Only problem with that is that they say they can't test them without the factory plugs installed. I think it's a load, but oh well!

Does Traxxas have a problem with users cutting off the motor plugs? I've been running adapters on the Tamiya plugs for years.

Yes they do have a problem with you cuuting off the plugs. I just left the Tamiya plugs on my EVX and bought new packs for my E-Maxx. Soldered a set of Tamiya plugs back on 1 set of batteries to use in the Maxx. A lot of people build Deans to Tamiya adapters. To me I would just rather run tamiyas. Think about this which has more resistance. Tamiyas on both ESC and batts or Tamiya on ESC and Tamiya to Deans adapter and deans on the batts?

It sucks that you void your warranty if you cut off the plugs, but what can ya do.

Hankster
I can't offer anyadvice on the proline foams, because I am still using the the foams that came in the BowTies and sadly don't have that much track time on them.

Actually the adapters aren't too bad of an idea, because you can tweak the Tamiya ones for better connection & if you leave them connected all the time they won't wear and cause the resistance they are famous for. Then your regular plugs will be good.

Sorry, I ment the bullet conectors that connect the motors to the EVX. I've cut those ones off and hardwired the motors. I have sermos plug adapters I've made for the battery connections.

do i have to call up traxxas befor I send in the EVX, or can I just "casually" send it in with $40?

:freak: <-- looks like me after I fried the EVX. lol

You could just send it in, but I would call first & get someones name to refer to.

Hey Tom, this is Kevin from Larrys. Where are you guys running your e-maxx's at? I have a mostly stock one, and I'm getting bored with running up and down the street with it. :wave: This is how I looked the first time it got a wheelie for a half a block. :eek: :lol:

I was racing mine out at Washtenaw, had 15 - 20 E-maxxes every race day. Now I'll be trying out Unlimited in Waterford at Dixie and Sashabaw, they are running the E-Maxxes. I'll be there this coming Saturday.

Thanks Tom I'll try to make it there this saturday. I heard they have a nice track.Are they running stock e-maxxs? :confused:

Stock as far as motors yes, everything else is a free for all!

arent the replacement EVXs like $120? if thats how much i gotta spend to get a new one, i'll just save up the money and get a hacker instead of replacing it. i dont see why there so picky about replacing the plugs. heh, i'll just cut off the deans and send it to em' with no plugs. i can say i hardwired it and that they cant charge me with changing the plugs because i dont have any! if only...

whats new:
- evx is *still* toast (making my room smell funny)
- took apart the entire truck at one time (was really bored)
- went to my LHS and picked up a urban style hummer body and some matallic blue paint. lookin pimp so far, but need another can and some overcoating (any suggestions?)


I had a great time dealing with Traxxas over the speed control thing :mad: I bought my e-maxx in June, drove it half a dozen times, then shelf'd it until around the end of July!!!! This was because they had a hard time getting parts from Novak? Anyway, I sent it in they called me and TOLD me that there was going to be a surcharge to replace the connectors that were on it new( went to power poles) and the bullet connectors to the motor. I argued with them and they dropped the charges. So, I got it back in July, put two batteries in and headed out to the parking lot by my house, set it down ,pulled it WIDE OPEN, about ten feet later it was OVER!!!!! The evx smoked again. I called them up, Monday( recieved the evx Saturday) and told them that it smoked again! Their response was ," You'll need to send the truck to us, so that we can see if it is your driving style or the evx." Now remember this thing weights how much, and to ship it from PA to TX w/ insurance ,BOTH WAYS!!!!! After another arguement, we settle on the evx only being shipped again. A few days later I get a call for them telling me they have to charge me again for the connectors. At this point I had owned the truck about 2 months and drove it about 6 times, so I told them to fix it and I would send them a check when they called and said it was done. They called and I asked them how long they hold repairs before they trash them or re-sell them? She said about a month and I told her that would be plenty of time to ship the rest of my truck to them so they would have the WHOLE DAMN THING to throw in the TRASH!!!!! Amazingly, about three days later the evx arrived FREE OF CHARGE. Since then I purchased a NEW evx from Southside Hobbys, cheapest place to get one! It cost only $98 SHIPPED and I recieved it in 3-4 days. The guy was really friendly and quick to ship it out, his address is--

www.southsidehobbys.com
or call
1-812-877-1554
I hope this will help someone avoid the run around I recieved with my problems :thumbsup:

Anyone know if the stock shocks on the E-Maxx are any good or should they be replaced?

