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Old 08-23-2005 | 09:46 AM
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Default RE: Tnx UV's

All I'm sayin is that, to the best of my knowledge, this is the FIRST and ONLY time aluminum has been used as a material for driveshafts in a MONSTER TRUCK.

Like I said, for the few racers who desperately trying to shed every possible gram, it's probby a good option...no a GREAT option. But for everyone else, I'd take it as a bit of an insult that your truck isn't deemed powerful enough to warrant steel or titanium, the materials used for EVERY OTHER MT driveshaft on the market. MIP seems to be saying "these guys are finesse drivers/serious racers ONLY" and dismissing any of you who bought it to bash around the park & your yard.

Maybe I'm wrong...most of you DO race a lot & very few TNXs are used for bashing & jumping. And I don't hear much about mid/big-block conversions like you do with Maxxes & Revos, people seem happy with their .18s, which is fine...most people overpower their trucks simply because they can.

But considering how MIP is starting to take some heat for thier STEEL CVDs crapping out ('specially Revo & Losi ones), I can't fathom who would spend $120+ on aluminum driveshafts for a monster truck.

Dean