S-Maxx to crawler
12-16-2007 | 09:51 PM
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S-Maxx to crawler
I ahve a Traxxas S-Maxx that i was looking to turn into a crawler, and have an idea of what to get but don't want to spend extra money if i dont have to. What would you guys recommend for starting out. I am not looking to build a comp. rig, just something to mess around with in the woods.
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12-16-2007 | 11:01 PM
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RE: S-Maxx to crawler
First off correct me if I am wrong but isn't the S-maxx 2wd? First off I would get 4wd and electric. A wheely king is good to bash and minor crawliing. If you are wanting to do more crawling then bashing go with the ax10.
12-16-2007 | 11:17 PM
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RE: S-Maxx to crawler
no, your correct with that, but they sell a 4wd kit which is only 50 bucks. i was wondering if i could use any of the stuff i have to create a nitro crawler without spending a whole lot of money.
12-16-2007 | 11:29 PM
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RE: S-Maxx to crawler
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............ stuff i have to create a nitro crawler without spending.........
............ stuff i have to create a nitro crawler without spending.........
Electric is the way to go. You could potentially take the rear, lock the a arms, and four link it to a chassis. If you do this you will still have to purchase electronics and another front/rear end.
12-16-2007 | 11:34 PM
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RE: S-Maxx to crawler
Ha ha. i guess my idea wasn't a good one then? i will check into the electric ones and see how much they will nail me for one. I am supposed to be saving for a car cause i get my licence in February, but who needs a car anyway? lol
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RE: S-Maxx to crawler
I converted my (4wd) t-maxx to electric, locked the a-arms using short turnbuckles from spair parts, seperated the bulks from the chassis, cut it back flush with the old steering servo hole (aprox 3"), and installed front and rear 4 link suspention, I used spair tmaxx steering turnbuckles for lower links and rc10 steering links for the uppers, replaced the 32 pitch sper for a 48p stampede sper, 2.5 tmaxx axleshafts where used for drive shafts, a 4" long piece of 3" aluminum angle for a motor mount, I even made a reduction gear out of a sper/input shaft/and input gear from a stampede and leftover 3" aluminum angle. Installing the steering servo and linkage was the toughest. I bolted the servos on the top left a-arm with the servo horn inside the the hole in the upper arm that the shock use to go through, makes a nice guard. The back of the bulkhead needed to be trimmed back to the diff for the steering cross bar to clear, and it to is protected from hang-ups. I also installed one of thows ebay tube roll bar cages to mount the shocks and for a little realism.
The only thing I needed to buy where the 3 aluminum linkage bars for the steering and the 12" long piece of 3" aluminum angle... $10!
Everything else was on hand or donated from other rigs, lol.
The really nice thing I found with modded maxx axles compaired to regular solid axles is I get huge clearance at the diff since I can adjust the center axle hight using the turnbuckles I installed on the a-arms.
I wish I could upload pics but dialup where I am is 28.8kbps wich is really lame... However, I might be able to in a week or two when I go to the city.
Im by far not the first to mod a maxx for crawling, theres crawler sites with actuall write-ups to do it yourself. However I diddnt copy anyones setup, I diddnt use the stock shock tower to lock the a-arms, I chopped it off clean, and my servo is off center, and my batts all mount on the axles. I needed to install two hump-packs hooked in parallel to run the reciever and JR125MG servos.
My next one is gonna be made from an E-maxx, it looks like a cleaner platform to work on vs the T-maxx.
The only thing I needed to buy where the 3 aluminum linkage bars for the steering and the 12" long piece of 3" aluminum angle... $10!
Everything else was on hand or donated from other rigs, lol.
The really nice thing I found with modded maxx axles compaired to regular solid axles is I get huge clearance at the diff since I can adjust the center axle hight using the turnbuckles I installed on the a-arms.
I wish I could upload pics but dialup where I am is 28.8kbps wich is really lame... However, I might be able to in a week or two when I go to the city.
Im by far not the first to mod a maxx for crawling, theres crawler sites with actuall write-ups to do it yourself. However I diddnt copy anyones setup, I diddnt use the stock shock tower to lock the a-arms, I chopped it off clean, and my servo is off center, and my batts all mount on the axles. I needed to install two hump-packs hooked in parallel to run the reciever and JR125MG servos.
