My first truggy :) - RC-Monster Forums

freeagent · **My first truggy :) -** 08.13.2010, 04:50 PM

Hi guys :)

Ive been stuck in Revoland for 3 years now. I have a couple of nitro revos in bags and boxes, and I have my E-Revo. My E has been a total blast! I dont have any plans on selling it, but I wanted to try something different. I had an opportunity to grab an MBX5T Prospec roller for a verry good price locally, so I jumped on it

This thing is very nice! And well maintained

I have a conversion kit ordered, and will grab a few things from the store here as well. I snapped a couple of pix with it and my trusty Revo.. I cant wait to get it going!

Pix!

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magman · 08.13.2010, 05:19 PM

Sweet...On my mbx5T I run a 1520 on 5s w/the mmm esc and it is sweet. BEFORE you add brushless power, make sure to check diffs for correct shimming. In my haste to get my running, I forgot to check them and blew front and rear. Nitro running is a little more forgiving than BL power.

Have fun!

freeagent · 08.13.2010, 06:08 PM

Thank you sir

Thanks for the tip, I was just going to run it, but I will check the diffs now

magman · 08.13.2010, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by freeagent

Thank you sir

Thanks for the tip, I was just going to run it, but I will check the diffs now

That's just what I did..did not end so well when I did. Well worth the 1hr of time to tear down and check...besides, the diff fluid will be different for electric . I run 15K front 20k center and 7k rear. I only bash so this works well for me

freeagent · 08.13.2010, 07:47 PM

Thats the plan for this one too, its going to be a basher.. I was trying to see what my revolvers and badlands looked like on it, the sad part is I already misplaced the hex bolt! Noobs eh

But it looks good

Thanks for the tip on the diff fluids, Ill try it out :)

nuz69 · 08.17.2010, 10:32 AM

I race with a prospec mbx5t, it takes a lot of abuse without any wear, I only broke some front lower arm on very bad landings at high speed but every other truggies would have broke too... You will be happy with it !
+1 on the diffs shimming, use washers to ajust correctly the mesh between spur and bevel gear. I ran 150 batteries and my diffs are unused.
Mugen drivetrains are the most invulnerable drivetrains, exactly what we need for brushless power :D
My setup for racing : 30K, 15K, 10K.

freeagent · 08.17.2010, 08:06 PM

Thanks man :) After watching a ton of vids on youtube while at work, this thing is going to be badass I think.. Theres alot of nice ones on here too, some awsome info to be had :) I get my conversion kit in a few days woooo :)

08.18.2010, 02:20 PM

nice truggy bud! are you going to be racing it?

freeagent · 08.18.2010, 03:00 PM

Thanks man! To be honest Ive never been on a track before :(

Out of my group of friends, it seems that I am the last one to own an rc.. Driveing by yourself is ok now and then, but not all the time.. So I may get into it a little bit. I thought the 5 was a total badass, but it appears there are some newer flashier models, so Im not sure how competitive I would be, but it doesnt hurt to try! I have some VTR's that I can use for now.. We will see how it goes next year tho :) I wanted to try raceing my revo at one point, but never got around to it.. This thing totally outclasses it in every single way!

07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by freeagent

Thanks man! To be honest Ive never been on a track before :(

Out of my group of friends, it seems that I am the last one to own an rc.. Driveing by yourself is ok now and then, but not all the time.. So I may get into it a little bit. I thought the 5 was a total badass, but it appears there are some newer flashier models, so Im not sure how competitive I would be, but it doesnt hurt to try! I have some VTR's that I can use for now.. We will see how it goes next year tho :) I wanted to try raceing my revo at one point, but never got around to it.. This thing totally outclasses it in every single way!

oh well your one of the lucky ones

all my friends do is sit on their bums all day and play "call of duty" me no call of duty, i like spend me money on my favorite toys, but when winter comes ill play cod.

to be honest i think your truggy and your E-revo could out run some people on the track

you just got to try and see if your competitive. wish you the best of luck!

and No problem

freeagent · 08.19.2010, 11:52 AM

Hehehe maybe :)

Dont get me wrong, I love cod too, but this is summer, we have long winters, so I like to get my rc time in when I can heheh. In the winter Ill get back to pwning noobs and masters alike :)

Thanks for the faith in my toys :) I think I would do ok, I would have to get used to being on a track. As for driving, I think Im pretty decent, and I could probably be competitive. I just give myself a hard time because I havent been on a track. My Revo is set up so sweet right now, I still <3 her :)

revo guy · 08.19.2010, 11:54 AM

Eliminator-RC is having a race this weekend, come out to race. It is not overly competitive and it is always tons of fun. And they also have great random prizes

freeagent · 08.19.2010, 11:58 AM

That works good for me too, because usually everytime they have a race on, I have to work! I think Ill see you there :) Mine will be the black beetle !

revo guy · 08.19.2010, 04:25 PM

Great, also i believe you need to prepay to have the roast pig (Race for the pig)

and I will have the ERBE with red rims and a red wing

freeagent · 08.19.2010, 08:12 PM

Thats no problem, I love dead animal cooked over fire, makes me feel closer to my inner caveman, ugg :)

If you dont mind me asking, what pinion and spur do you run at their track?