ORIGINAL: SLAYERDUDE
ORIGINAL: The_Shark
mine has the skinny tall head, so I think its a old truck, I have 3 gallons in after I got it used, and the clutch shoes are still good and thick. maybe you just have a lemon?
That would be an earlier one with the tall skinny head, me - lemon indeed!
Glad I only bought it back from the LHS (friend of mine) for $250 NIB as I gave it to him.
I will say it's TONS of fun when it is running, but broken body posts (I have a fix for that), broken shocks, turnbuckle ends (not just stretched out and easily put back on like the Savage), steering knuckle (not reversible like the savage), etc, in 4 gallons I broke more plastic parts just driving in a parking lot with the MGT than I did skying 20 feet up and longer out with the Savage XL for 13 gallons.
The clutch, I was exaggerating because I was angry at the MGT lol.
Toasted one stock clutch, 1/2 smoked a Dynamite Maxlife 3 shoe I ran with the Savage flywheel and 18T CB until I could afford another stock MGT 8.0 set, now that set is 1/2 worn.
EDIT- the FOC will take alot of wear out of the clutch since it engages smoothly like a normal RC instead of the clutch engaging then the trans and causing the clutch to slip on IMPACT, when I say IMPACT, I'm sure you know what I mean.
(insert neckbrace here)
I finally ripped out my first body post a week ago, i jumped maybe 6 feet up at top speed (with a ported engine) and landed right on the body and it proceeded to cartwheel and flip for another 50 feet, it actually ripped the proline super thick body in half.
yeah, its been very good to me, lots of cartwheels, tumbles and backflips and the only thing that has happened was a slightly bent tie-rod and broken body post. (oh and a screw broke off in the rear bumper)
I may just use the forward only kit just to save a few ounces, but so far everything works and shifts the way it should. engagement actually isn't bad at all, it doesn't buck like the T-maxx did.