What would it invovle doing with going brushless ?? how hard will it be on the trans ?
thanks

Going brushless entails putting a brushless unit in it. You can run it stock that way, but just like in racing, there are some things you could do to make it more durable. The Brushless will bring more speed... More speed means increased probability of hitting stationary objects, and with greater force, thereby breaking more stuff. Depending on slipper adjustments the trans will be OK, but there are gears you can get to bullet proof that. There are enough Aftermarket parts out there that you can build an entire E-Maxx without using 1 single Traxxas part!

Thanks , so what kinds of speed can you get from a brushless ??

Speed is relative..... Depends on who you talk to as to how fast a truck can go. There have been claims of 60mph, but I have a hard time believing that. 35-40 maybe, Much faster and the truck would be hard to control due to balooning tires.

You'd be suprised how fast 30-35mph looks in a 1/10th size vehicle, it looks like 50+

in the summer i run a novak 6.5 brushless in my revolt. i use the e maxx trans and before i made the revolt i ran it in my e maxx. for the trans i would recomend only using 2nd gear and get a steel idler gear. i have been running the same steel idler gear for 2 years now approx 200+ runs and it still looks like new and dosent wear out the other gears in the trans. you should also upgrade the drive axles and trans output shafts. i converted my e maxx over to revo axles and it worked great. it isnt a direct swap but it isnt super hard either.
as for speed, the 6.5 system is a mild brushless system but it has all the power i will ever need for racing. i now have a radar gun and when the weather breaks i can get some speeds. i clocked my titan powered revolt with 6 cells and 19 / 66 gearing at 28 mph. i would guess it will go about 35 with the 6.5 system geared for racing.

well, just gave away my spare maxx roller...to my gf's brother. now dad and son can bash together.

Thanks , on the infor have the 2 stock and 2 mods motors , trying to decide if want to go brushless or not ?

:wave: has anyone tried this yet:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemid=269670

:wave: has anyone tried this yet:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemid=269670

That's really interesting......wonder how much better it is vs. going with a beefier servo?

Nice find!

PD2:thumbsup:

Not to sound like an ass or anything, but.... WHY? Dual servos serve no purpose on the Maxxes. That's why most Revo's get converted to single Servo Steering.

Get a decent torque servo, the Pro-Line steering kit, toss the lame stock servo saver & be done with it. Have a truck that steers great.

[QUOTE=tommckay]Not to sound like an ass or anything, but.... WHY? Dual servos serve no purpose on the Maxxes. That's why most Revo's get converted to single Servo Steering.
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I did not know that - why do dual servos serve no purpose? Are they really not working together to turn and hold the truck? Just wondering as I really did not know this point.

Thanks!
PD2:thumbsup:

Well... maybe I mis-spoke, I meant No purpose as in completely unnecessary.

Why use 2 servos and have the added weight when for the cost of 2 decent servos to do the steering you can have 1 good servo at 1/2 the weight that will do the job excellently.

Well... maybe I mis-spoke, I meant No purpose as in completely unnecessary.

Why use 2 servos and have the added weight when for the cost of 2 decent servos to do the steering you can have 1 good servo at 1/2 the weight that will do the job excellently.

Nah, I thought maybe you had figured out something like the two servos really do not work together when in this configuration. I agree with getting a single, good/strong servo to do the job, but was just wondering/curious as to if you had found something with any two servo steering setup that did not take advantage or full advantage of the two.

Coolio!

PD2:thumbsup:

Does anyone want to trade an e-maxx for a ofna nitro buggy it's in great shape and the motor has had very little gas run through it?????

Does anyone want to trade an e-maxx for a ofna nitro buggy it's in great shape and the motor has had very little gas run through it?????
No,but I have a nice roller ready for brushless for sale.Look at MY GALLERY for pics.IM for price

Does anyone want to trade an E-maxx for a Mugen seiki Mst-1 that comes READY-TO-RUN with a bump start. This truck has been set up to race offraod stadium coarse. :thumbsup: :wave: :cool: :cool:

I've got aluminum top and bottom front a-arms on my e-maxx. I also have the novak 4.5 brushless system in it. It is ripping fast. I haven't torn anything out of it yet. If any one wants to sell their e-maxx for a Mugen Seiki Mst-1 then let me know. I want to get one for racing only so I don't wear out my brushless. :cool: :cool: :wave:

Does anyone know where I can get or does anyone have an aluminum chassis for an E-maxx that they would be willing to sell?

well guys you have been a ton of help, and fun to learn fun, but I sold my E-maxx lsat night. :) :(


it is a great truck, but was just to big for were I have to run it. I would be willing ot get one later on. But thanks for the help.

