Still huh? I thought you sold it way back when....

I had another one without a motor so I recently purchased an OS for it.

allright guys, i have changed my mind (notice i do that alot?)
the new found power in my side by side packs has made me want to stick with the maxx a while longer. heck, when you can flip your truck from wheeling to much while in second gear in loose gravel, you notice ya got some power. here is what im thinking:
-bombproof torpedo (talked about getting one alot, just might now)
-ACNCM bulkheads
-proline extended body (cadillac escalade ext or F-350. not much of a choice)
-airtronics MX-3
that about all i can get right now (might even have to find a used MX-3) so whatcha think?

p.s. guver, got the charger. very nice. looks almost brand new. :thumbsup: and thanks whoever told me to get it (Bill or tommckay. forgot which one :( )

Another mind change? lol....
Yeah, side by side packs are fun.
Speaking of fun, I was able to get my emaxx to slide the rear end out on concrete. I ran it through some slightly wet grass to get the tires slippery. I've never seen something with as much traction as an emaxx slide on such a high traction surface.
Oh, and as for your upgrade plan, it sounds pretty good. Mine pales on comparison; I want to get a set of motor heatsinks.

Hop ups are a personal preference to the person that has the truck, My hop ups are more race performance oriented, others would be durability, others would be Eye candy, and yet others would be a mixture of all.

I would love to plop money down on some fancy UE diff gears and cases & work on bullet proofing the drivetrain, but all that costs $$ I don't have.

my hop-ups have reasons too, you know..
torpedo- big, sturdy, and holds lots of cells
ACNCM bulks- beefey. 'nuff said
Extended body- would look pretty funny with stock length body on
MX-3- stock radio glitches every once and a while. dont want to loose control of a truck worth as much as the maxx :cry:

Nobody was putting down your hop up plan. he was just saying how everybody values different things. I don't need aluminum bulks because I don't bash my emaxx as hard as you might; I haven't had to replace a single thing on my emaxx because it was broken beyond use (and yes, I know that means I'm not doing something right lol). I want some heatsinks because I want my electronics to last a long time.
Of course, I enjoy eye cand also. If anything, I'd trick out my losi xxxs since aluminum parts aren't too expensive for it (compared to an emaxx at least.) plus the losi's stock steering system has a lot of slop in it, so I can use that as an excuse for aluminum bellcranks/steering link and bearings.
I'm definitely with you on not losing control of an expensive rc model. I would consider an fm radio to be one of the best upgrades you can make. Especially if you eventually get into nitro. I would have a heart attack if my 7 pound buggy was heading for a curb at 40 mph.

Nuttin directed at you Smoe, your hop ups sound good for you. For me & my racing, I need lighter weight (aluminum weighs more than plastic) with strong gears to handle the stresses of racing hard. The main reasons I replace bulkheads is because of stripped screw holes not breakage.

Oh, and the first thing I did to mine was hook up my Futaba 3PDF to it, so we all agree that a good radio is a must!

I know you guys werent puttin down my plans, i was just making conversation (and telling you why i was going to get those parts)
Especially if you eventually get into nitro
pimping out the maxx before that happens. getting a barebones CPU for x-max, so i guess im going to have to come up with they money for some new diffs on my own...

tom, you said that you got rid of first gear. does this mean that you have turned the tranny around and flipped the diffs so you can have really short motor wires? was thinking about that while mowing the lawn today...

p.s. twisted the slider going from the tranny to the rear diff. guess Im getting the UE style bone for the torpedo now... :rolleyes:

how did you twist the slider?

Smoe - ???? Wow. hadn't even occurred to me to do that..... Turn the tranny around and flip the diffs.. Interesting. I think it would be easier to just swap the ESC and reciever though...

JB, twisting the center slider is easy, I did it a few times before I put the CVD in there.

JB, twisting the center slider is easy, I did it a few times before I put the CVD in there.
yep it is. i noticed a slight twist in the rear while waiting for my charger, swapped it with the front which looked almost brand new. took me two runs to twist the rear (which was in the front) to a point of no return.
i now know the awsome power of side by side 3000mAH cells....

lol... I've twisted a few driveshafts with my terra crusher tires, but never a center. I once had a driveshaft pop clean out of my truck with a 90* bend on it, and I normally have to cut these out with a dremel to replace them (sure, I could do it another way, but I'm lazy, and powertools are fun.)

