hey guys whats up well just to start off i have a t-maxx regular 2.5 and it needs some work like alot kinda and i cant decide what to do i am on a tight budget so i am looking at another t-maxx or jato i am going to keep the t-maxx no matter what but any help and or comments are very much aprecaited oh and any other kinda cheap rtr st are welcome

Well now, this comes down to this: race or bash?

RC10GT RTR about 300 bucks. (race )
Duratrax Nitro Evader ST RTR about 250 (Bash)

little of both i wil want to go fast real fast and i want to have good handling and i dont want to break parts here and there so just a great all around rc car

Well, now its your choice. the RC10GT2 is coming out somewhere abouts in July, the GT price might drop right around there. Evader might be up your alley.

go fast/handling + monster truck = a train wreck

a monster truck due to design isn't going to handle like a porsche at high speeds... you may want to check out the truggy stuff that's coming out..

as far as the t-maxx you have.. what I did with mine was set aside 50 or 100 bucks a week for hop-ups, I started with arms, and simple stuff, I'd pick up parts and exchange them on the truck.. eventually I ended up with my hopped up t-maxx that I wanted and also enough parts to put a stock t-maxx back together (that didn't really matter much) anyhow, the project was a bit easier to swallow doing a handful of stuff at a time..

werde! In fact, I am still trying to get my tmaxx to the point where I can run it w/o breaking it. If RPM made a complete replacement part of everything plastic on that truck, it'd never break down again. UNFORTUNATELY, i'm stuck with some traxxas parts.

at this point, I've got everything that RPM offers...

at this point also, the weak point on the truck is the rear bulkheads.. the traxxas ones just don't cut it.. I've sheared off two rear ends and one front end (the last one was kinda cool) I'm now looking for options on the bulkheads.. and then of course the next weak spot on the truck..

finally, I'm to the point where this thing doesn't break everytime I run it..

yeah that was what i was planing on doing gettong new mt or st and then start rebuilding hand fulls at a time and then have two trucks and maybe sell one but can i get some links to trucks

things i still gotta replace on the tmaxx... every screw, again! Replacement ones are just trash. I have to get a new tranny, chassis support braces are junk, gotta do somethin about bulkheads (why wont rpm make those?)

good question, I'm going to send them an email (in the morning) and ask them.. they are usually pretty cool with responses..

I ended up ebaying both the diffs and the tranny for my 2nd t-maxx, but I haven't had a problem with those parts stock (except for blowing out reverse)..

I've been wanting to stay away from aluminum as much as possible, I wish there were other options for bulkheads..

any sites for truggeys anything you think is a good choice for what i want pleaz give a site to go to

or st or mt anything

i was also thinking of the hpi hellfire but is it worth that much money anybody have one that can tell me about it

tmaxx's are a biotch when it comes to handling, WOT coming out of aturn the front pops up smacks down and u lose it[&o]

lol well i saw that price tag and um forget that

tag for which vehicle or part? Oh must be hellfire

I don't own a hellfire but have played with one.. it's a very nice truck, I'm thinking that I'd like to get one eventually. Also, for about 100 bucks less, Ofna sells a RTR truggy (X1 CRT - I think).. the reviews in the mags on both of these have been outstanding!!

yeah it was the hellfire i could get two trucks for that price but i am still on the prowll for an r/c car for me i am thinking about the jato but im thinking about 2wd two so any ideas or were i should be lookin

jato is very expensive for what you get. Its not even close to race legal for one thing. Evader, X-Cellerator (race edition), RC10GT and XXX-NT are by far better for getting started in racing.

On Truggy’s go to the Truggy thread. I hate to say it as I like HPI but if you go to the Truggy thread you will see people are having a lot of problems with the Hellfire. Every time I check the thread out seems like there is another problem. I will not get in on the Traxxas conversation, as I do not want to start a flame.

lol yeah i went there and just said screw the hellfire but yeah i am having alot of mixed veiws some say get the jato toull like it and some saw naw get somthing else its just i cant find the web pages or any place i could just read up on the cars kemo is taking about can you give me a link for those cars or tell me what to search for i just want to research those trucks

if it were me, and I was to pick just one RC car.. right now, I'd pick the HPI MT2/SS, I seem to have more fun with that one alone than any three of the others that I have combined.. it has tons of power, lots of pep.. all the stuff that fun is made of..

here's a link with some RCU reviews on it... I personally don't take it as gospel, but I do take it into consideration when I purchase a car...

http://www.rcuniverse.com/product_guide/carguide.cfm

Yes I agree the HPI MT2. 18SS is a great little truck but there are not many tracks that have 4 wheel drive racing class for stadium trucks. I will get in on this part.

yeah thats why i am trying to keep it 2wd but if i get referd to a 4wd and i love it then i will get it but yeah dont forget i do want to do a little bashing and a little racing not all racing i want a good all around r/c car that is fast and well built just everything in one but for cheaper than like 400 cause i would like to put some parts on and stuff

my only other choices that I'd go with would be the RC10 or the Evader.. either are good choices.. I'd think if you were wanting to race, that the RC10 would be the best option just because of aftermarket support... the Evader doesn't have what the RC10 has..