!

Honestly I took the car to my local hobby shop (Hobby Town USA, San Antonio) and had them install the two superdiffs, and CVD's along with shimming them it only cost me about $80 for the labor. It's a steal to me if I don't have to worry about messing them up as they're not that cheap. One thing you might need to take into consideration is that I found that the machining on the MIP diffs had not been done properly and it caused it to bind within the front and rear bulkhead, (they were really difficult to turn and it sounded like sand was in there) anyways, of course the guy at Hobby town hooked me up and filed it down for me and all is well now, just lettin' you know if you happen to come across this problem as well. Other than that slight imperfection everything is great, the diffs are holding up to extreme abuse without any fuss. Good luck with your project, this has been one of the funnest cars that i've bought in a while and pretty dang tough too, its gone repeated head on collisions with another 18t purposely and hasn't broken anything yet :)

The 18t is so simple and it is light weight too. It can handle alot of abuse too. That is why so many people like them!!!

80 bucks labor eff that! id pay MAYBE 20 lol.. i mean if i work 2 hours straight im basically saving myself 10 bucks an hour. idk i dont like paying that kind of money for stuff like this.

i agree on the niceness of the mini quake and i've also had most 1/18th out there except xray. about the diffs, mine went pretty quickly on the mini quake se. i put mlst wheels and tires on and i was geared to about 40mph running 3cell. a few lawn runs later and my diffs were gone. its still collecting dust in new condition waiting on my next tower order.

I run the mini quake SE with the ball diffs. I bought it used and have rebuilt the diffs once. They seem to hold the power, even with the 10th scale tire and wheels I run. It seems to be a good truck, except I keep breaking hubs, I need some al ones to solve that!

thats weird that you both say the mini quake is nice.. thatd be the last on my list that i would THINK would be nice but i guess thats what i get for thinking!

You may have had experience with some of duratrash's other products. Most of them are not worth anyones time! The mini quake is quite simple, like the 18t and that seems to be a good thing in rc vehicles. The only problem i have is broken hubs after a 40 mph cartwheel, but I run heavier tires than stock. For the price the SE version seems like a good deal, add your electronics and go!

with mine, it was the only mini i bought that really impressed me the moment i pulled it out of the box. it just seems a step above the other's ive ran. i also agree on getting the se modle. at the price point and the fact you may upgrade anyways, i would never recomend the rtr version.

hm! thats pretty cool then, but since you cant use a mamba in it then idk if id get it..

You can use the mamba 25 esc, and a bigger motor like the 280 series feigaos. But if you have the mamba system already the rc18t is the best bet.

https://www.unitedhobbies.com/UNITED...idProduct=2063

Or you could try the 11 series of Neu's, they're bigger than the CC Motors and should be pretty impressive.

mini feigao motors! haha! youd have to use like 3s on that though wouldnt you?

Yes, 3s works well on the "mini feigao". Feigao actually make motors similar sized to the mamba motors and they are good too. I had a 130 l can in a rc18t and ran it on 3s lipo and it hauled as.....

It also ran cooler than my 5400 mamba on 2s. Mamba motors are just too small IMO. My mini quake has way more power than it can use, worse than a 5s setup in an emaxx or 1/8 buggy. It just kind of takes off at around 45mph, and then crashes:lol:

lol gotta love the high speed crashes!and ya the mm motor in my rc18 gets EXTREMELY hot...

Are the feigaos 280 avable with a 2mm shaft?