XXXt Thread
 

Well I got this xxx-t a few years ago for my birthday. Fun truck. About a year ago I broke the chassis and never got around to fixing it. The last few weeks I got it out and started to get it working again. I bought a graphite chassis on ebay along with a cheap servo to get it going. It also needs a diff and shock rebuild. It will end up brushless. Maybe soon if I can manage to get the jammed spur gear off the mamba. Or I'll keep that with my rustler and get a different motor for this. Anyways on to the pictures.

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Looks good!

May i ask what is up with the rear wheels drilled in the back? :p

Just don't ask.

I thought the wheels were pretty funny. Nice xxx-t. I have heard great things about them. How would you compare it to the rustler in terms of durability?

A stock rustler has some weak spots (hingepins, gears) and then needs a few hopups to get it going. The xxx-t has a weak spot of the chassis if you have any head on crashes but besides that is very durable. Out of the 2 for ease of use the rustler would be higher but the xxx-t would be my choice out of the 2 because it doesn't have a need for any hopups except maybe new rod ends and a different bumper.

I ran a xxx-t for over 3 years, bashing and racing and never broke the chassis (or a-arms for that matter). The weak spot is the rear pivot block, easily remedied with an aluminum trinity upgrade. The tranny gave me problems towards the end of its time with the Lehner Basic.

The rustler needs a decent amount of money to compete with the mf1 or mf2, trust me. My friend raced mine quite a few times with the same electronics, and the xxx-t was just nicer and responded more consistently.

I have a XX-T and the chassis is fine, even after a high speed crash square into a cement curb that only broke the front bulk head. The only other part that has went bad was the plastic ball diff gear but that was my fault (forgot to check the diff lube after sitting for many years).


His neighbour was shooting at it because he was chasing their cat around with it. That’s where the holes in the rims came from!!

I got the chassis and servo in the mail a week ago. Got it all together and threw the mamba in there, along with a 3s2p lipo. This truck runs great, best handling truck I've driven. It also handles all the power amazingly (I'm sure that a word). I just need to find a place with some more dirt, I found some today but I just hope the neighbors will be too mad when they come home. Anyway onto the pictures. (I know I need to clean it)

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Looks great and shoudl rip with the mamba in it. The neighbors shouldn't care too much... I mean it is brushless = very quiet.

I was talking about the neighbors getting mad about their yard and their dirt thrown everywhere.

I have a XXX-T as well, fun trucks, RPM makes some pretty cool rims. They are the only company I have found. I have broken just about everything, at least it is a cheap truck to fix. if you are looking for parts check out losipartshouse.com. I have used they for a year now and they get you the parts quick and cheap. good luck with the truck.

I got some new tires for the back because the others were just about slicks and one was tearing apart. It ran great till I was doing dougnets in the sand and the diff broke. It was way over due for a rebuild so it's ok.

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Wow, that is one dusty car. Too bad about the diff, but it sounds like you still had fun, which is the main thing.

here is mine
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Its pretty fast and really heavy so it powerslides when it turns but it is really fun.

Is that a HV brushless? Oh... looks like it's brushed... what motor?

Bet it's fast huh?

One thing you have got to do is toss those white Tamiya connectors and put some Deans or Andersons on there.... you will probably feel the difference right away. Or you can wait until the white connectors melt together and you are forced to replace them, lol...

But once they fuse together, they'll make a better connection! :)

seth556-- Great choice! XXX-T, Mamba 5700, 3s lipo.

I have the same setup and it rocks! I currently am using a MaxAmps 3s2p 6000mah lipo. I melted a diff gear just like that a couple of weeks back. When you rebuild your diff run it totally locked and put a drop of blule locktite on the nut to keep it from backing off. I love the lipo on the street but swap it out for a 6 cell IB4200 pack in the dirt. I just don't have any fun with the lipo spinning out left and right. After reading about the new MaxAmps 5000 packs I am thinking of getting a 2s version for the dirt. I have clocked mine using GPS at 57mph on the street. Here are a couple of pics of my setup.

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Thats a bad*ss xxx-t you got BoysToys. How do those tires hold up on the street?

Thanks for the compliment. The tires are holding up relatively well seeing how they are run mostly in the street. They have already lasted a lot longer than the poor stockers did.:005: I also have a set of Road Rage 2s. Those are pretty much worthless. I don't get any traction at all with them. In fact, I am thinking of putting them on and doing a burnout in the street with a little bleach.:017: It would be cool to see how much if any smoke I could produce.

It's just a 4600 motor. It has a perfect mix of speed and torque for me. It's not instantly fast, but still has enough speed to put a smile on my face.

I have a 4600 that I run on 3s sometimes. It is very powerful and as much as I would ever want. I geared it very conservatively for low current draw and still have a 40mph truck (gps confirmed) which is enough for me since I never run on the street except to use the gps. I have a 5700 motor also but 5700 with 3s is just too much for anything off road.

BoysToys

what spur and pinion do you run? your truck looks sweet. I have those tires and love them with the brushless. before I was running dirthogs and could never get traction.

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bshelton- You have a nic ride yourself. How do you like those RPM wheels. Are they well balanced? I like the look of them and may have to try them out next time I need a set.

I see you are running a Novak 5.5. I had one of those systems with the sintered rotor in my truck for a while then switched it out for the Mamba 5700. With the 3s lipo, I normally run 14/82 with a Robison pinion and a Losi kevlar spur. This gearing comobo keeps my temps down around 180 when running on the street. I can bump it up to 17/82 when running my 6 cell IB4200 pack and still keep the temps under control. Because I am lazy, I normally don't change the gearing when switching from NIMH to Lip. So the truck is usally geared 14/82. I am sure that I will have to adjust this once summer gets here and the ambiant temps begin to rise.

Scoob- I agree with not being able to run the 3s offroad. I tried it a couple of times and could never even get past 1/4 throttle. I like to use a 6 cell packs for offroad duty. To tell the truth, the 5700 with a 6 cell on hard pack is still a handfull to control.

It is a brushed stock emaxx controler and motor. I know i need to get the deans on there just never got around to it. the batts are prettyh much dead anyway so i will throw some deans on the new batts.

I really like the wheels. they are really well balanced and look so much better than the dish rims. my buddy has the mamba, it is SO much better than the novak. I am going to build an 8th scale buggy with that lease the mamba ecs and hopefully run the new motor coming out this summer. I bought the novak before Castle Creations released the mambamax. wish I would have waited but the truck is fast enough when I am running the 8000 lipo. Just more reason to get the buggy :)

how often are you guys having to rebuild the diff? how much diff lube are you using when you rebuild it? It seems like i am having to rebuild it pretty often and I am not sure why. I typically crank it down until it is almost impossible to turn the left tire but the diff still works.