looking for a nitro basher

[phidailo]

I'm looking for a 4wd nitro vehicle to just mess around with. The only ones I own are the brushless e-maxx and sportwerks chaos. Either 1/10 or 1/8 scale is fine.

I saw that the new CEN GST 7.7 is coming out soon. any opinions?

[neweuser]

I would go REVO or SAVAGE
more towards REVO though

[coolhandcountry]

The savage is an awesome basher. I hear good things on revo. I watch
the videos around and see which one breaks less. I had a savage and it
was tough.

How about a LST 2. They can take quite a beating. they handle like a john Deere though. :028:

[phidailo]

yeah the main three are lst2, savage x 4.6, and revo 3.3. I only have experience with traxxas and don't have any bad things to say about them. I want the revo because traxxas has held up well for me but like the tall tough stance of the savage. lst2 can go either way i think. i know nothing about the gst 7.7 so i will probably not go with that when it comes out.

thank you for ur opinions

[squeeforever]

I think the Muggy would be my choice. Its got the handling of a truggy and the toughness of a LST.

What's a Muggy Squee??

[squeeforever]

It's Losi's new truggy. It's a truggy with LST front and rear ends basically.

cool.....gotta love those LST shocks

[phidailo]

just put in the order for the 3.3 revo...can't wait till it comes in!

[crazyjr]

Originally Posted by phidailo

just put in the order for the 3.3 revo...can't wait till it comes in!

You will not be disappointed, i have raced and beat on mine since i bought it when they came out and only broke one arm

[neweuser]

Good choice. Good all around truck, and many options to customize if that's a plan in the future. Easy to get parts too.

[phidailo]

it's reassuring to know i made a good choice. what upgrades are you talking about? i really haven't found much...heard they don't really need much upgrading anyhoo.

[squeeforever]

I would put a wing on it for sure. A wing, and pretty much all the Traxxas hopups will make it race worthy as well as a stronger basher. Like the center diff, I would definately get that w/ rear brakes. Stuff like the 40mm flywheel for instance. That little flywheel increases acceleration because its lighter and on my 2.5R, was a noticable difference. The FOC kit is a necessity. It eleminates ALOT of unwanted weight and complications as well as increases acceleration from less rotating mass. The Tekno RC stuff is pretty sweet as well...

[Tom F]

Nice choice :)

You might also want to consider a different exhaust...cheap and easy way to gain power. The Trinity one is highly thought of.

I heard with the old ones that the heat from the exhaust made the rear shock ends go soft. I dont know to what extent this happenned (if at all), but you might want to keep an eye on it...they may have fixed it on the newer ones.

FOC is a must in my opinion. Did it on my MGT and shed a whole bunch of weight.

The Revo is a fantastic truck out of the box, you will not be disappointed