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RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 2/19/2004 5:17:27 AM   
mad scientist



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Status: offline 		OK, first, all three engines power the same spur gear on the trans. The reciever is located on a plate between the fwd body posts. The fuel tanks are mounted on a shelf about 1" above the chassis with all of the wiring between 2 steering servos ( one on each side). This truck has broken about every part you can think of, even stuff it shouldn't break. It has a ton of power (8HP) and yes it does run. With steel CVDs and driveshafts, full metal trans and racing gears with rear spool it is at the point where I can actually drive it for more than a few minutes.

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RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 2/19/2004 1:21:56 PM   
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RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 2/19/2004 1:56:28 PM   
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RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 2/19/2004 9:00:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		I start it with 3 pull starts, working on 3 roto-starts right now.

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RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 2/19/2004 10:11:29 PM   
t-maxx homie 369


 

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Status: offline 		can you take a picture of it jumping over a house like josh cyrul did

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RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 2/20/2004 12:17:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		omg omg omg!!! dude i about craped my pants when i saw that picture. thats awsome. i bet its hard to tune all 3 engines.

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RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 2/20/2004 12:26:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		WOW! i bet that thing makes one hell of a noise! lol

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RE: RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 2/20/2004 5:42:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		dam dude i have a twin engine tmaxx i i though that was a hand full for a 3 engine tmaxx now thats amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 2/20/2004 7:24:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		i love it what motors are they do u suffer from over heating with them soo close together

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RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 2/21/2004 3:10:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		Actually as you can imagine, HP is not a problem so I run them a little rich and they don't overheat. Tuning wasn't really a problem, I just broke them in 1 at a time and set the idles separately. The hardest part was making all 3 throttles work together. Aside of that on all of the initial part breakage it was a fun project. Thanks!

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RE: RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 2/21/2004 4:04:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		could you show us some pic of the custom parts you made and could you get some close up pic of the 3 engine where the clutch bells are meshing with the main gear

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RE: RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 3/3/2004 8:37:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		did u break in the engines like that or did u do them 1 by 1?

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RE: RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 3/3/2004 10:53:10 PM   
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RE: RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 3/6/2004 3:21:47 AM   
mad scientist



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Status: offline 		Yes I did them 1 at a time. I have new pics and a short video if I can download it. This week I installed RPM A arms, aluminum bulkheads, diff cases and chassis braces to help with parts breakage. I can actiually drive it around on one engine, but it is not that fast because of the gearing.

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RE: RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 3/6/2004 3:02:00 PM   
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RE: RE: 3 engine T Maxx - 3/6/2004 11:55:38 PM