Hop-up wherever you see fit. I busted a stock skid plate, so I got aluminum ones. I took a big chunk out of a stock a-arm, so I got RPM arms. I convered my sticks to side-by-side and could flip the truck without even trying, so I got the Torpedo chassis. and now my rear diff is acting up, so it seems im going to need to save up for some SM ultralites :(
Dont just set out and say "I'm going to buy this", because if you get that part, then break a weaker link of the truck, your a sitting duck for a while.

I tried looking at the bomb proof chassis but it seems the page wont display for me. It shows their logo but thats it! I wonder if they are having difficulty or something.

I didn't want to come across as an "Im ready to buy anything" guy, I was really just trying to translate all the pages of posts into a small synopsis of the "weakest links" of the truck...and it seems most folks would say driveshafts/heat/chassis? That's all.

Any thoughts on the 4 1/8th scale shocks vs the 8 10th scale?

I can't wait to start bashing around!

heat is main. diffs, driveshafts, and if you put enough power in, tranny, are the "secondary" weakpoint for bashing.

If your strapped for cash, four 1/8 scale shocks should work well, but if you want to add to the "pimp factor" of the maxx, go with eight :thumbsup:

p.s. at the bottom of the bombproof page, there should be a link that says "home" in a blue box

They work, but I don't think they are any better necessarily. If you plan on doing some huge jumps an upgraded shock would be wise but the stockers work fine for the most part.

with the newer E-maxx some of the drivetrain issues have been resolved so they aren't an issue.

Is anyone going to get the new pro line shocks?

Tom, are you and the boy’s going to make it this weekend?

I don't know about the new shocks...Im going to wait and see. On the project sportmaxx on the traxxas site they have tried the 1/8th scale shocks...I may try this too.

Im still trying to get on the bombproof website but for some reason I can't get there...I dont see the blue enter button, just the fire/chassis picture.
Yeah the truck Im getting (this week) has the widemaxx style stuff on it, so Im thinking the drivetrain may not need immediatde upgrading...but it sure is fun to look!

I also saw a stamped flat alum chassis on ebay...kinda along the lines of a gorilla type chassis.

You would think that this truck would have at least a pretty stong racing class around it, being as that the maxx/savages etc have sprouted such a good one...dunno I don't see much.
Anyhow, Im going to play with it and see where it ends up (modifying).

Anyone switch to the aluminum Trinity or any other makers bulkheads? Seems that this would improve the drivetrain itself. Dunno??

I think adrenaline made the chassis search ebay for e-maxx chass thats where I saw it.

The seller had a rating of "0" so I sort of hesitate buying from those folks but look at the picture anyway...any thoughts?
Paul

I plan on it Lollie, the only reason I wasn't there last time was because my Suburban broke down on the way out there! I was P.O.

Well, I just got my emaxx (bought from circuitfixr here thank you) and he did a great job with it. It is a very clean, nice looking truck. It in no way looks to have been abused at all. The truck came with a complete set of rpm skids and rpm purple rims on it as well as aluminum body mounting equipment! I have not had a chance to drive it yet but as soon as my towerhobbies order arrives it'll be ready for it's maiden voyage.

I ordered a set of the parma graphite battery holders, and some deans ultra plugs to change the esc over too since that is what all my batts have on them. I also ordered an HPI vw bug body (always been a beetle fan) robinson's slipper assembly, and trinity's motor mount.

It should arrive in the next few days, and its getting tough just looking at the truck!

So with that all said Im still looking into weather or not I want to go with a more wild chassis such as the one made by xtreme...just don't know yet, I think (realisticly) a set of quality titanium hinge pins will be next on the hop up list...who knows mabey then the novak hv??

Sure is fun to dream while looking at catalogs and window shopping!

ive got a question for everyone about the emaxx. i just ordered the new tamiya twin detonator. its a duel motor 4x4 truck(supposed to be pretty good). i also ordered a evx speed control with 2 emaxx titan motors for it. i was told that one of the motors had to be reversed due to the 4 wheel drive. is this true with the emaxx? can anyone help me out with this? let me know.