I replaced mine with the traxxas big bore alum. ones, and the truck handles and takes jumps better. And thier real smooth, and easy to build. :thumbsup:

Anyone know if the stock shocks on the E-Maxx are any good or should they be replaced?

They stock shocks work fine. I still use them on one of my trucks, just be carefull when you change the oil so they don'r have a high amount of pack. The tops can blow off when landing extreme jumps. I've had 2 blow since I started running maxxes (1 on mine & 1 on the boys truck) & the boys blew when landing a jump off of a 4 foot mound and 5.5ft of air!

I put the Duratrax shocks on mine, couldn'r resist the purple Losi shocks with threaded shock bodies!

from the resonses i've gotten, i think i'll just shelf my E untill my birthday (june 6). at least untill then i will have enough $$ for the hacker system (and a few drivetrain hop-ups). im on spring break, so what have i been doing to kill the time? why making a RC hovercraft, of course. just need a strong enough lift fan* untill next time, keep maxxin' it up!


*radioshack CPU fans are crap. spent $20 on one and it bearly puts out any air

Tom, What springs are you using on your Maxx?

I run the silver springs that come with the Duratrax set, they are a little stiffer than the stock red Traxxas ones.

Are the DuraTrax shocks any good? Are they easy to change oil in? What weight oil are you using?

Duratrax = Losi. Very easy & pretty darn good. You've done Losi haven't you?

I run a set up that makes people go "Huh?" But it works well for me & my truck handles great. I run 80wt oil in front and 60wt in the rear on both E-Maxxes with the pistons & springs that came with the shocks.

Duratrax = Horizon = Losi............ You knew that didn't you?

Losi? What's that? Something from France... ;)

How about DuraTrax = Hobbico = Tower Hobbies = ????

Thanks for the info... I may just have to try them out.

Ya know what, Maybe I'm thinking of Dynamite..... Now that you said what you did that may be it. Dynamite is the one that makes all the aluminum colored stuff for the Maxx.... I bet the shocks are Dynamite, not Duratrax. It's been over a year since I bought them & I'm old........

I just checked, they are Dynamite shocks, NOT Duratrax. Oops. :tongue:

Whew... glad that was cleared up before I bought some.... :)

I was wondering if anyone has tried the Associated shock kit or knows of anyone that has?

Don't know of anyone with Associateds shocks on, I imagine they'd be great, I just don't like building Associated shocks. I just like Dynamites because they are losi shocks with threaded shock bodies.

Hehe... I like Associated's shocks better so that is why I was wondering about those.... ;) They are a lot cheaper then the Dynomite shocks. I actually like the adjusting collars better then threaded bodies because it is easy to get each adjustment exactly the same.

They are cheaper now? when I bought my set the shop has 4 different sets to choose from (Larry's really is amazing in what they stock) and all 4 were priced the same, $69.00 for the set of Eight. He had Dynamite, Associated, TOP, and Traxxas Big Bores. I was deciding between the TOP and Dynamite, but just had to go with Dynamite because I run all Losi and you gotta go with what you know.

I seen the Dynomite and Traxxas at $80.00 and the Associated at $60.00

has anybody else here made any 7 cell batts for their maxx? I made a pair out of some cheap cells. They need to be cycled a few times. When I get them running well, I'll post my results

A guy I raced with this winter ran a pair of 7 cell 2400's for one of the race days, I still beat him with 6 cell GP 3300's. He might have had a little more speed on the straight, but not alot or enough to make me think they are preferred.

A guy I raced with this winter ran a pair of 7 cell 2400's for one of the race days, I still beat him with 6 cell GP 3300's. He might have had a little more speed on the straight, but not alot or enough to make me think they are preferred.

he didnt have enough punch :) thats why! lower voltage.. Anyways Have any of you guys done the Dual C50 project? Jus wondering how it went for you, Bout to start a HUGE project on my emaxx, hopefully when I'm finished it will put a big block to shame :) Jus wondering about what you guys suggest, and what suspension kit do you all recommend? I'm thinking about getting the Monstermaxx Widetrac.... All replies welcome!

he didnt have enough punch :) thats why! lower voltage.. Anyways Have any of you guys done the Dual C50 project? Jus wondering how it went for you, Bout to start a HUGE project on my emaxx, hopefully when I'm finished it will put a big block to shame :) Jus wondering about what you guys suggest, and what suspension kit do you all recommend? I'm thinking about getting the Monstermaxx Widetrac.... All replies welcome!

