Ah yes, I forgot about tires! Good traction will definitely lead to more heat. I like crappy slippery tires so I can drift around in the grass without traction rolling. That's why the rock hard talons are so excellent on my 3s revo.
I thought the Slash ultimate or platinum or super duper came...
Haha yeah I am still using the mechanical brake because I think it is neat. On the trail truck I am running it entirely like a nitro with the mechanical brake and the reverse gear.
I run 3s because I have a lot of 3s batteries and 4s just gets me in trouble. I suppose you can probably gear it...
The bigger, 140a max10 esc will go up to 4s. The smaller one will not.
Max6 is probably far too big to consider unless you are looking to use it on a different truck.
With your larger tires, probably best to just get the max8 to be safe.
I don't have a Maxx, but looking at the parts breakdown it has a much beefier driveline than the nitro revo. When it comes to the diffs, the Maxx diffs are physically larger, larger gears, more space in the diff cup for more fluid, etc.. They look pretty similar to the diffs that are in the...
I converted 2 recently and I have been keeping it to 3s to avoid breaking stuff. I don't need crazy speeds or jumps, 3s is plenty for blasting around in the backyard. I initially used the Hobbywing max10 g2 2400kv and it was great, it never even got warm. I ended up putting that system in my...