Truggy, or Monster truck?

[A RC Dude]

Hey guys, selling my e-maxx for a truggy has been on my mind for a long time.

Why? From my understanding, truggies have much more durable drive trains, witch is the thing I always break. I've blown several diffs, sliders, and output gears and the only thing outside of the drivetrain i've broke in the past 3 years was an RPM arm and the stock bumper. I like the ground clearance but my maxx is just extremely heavy, wheelies none stop (dont get me wrong, I like wheelies, but it's a little overkill), and the drive train won't let me throw what I could at it.

I have an old style e-maxx with FLM chassis, towers, and bulks, RPM arms, axle carries, and skids, 3.3 spec drive train, MMM2 2200kv system and a custom wheelie bar since I couldn't buy one that could take the weight pounding on it.

The maxx is the only large 4WD var I've had so I'm not really sure what to expect or what truck to go with but if I switched, it'd put my electronics and all in it.

Any advice?

[nastety92]

I think going from a monster truck to a Truggy is a great idea. I have two brushless Truggies and love them. They can go almost anywhere a monster truck can, they handle much better and I really don't break things.

I've been running my Hot Bodies D8T for a while now on a two different motors with great luck. To me a CC 1515 2200 motor is a little on the small side for a full weight truggy. I'm running a CC 1520 on 5s and it's a ton of fun.

Good luck,
Nick

[A RC Dude]

Thanks for the input! That's really what I've been thinking. You have any preferences on brand or anything? Like I said, the drive train is the deal maker in this case.

I've heard a ton of good things about Mugen, but i'm not sure if it's worth the price over the others. I figure I could almost do a strait trade from my maxx to a HB truck or something. I fell in love with the performance of my mini 8ight, but the 8ight-T is way too pricey.

[PBO]

+1 for a truggy

I'm still running an 8T 1.0 & informally race/bash against other buggy's, truggy's & 1/5 Redcats & 5T. The truggy platform is consistent & very reliable

[A RC Dude]

Awesome! I'll probably run my e-maxx untill my overkill lipo goes bad (since i think it's close). Until then, i'll try to find the right truck.

Any suggestions on truggy? It's got to have an electric conversion for it lol

[brainanator]

I was (and still am kinda) a big Monster Truck fan. I love my Savage Flux to death, but I got a truggy (MBX5T) in the fall, and converted it to electric. Got to drive it a bit here recently and I'm blown away by the handling of this thing. Just point it and go! Jumps like crazy too, was hitting the berms and full speed, launches into the air nice and flat, just a little bit of throttle/brake to level it out and lands perfectly.
At a big grass field doing temp tests I only had to flip it back on the wheels ONCE during a whole pack. Don't think that's ever happened to me with the Savage.

I would highly recommend trying out a truggy! I got this Mugen for a pretty good deal with lots of spares. Hasn't taken anything that the savage couldn't, but I haven't broken anything yet either!

[PBO]

Without another point of reference, I vote 8T 1.0

There are no doubt many options equal or better

[nastety92]

I've had good luck with my HB D8T, but I've been thinking about switching to a Mugen in the future. From what I read they are one of the toughest factory truggies out there. I bought the Tamiya 801Xt just so I could build a kit and it was cheap $200.

[A RC Dude]

Nastety: Yea, all i've heard are the Mugen's are indestructible and very balanced. I could get a new MBX6TR kit for $510, witch i think i could sell my e-maxx roller for more than that looking at this truck since mine has 4 stock parts on it. may be wrong though...

PBO: Losi does kinda have my sold on the 8ight-t 2.0 since i have the mini 8ight (fitted a small mini revo body), but i'm not sure it it's worth the extra price for what I'm doing with it.

[nastety92]

I think that is a lot for a new kit. You might consider buying a used Mugen roller. I've seen those for sale on other sites at reasonable prices.

As long as you are buying one of the large name brand truggies I'm sure you will be fine. They are all very strong and I think your going to enjoy it much more than your E-Maxx.

[A RC Dude]

Right, I'll try to find one used. I'm just not finding them much. Maybe I should post a wanted thing or join another forum site that has more going up for sale.

This is the first month I've really been on this site in a couple years. Traffic has really slowed down...

[MonsterMaxx]

Or you can keep your existing truck and upgrade it with the new Supermaxx High Voltage lightning. It's low like a truggy, but still qualifies as a Monster Truck by ROAR rules. Bulletproof parts and quality UE is known for.

It's equally at home on the racetrack as it is back yard bashing.

To upgrade all you do is take your front and rear end and the electronics and put them on the new chassis. Viola, a new beast is born.

[A RC Dude]

Originally Posted by MonsterMaxx

Or you can keep your existing truck and upgrade it with the new Supermaxx High Voltage lightning. It's low like a truggy, but still qualifies as a Monster Truck by ROAR rules. Bulletproof parts and quality UE is known for.

It's equally at home on the racetrack as it is back yard bashing.

To upgrade all you do is take your front and rear end and the electronics and put them on the new chassis. Viola, a new beast is born.

But it uses the same drive train once it gets to the front/rear right?
I've been through a good 4-6 3.3 diffs and many many more shafts. I have my ESC pegged back a ways to prevent it.

[WheelMan]

Originally Posted by A RC Dude

I've been through a good 4-6 3.3 diffs and many many more shafts. I have my ESC pegged back a ways to prevent it.

Some 1/8 scale spider 8 diffs would fix that issue

Stock TRX diffs just aren't built to handle the madness.


-Travis

[MonsterMaxx]

6 spider diffs are in stock and are plenty strong enough for the Castle powerplant.
Only thing holding me back from the 8s is $$, I have to buy a big quantity and with HVL being such an expensive project I can't tie up the funds right yet.
You can get the diffs from Nitrohouse and we have drive cups and housings.
CVDS will be in stock soon.

Also to remember, HVL is a center diff application, this takes a lot of the heavy impact loads off the front and rear drivetrain so you would probably reduce the failure rate significantly just by going to a center diff.

I can see by your sig photo that the front tires are unloading to one side, the 1/8th diffs and the right fluids will cure this.