rc18t ready to go big. lol!

[VintageMA]

Likewise I've heard very good things about the Vendetta. When I was making my final decision on a 1:18 a few months back it was really a tough call between the Vendetta and the M18T.

Sorry to post a link to another forum, but rcuniverse has a great forum on 1:18 minis: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_235/tt.htm

[t-maxxracer32]

ive also been looking at the vendetta.
one18th.com gave it a pretty good review! does it use the same size batteries and motor as the 18t?

also are the diffs different in the vendetta?

thanks!

[no mods]

again dont forget parts. i find if i dont have support from a local store the model sits much longer than gets used. while parts may be durable on the m18t nothing is indestructible. I hate having a model not running simply because im waiting on mailman to show up.

t maxx- if this is your only car left and you want to get yourself out of the hobby all together, get something that no one stocks parts for.

[lincpimp]

Ok, I have owned every mini except the xray vehicles. The Vendetta st is a nice truck, stay away from the vendetta buggy, not as good. My personal favorite is the mini quake, has stronger diffs, etc than the other minis. The 18t is most likely the best cause it is simple, however the steering sucks at higher speeds. You will need a metal servo saver spring/collar for the 18t. Other than the mip cvds and super diffs that will be all the 18t needs to survive brushless. rpm arms and towers would be a good idea too. My preference for the mini quake is cause I have run 28mm l can brushless motors and ridiculous gearing in the quake and it is still on the same spur and diffs! The only thing that breaks are the stock hubs, you need to upgrade to al hubs.

[VintageMA]

I think the steering issue was the one huge turn-off for me on the RC18T. No matter which mod I tried it just was never quite right. The M18T has an awesome servo saver and tracks really straight.

There should be a huge thread on the Vendetta somewhere in the link I posted - read up on it. People have said that the Vendetta ST is a heavier truck that most others and the mamba's don't have quite enough power in a 280 can - a lot of people go with 400 size motors with a quark 33 esc.

Not sure about battery size.

[riceman]

Well if you are going that route you may as well look at the new mini LST2. No Ball Diffs! These are relatively new so I haven't heard much feedback in terms of brushless durability yet but it's certainly worth consideration.

[lincpimp]

The mini lst is crap, do not buy one. I dumped hundreds in mine and the drivetrain could not hold the power. I tried the metal diffs, and they did not last long. The only thing that worked well was MIP ball diff in the ctr trans. The vendetta and mini quake need larger motors than the little mamba motors. A 280 size feigao or similar will work fine. The vendetta and quake have higher gearing than the 18t so the mamba motors do not have enough torque to push the trucks around.

[VintageMA]

^ +1
Mini-LST (or mLST2) is totall crap. Too top heavy, if you put any speed on it, it just bounces and flops all over the place. I dumped $500+ into one over a month or more before I literally just dumped it in the garbage can. (first RC product I have just given up on and thrown out!)

[2FastSS4U]

Heard that, I went all out on the MLST also, probably dumped $600+ on it. IMO my RC18R has been way funner and takes less upgrades, also if you're wanting to put a nice brushless system in the rc18t, just get the MIP Super Diffs and the CVD's, remember to properly shim them and thats all, mine has a mamba 25 ESC with a CC 8000KV motor in it and the drivetrain is holding up without any problems, and believe me, I drive mine really hard. The only thing you've got to remember is that when you rebuild the diffs either MIP or stock it will take probably 2 runs for them to break in, after the 2nd run take it inside and tighten both diffs a lil' and you're good to go, check'em every once in a while though just for good measure. I haven't driven a vandetta or an m18t but so far this little truck has been a blast to drive and is super easy to work on, upgrade the steering servo also, its only 30 bucks or do. Hope this helps.

[lincpimp]

Good to hear that I am not the only one who had trouble with the MLST.

[riceman]

I know of the issues with the M-LST. I was under the impression that a lot of those were worked out with the M-LST2. I only recommended he look into them as a way to avoid dealing with diff tuning. I'm tempted to try one out myself to take along with my brushless 1/8 LST2.

I'll agree with everyone here though. I would recommend the 18t first and foremost. I currently have 4 of them. 3 brushless and one still running stock. All run circles around my Mini-quake.

[t-maxxracer32]

ya im gonna agree with the mlst. i bought truck off ebay the guy dropped 800 into it and then put it on ebay. i bought it for 375 with an mx-3 and then after about a month was fed up with it.. the truck is just horrible in every way. put it back up on ebay and was suprised to get 340 (without mx-3) i got very lucky.

anyways i bidded on a vendetta today and ended up losing (didnt want it that bad) so im going to buy the superdiffs and maybe send the diffs to someoen so they can properly install them for me! lol i hate dealing with stuff that i cannot fix..

edit: if someoen wants to make a video for me of how to put the diffs apart that would be prettyyyy sweet!


thanks!

[2FastSS4U]

Honestly I took the car to my local hobby shop (Hobby Town USA, San Antonio) and had them install the two superdiffs, and CVD's along with shimming them it only cost me about $80 for the labor. It's a steal to me if I don't have to worry about messing them up as they're not that cheap. One thing you might need to take into consideration is that I found that the machining on the MIP diffs had not been done properly and it caused it to bind within the front and rear bulkhead, (they were really difficult to turn and it sounded like sand was in there) anyways, of course the guy at Hobby town hooked me up and filed it down for me and all is well now, just lettin' you know if you happen to come across this problem as well. Other than that slight imperfection everything is great, the diffs are holding up to extreme abuse without any fuss. Good luck with your project, this has been one of the funnest cars that i've bought in a while and pretty dang tough too, its gone repeated head on collisions with another 18t purposely and hasn't broken anything yet :)

[lincpimp]

The 18t is so simple and it is light weight too. It can handle alot of abuse too. That is why so many people like them!!!

[t-maxxracer32]

80 bucks labor eff that! id pay MAYBE 20 lol.. i mean if i work 2 hours straight im basically saving myself 10 bucks an hour. idk i dont like paying that kind of money for stuff like this.