tommythecat
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Hey thanks for the link Jeesemxt... maybe its that the wife beat the kid out of me, or maybe I just grew up alittle but wow thats abit to make my toy truck faster... LOL... Gonna order it next week..guess you can't beat the nitro bug out.... gonna be a money war again between me and my bro. He's gonna try to make his faster after I spank him.. Need a pull start and clutch, flywheel stuff for that setup I know my pro 15 stuff wont fit would like to get a thunderdrive or something like that I hate breaking pull start cords... a little more help guys.. Thanks a bunch...
You will actually need a conversion kit for the throttle if you want to fit a slide carb engine on an old rotary carb t-maxx, along with the items you already identified, clutch, e-zstart rotostart or pullstart, one-way bearing, flywheel etc...
And for t-maxx feedback in general. i have a trx 2.5 model I've owned for years. All in all Im very happy with it, but if I were shopping today I would take the revo over it.
Out of the box, my only major complaint about the t-maxx is that I hate the fuel tank design, once I got a different tank on all of my tuning problems went away. After replacing the t-maxx fuel tank I never had another tuning problem with what had previously been a miserable trx 2.5, and I ran it for over 9 gallons, rebuilt it, ran it for over 10 now on that rebuild. I have also owned 2 other trx 2.5 mills and a 2.5R and all of them have been incredible, easy to tune, and produced great power for their size. I love TRX 2.5 and 2.5R engines, although they are touch small for something as heavy as a t-maxx, but they sure do get it scooting along, and can be quite quick out of the hole if you gear them down.
Check the diffs and shim if necessary, some of them have a little slop in them from the factory which can cause premature wear.
Aside from that it is a great truck, but like most others if you want to bash hard and not consistently break certain parts I recommend aluminum bulkheads, RPM a-arms, Titanium turnbuckles and hinge pins, and heavier ball ends. You do all of that and the maxx is a pretty solid basher.
I think the maxx is a great beginners truck, at least the trx 2.5 one was, and is about on par with anything else at the same price point. There are better trucks out there, but most require a little more investment. If I were to do it over again, I would reconsider getting an MT altogether and just save a bit more cash to get a nice truggy for the better track performance and durability.
< Message edited by tommythecat -- 3/10/2008 9:41:38 PM >
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RE: Is the Traxxas T Maxx reliable? - 
You are part of a small number of lucky people who swear that their T-maxx's arent built like steaming piles of $h!t.... 
My T-maxx has never hit anything at WOT, only jumps 