Dual C50's? You'll probably smoke any nitro cars, your wallet, and your transmission. Sounds fun :thumbsup:
I wish I could afford bl motors for my maxx. For the suspension, I recommend the trophy class rc suspension kit. Smojoe should be able to get you the web address (or you could just search for it in this thread. I think it might be on page 3 or 4, but I'm not sure).
I think it would be cool to see some monster pirate tires on a maxx with the trophy class suspension. It would probably be too wide to handle well, but it sure would be cool.

Dual C50's? You'll probably smoke any nitro cars, your wallet, and your transmission. Sounds fun :thumbsup:
I wish I could afford bl motors for my maxx. For the suspension, I recommend the trophy class rc suspension kit. Smojoe should be able to get you the web address (or you could just search for it in this thread. I think it might be on page 3 or 4, but I'm not sure).
I think it would be cool to see some monster pirate tires on a maxx with the trophy class suspension. It would probably be too wide to handle well, but it sure would be cool.

I dont know if it'd be to wide because I'm getting a Lexan extended chassis (bomb proof chassis) It will extend the Emaxx by 2 inches. Its also over a 1/4inch thick, and only 2 oz heavier. I just dont know though if i want to run dual 12 cell packs or lighten it up to dual 10 cell packs. The chassis itself only holds 9 cell stick packs, so I guess i could do that, i mean come on, dual brushless it should still hit over 40mph like that.. Who knows maybe ill make 2 9 cell sticks and 2 12 cell sticks for different types. I'm expecting this to run a good 10 minutes also, which is actually very good runtime for an electric vehicle. I mean come on, what if a track let me run this in the nitro class and i could last the whole run :D haha

woo! trophy class rc!! www.trophyclassrc.com

ahh, dual C50s.. might need some tranny "fixes" (unless you know of a way to switch trannys during the race). first off, supermaxx idlers. ( http://www.monstermaxx.com/e-idlers.shtml ) have heard they hold up pretty well. thinking of getting some soon (if my wallet ever gets off it's diet of the greens). and supermaxx diffs (be blowing up the stockers left and right) ( http://www.monstermaxx.com/SM7.5Diff.shtml ). purty pricey, but nutin but the best for a chassy that is bulletproof :lol: and for all those cells, go with the gorillamaxx battery straps ( http://www.gorillamaxx.com/gmrc_straps.html ) you wont be dissappointed!

oh, and supermaxx alsoo has special wheels that you can mount the monster pirate tires on :devil:

yah im definately going to have to rebuild the tranny, But first im worried aobut actually getting the BL.. I'm getting the lexan extended chassis (bomb proof), then I'm going to get the new arm set.. THEN a BL motor / ESC, then the rest before i complete with a 2nd BL / ESC. Going to be alot of wallet draining but will be very fun :)

What pinions do you guys normally use for racing? Don't want to buy something that I'll never use!

I use the stock 18 tooths and 66 tooth spur, I tried gearing down a tooth once to see if I got a little more oomph off the corner, but switched back becaust I lost too much (just a tad) speed.

where can you get the carbon fiber chassis for the emaxx?

didn't know they made one. Or are you talking about aftermarket stuff?

its an aftermarket chassis made by gorilla(?) greatly lightens the emaxx for stock running.

where can you get the carbon fiber chassis for the emaxx?

xtreme racing makes the carbon fiber chassis for the emaxx. it can be found at www.xtremercracing.com . oh, and gorilla (maxx) makes a similar aluminum version of it.

xtreme racing makes the carbon fiber chassis for the emaxx. it can be found at www.xtremercracing.com . oh, and gorilla (maxx) makes a similar aluminum version of it.

where could i find the gorilla maxx chassis?

Look back a few pages in this thread, they posted a link to it.

Look back a few pages in this thread, they posted a link to it.

cant find it.

www.gorillamaxx.com

its the chassis im going to give to myself for my b-day

that is freakin sweet ! A little pricy but nice ! Now that extreme chassis looks nice and light also./i cant wait to get my e maxx

welp guess im not getting that carbon fiber chassis now... :)

Just thought I'd let yall know I have listed my E-maxx FS/T.

I'm new at the e-maxx thing, what are the major differences between the widemaxxemaxx and the original e-maxx? Like the suspension arms are the only thing that I know of. Any other major parts?

I'm thinking or getting a 1 year old emaxx and just getting the proline kit would that be about the same as a new truck as far as specs go?