alf44 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 (edited) So i got my t-maxx 3.3 the other day and after i got it broke in.. which takes longer than breaking in a new shee... I got a chance to see what this thing can do. Holy Crap this thing is fast! 45mph out of the box! Way to much fun and it runs on pure nitro. Almost smells as good as my shee. I was just curious if anyone else has got to experience this Nitro truck craze. Time too start modding my new 2 stroke!! Let me no if you have a favorite parts place for these. :biggrin: Edited April 18, 2007 by alf44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeDan Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 So i got my t-maxx 3.3 the other day and after i got it broke in.. which takes longer than breaking in a new shee... I got a chance to see what this thing can do. Holy Crap this thing is fast! 45mph out of the box! Way to much fun and it runs on pure nitro. Almost smells as good as my shee. I was just curious if anyone else has got to experience this Nitro truck craze. Time too start modding my new 2 stroke!! Let me no if you have a favorite parts place for these. :biggrin: wait till ya get to the point youre buyin the .21 chassis and a picco .26 motor then watch it go 35 ft table top.......no problem first thing you wanna do to the new t-maxx is the robinson steel spur gear and the titanium cvd drive axles because you WILL twist the axles like a candy cane stripe till it breaks and the plastic spur gear will be gone in no time with a few new mods.....like a pipe i dont know what youre running for fuel but when i ran a stock t-maxx i ran 20% traxxas fuel and they make as much bling for these things as the do for a shee if not more just look on fleabay :: the integy aluminum stuff is really good as far as quality goes as well another good investment is a roll cage you can get em pretty cheap on fleabay too like $30.00 i think mine was hope this helps....and yes these are MORE of a money pit then a banshee ever though of being i had 2500.00 in mine before i woke up and sold it.......... :: :: :: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepman380 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 I had a 2.5 T-Maxx. Wasn't bad in stock trim but I added a cool head and exhaust and I never could get that thing to run right. Ended up selling it. Spent the money on the shee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
. Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 every traxxas fuel I've ever gotten has foamed to much on me, was giving me a problem even running 2 filters to try to kill the foam. Finally went to another fuel and my revo has been fine since. Definitely get a fail safe, coolhead, and a pipe for it. It'll wake it up even more. If you tend to be heavy on the throttle and roll the thing on its back a lot from it grabbing, might think of getting wheelie bars, they help a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooker82 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Kind of dirty in the pics. I have the HPI MT-2. 4x4 stadium truck. I have the .18 or 3.0cc O.S. TZ Turbo Engine in it. It goes like hell in the snow and sand with these paddle tires on all four. I got the steel spur gear, and heavy duity steel diff gears. The motor keeps twisting the main shaft that the spur gear mounts to. 2.3 Hp and has a usable rpm range of 5,000 to 40,000 RPM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Outside of eBay, where's a good source for nitro cars? I'm thinking I need one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeDan Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Outside of eBay, where's a good source for nitro cars? I'm thinking I need one. tower hobbies is the best place ive found on the net lee...... other then that try your local hobby shop Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Yellow Zonker Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 one of the guys from my car club has a slightly modified buggy. http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f3..._movie_011.flv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Yellow Zonker Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 here is my truck I have a hard time steering it. It goes about 65-70. the previous owner worked at a dodge dealer and raced a viper. The viper was behind until about 60mph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 I just machined some billet arms for an HPI savage, and let me tell you it was a bad idea. now when my buddy wrecks his truck he'll break bulkheads instead of bending the stock plastic arms. so I guess the point is, update your internal parts before you go for billet arms and Ti knuckles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThE_BaNsHeE_mAn88 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 i had a smaxx 2.5, like a yea ago, that thing was so much fun, but i always broke it so i9 traded it for a set of beadlocks :biggrin: that change the money problem. there is only room for one money pit in my life and that spot it taken by the shee. Derick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPRuck Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Same here.. I had a T-maxx 2.5 but sold that motor quick cause it was a bitch to tune. I put a Sirio 3.0 and pipe in it with a inline filter. Did the forward only conversion (removed the reverse) and a bunch of other things to it. Truck was a MONSTER!! Only thing was I kept breaking things and dumping waaayy too much money into it.. Had to let it go but it was fun when it was working. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf44 Posted April 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Wow sounds like im in for more expensive fun.. Oh well you only live once and you cant take your money with you right! Thanks Guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast Banshee Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Glad to hear you like that thing. I droped a good 5 grand on cars a couple years ago. I have a few that would blow your mind including my fully rece ready G4 0-65ish a whole 3 seconds haha. amazing little things to say the least. Hopefully ill be able to get them back up and running this summer and get video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87sheerips Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Just got a duratrax warhead, i can already tell this thing is guna be expensive to keep up!!! Not to mention the fuel is 30 bucks a gallon, ive been through 3 spur gears and havent even really opened her up!! next mod is the steel spur gear for sure!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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