trying to get the photos to work...

trying to get the photos to work...

:thumbsup:

i should be asleep because i wake early for work, but my wife is tinkering on the other computer.. and im stripping my exmaxx at 10pm haha. found more small nuiscantic(is that even a word) problems that im going to fix....

yeah.. i know the emaxx i have has the wider arms. im going to play with the shock locations, and maybe try some diff springs i have laying around somewhere.

im just going to think... "this is an uber huge T3" and work that way. LOL

ill post pics later this week, but I am going to repaint all the aluminum parts with some ceramic paint to give it all a silver aluminum look. this mishmash of colors are bothering me.

darn.. im hooked on the max.. and i still have to tune up my t3/tc3/b3 for racing again. really getting back into RC's again.. full swing.

thank my wife for motivating me back into rc again... =)

*yawn* ok time for bed.

RCMUtts out.
(resident HT nut) :wave:

oh the last look.. ok im hooked.. HAHAHAAH
gimme a couple of weeks.. ill have my emaxx modded ;)

http://users.sisna.com/hcamper/1/pro/pro3124p.jpg

definately proline parts.. wooo!

http://www.pro-lineracing.com/proline/maxxsuspension.html found it.. must be that. retial 80$ so I am sure its about 50ish from the hobbyshops (being optimistic)
did i read right? it gives it an extra 1" width/??

again.. sorry if this is old new for others... its new and exciting for me ;) like a kid in a candy store.

damn.. i gotta stop my late night incoherent postings! AHHAHAHA
eesh mits... increase the medication... or sniff more wintergreen
tire solvent! LoL.

must be that. retial 80$ so I am sure its about 50ish from the hobbyshops (being optimistic)
did i read right? it gives it an extra 1" width/??
I believe that you are running the 2.5 suspension, so no, the proline kit will not increase stance. (and if not, i can send you some "slightly" used ones for much less then that proline kit)
wow.. never knew Big Joe's were THAT much bigger.. holy cow shoot and miss. cut me some slack. they are called BIG joes, you know :lol:

p.s. who is hosting your pictures?

I believe that you are running the 2.5 suspension
they are called BIG joes, you know :lol:
p.s. who is hosting your pictures?

HAHAHAHA yeah i got the 2.5 suzpenshun. so its all good. i think im just going to get a new body.. and rebuild her.. get some new motors.. etc. Thats what I get for posting and reading so late at night. I neglect to read.. hahah.

(now i been reading the MICRO forum too.. time to pull out my micro RS4) haha I have RC Attention Def Disorder:hat:

Who is hosting my pics? and old provider.. just an internet provider where I have like 5 megs to put anything up. :wave:

Your stance can be taken care of with mounting position, but that also changes handling characteristics. I just use the spacers to adjust ride height, the less spacers the lower it will sit.

The Maxx you posted pics of has the narrow suspension with the Stablemaxx rims to make it wide, you won't need them or the Pro-Line kit if you have the 2.5 suspension. The CVD's are a good addition, jut make sure the get the longer ones for the 2.5! The Ti skids are ok for eye candy, but not needed if you know how to drive half way decent. Besides they weigh more than plastic. & saving weight matters in racing!

The Maxx you posted pics of has the narrow suspension with the Stablemaxx rims to make it wide, you won't need them or the Pro-Line kit if you have the 2.5 suspension. The CVD's are a good addition, jut make sure the get the longer ones for the 2.5! The Ti skids are ok for eye candy, but not needed if you know how to drive half way decent. Besides they weigh more than plastic. & saving weight matters in racing!

The Ti SKids came with the package, because I bought it used... so I am not complaining.
Used.. cant complain.. just gotta work on it ya know?
http://bbs.annex.com/myst/rc/dscf0169.jpg

The Maxx you posted pics of has the narrow suspension with the Stablemaxx rims to make it wide, you won't need them or the Pro-Line kit if you have the 2.5 suspension.
I have never seen the old style suspension, so i dont know what it looks like. the truck was wide and the arms werent beefy like the 2.5s are, so I just assumed it was the PL kit. good eye tom!

speaking of CVDs, i was wondering what type of lube you guys use on yours. mine have been squeaking badly (even after multiple rebuilds and relubes).

