What did you do to your Maxx Truck today?

**2wdslasher** · 03-20-2012 08:58 PM

Hit a mail box pole today! Broke left a-arms, bent upper and lower hinge pins and broke my bulkhead and bent some bumper mount screws. Also bent my left turnbuckle.

**run41t** · 03-20-2012 10:33 PM

Bought my first Nitro car yesterday (a used S-Maxx)

Have it stripped today, cleaned it up and am waiting for my new parts to turn up (Waterproof servo's, Big bore chocks, rpm bashplates, new body, spool, etc etc)

How i bought it:

As it sits right now:

Cant wait to get it out there bush bashing

**08kgraves** · 03-20-2012 11:00 PM

dont buy a spool, your asking for more broken parts man, seen it a 100 times!

**run41t** · 03-21-2012 03:23 AM

Originally Posted by 08kgraves

dont buy a spool, your asking for more broken parts man, seen it a 100 times!

Even on dirt?

Have a spool in my street car, im aware of the xtra strain on your driveline but i thought on a smale scale on dirt it would be minimal?

**texas oil hauler** · 03-21-2012 07:05 AM

Droped in the ole pull starter on the 26 Picco,grabbed up the hot shot igniter,jerked it twice and chased the neighbors cat into the next block.There was,there was a puddy tat!!

**08kgraves** · 03-21-2012 10:58 AM

well hopefully ill be going out to a baseball diamond later so it will be friendly to my tires so i can run it around some.

**TheBoss35** · 03-21-2012 07:11 PM

Cleaned my air filters and have been waiting 5+ hours for them I dry.. Now it's dark so no bashing for me today

**08kgraves** · 03-22-2012 12:28 AM

Originally Posted by run41t

Even on dirt?

Have a spool in my street car, im aware of the xtra strain on your driveline but i thought on a smale scale on dirt it would be minimal?

loose dirt yes but not as fast as pavement. you have to remember a 1:1 car has metal driveshafts not plastic ones. gotta keep that in mind. and unless you physically never will touch pavement i wouldnt do it. but i have a feeling at some point or another you will be on pavement driving.

**08kgraves** · 03-22-2012 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by 08kgraves

well hopefully ill be going out to a baseball diamond later so it will be friendly to my tires so i can run it around some.

yeah didnt happen, made some money working on some cars though........... so i guess it wasnt a bad day lol

**foxrocks** · 03-22-2012 08:38 AM

bought a new slipper clutch and then i seen how dirty under the motor and gas tank so it become alot longer then i hoped haha. side note is there any other way to get the spur gear off other then tanking the motor off and gas tank?

**08kgraves** · 03-22-2012 08:52 AM

could always just pull the transmission. i find it to be easier then pulling the motor for the reason that you dont have to mess with the mesh again, just bolt it all back together. i dont have a stock gas tank though.

**kuskye25** · 03-22-2012 08:59 PM

got my maxx up to 88mph and it disappeared and left flame tire tracks...

**holeyguy66** · 03-22-2012 09:33 PM

i finally walked it on its back bumper

**humayrayakongkinaon** · 03-22-2012 09:35 PM

^^^congrats dude, its about time LOL.

**08kgraves** · 03-22-2012 10:44 PM

got it to start in about 4 pulls after sitting since october ish. plus the few pulls to prime the system. then i did a little tuning and beat her some. hit 276 degrees shut her off to cool and it finally did in my glow plug and i did not have another with the half tank of fuel in her still. i just put my last plug in my slayer pro. then after running the slayer some i pulled the plug and threw it in my maxx since my buddy wanted to see it run. hit something i didnt mean to hard, sent it about 10 feet in the air landed and turned hard and hit my buddy in the back of his leg at about 10mph lol. gotta do my aro still and a after run inspection from that impact. seemed to be driving ok though.

as for my slayer......... i beat the ever living heck out of it some more because its a champ and i treated it like it was a true torque truck

**holeyguy66** · 03-22-2012 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by humayrayakongkinaon

^^^congrats dude, its about time LOL.

still got a bit to learn on tuning but its getting closer.

**humayrayakongkinaon** · 03-23-2012 02:24 AM

both my maxx are not been running for a few weeks now, but they have been treated with a good dose of ARO.

**maddasterd** · 03-23-2012 06:59 AM

Installed/broke-in my new os.21tm.
Installed RPM Tru-track, RPM front arms,
RPM axle carriers.
Hi-tec 645-mg servo for steering.

Just waiting on delivery of ballistic 6v. NIMH

**Tufinuf11** · 04-09-2012 08:37 PM

Installed some Big Bore Shocks then took it out for some fun. Was doing donuts and the front tire inflated so big it hit the plastic cover and slit open the sidewall lol It was awsome though =-)

**Hwdriver** · 04-09-2012 09:38 PM

I ordered the parts to build front and rear "Revo" spec differentials for my T-maxx.

