Low CG Maxx

[nitrostarter]

Originally Posted by What's_nitro?

It makes you wonder why Traxxas never did this in the first place......

I agree, but then it wouldn't have agreed with the 4" ground clearancend wheelie action Trx was originally boasting about when the Maxx was first released.

Although they could have brought on a 1/8th scale lineup...

Originally Posted by crazyjr

Do you still have the tranny for the Maxx? Is it the new one or older one?

Its a 3905 transmission. Probably going to keep it tho.

[JERRY2KONE]

It looks nice. I have been thinking about doing something similar. I like the idea of using a center diff like that one. I have a Neu 1527 coming with special mounts and I am thinking about setting it up almost like yours. I have never tried to make my own chassis, but it does not look too difficult. Keep us posted on your progress.

[sikeston34m]

I like this idea too. Been thinking about doing it myself.

One of the things I don't like about the stock chassis:

It's limited on battery size, high center of gravity, and just plain limited on mods.

Good work! Please keep us updated with pics as you progress.

[nitrostarter]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

It looks nice. I have been thinking about doing something similar. I like the idea of using a center diff like that one. I have a Neu 1527 coming with special mounts and I am thinking about setting it up almost like yours. I have never tried to make my own chassis, but it does not look too difficult. Keep us posted on your progress.

Jerry, I was originally going to make a chassis to convert my Revo 3.3 to a chassis like this. The angles of the skids/bulkheads on the Revo threw me for a loop so I decided to keep it simple and tackle the Maxx with a conversion like this first.


For shocks, I was thinking of using some LST shocks, until I realized that they are extremely longer than Maxx or 1/8's. I may still give this a shot, if I can make some lower mounting brackets to accept them.

[Overdriven]

Originally Posted by nitrostarter

Jerry, I was originally going to make a chassis to convert my Revo 3.3 to a chassis like this. The angles of the skids/bulkheads on the Revo threw me for a loop so I decided to keep it simple and tackle the Maxx with a conversion like this first.


For shocks, I was thinking of using some LST shocks, until I realized that they are extremely longer than Maxx or 1/8's. I may still give this a shot, if I can make some lower mounting brackets to accept them.

The revo would be a tough one to make a chassis for. I'd want to make it like your emaxx setup with the bottom of the bulks boted to the chassis. Making this happen with the thin amount of material at the front and the bends required threw me for a loop too while contemplating it. Because some sort of upper deck would definitely be needed with such a thin strip of chassis at the front.

Good job so far on the maxx build though. The ofna lx diff is a bit of a blessing when using the maxx diffs because of its rather large 51t spur. I have one saved for just such a project myself.

[What's_nitro?]

Originally Posted by nitrostarter

Although they could have brought on a 1/8th scale lineup...

That's what I'm sayin'! Traxxas doesn't have a truggy yet, AFAIK...

[nitrostarter]

Originally Posted by What's_nitro?

That's what I'm sayin'! Traxxas doesn't have a truggy yet, AFAIK...

I'm curious to see if they'll attempt to adapt the Slash 4x4 platform into a 1/8th buggy...