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The flux used on 4s will keep going forever and ever and ever and never skip a beat. No maintenance of any kind, EVER in over 30 hours of use now. It's box stock apart from alloy shocks. I plonk it on the floor, plug it in, beat the turd out of it til I run out of batteries, throw it in the car, repeat next weekend. No maintenance. None. Nada. Ever.

Just making sure, as you suggested, there isn't any misinformation here.

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I am definately gettiing a nitro mt Guys so which do you prefer for insane jumps and bashing and speed. Mgt8.0 - savage x /xl - lst2 btw it must be teally tough! Btw i have 600$ to spend max

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Pick whichever one has the best local parts support. They're all, for your purposes, equally tough. For me that would be the Savage, with the MGT a close second and the LST2 a veeeeeeery distant third on account of nobody in my area selling parts for Losi cars.

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I'd go for the Savage too. Either the X or the XL, both are great trucks.

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I have all 3, the Savage, MGT, and LST2. The Savage is the most durable in MY opinion. Mine has been nothing short of great. The MGT is the easiest to work on, but it has some weak spots compared to the savage. The LST2 (XXL is your option now) is a pretty strong truck, and handles very good. My favorite engine of the bunch though is the MGT 8.0. That thing is a beast. My father in law has one and it runs awesome, lots of power, more RPM than i expected. The torque that thing has is crazy. As someone mentioned though, its something of a fuel hog. Just look at the 3 and pick the one you like the looks of / reviews on the best.

Keep in mind though, if you get a losi XXL, you WILL need to upgrade the engine brace before you do any jumping. I found that out the hard way. Its about $20 and you'll have to do a little dissasembly to install it.

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I checked the prices and mgt is the cheapest<div>Then savage xl then the losi xxl im fr turkey and those</div><div>Cars are soooo expensive here so im goingto order them online like i did to my e revo vxl ill also order the pieces</div><div>From internet too so i guess i will be getting mgt8.0 what are the weak spots of mgt ? </div>

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I've heard the body mounts are made of butter, but given how much brute force that thing has I'm not surprized. Also, be careful with reverse. Make damn sure it isn't moving or trying to move before shifting gears, that engine has ample torque to completely annihilate the gearbox if you mis-shift it.

The MGT will come with just about everything you need to fire it up except batteries and fuel. These things I suggest you obtain locally. Here's the list of what it requires according to Tower Hobbies:

REQUIRES: Radio Batteries: 12 AA size
Glow Starter Battery: 1 D size
6-cell stick pack and charger for the pro start system
Misc. Items: Building and track equipment
Fuel: 2-cycle glow fuel with 15%-30% nitromethane, 14% lubricant

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Ok i was also going to order it from tower hobbies i will also buy the batt for pro start system and 6 cell stick pac charger or whatever ill get batt for reciever here :)

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The starter battery doesn't need to be anything fancy but I would suggest one with a good amount of mAh. It will take some power to crank that huge engine over, 'specially when it's still new, and the more mAh you have the less you'll need to recharge the starter battery.

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I have some 2s 2200 mah lipo batt will they do the job?

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They'd work just fine if they'll fit in the starter. The only thing inside that is a switch and an electric motor, so there's nothing to cook with the higher voltage.

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Then now all i need is fuel and batteries for controller right ?

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Mhm. Fuel, AAs for the controller, AAs for the receiver, and one D-cell for the included glow starter. I run Blue Thunder Sport 20% myself and love it. It may tint the inside of the motor blue but it hasn't done any of my engines wrong.

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Fuel you're going to have to get locally, and you'll be dependent on what's available at the hobby shop. I would recommend %25 nitro.. Here in Germany they don't do much with %20.. It's either like %16-17, 25, or 30.. %25 is the best I think for power, without having to mess with head shims or whatever for %30...

Here the main brands are Sidewinder, Tornado, Jet, LRP, RB, maybe some Byrons Gen 2... All of them are fine, except Jet, which is awful.. Just go see what's available..

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Before I got into planes a couple of years ago I raced nitro.  I got away from the r/c car becaue the parts start racking up on you checking account, but If I were to do it all over again i would go nitro.  I had a couple of electric and yes they are a little cleaner and depending on how you set them up you can make them go super fast, but the same goes with nitro.  Nitro takes a little more effort ie. tuning the engine and a little more mastery on the throttle I think.  Electrics are super responsive on the throttle which is nice, but nitro really has a lot of punch.  As far as tuning the engine goes it's really fun to tune your engine to the point that you are getting the holeshot right off the bat.  That takes a lot of  practice and time to get to that point, but nothing beats that feeling of "I just kicked your ass off the holeshot" with electrics it's just not the same.  Not to mention the sound of a nitro.  Another reason I like nitro(even nitro plans) is the convenience of when you run out of juice you just fuel it back up.  No messing with batteries really except for your radio gear which really take  a whle to run down.  With electrics you can only afford so many batteries and chargers to keep you going.  All that being said my advice to you is try nitro.  I know that sounds a little biased, but it really is a riot.  After a day at the track your truck or buggy will be just filthy.  It's pretty awsome.</p>