Power tools....aaarrr, aaaaarrrr, aarrr!

lol tommckay

geeze, this setup is gonna cost me more then i though...
chassis and chassis accesories alone are going to run me about $160. looks like Im going to be making money during my free time... :(
and the fact that MIP wants $9 for a single traxxas diff outdrive does not help

lol. Yup, I'd say you're in for some work. Its all worth it though when you see your custom machine screaming toward the ramp, lift off majestically, flie as straight as an arrow, prepare for landing... oops, you hit the brakes too early. Your emaxx is now dropping like a brick upside down. Ouch! your body is dented and the posts have ripped holes in it, the shock towers have bent, and the weight of the batteries have pulled the battery straps off the chassis... Enjoy!!
j/k

your body is dented and the posts have ripped holes in it Proline bodies dont dent, then crack
the shock towers have bent
if i break em, RPM pays for the new ones
and the weight of the batteries have pulled the battery straps off the chassis
thats the only thing that just might happen

Any more fun scenarios I can play around with? lol

ummm.... ok... my rcxplosion dvd came today so i have lots of scenarios for you.. people do really stupid things in that movie.
1. You jump your emaxx off of a bridge. It lands upside down after a 150 ft drop. I'll let you decide the damage.
2. a pitbull attacks your car and damages the body.
3. you land a jump and pull the right rear suspension arm out of the bulkhead, as well as both front arms.
4. A real pickup truck runs over your maxx. and then backs up. and then goes forward at a higher speed. and then does the same in reverse. Explain that one!

ummm.... ok... my rcxplosion dvd came today so i have lots of scenarios for you.. people do really stupid things in that movie.
1. You jump your emaxx off of a bridge. It lands upside down after a 150 ft drop. I'll let you decide the damage.
2. a pitbull attacks your car and damages the body.
3. you land a jump and pull the right rear suspension arm out of the bulkhead, as well as both front arms.
4. A real pickup truck runs over your maxx. and then backs up. and then goes forward at a higher speed. and then does the same in reverse. Explain that one!

1. there are no 150 foot bridges around where i live. the biggest one is like 20 feet.
2. i have a black lab. and i have yet to see a pitbull in real life (sad? yes, i know)
3. by the time i do a jump large enough to do that kind of damage, my truck is going to be nothing but SM
4. i dont run my maxx near 'real' cars. and if i did, i could just gun it when he got close. good luck running over a 1/10 scale truck going 30MPH
so hows the DVD? lol

p.s. just might be ordering the torpedo this weekend.

cool... as for the dvd, its pretty sweet, they have a part where a guys hunting down a buggy with a PMI Paranha... Lots of bad crashes, high jumps, and some pretty fine looking models. In one segment they have the two models race 1/8 scale buggies... its pretty funny.

Got a look at the Maxx yesterday, took the pinions off to see if there was any binding in the drivetrain and it seemed really free. I could easily spin the entire drive train and get about 2.5 to 3 seconds of "free spin" when giving the wheels a spin. When I took out the front half shaft I could spin the front 1/2 for about 5-6 seconds and the rear (still attached to the tranny) for about 4 seconds. Diff action is real smooth and unexpectedly quiet! I think it may have been driver error (Hammering too hard) along with track conditions, layout, & a touch too loose slipper. The track was on a hill with 2 uphill climbs and made with real dirt (loose) so I was on the throttle hard thru most of it.

i once again, need your guys help. this time, its on heat sinks. the two choices are the Associated long TC3 heat sink ($12)
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXTG84&P=7
and the Tamiya heat sink ($10)
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXTC78&P=7
im leaning toward the tamiya one because of the cheaper price (its not much), but the accociated looks like it would have a larger surface area for cooling. (and im NOT going to buy you a set too, JB :devil: )

I'd go with the AE unit. It has more fins.

i once again, need your guys help. this time, its on heat sinks. the two choices are the Associated long TC3 heat sink ($12)
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXTG84&P=7
and the Tamiya heat sink ($10)
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXTC78&P=7
im leaning toward the tamiya one because of the cheaper price (its not much), but the accociated looks like it would have a larger surface area for cooling. (and im NOT going to buy you a set too, JB :devil: )

I use the Associated heat sink and it keeps them nice and cool to a sertant extent.