I have never seen the old style suspension, so i dont know what it looks like. the truck was wide and the arms werent beefy like the 2.5s are, so I just assumed it was the PL kit. good eye tom!

speaking of CVDs, i was wondering what type of lube you guys use on yours. mine have been squeaking badly (even after multiple rebuilds and relubes).

The old arms are pretty short and make for a pretty narrow emaxx. Lots of rolling, plus they aren't too beefy. The pro-lines, on the other hand...

http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/93904/0.jpg
Yeah!! It worked lol.

Nice looking car and truck! did you paint the losi? if so, i gotta send you the escalade EXT to paint

Yes, I painted both of the bodies. I'll get pics up of my other paintjobs if you want, including my normal length escalade.

geeze, your good. way better then me. well, then again, i have painted only two bodies, and only one had more then one color :rolleyes:
*edit* downloaded the picture thing your using. should have some pics of the current maxx up by tomorrow

here we go...




http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/93904/9.jpg
This is my maxx escalade.


http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/93904/10.jpg
Here are the rest of my bodies (except for my first custom evader body; turned out terrible, and my most recent body, which is just to the right of this pic, you can see one of the front headlight stickers of it just to the right of the escalade; I forgot about it lol).
If anybody minds the above pic since it has more than maxx related stuff, just tell me.
oh, and please dont mind the glare (like on the losi hood and the maxx windshield); my garage isn't the ideal photostudio.

oh, and forget the nitro stuff, just get hopups for the emaxx and it will seem the same, but less mess.
some things never change....

(I decided to read the first page of this forum. noticed how little i knew about the maxx when I didnt even own it. :rolleyes: )

showoff lol

bad thing about having multiple computers. all my pics are on the other one.....

I've also read some of the old pages... pretty good stuff. I like your old idea of a brushless rc dumptrack. It was a joke, of course, but it would be funny.

showoff lol

bad thing about having multiple computers. all my pics are on the other one.....

We haven't had a computer decent enough for using a digital camera until recently, and we just got the camera a few days ago, so I know your pain when it comes to technological setbacks.
Showoff? This is my only artistic medium (if you consider it one). I'm probably one of the most boring and uncreative people in this forum.

We haven't had a computer decent enough for using a digital camera until recently, and we just got the camera a few days ago, so I know your pain when it comes to technological setbacks.
Showoff? This is my only artistic medium (if you consider it one). I'm probably one of the most boring and uncreative people in this forum.
No your not, you haven't seen the paint jobs I've done...... :lol:

http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/94126/0.jpg

hopefully should work. heck, now its small enough (34.2KB) to post on the hobbytalk host

pretty sweet. I like the hummer body, and I desperately need a wheelie bar like that.

send check or money order to.... :lol:

I have to rebuild it because I landed the entire truck on the bar (notice im not very good a jumping) and bent ALL the aluminum on it (even the uprights have a slight bend). thank goodness the torpedo isnt supposed to come untill the 29th, or I would never get around to making a new one...

p.s. all that happened after the pic was taken. that pic is actually about a month old.

I'm not all that great jumping my maxx either (at least off of bigger jumps). Its just too touchy in the air.

great, tower told me to buy the wrong CVD outdrive. and sending it back and getting a new one is going to take two weeks, which means I cant run my torp untill I get it. yippe :rolleyes:

bummer.

Yup, the pitfalls of mail order!

i went to all my LHSs (found out i have three in a one hour drive radius) and they all didnt have it. tower was the next best thing...

been doing a total overhaul of my truck over the last few days. rebuilt the diffs & tranny and cleaned out the motors really well. now i just need to get the torp...

