Zippos Customs nitros

[TheB1GDude]

wow that diff got eaten alive... good score though!

[mycrors4]

*jaw drops*
great, now i cant talk,
on topic,
those diff's look like they've been eaten by a dog...
Gratz on the nice deal, the m-mgt is a really fun car, specially when brushless

[mycrors4]

i can tell u the engine is missing the back plate LOL
was it the one way bearing that was missing?

is that the original honcho body?!?!?

[kungpow420]

I don't blame you for not wanting to run that body it is pretty rare.

[TheB1GDude]

Nice Savage dude! Can't believe you got another nitro truck so quickly

[zippo855]

Originally Posted by mycrors4

i can tell u the engine is missing the back plate LOL
was it the one way bearing that was missing?

is that the original honcho body?!?!?

lol, had nothing to do with the engine itself causing this failure, and its a power wagon body

Originally Posted by kungpow420

I don't blame you for not wanting to run that body it is pretty rare.

yeah i was talking with them at the lhs and their like, well i can take 25% off because its discontinued. and i was like alright ill take it. then when i got home i was looking at it more and was like, well i think im going to paint this baby up for looks, dont want it to looke like the tmaxx body does. lol

Originally Posted by TheB1GDude

Nice Savage dude! Can't believe you got another nitro truck so quickly

thanks man, just coming across all sorts of deals.

and i cant believe no one picked up on the problem.

ok i fixed the problem, and let this be a lesson to anyone running nitros. whenever you put a new body on a nitro it needs some sort of cent hole to keep the engine cool. other wise, like in this case, it can basically create a heat box and overheat. what appears to have happened here was the engine overheated, pin came loose from the crank and fell out as it was running shoving the rod through the bottom of the block.
the head is slightly discolored in spots as well which indicates high heat.
the guy that originally bought this from my friend, said it was running great until he put this body on, and thats when it happened.
and word of advice, DO NO USE AN EXACTO KNIFE TO TRY CUTTING THE WINDSHIELD VENT HOLE OUT. hence the tape now on my finger............

alright i may have made it a little bit bigger than necessary, but the next step up engine is going in here, and i dont want any heat issues as kansas tends to get hot anyway.


and for an added measure i made a small rear window vent to force air out of the shell better as its basically set up for a big heat box.


and when i was done cutting with the dremel i decided to give it a bath

[zippo855]

maybe this will generate a few more comments

well the motor should be here this week for the savage, yay!!!! thanks stu. so in the mean time this has been a deal in the making for about 4 or 5 months now. and we finally got it finalised and i walked away with all this. well not in one trip to the truck, but its home now. lol



yummy alloy



spare rpm body mounts. and 2 ez start boxes. which i just had to buy one of last week......


traxxas tq3, and the "official traxxas" battery charger




not sure of the exact sizes of these hexes, but they are huge, i'll snag some pics later if anyone wants to see them. but bead lock rims with "hub caps"


and whats under the hub caps


the 4 stock tires, and a little shot of the tread on these massive mammoths, o yeah the body, the guy ran less than a quart of nitro through it the whole time he had it



some metal axles and camber gauge


all 8 shocks are adjustable alloy, and you have rpm a arms all round


and heres what the "wide axle, big hex conversion kit" does to the stance versus a stock tmaxx


and heres what the extended chassis looks like on the newer versus older tmaxx


i'm thinking this bad boy is going on the old tmaxx to try to save the body a little


and the stock parts, and a spare chassis that needs slightly straightened. (ran without chassis rails once)

[TheB1GDude]

OMG!!!! That thing is so ridiculously bad a$$ man I can not wait to see a video of it!

Enjoy that monster you deserve it after all the hard work you put into getting it

[mycrors4]

hmmm

those look to be 4.0's basicly 4 inch wheels (they are generally used on 1/5th scale's such as a baja 5b/5t or a rc4wd killer crawler), as a regular 1/10th scale stadium truck is a 2.2(aka 2.2 inch wheels), but dont confuse that with the more recent (2006 to present day)traxxas rims, cause those are 2.8's(non-ROAR approved)

anyways, that looks SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!

im sure its gonna be a blast driving those

[zippo855]

Originally Posted by TheB1GDude

OMG!!!! That thing is so ridiculously bad a$$ man I can not wait to see a video of it!