-peter-

does anyone have an e-maxx that they want to trade for something. I have 2 12th Scales, one rc12l4 and on rc12l3 that i am looking to get rid of. I also have a traxxas nitro sport i will also trade. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Hey I was just wondering about the stock slipper? sound like it is to loose when I am in high gear any info would be appreciated I have only had mine for a few days thanks

A lot of them are too loose from the factory and should be tightened. If left to slip it will melt the spur gear in a hurry.

going back a little bit i run dual 9000t's in my e-maxx, my truck is all aluminum, with bead lock 40's. if it matters i have powerline steering cranks, i could not steer very well before g-force would over ride the servo saver "kimborough" so i figured two servo savers would help, and it HELPED so much, and my servos don't strain at all. the weight on my truck has never been much of a issue to me, wish i had stronger spider gears for the rear end though, they are the only thing i can break at will now.

oh and a quick ps, i run steel diff balls for my slipper clutch, instead of pegs. i don't like anything to slip.

wow I tightend my slipper up and now I can hardly keep the front on the ground I can be rooling alredy and it will still pull the wheels up

ive had an e-maxx for a while and im wanting to upgrade my batteries. right now im running 3300 and looking at a set of 4500 on ebay. i was wondering how these batteries would work and if i would have to do anything to make them work. thanks the item # is 330137987217

do u change the spur to use diff ballz?? also, heres a pic of my latest body for my maxx.

i just got bigger tires for my e-maxx and keep breaking driveshafts, is there any stronger or titainum ones out there that work good and are dependable. thanks

Your batts should work fine if they are stick pack 6 cells. Can't help with the shafts.

what would be involve in going brushless in my EMaxx and who would make the system ??

Hey,

are you breaking the Trans to Diff Driveshafts or Diff to wheels??? I had trouble with my Trans to Diff shafts and replaced them with Traxxas Upgrade CVD's... They are like $35 bucks on TowerHobbies.com...

WORK GREAT.

Sean

im thinking of upgrading my transmission. i found some some new emaxx metal transmission gears on ebay. here is the link to the ones i found:

emaxx transmission gears on ebay (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-1751-2978-71/1?AID=5463217&PID=2359301&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearc h.dll%3Fsofocus%3Dbs%26sbrftog%3D1%26maxrecordsret urned%3D300%26frpp%3D50%26from%3DR10%26satitle%3De maxx%2Btrans%2Bgears%26sacat%3D-1%2526catref%253DC6%26sargn%3D-1%2526saslc%253D2%26sadis%3D200%26fpos%3DZIP%252FP ostal%26sabfmts%3D1%26saobfmts%3Dinsif%26ftrt%3D1% 26ftrv%3D1%26saprclo%3D%26saprchi%3D%26fsop%3D1%25 26fsoo%253D1%26coaction%3Dcompare%26copagenum%3D1% 26coentrypage%3Dsearch)

has anyone tried these? they look great

They are good if you don't mind the added weight in rotating mass.

Ok guy's i know everyone on here has a badazz e-maxx but i keep ripping the teeth of the harden steel pin gear's what are you guy's using o by the way im using the 4.5 with the nickel rotor This seems to be a week link for me i'v broke everthing else all ready. And i use the sliper pad set up for the spur.

i dont have a BA maxx, mines bone stock. except for rpm skids and ft&rear arms. thats all ive done 2 it.

WHats up ? overall is the Emaxx a good truck out of the box. Some say its better then the E Savage. thoughts

Well, just picked up my 2nd E-MAXX, gonna turn it into a Sport-MAXX/S-MAXX type of truck.
2wd
raceing tires(ribbed front,bowtie back)
racing body(have that)
no reverse(easily done on the evx)
not sure what else

well, decided to use it for parts. now someone may buy it from me. dont know yet, but thinking about keeping it.

hey jb, i got two emaxx's, one of them has a burned speed control and the other one i bought thursday and the first time that i ran the second one is today and a monster truck and tractor pull, well i was the only monster truck that showed up and so i signed up for the truck pull and surpisingly with having a stock truck emaxx i did pretty good, on top of that first time racing a truck in three years, granted there was me and one other guy but still i didnt tear anything up

Would any of you know if the newer style 16.8 trans case will fit in the earlier E Maxx chassis?....

No, it won't.

10 Q....:)

Will the traxxas single motor plate part#3997x fit the older Emaxx. (narrow one) thanks , i want to go brushless in the emaxx .

I have 2 E maxx's cheap ,no electronics, send me a pm if interested

Mike C.

since thatmotor plate don't fit the older Emaxx , does anyone know if someone makes i single motor mount for them

since thatmotor plate don't fit the older Emaxx , does anyone know if someone makes i single motor mount for them

Instead of spending money, I'd just cut off the extra part, then use a dremel to smooth it off and trim it so it looks good....we used to do that with the extra piece on the old style RC10 motor mount....

nothing like cutting and pasting on the old emaxx. thats half the fun!! I have had some problems running into things lately and keep breaking the front skid plate, last time i broke it i decided to keep driving it and ended up breaking pretty much everything on the front end, it was great fun!!
guess i should invest in some metal parts huh. :)

nothing like cutting and pasting on the old emaxx. thats half the fun!! I have had some problems running into things lately and keep breaking the front skid plate, last time i broke it i decided to keep driving it and ended up breaking pretty much everything on the front end, it was great fun!!
guess i should invest in some metal parts huh. :)


Yea....maybe....:)


The whole front of my E Maxx is aluminum....

yeah ive been working on trying to upgrade the front to the newer emaxx with the wider stance, took me a long time to figure out those tie rods. I had to upgrade because my hobby shop stopped carrying the old ones. so now that i have that figured out i can go to the bigger aluminum ones, oooo!
hey here's a question, what batteries do you like the best, my old charger burnt up my current batteries so im gonna get some new ones. any suggestions?

hey everyone whats up, i just got a e-maxx from a friend of mine and it is like 6yrs old and want to upgrade the motors and batteries do u have ne suggestions?