It must be tough waiting. What's really tough is going on a vacation clear across the contry and leaving a half built kit on your bench.

well, I found a (temporary) fix for the rear center shaft. just had to modify an old rear slider. should hold up untill I get the right outdrives.
rebuilt the CVDs, filled the shocks with some 35wt oil, and cleaned off all the suspension parts today. geeze, Im earning this chassis....

Oops double post.

lol. So when is it supposed to come?

lol. So when is it supposed to come?
Today :thumbsup:
everything so far is going together good. however, the battery placement is driving me nuts. the batts are foam taped down with cups and they are a little small for side by side batteries, so I am trying to find another (cheap) way of holding down the batteries.
any thoughts are welcome

I don't entirely get what you are saying without a picture for reference, but would you be able to dremel anything?
Just make sure you get some pics of it up when possible.

http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/94126/2.jpg
if i was to run the cups (black things at ends of battery) i would have to unscrew eight screws (two on each cup, two cups per battery) every time i took the packs out. i just dont want to do that sort of work! lol no dremeling, but i was thinking about some gorillamaxx battery straps. might work...

p.s. to the right is my new rear-center shaft. beefy, eh?

I can see how that would be inconvenient, and yes, that is a beefy shaft!

http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/94126/3.jpg
here it is as a 'whole' I know, the front wiring looks a little messy. Im working on cleaning it up (only had the chassis for a day, you know :lol: )

wow... That's pretty sweet looking.

http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/94126/4.jpg
the parts circled in red is what (I think) is needed to complete the steering. the included instructions talked about a 'rubber spacer' to space out the area between the chassis and the bellcranks. I'll email the guy tomarrow and see whats up with my not getting the 'rubber spacer.' And if all else fails, it can be added to my "things to make" list.

It can be pretty irritating when a little thing like that holds you up.

Those are basically old AE style battery holders, there should be small holes drilled thru the cap head screw for a small diameter body clip, eliminates the need for unscrewing it. If the hole isnt there, the screws exist, just have to get them!

Those are basically old AE style battery holders, there should be small holes drilled thru the cap head screw for a small diameter body clip, eliminates the need for unscrewing it. If the hole isnt there, the screws exist, just have to get them!
thats exactly what the cups are like, only the battery is wide enough so that i cant flex the cup to snap the top brace into place on the screw.
also, even if i can get it to work, the front hits the gear cover and doesnt fit on the chassis all the way. its kind of hard to explain without showing you, so I'll see what I can do by myself.

http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/94126/5.jpg
well, it took some time, but i flipped the diffs and tranny. in the pic, the red line is what I want to linkage to look like (sort of, at least. Im really bad at photo 'editing'). does that look good? Im trying to keep it as low and as close to the tranny as possible, if your wondering why it looks funny.

p.s. Im planning on keeping the springs and retainers, but i was to lazy to 'draw' them

That looks like it should work

That looks like it should work
I hope so :thumbsup:

Think I have figured out how to mount the batteries; Industrial strength velcro. I'll post some pics tomorrow of what I did with it.

Nice job smojoe. Looking good. :thumbsup:

Smojoe, the velcro shoud do it, but it may interfere with the placement of the battery in a different model (that is, if you still use your evader). Also, the rounded shape of the cells may make it a little more difficult, but I'm sure it can be done.

Smojoe, the velcro shoud do it, but it may interfere with the placement of the battery in a different model (that is, if you still use your evader). Also, the rounded shape of the cells may make it a little more difficult, but I'm sure it can be done.
I think I have ran my evader about 10 times since I got the emaxx, so im not really worried about that. and when i do run the EVST, I usually run my cheap-o tower stick packs.

Give me a few for days, Bill, and it will be looking even better...

Anyone got a trick for working the front inside shock top screw? Why is it that the really tight screws are always in the really tight places?

The only thing i can think of is a really small screwdriver.