Revo 2.5

[SMaxxin]

Day one with the new to me Revo! It's the original short chassis version with a 3.3. I bought it off fleabay and got better than expected. I pulled it out of a well packed box charged the batteries put fuel in it and it started and ran great...Thats a surprise! On tank two I was running it hard and the forward gear in the tranny stripped, this was not a surprise! I picked up the FOC for this reason...any Traxxas truck running the opti drive is bound to fail!

Since the tranny was already out I figured I might as well go through everything.

 

[Snook Man]

Short chassis Revo brings back lots of memories.

The wing is a great addition but I highly suggest adding the 3.3 spec chassis brace also to help add some strength to the engine bay area.

 

[olds97_lss]

Also, get the spring mounted header as the stock headers snap after a few hard landings. I went through 5 of the stupid things before getting the spring mount, then never had an issue again.

 

[chickenman242]

i've got a nice ths setup for that thing for sale if ya keen

 

[SMaxxin]

I have installed the engine chassis brace from a 3.3 and a new exhaust with the spring mount. The bearings in the 3.3 are about to go, I almost rebuilt this engine but decided to try something different. A new power plant has been ordered!

chickenman242 you posted you stuff for sale the day after I bought a new exhaust. If you would have been one day earlier I would have bought it from you!

 

[chickenman242]

all good mate ,i keep meaning to use it everytime i start a new build but it still ends up in the parts box again
what engine are you gonna run??

 

[SMaxxin]

I ordered a Picco Max .26

 

[chickenman242]

That should be interesting on a short chassis
I remember when I first got my tm 523 in a short chassis maxx , way overpowered but fun as hell

 

[SMaxxin]

way overpowered but fun as hell

That's what I'm hoping for!

 

[chickenman242]

i just wish i could run mine long enough to break stuff,work+family=sitting at my desk looking at all my trucks instead of running them

 

[SMaxxin]

The new engine showed up today, got it installed and heat cycle is in progress.

 

[chickenman242]

There is nothing better looking than a fresh engine

 

[SMaxxin]

Yep and hearing it start for the first time! It fired up on the first pull and never missed a beat!

 

[MudSlinger33]

Very nice. You may want to buy some extra drive shafts.

Sent from my XT907

 

[SMaxxin]

Broken pull start....Sucks!

 

[SMaxxin]

I have gotten lazy when it comes to working on an Rc, it took me three days to make an attempt at fixing the pull start. Once I picked it up it was working within 10 minutes. Hopefully it will run tomorrow and I can start tuning for power.

 

[Racer 1966]

I have gotten lazy when it comes to working on an Rc, it took me three days to make an attempt at fixing the pull start..

I resemble that statement

What engine mount did you use?

 

[SMaxxin]

I'm using the Ofna mount, it sucks because it has very little adjustment. It's hard to get the mesh right, after a little tuning it just eats spur gears! I'm going to try a different gear combo in hopes of getting better mesh. When I ordered it I had forgotten that you made them.

 

[chickenman242]

what spur/cb are you running??
i started with 15/38 but switched to 17/36 which seems to be what most people are running and I'm happy with it,all was going well on the weekend till i lunched the tranny
i'm using te ofna mount and it can be a right pain to get the mesh spot on,i had to dremel out a bit of material from inside the adjust ment slot and a tiny amount around where the bolts pass through other wise it didnt sit fully square

 

[SMaxxin]

I was running 15/38 but I'm switching to 17/36. I did some work on the mount this morning and I think it's going to sit a little better.