Sure is fun to dream while looking at catalogs and window shopping!
It sure is. Ive had my maxx for under a year and Ive only got about 1/4 of the stuff I want to put into it. getting an MX-3 and looks like I'm buying myself ACNCM bulks for x-max, so thats two more things off the list.. :thumbsup:


i was told that one of the motors had to be reversed due to the 4 wheel drive. is this true with the emaxx? can anyone help me out with this? let me know.
both motors on the emaxx spin the same way

Thought you guys might liek to know what happens when 2 e-maxxes meet head on full speed
Take a look
http://www.hobbytalk.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/940/password//sort/1/cat/500/page/1
This is from when I first got my E-maxx years ago and it is also a friends truck that got broke nothing happened to mine.
We do this stuff all the time on purpose jsut to have fun and boy do they take the abuse )most of the time)
Also I am looking of ra few things for my Maxxes
I just got the SM stage 3 chassis looking for aother SM stuff and a better servo saver
Also anybod knwo where I can get motor spray to resale cheap and by teh case
LMK

Casey! I want you to keep me updated on that supermaxx chassis! How heavy is it?
Are you using aftermarket diffs or stock? I know you been maxxing a while so I figure you got some sperience! (mispelled for effect)

Can't wait to get mine going.

Im thinking of getting rid of the alum body mounts and going with an rpm set. Dont really see the need for aluminum.

Casey - I had an E-Maxx do that, actually it was the kids when they Lawn darted it off a big jump.
TJ had a head on last night with another Maxx, guy had (keyword HAD ! :lol: ) an RPM bumper on the front that shattered and piecesflew an easy 10ft! TJ was going full bore down the straight and this other guy spun out and was going the wrong way, he wasn't going fast, but it was head on. The noise was loud! TJ has an aluminum bumper luckily, but the front of the skid broke.

ive got a question for everyone about the emaxx. i just ordered the new tamiya twin detonator. its a duel motor 4x4 truck(supposed to be pretty good). i also ordered a evx speed control with 2 emaxx titan motors for it. i was told that one of the motors had to be reversed due to the 4 wheel drive. is this true with the emaxx? can anyone help me out with this? let me know.
It all depends on your truck. On the emaxx they spin a central spur gear so they spin the same way, but if your twin detonator has the motors mounted to the axles 1 of them may need to be reversed.

Here is a little teaser on the progress of my maxx. I’ll have more pics up later.

http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/94126/10.jpg

wow. that really is a teaser. All I see is the little red x.

host must be down. oh well, I'll try again later.... :rolleyes:

I know this is against everything I stand for, but I just needed one more post to get to 500. woot! :dude:

got my package from towerhobbies today...charging batts...soldering deans plugs....more to come!

That's OK Smoe, I did that to hit 1000!

I have a whole new set of bearings on order for my maxx some polyamide shielded ones, supposed to be really good bearings. Hopefully it will solve the slowness of my truck! I'm tired of it being slow and dumping my 3300's in 5 minutes!

so did the pic work? I want to know before I post more... :freak:

Got my bearings, installed them. Fount one outdrive bearing severely blown out, the bearing balls were melted to the inside of the diff housing! I'm sure that didn't help! Kinda bummed because they shorted me 2 axle bearings in the kit the bums! Gonna have to wait untill i'm done being sick to test it out.... Bad head cold... I don't think its the flu.

so did the pic work? I want to know before I post more... :freak:
Yeah, it's working now.

Yeah, it's working now.
thats good

uno mas :p
http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/94126/11.jpg

Looks Good!!

Hey, check out a kick butt E-Maxx that a NFL player (Steelers) bought from Steel City Hobbies.. There is over $3500.00 in this bad boy... and it kicks butt. Other players bought E-Maxx's and had modified motors installed... giving the 2.5 T-Maxx a run for thier money... The T-Maxx was amung their favorites though... check out www.steelcityhobbies.com for some pictures. Have fun! :wave:

So whats this? Sounds like Steel City Hobbies maintains and provides bodies for the players... Is this a publicity thing? I'm sure those players could afford to buy whatever they want..

Publicity? On the contrary... all in good fun as I work with some of those guys... must be nice to be able to afford whatever you want... but then again, they can be some of the toughest customers. Just wanted to share some incite to boys with some awesome models. :wave:

I spent more time there than just looking at pictures, I read things like "Jerome's truck has been repaired and returned from SCH and all keep their Traxxas T-Maxx's and SportMaxx's running strong 24/7. We had a tough time at first, keeping these cars running as they have just completed the "Break-In" phase." And "Plaxico was entertaining the audience with a few radical driving skills. He ended up breaking two front bulkheads and a skid plate. As of this writing, SCH has already rebuilt his truck back to spec." Plus things like "Deshea breaks out his new HPI Savage sporting a custom body from SCH" Make it sound like Steel City Hobbies is doing an awful lot of work for the players involved.

