My $27 Et-Maxx !

[TexasSP]

I will give you one bit of constructive advice. I am on a very fast T1 connection and there is so much crap in this thread (pics and vids) that it's a pain to load. Get rid of some of it because no one will want to mess with it when the thread loads like this.

I do not know what you are trying to prove coming to a brushless site and posting this, there is nothing innovative going on with what you did. You come across as a Traxxas newb trying to prove up the brushless guys.

The notch you cut in the chassis braces is going to break, I can guarantee, those take a lot of stress at that point. Secondly flexing of you cross member will end up causing more problems than it will help. Servo savers are cheap, why not just install one and have a metal arm to eliminate unwanted flex in the steering.

Lastly the XL5 ESC has a hard enough time in bandits and stampedes, it definitely will not last in a maxx truck. The motor will burn up too, ask anyone (such as myself) who has ever run a maxx on a single 550 motor.

As was also stated you don't with everything you have on it really have a 27 dollar truck. Cost new all the parts you have add up unless someone just gave the truck to you. However, it still cost someone money.

This is really no different than stuffing a 4 cylinder engine inside an F350 and going on pirate 4x4 and claiming how cool you are.

[nitrostarter]

Originally Posted by TexasSP

This is really no different than stuffing a 4 cylinder engine inside an F350 and going on pirate 4x4 and claiming how cool you are.

Wanna talk about a tough crowd, go try that! Pirate4x4 will eat newb's whole for breakfast...


Radioman, it is fun to take something out the attic and put a new system in it to give it new life. I recently took an old N. Rustler we had in my toy room and put a VXL system in it with a homemade mount. Fun truck to play with.

But this is a tough crowd that really isn't thrill by a cheap brushed system in an old T-maxx. That just screams old and outdated to us... We tend to love excessive power, torque, and efficiency that BL provides.

With that said, a VXL system on 3s geared for 30mph would probably do fine in your Tmaxx and still remain waterproof and carry the Traxxas warranty!