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shadowghost1
02-06-2006, 01:37 PM
Does anyone know if any manufactures make one for the xxxt?
TimisTim
02-07-2006, 02:01 AM
None to be found my friend. I feel me and you are in the same boat, I love my xxx-t as a basher. So much in fact that I have put the largest tires I could find (MOAB's, they are 1/4" taller than M2K's) and dual shocks all the way around. As well as alot of aluminum goodies.

Oh well, you could find some very slightly flexible tubing and heat bend it to a frame and then ingeniously mount it somehow. And when you do I'll buy one :)
Mr.Roboto
02-08-2006, 12:11 AM
How were you able to put dual shocks all the way around?
i have a xxx-t and this sounds interesting...
TimisTim
02-08-2006, 02:23 AM
I drilled extra holes in my aluminum arms.....heres a pic of the back I dont have a recent of the fronts. The rear aluminum arms/block is from the nitro version. Which was a heck of a pain to fabricate to the chassis (all praise the dremel). You can see how it really is easy to do just some longer screws and spacers on the front and voila! The IMEX tires are my old ones and were good for height but terrible for traction.
shadowghost1
02-08-2006, 04:05 AM
Is that brushless?
shadowghost1
02-08-2006, 04:06 AM
I drilled extra holes in my aluminum arms.....heres a pic of the back I dont have a recent of the fronts. The rear aluminum arms/block is from the nitro version. Which was a heck of a pain to fabricate to the chassis (all praise the dremel). You can see how it really is easy to do just some longer screws and spacers on the front and voila! The IMEX tires are my old ones and were good for height but terrible for traction.
Do they make red aluminum arms for this truck?
TimisTim
02-08-2006, 11:33 AM
Is that brushless?

Yup and lipo. :cool: One of the motor wires is unplugged on the esc.

Im not sure on the colors. Your best bet is to cruise through ebay and look at the stuff coming out of Hong Kong.
shadowghost1
02-08-2006, 03:08 PM
That thing is sweet, I would love see it run. Does the larger tires effect the speed?
TimisTim
02-08-2006, 04:37 PM
It affects it a little but not really enough to notice. I didnt even change my gearing for them and had no adverse affects on heat. On 11.1v lipo its crazy fast. Not really that fun because it wheelies way to much.

I also forgot to mention that if you are going to change to aluminum hubs or any other part that has a ball stud on it you should change to titanium ball studs so they don't break off inside the aluminum hub.
shadowghost1
02-08-2006, 10:31 PM
It affects it a little but not really enough to notice. I didnt even change my gearing for them and had no adverse affects on heat. On 11.1v lipo its crazy fast. Not really that fun because it wheelies way to much.

I also forgot to mention that if you are going to change to aluminum hubs or any other part that has a ball stud on it you should change to titanium ball studs so they don't break off inside the aluminum hub.
I have the MF1 so it already has titanium ball studs, I guess since I dont race it anymore I just figured I would trick it out a little but really there isnt much to trick on the MF series. Any suggestions?
TimisTim
02-09-2006, 02:09 AM
Ummm....the MF1 (which I also have) doesn't come with titanium anything :except the shock shafts: as an original part. It was upgraded with graphite throughout, chrome turnbuckles, engraved aluminum on the tranny heatsink, threaded aluminum shocks with titanium shafts, lightened slipper shaft, CVD's, and a couple of other things but no titanium. To do the whole truck would cost about $60 just for the ball studs and about $30 for the turnbuckles.
shadowghost1
02-09-2006, 06:39 AM
My bad, I guess I need to go and look at my truck again huh. :) Anyway thanks for the info and if you run across anything, shoot me a pm.