Don't get me wrong, it's cool and all, but I'd be more impressed if you were hosting a race somewhere and they showed up to participate. Not you take your truck that says Steel City Hobbies on the side with a truck load of T-maxxes to the Steelers training camp and got some players to drive them for a photo shoot. It says "presented", "given", "provided by SCH" & "recieved" in the story line a few times, nothing about the players buying anything.

I guess it's just me, I hate when people get things given to them for free just because of their celebrity. Just like when George W. got that $350 leather Matt Kenseth 2003 Winston Cup championship coat.... Why?

Sorry for the rant....

The trucks look pretty sweet, but I think $350 can be spared for the President. I really don't consider him a celebrity. More important than that.

To me the Bush thing is more that I really don't think he even follows NASCAR other than what he may see on the news (he has too much other stuff to occupy his time). He probably really didn't know who Matt Kenseth was untill he was told he was coming for a visit.......

who Matt Kenseth was.......
Who is that? lol

Im not against anyone getting anything free because they probobly got it for a reason. Bush got the jacket because he's the prez and those steeler guys got their blingin' trucks because when people see them, the see the hobby shop stickers and stuff and go there to see if they can get a blingin' truck just like their favorite football player. its marketing

That's true. My lhs ultimate hobbies sponsored the monster truck exhibition at two monster truck rallies at the Arrowhead Pond in anaheim. They said that after the event they had a big sales spike.
But yeah tommckay I do agree with you. I doubt He's ever heard of Matt Kenseth lol.

I know Smoe, and I understand it. But I still don't have to like it too much! :lol: I'm such a hardass!

So what you guys get your maxx for x-mas?

I got it ACNCM bulks and an MX-3 radio, but you guys know that allready... :rolleyes:

Just the Polyaimide bearing set.

anyone know where I can get 3x_ philips countersunk machine screws for the emaxx thats not $1.50 for six (I checked my hobby shops and hardware shops. no one has them cheaper)

A buck and a half for 6 is pretty cheap. Doubtful you'll find them cheaper any place else.

well, considering I need about 40 of them...... thats more money then I want to spend on a bunch of screws :(

You might try McMaster-Carr at http://www.mcmaster.com Might be able to get them a little cheaper in that quanity.

Check E-Bay, They have Stainless steel screw kits for the maxx, very nice. Probably look great on that maxx of yours! I think they run about $25.

Would you happen to know if they are all philips screws? I got REALLY ticked off at all the hex screws I have on the maxx (stripped out three at one time. no locktite on them and was useing the right size wrench) I think the screws were just crud, but I like philips better :)

No, they would be all Hex screws. If you have a nice set of hex wrenches you won't have a problem. I kept having problems with stripping and thought I had a quality set. I have since learned they were not & now have some nice ones.

:drool: Im so tempted to get this.. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3166710385&category=19168

Is this the kit you were talking about? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3166380072&category=44023

So what kind/type/brand of wrenches did you end up buying?

Yeah, those are the ones.

The drivers I was using were Wolfe, now I have the dynamite set and they seem to be pretty good. I know there are better sets out there though.

Racing tomorrow....... Oh Boy!

Hope you have better weather then were having here. Its been raining on and off for, I think, four or five days now.
Good luck, non-the-less!

ordered that screw kit today; prority mail. should be here in a couple of days. :thumbsup:
and in other news, still no package from the LRP headquarters :rolleyes:

Oh yeah, weather not a problem here. Had a flat on the way to the track though. Now I gotta buy a new tire. :(

Truck was still much slower than others, I think I'll have to spray all the new bearings out and lube them with some good oil. Still qualified well (6th in the A) and finished 3rd. Pretty good for a slow truck, thank god it handles like a dream! If I had speed I'd be unbeatable! :rolleyes: I hope!

cannot.... let.... thread.... reach.... bottom.... of.... page...... :eek:

If your wondering why I havent posted much over the last few days, I got a new motherboard, case, and harddrive for my computer. Been working on all that for awhile. :thumbsup:

also got my SS screws in and my ESC back from LRP (guess I didnt fry it :rolleyes: )