The positions on the shock towers and arms were carefully chosen to provide real tuning benefits. There's even a chart in the manual that compares the wheel force and wheel travel provided by each shock position! Who does that? Only Traxxas. I think the sealed pivots and the bellows seals on the driveshafts are just plain cool, and a they're a great example of the extra engineering that goes into Traxxas vehicles. It would have been easy to skip that detail—it's not like anyone else is doing it.
But that's not the way Traxxas works. If there's a way to do something better, Traxxas does it better! Speaking of those driveshafts In addition to extra power-handling capability, the increased diameter allows room for 14 true-curvilinear splines, making the shafts bind-resistant and virtually twist-proof. Thrash the E-Maxx as hard as you like, you'll never have a link pop off. That's because each rod end is captured on both sides and secured via a screw that passes through the hollow ball.
E-Maxx does not use breakage-prone ball studs. This is easily one of my favorite features. There are no body-clips to mess with, or thumb screws for that matter.
Just press down on a tab, and the battery hold-down swings out for a fast pack change. Sliding the hold-down back into place is just as easy, and when it's in, you know it. The strap snaps in with a positive click, so you know the pack is secure.
Even though the E-Maxx arrives Ready-To-Race, it still includes a full set of tools—high quality tools. The hex wrenches are hardened, so they fit precisely even after many wrench sessions, and the turnbuckle wrench is a thick piece of steel that won't slip off the turnbuckle flats the first time you use it. The cast alloy offset wrench makes it easy to remove the wheels and adjust the slipper clutch, and the molded multi-tool adjusts pivot-ball tensions and grasps rod-ends.
Not even custom painters can match the cutting-edge graphics of Traxxas bodies, and the E-Maxx is no exception. It looks tight, and you don't have to mask or paint anything—or even put any decals on, for that matter but extra logos and details are included with the truck, in case you want to add more decals to your machine. The Split-Spoke wheels are hot too. Perfect chrome, with a tough 5-spoke look that's pure monster muscle and a perfect contrast to the beefy chevron rubber. If you're thinking the batteries included with the E-Maxx must be cheapies designed just to make the truck "complete," guess again.
Traxxas got into batteries to make certain the E-Maxx and other Traxxas electric models would be used with packs that could supply the current Traxxas' high-performance power systems demand, and last run after run. Ten-dollar battery packs simply don't cut it. Traxxas Power Cell packs feature High Current connectors, 12awg wire, and double-thick, double-welded tabs.
Tough construction is nothing without tough cells, and Traxxas tested plenty before wrapping the Power Cell logo around a single pack. Big box, big truck! Only a few steps are required to get the big E into the dirt.
Under the hood, we find a couple of info cards. Call me crazy, but I bet Traxxas put those there for a reason. One card explains that you need batteries with Traxxas connectors done: the truck includes Traxxas Power Cell 7-cell batteries and the other is a programming cheat-sheet for programming the EVX-2 speed control.
It's wallet-sized, so in my wallet it goes. Next, it's time to thread the antenna tube. What's new New posts New articles New article comments Latest activity. Articles New articles New comments Search articles. Log in Register. Search titles only. Search Advanced search…. New posts. Search forums. Log in.
Install the app. Hey Guest, I see you are not signed up on our forum yet. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Thread starter Tony Start date Apr 22, Tony Administrator Staff member. In this video I show you how to setup your suspension on the T-Maxx.
This will be pretty much the same for all of the T-Maxx's out there except the revo. This can also be applied to other trucks and cars as well, but most will not have adjustable rear toe. The Camber gauge I was using is not quite tall enough for the tires on this truck, and I used a carbon spar to help out. This worked great, just make sure whatever you have to use is straight for the most accurate reading. As stated, this is the final video in the series. The truck now has a new home in Texas Go Sooners!!!
Thanks Adam and I hope he gets many hours of fun out of this thing. Wait a second, did I just say E-Maxx? Isn't this a conversion for the Revo? The answers are yes and yes. Instead of making some facility to use the nitro transmission in an electric application, Gorilla Maxx decided that it's faster and easier to use the E-Maxx's transmission and electronics.
Therefore, to create your own G2R, you'd basically need the front and rear ends of a Revo and everything in the center of an E-Maxx.
Weird huh? The E-Maxx transmission bolts right into the X-Braces, and power is channeled to the Revo's front and rear gearboxes through alternate drive cups and special-length dog bones all included in the kit. Building and Testing Assembly of the G2R chassis took about an hour--that is, after pulling a transmission off of an E-Maxx and disassembling the unique pressure-formed stock Revo chassis, which altogether took about half an hour or so.
Twin 7-cell Fusion V2 battery packs provided ample voltage. There was some drilling involved, and when I first mounted the dual steering servos, the servo horns sat too high, causing the steering links to sit at an extreme angle. Speaking of servos, since I went with dual steering servos, I had no place to put the third transmission servo.
Instead I locked the E-Maxx transmission into one gear with a simple throttle return spring. A side note about the transmission position: if you're using a motor that can't be reverse-wired plus to minus, minus to plus you're going to have to mount the transmission degrees from the instruction diagram.
This is because the E-Maxx transmission is designed for right-side diffs. The Revo has left-side diffs, so the chassis would actually run in reverse.
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