AE unit it is! and my next tower order comes too..... 43 bucks plus shipping. geeze, never knew two heatsinks and two MIP traxxas outdrives would cost so much....

(and im NOT going to buy you a set too, JB :devil: )

Oh darn.... How bout just one? I just got my 8t motor in my losi, so I'm gonna need at least one. I installed a small 12vt fan, but It doesn't help much. Please?! Pretty please!!

I want one!

8 turn? Geeze, spend some money on your maxx for once, JB. Better yet, put a Titan in the Losi, gear down, and see if you can smoke the tires. Ahh, the power of boredom...
I wish I could buy you one tom, but at this rate its going to be more then a month untill i have the $$ to the ACNCM bulks. Not to even mention all the other stuff I "need."

"need".... man, that's a little word that can cause a large bill.

8 turn? Geeze, spend some money on your maxx for once, JB. Better yet, put a Titan in the Losi, gear down, and see if you can smoke the tires. ."

Smoke the tires? that would be pretty cool (I love burnouts :thumbsup: )
I don't think I'll get smoke the tires, but It does doughnuts really well!
To keep this maxx related, I took my maxx to socal last weekend. My maxx definitely isn't meant as a racer. It was all over the track, plus I popped off two shock caps.

yes tom, that word can cause a lot of trouble.

I know this is sad, but in the 10 months (has it really been that long?) that i have had my maxx, i have not popped a shock cap. no, not once.

Well I put the Dynamite shocks on mine (Losi knock offs) so I don't pop shock caps. Now the shocks on my son's truck........ We've popped a few on that one! but only from abuse!

if i do upgrade my shocks, there going to be the integy reservoir(sp?) shocks or the AE BFT aftermarket reservoir(sp?) shocks (if they work well). however, at the rate of punishment that my shocks are currently going through, thats going to be a while.

Now how the heck can you break multiple bulkheads but you haven't popped a single shock? that doesn't make sense?!
Also, would you be able to describe your bulkhead breaking crashes? This should be interesting.
oh, and what I forgot to mention in my last post, concerning a titan in a tc, I've already been thinking about what a hacker c50 w/12 cells would do. Good luck fitting all that in there!

My son broke both front bulkheads and the skidplate once when he lawn darted it banzaiing a big jump, didn't pop a shock cap though.

I need to knbow what you guys put in the diffs for lube
I am going to be running it indoors ona carpet track and have lots of traction
LMK what you guys think and also where to get the diff lube
Will stock losi or AE diff lube work

I did a search on here and couldn't find anything about it
Thanks for the help guys

I personally went to Wallyworld and got the cheapest high pressure bearing packing grease I could find. I think it was called Super Tech and it's red. I didn't really pack it in there but I coated things up nicely.

Now how the heck can you break multiple bulkheads but you haven't popped a single shock? that doesn't make sense?!
ever land a jump on the front bumper, only to remember you forgot to put the front bumper and holders on a few minutes earlier? that how you break the front. i was breaking rears like mad before i made my wheelie bar with shocks on it. all the wheelies would just rip out the rear 1/3 of the bulkhead off.

Promatchracer- i run on loose gravel, so i dont think my current diff setup will help you.

Hey Casey!

I run mine on dirt too, but I don't think I would change it for carpet. I use a minimalist approach since I saw all the thick stock grease/oil leaking out and gumming up the outdrive bearings. I use stock Losi diff lube now, but I prefer Ronnie Grease... I wish I could find some of that stuff again, I love that stuff! I am really low on it now, I use it on all my thrust bearings, the stuff is awesome!

Yeah!! my dad got a digital camera, so I'll finally have some pics of my maxx. I'll be working on seting up a photo album.