**guardog** · 04-10-2012 04:58 AM

Just broke in my 3rd 3.3 engine and she runs like a dream.... finally ! Any idea how I can get some wheelies out of it ?
hsn is 3 3/4 and lsn is flush

**ckysmith2011** · 04-10-2012 08:03 AM

Went to go adjust mine and it stopped working altogether. Wont turn over even with the plug out so i believe my electric start might be going out. Any suggestions let me know. Btw it was running descent not great cause i hadnt got to adjust my HSN yet just the LSN before she stopped turning over.

**ckysmith2011** · 04-10-2012 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by humayrayakongkinaon

both my maxx are not been running for a few weeks now, but they have been treated with a good dose of ARO.

Those are BA dude wish mine would run right for once

. Oh if you had the 2.5r before that 3.3 how much of a difference does it make cause i might get a 3.3 for mine

**westoakmech** · 04-10-2012 08:21 AM

Rebuilt shocks, added new springs, 60wt oil all around. Feels pretty good, just have to try it out when it dries up.

**4runners** · 04-10-2012 02:11 PM

I put in front diff in my s maxx and bashed for awhile til I striped spurgear.

**TastesLikeChicken** · 04-10-2012 02:34 PM

Finally got the last of my parts to build a Supermaxx.
It's been a year in the making.

**chrisnhisrevo** · 04-10-2012 03:06 PM

Just got it out and stared at it. Tiered of dreaming about driving it. Still wait n on parts...

**westby60** · 04-10-2012 03:24 PM

Smiled as I saw the sun, Ive been away in the oilfield again for a month so since the gf was at work, I couldnt think of a better way to spend my day. Quick trip to the LHS to get a tamiya style connector to a RX female style for my hump pack that I installed before I left.
She fired up pretty quickly, tiny adjustment on the HSN and she was ready to go. I cant believe the steering difference with just switching to a hump pack and servo saver. Saves some $$ on batteries as well. Now that I have her all tuned Im gonna hop in the truck and head over to an abandoned wal-mart parking lot for some high speed runs. Still plenty of daylight left.... WHY NOT????

**dragonslayergh** · 04-10-2012 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by srbecker

I cut out the passenger side windshield and rear window to allow better air flow past the engine, re-applied locktite to some screws that came loose, tuned it for the warmer temps, and went off a 4 foot ramp for my first jump ever and landed on the lid only to find out, nothing broke! Amazing!

does that help? i cut the front window to help it run cooler have heard anything about back and side window being cut.

**dragonslayergh** · 04-10-2012 04:43 PM

i cut out some plastic bottles and made some axle and shock protextors the other day they seem to help keep rock sticks and stuff out of the A arms. next up grade was the exhaust extention tube. today i took it out and got it real dirty hitting jumps and doing donuts and kicking up some dust

then i spent some time doing after run maintainence and cleaning

not as much fun as bashing and jumping but has to be done so its ready to bash next time

**spiderrey** · 04-10-2012 04:55 PM

I ordered some raven progressive springs, and i stopped by a local hobby shop to pick up a new fuel bottle and glue for the tires. But now I dont want to glue them till I get some foam. Didnt want to pay the price they were askin for foam at the hobby shop. Im gonna check out tower hobbies i guess.

**TastesLikeChicken** · 04-10-2012 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by dragonslayergh

does that help? i cut the front window to help it run cooler have heard anything about back and side window being cut.

The more airflow you can get passing through the body the better.
I drill 1/4in. holes in the grille section between the headlights,
cut a hole in the front windshield, cut the rear windshield to the shape of the cooling
head, and cut out the center rear tailgate leaving a 1/4in. lip all around.
I only cut the side window out if I've relocated the fuel tank.

**dragonslayergh** · 04-10-2012 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by TastesLikeChicken

The more airflow you can get passing through the body the better.
I drill 1/4in. holes in the grille section between the headlights,
cut a hole in the front windshield, cut the rear windshield to the shape of the cooling
head, and cut out the center rear tailgate leaving a 1/4in. lip all around.
I only cut the side window out if I've relocated the fuel tank.

Thanks i will try cutting some more holes my temp is usually between 240 and 255 a little more air won't hurt

**ckysmith2011** · 04-10-2012 10:10 PM

Took most of my t-maxx apart cleaned it and fixed the ez start cause it pulled away from the motor. Nothing stripped or anything just came loose. Now turning over like a charm and can't wait to get it out tomorrow and get it running!!

**bifft it** · 04-11-2012 03:52 AM

i was tuning it and rammed into the pretty bricks i have around a tree. broke the pieced front end off and broke the brick in half too. no parts no truck again lol

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