Enjoy that monster you deserve it after all the hard work you put into getting it

thanks man, didnt get a chacne to run it this weekend. need to tighten up the wheels and apparently a 23 mm socket is not very common. between 3 tool trucks, 2 parts stores and sears no one carries one. so i have one on order.

Originally Posted by mycrors4

hmmm

those look to be 4.0's basicly 4 inch wheels (they are generally used on 1/5th scale's such as a baja 5b/5t or a rc4wd killer crawler), as a regular 1/10th scale stadium truck is a 2.2(aka 2.2 inch wheels), but dont confuse that with the more recent (2006 to present day)traxxas rims, cause those are 2.8's(non-ROAR approved)

anyways, that looks SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!

im sure its gonna be a blast driving those

yeah they are a little bigger than the 3.8s that come stock on the tmaxx. and thanks, it appears to be a beast. hopefully next weekend get to test run it.

well my camera person kinda bailed on me this weekend, and as usual ran outta time to get much run time in. did take the fleet out today, but only gotta play for about an hour then for another hour or so after the wife got home. heres some pics of the new motor and shell on the savage


here's the fleet


and the savage with the k4.6 and cs10 body
me and this paint had several issues. lets just say i wont be using it to paint lexan again.




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[TheB1GDude]

Is that the 1/8 buggy in the back?? It looks so small now!

Otherwise looking good, which one is your favorite to drive?

[zippo855]

yep thats the 1/8 buggy, and i still gotta say the funnest is the first tmaxx i got. can bash the heck outta it.

well, its been a while since i updated this thread, got rid of a few and gained some more. have 4 tmaxxes again, after selling one off. sold the sc8 and savage off.

heres the newest pics

this one is the newest one of them

classic chassis converted completely to 3.3 setup

this one has seen a bunch o changes.
dynamite big block chassis with a 454 losi motor, steel cvds / drive shafts, took the rpm off the one shelf queen and put it on here. then took the 2.5 trans off the beater tmaxx to complete this bad boy. and most recently installed the 2nd gear clutch ive had forever that needed replaced. and finally installed the new tires / rims




this one i got as a roller a long time ago, finally been working on it. and all i need now is the get a steering servo and she will be up and running. has a 3.3 sitting on a classic chassis with a FOC trans conversion.


the other maxx is currently under construction. taking the 2.5 w/ 3.3 conversion beater i had and putting it on the longer 3.3 chassis so no pics right now.

and finally got around to replacing the fuel tank in the buggy. since the seal shot craps on the old lid, and wasnt fixable.

[zippo855]

got some more work done on the one i got as a roller. got the steering binding issues fixed, tank mounted, elects all sorted and mounted. now i just need to run fuel lines and she will be ready to fire. then in the long run get a different pipe for it.

[zippo855]

got the other one i didnt have pictured before swapped over to the 3.3 chassis. still debating putting the 3.3 stock axles shafts and hubs on it or just leaving the 2.5 hubs and axles, i guess we will see how it does first.

[zippo855]

well got everything buttoned up the elects sorted, now i just need an air filter assembly and crystal plug


all 4 of em just need a few parts to get the 2 on the left running. air filter assemblies on both, and front bumper mounts on the 2nd from left.


tentative bodies for them. the powerwagon needs painted, and the hard body chevy on the left will only be there for a bit, need to find something else to put on it.


and eventually these 2 will have a different body as well, but for the time being the stock bodies will work

[TheB1GDude]

Does the one above have the motor for a 2.5 or 3.3 setup in it? Will it just tear up 2.5 shaft and hubs?

[zippo855]

Originally Posted by TheB1GDude

Does the one above have the motor for a 2.5 or 3.3 setup in it? Will it just tear up 2.5 shaft and hubs?

its the 3.3 motor in it. it wont necessarily tear them up as its the later version of the 2.5 with the heavier duty a arms, hubs, and shafts, and the originally chassis these came off of had the 3.3 motor on it for a long time. main reason i was thinking of doing it was just to give it the whole 3.3 look.

[BART]

Have you run it with and without that long yellow stinger? I've always found that they kill top end performance quite noticeably.

[zippo855]

Originally Posted by BART

Have you run it with and without that long yellow stinger? I've always found that they kill top end performance quite noticeably.

I've ran stingers for a while on the tmaxxes and haven't really seen an issue. I will be trimming it down some as it doesn't need to be that long.

[zippo855]

Got the rear bumper mounts and bumper installed on this baby


Front bumper mounts and bumper installed on one on right. And found my air filters for these 2


And my big scale shelves