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PTI goliath or TLT1 - 7/13/2006 2:34:17 PM   
wallboy


 

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Status: offline 		well, i think its about time to add another vehicle to my garage. Can anybody tell me a little about both or either one. Durability/crawling/ease of making a crawler out of it/parts support/etc.. thanks for any help
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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 7/13/2006 5:20:40 PM   
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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 7/13/2006 5:57:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		The PTI is much better stock. The TLT can be as good though.


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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 7/13/2006 6:03:35 PM   
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ORIGINAL: dezfan

The TLT is your best bet for a crawler. Parts availability, cost, and design are the main reason the TLT is the mainstay of the 2.2 division.

x2 all the way with dez on the parts, cost and design part, listen to him and me

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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 7/14/2006 6:14:55 AM   
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The PTI is much better stock. The TLT can be as good though.



Stock, neither one is much of a crawler.

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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 7/15/2006 1:41:02 AM   
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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 7/15/2006 2:16:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		TLT all the way because the axle are closed up unlike the PTI that has and open axle that lets in dirt and all but the TLT does not [Also the TLT alxes look better][Just felt like posting my TLT]

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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 7/15/2006 3:22:23 AM   
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im gonna lay down the cash for a txt 1


Cool, find a E-Max tranny to stick in it and you should be on your way.


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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 7/16/2006 3:47:40 AM   
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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 7/16/2006 4:03:38 AM   
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You could also use a Stampede tranny. Cost less, easy to find, and pretty strong as well.

The stock TXT tranny isn't that great for crawling IMO.

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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 7/21/2006 2:20:21 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Mattdg67

TLT all the way because the axle are closed up unlike the PTI that has and open axle that lets in dirt and all but the TLT does not [Also the TLT alxes look better][Just felt like posting my TLT]

If you really crawl, you must run into serious probs. My tranny slips and I don't even have any serious crawlijng conversion.

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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 7/26/2006 3:43:57 PM   
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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 7/26/2006 3:51:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, guess you'll have fun stock. Stock it's a little better than the tlt.

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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 8/2/2006 2:27:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		yea, im really glad i got the G. a few minor snags along the way but its a kick ass little truck. come friday im heading to the hobby shop to get what i need to extend this badlarry a good 3 inches to fit Maxx bodies. I got a suburban body just waiting. the 2.2 in wheels fit perfectly into the wheel wells ahha kinda look like theyd be 44' swampers if it were real

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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 8/2/2006 3:17:12 PM   
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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 8/8/2006 10:14:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		i own both trucks, and the pti is a big pain to build. the axles need major work to make them preform better. first, ball diffs. lose them. eletric tc3 straight axles are a direct fit. afterwards, u need to dremel the area where the dogbones fit into the diffs to allow more clerance. after that install a set of hpi super nitro rs4 dogbones into the axles since the stock ones are too long and dont allow much turning. finally fit the hub with a standard pin and nut combo so u can run 2.2 wheels and tires as normal. the other issue with the axles are the way u mount the canilevers... which im still trying to solve since the stock method is weak.

the pti is more of a project then a crawler.... its fun though. i like to build stuff like this

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RE: PTI goliath or TLT1 - 8/8/2006 10:47:19 PM