HPI-Killer
Axial Axle Twisting Guru
Supporter
I used to own a 3.3 Jato with a truggy conversion on it amd it looked pretty sweet, as far as my likings towards it, not so much amd heres my .02 why..
1) The brakes incuded from factory are a joke, one great upgrade for them if you can believe it are made by Team Integy. Heard nothing but good on them.
2) The stock trans case is as weak as a newborn child, specifically the ear tabs on top that the shock tower attach to, look at these wrong and itll break... I have heard many good things on upgrading the trans case to alloy just because it wont take and real direct hits therefore being a safe alloy upgrade for such a high speed pig!!
3) Handling is pretty iffy, and the amount of body roll or "sway" is rediculous!! I installed a Traxxas sway bar kit for the front and rear, then handled like a Lamborghini in the Le Mans series. Absolute must have, but if RPM arms are installed they dont bolt up to them and may or may not be able to custom mount them...
4) A plastic roll bar, really!?! This pig does 65+ mph and were relying on a composite RB to keep my rig safe? Wrong, once again another weak spot within the rig that breaks easily... If you hit and break it hard enough you might break the top chassis plate, boo!!
Other than that the Jato is a totally badass truck to bash, amd jumps very nice too!!
And thats my .02, no pun intended.
1) The brakes incuded from factory are a joke, one great upgrade for them if you can believe it are made by Team Integy. Heard nothing but good on them.
2) The stock trans case is as weak as a newborn child, specifically the ear tabs on top that the shock tower attach to, look at these wrong and itll break... I have heard many good things on upgrading the trans case to alloy just because it wont take and real direct hits therefore being a safe alloy upgrade for such a high speed pig!!
3) Handling is pretty iffy, and the amount of body roll or "sway" is rediculous!! I installed a Traxxas sway bar kit for the front and rear, then handled like a Lamborghini in the Le Mans series. Absolute must have, but if RPM arms are installed they dont bolt up to them and may or may not be able to custom mount them...
4) A plastic roll bar, really!?! This pig does 65+ mph and were relying on a composite RB to keep my rig safe? Wrong, once again another weak spot within the rig that breaks easily... If you hit and break it hard enough you might break the top chassis plate, boo!!
Other than that the Jato is a totally badass truck to bash, amd jumps very nice too!!
And thats my .02, no pun intended.