My next one is gonna be made from an E-maxx, it looks like a cleaner platform to work on vs the T-maxx.
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RE: S-Maxx to crawler
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I converted my (4wd) t-maxx to electric, locked the a-arms using short turnbuckles from spair parts, seperated the bulks from the chassis, cut it back flush with the old steering servo hole (aprox 3"), and installed front and rear 4 link suspention, I used spair tmaxx steering turnbuckles for lower links and rc10 steering links for the uppers, replaced the 32 pitch sper for a 48p stampede sper, 2.5 tmaxx axleshafts where used for drive shafts, a 4" long piece of 3" aluminum angle for a motor mount, I even made a reduction gear out of a sper/input shaft/and input gear from a stampede and leftover 3" aluminum angle. Installing the steering servo and linkage was the toughest. I bolted the servos on the top left a-arm with the servo horn inside the the hole in the upper arm that the shock use to go through, makes a nice guard. The back of the bulkhead needed to be trimmed back to the diff for the steering cross bar to clear, and it to is protected from hang-ups. I also installed one of thows ebay tube roll bar cages to mount the shocks and for a little realism.
The only thing I needed to buy where the 3 aluminum linkage bars for the steering and the 12" long piece of 3" aluminum angle... $10!
Everything else was on hand or donated from other rigs, lol.
The really nice thing I found with modded maxx axles compaired to regular solid axles is I get huge clearance at the diff since I can adjust the center axle hight using the turnbuckles I installed on the a-arms.
I wish I could upload pics but dialup where I am is 28.8kbps wich is really lame... However, I might be able to in a week or two when I go to the city.
Im by far not the first to mod a maxx for crawling, theres crawler sites with actuall write-ups to do it yourself. However I diddnt copy anyones setup, I diddnt use the stock shock tower to lock the a-arms, I chopped it off clean, and my servo is off center, and my batts all mount on the axles. I needed to install two hump-packs hooked in parallel to run the reciever and JR125MG servos.
My next one is gonna be made from an E-maxx, it looks like a cleaner platform to work on vs the T-maxx.
I converted my (4wd) t-maxx to electric, locked the a-arms using short turnbuckles from spair parts, seperated the bulks from the chassis, cut it back flush with the old steering servo hole (aprox 3"), and installed front and rear 4 link suspention, I used spair tmaxx steering turnbuckles for lower links and rc10 steering links for the uppers, replaced the 32 pitch sper for a 48p stampede sper, 2.5 tmaxx axleshafts where used for drive shafts, a 4" long piece of 3" aluminum angle for a motor mount, I even made a reduction gear out of a sper/input shaft/and input gear from a stampede and leftover 3" aluminum angle. Installing the steering servo and linkage was the toughest. I bolted the servos on the top left a-arm with the servo horn inside the the hole in the upper arm that the shock use to go through, makes a nice guard. The back of the bulkhead needed to be trimmed back to the diff for the steering cross bar to clear, and it to is protected from hang-ups. I also installed one of thows ebay tube roll bar cages to mount the shocks and for a little realism.
The only thing I needed to buy where the 3 aluminum linkage bars for the steering and the 12" long piece of 3" aluminum angle... $10!
Everything else was on hand or donated from other rigs, lol.
The really nice thing I found with modded maxx axles compaired to regular solid axles is I get huge clearance at the diff since I can adjust the center axle hight using the turnbuckles I installed on the a-arms.
I wish I could upload pics but dialup where I am is 28.8kbps wich is really lame... However, I might be able to in a week or two when I go to the city.
Im by far not the first to mod a maxx for crawling, theres crawler sites with actuall write-ups to do it yourself. However I diddnt copy anyones setup, I diddnt use the stock shock tower to lock the a-arms, I chopped it off clean, and my servo is off center, and my batts all mount on the axles. I needed to install two hump-packs hooked in parallel to run the reciever and JR125MG servos.
My next one is gonna be made from an E-maxx, it looks like a cleaner platform to work on vs the T-maxx.