Im running a silicon(?) grease packed front and rear. only in the rear Im running a pen-spring to give the diff that "torsen diff without spending $80 on one" feel. works well in gravel, I might add.
Ronnie Grease.... I'll keep my eye open for it, Tom

p.s. congrads, tom, on your thousand (and then some) posts

well, maybe not. The max file size you are allowed for a single pic is 51k, and my smallest is 150k (and most of them are 1.5mb).

hmm the drivetrain is making an awful loud noise. i wonder what the prev. owner did.. imma take it apart soon. gotta see how this baby is built!! how do you like it?

what do i need to do to my emaxx to make it look/handle like this baby.

here is my stock emaxx that i bought (with some upgrades)
http://bbs.annex.com/myst/emaxx2.jpg

here is what i want to attain...
http://bbs.annex.com/myst/emaxx1.jpg

i want the lowered stance, the longer arms.. basically the off-road look. not the backyard basher look. any and all help is appreciated. i am sure maybe its listed in this forum somewhere.. but.. when you work a 12 hour day.. you just dont feel like reading =)

(you can email me too if you want.. RCMits@hotmail.com)

lets see what that guys got....
looks like hardcore skids
RPM blue stablemaxx "monster clawz" wheels
maybe traxxas sportmaxx tires or proline mulchers (to dirty to tell, but looks like SM)
progressive suspension shocks (VERY costly, i might add)
Proline crowd pleazer body
rear CVDs but 2.5 sliders up front

thats about all i can tell from the pic (plus its late and i just finished my biology homework, so you know....)

I use very little AE black grease

lets see what that guys got....
looks like hardcore skids thats about all i can tell from the pic (plus its late and i just finished my biology homework, so you know....)

the emaxx i got has hardcore skids and braces, and a server cover. i want to go for that lower look. i got mine with the big-joe stuff but i have the stock tires available too..

here is a butt shot.. of that other emaxx im so fond of:

http://bbs.annex.com/myst/emaxx4.jpg

it looks like his/hers runs a bit wider, and a bit lower... ya? maybbe its just me...

here is a picture of the underside of my newly acquired emaxx.
http://bbs.annex.com/myst/emaxx3.jpg

i dun care about the progressive stuff.. the body i can get.. the different rims/tires i can get.. but them arms sure look awfully side and his stance looks awfully low =)

the reason its wider is because of the RPM stablemaxx rims. i believe they make the maxx 1" wider (not sure).
the reasons the whole truck may be lower is because the person has the shock ends on the arms as far out as they can go (toward the wheels) or they are running internal limiters in the shocks.

*edit* also, the big joes are... well... big. they also make the truck taller

buh duh.. i see now.. i got big joe tires.. no wonder.. HAHAHAHAHA
now it looks better.. see with a lil "push" i now look better..
http://bbs.annex.com/myst/emax1.jpg

look at them rusted screws.. geez. i think imma tear this whole truck apart and put it back together...

wow.. never knew Big Joe's were THAT much bigger.. holy cow
http://bbs.annex.com/myst/emax2.jpg

grrrrrrrrrr.. i just looked.. all the screws on the bottom of the chassis are stripped. this is going to be a bizzzzzz to fix. grr.. all the skid plate screws are suppsed to be + but now they look like o's. errr.. i got them out. some needed a lil notch from a dremel..but I got them all out.. that was about 10 mins of fun.

check out this screw!!
http://bbs.annex.com/myst/screw.jpg

heh anyhoo.. i guess im just uber excited on this new toy. im sure 3/4 of you are like "old news old news!"

now.. need new screws.. and figure out how to lower the stance.

WOOO!

good luck getting them out! Im very carefull with my screws, so i cant give you any advice for getting them out. im sure Tom has some tips.

JB- I'll send you some pics as soon as i get the torpedo and stuff together(expecting it in about a week). better yet, i can just post a picture in the photo album. just need to find one small enough :lol:

cool. I'm looking forward to seeing your emaxx. I don't have any photos small enough to post in the photo album. If you would want (which I doubt, considering my maxx is nearly bone stock besides some skids, a body, and a proline suspension) I could send you some pics of it. It's not much to look at, though.