Racing t-maxx vs. revo

[guitarplayer101]

this topic has most likely come up so many times, but....

In this up coming season I would like to race my t-maxx 3.3. Right now i am working on making it race ready. But thats not what i am taking about. I want to know if the average track races t-maxxs and revos together. With the new revo out, there is going to be more revos out there racing. Personaly, I think that that revo is going to rip! It is going to own the track!

I want to race with other t-maxxs. what do you guys race with???

[7urb0_c471]

In larger classes, the LST tends to own, with truggies beating even that in unlimited classes. In standard classes, though, the Revo already totally pwns all contenders; even a fully race-prepared T-Maxx with a plate-chassis conversion will have to move pretty quickly to match a only slightly warmed-over Revo, so in that sense it would be nice if T-Maxxes were isolated from more advanced trucks. But I also realize many people don't really care and just want to race with everyone else.

Welcome to RCZ btw! :)

[guitarplayer101]

I am going to call the local track and see what they say. I hope that they have different truggy and MT classes. even if I am race with revos, it would be better than with truggys.

[rccardude04]

Have you ever raced before? If not, for about a year, it doesn't matter. RC racing is about 90% driver, 9% tire, and the other 1% suspension and vehicle.
I saw a guy with a mostly stock 2.5 revo beat a lot of fast guys with truggies on a decent sized track with a bunch of jumps. He had eliminated the reverse, put good servos in it, and set up the suspension according to the Steve Slayden racing setup. He finished 3rd in the A-Main.
-Eric

[7urb0_c471]

Yeah, my brother went racing with his AE B4 when some truggies were on the track, and the non-racers tend to be very reckless, abusive, and inconsiderate. Realize some Revo drivers may have a better machine, but can't drive for beans! Skills are very highly valued, both in rc and in life.

[guitarplayer101]

Have you ever raced before? If not, for about a year, it doesn't matter. RC racing is about 90% driver, 9% tire, and the other 1% suspension and vehicle.
I saw a guy with a mostly stock 2.5 revo beat a lot of fast guys with truggies on a decent sized track with a bunch of jumps. He had eliminated the reverse, put good servos in it, and set up the suspension according to the Steve Slayden racing setup. He finished 3rd in the A-Main.
-Eric

Thats basically all the things that I have done to my truck. I do have the stock tallon 3.3 tries and a jeep body, but once i get some money I hope to change that.

[Chevy-SS]

Please take some advice from someone who has tried to race a T-Maxx - DON'T DO IT!!!!! It will cost you a frakkin' fortune and the truck will still suck. T-Maxxes are good trucks for rookies just wanting to tear up the yard. Traxxas does a fabulous marketing job, and they deserve a lot of credit for getting the monster truck craze going. But a T-Maxx sucks for racing. I've "been there, done that" and spent well over a grand trying to make my T-Maxx into a racer. My money was totally wasted. I have 2 T-Maxxes, one racer and one basher. I haven't run either of them in about 3 years.

At the present time, for racing I use a Losi LST2 and for bashing I use a Associated MGT or a TTR EK4.

For racing, you definitely want something other than a T-Maxx. The LST2 is a real strong contender, very durable, but needs attention paid to details. Revo is also quick, but again, you gotta pay attention to the little things.

The T-Maxx really can't be made into truly competitive racer against today's crop of excellent MT's. Save your money. Buy another truck that's more "race ready".............. Sure, Steve Slayden (a great guy, btw) could almost certainly win your local club race with his T-Maxx, but I haven't seen him run one in YEARS. He's a Revo man now.

Of course, this is all just MHO, but as the owner of 15+ MT's, I speak from lots of experience.

Good luck.

[SerpentCT4S]

I race with a Revo. When it was stock, I still kept up with people on the track. After a few mods, the Revo got faster. Now, my Revo is one of the top trucks at my track. There is a Jammin truggy and a LST2 that are a little quicker then me, hope to change that this season.

[Mammoth Racer]

my first year racing was with my 2.5 t-maxx. i had won the championship with 3 total losses out of 54 races. my second year i used the money i won and put a 3.3 and hop ups on my t-maxx to make it stronger yet lighter. i had lost 8 races out of 54 races that year due to stupidity of not charging my batteries. i won the championship 2 years running with my t-maxx

now i race an XTM Mammoth ST and i have lost 12 of 54 races to jammins, but obviously they didnt beat me enough to make me take 2nd or worse in the championship. right now i havent lost a race this year and there has been about 9 races so far.

use whatever truck between the t-maxx and revo that you have more control of. the one thats easiest for you to control will get you a lot more wins.

[RespirologyRC]

Please take some advice from someone who has tried to race a T-Maxx - DON'T DO IT!!!!! T-Maxxes are good trucks for rookies just wanting to tear up the yard. a T-Maxx sucks for racing. I've "been there, done that" and spent well over a grand trying to make my T-Maxx into a racer. My money was totally wasted. I have 2 T-Maxxes, one racer and one basher. I haven't run either of them in about 3 years.


For racing, you definitely want something other than a T-Maxx. The LST2 is a real strong contender, very durable, but needs attention paid to details. Revo is also quick, but again, you gotta pay attention to the little things.

The T-Maxx really can't be made into truly competitive racer against today's crop of excellent MT's. Save your money. Buy another truck that's more "race ready".............. Sure, Steve Slayden (a great guy, btw) could almost certainly win your local club race with his T-Maxx, but I haven't seen him run one in YEARS. He's a Revo man now.


Good luck.

WOW~!!!!!!!!!!! I think you've forgotten who spanks you every sunday. Chevy-ss can you please tell these fine people what i race and in what place i finish every weekend. LOL It's easy to say T-Maxx's are for noobs and they don't make great racers, but bro I beat you every weekend! LOL My Maxx is superfast and i drop the smack down OFTEN.

Granted the design is old but the truck is very capable and i prove that by Winning the A-main repeatedly.

Chevy talk to me in april after i smoke you :D



But honestly most tracks will seperate monster truck racing in to two different classes big block and small block. 3.3 will be in the small block.

[Chevy-SS]

WOW~!!!!!!!!!!! I think you've forgotten who spanks you every sunday. Chevy-ss can you please tell these fine people what i race and in what place i finish every weekend. .......Chevy talk to me in april after i smoke you .

LOL, talk is cheap. My LST2 keeps up with your "T-Maxx" just fine, even though it's the full-on Supermaxx that probably cost $2,000 to build!!!!!!!!

:D

My LST2 is tuned and ready...............watch out..;)

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[RespirologyRC]

Chevy-SS we'll see in two weeks bud! I may even have to buy a video camera so that i can show these fine folks the whopping your about to receive. :)

[Petox20]

RespirologyRC, what modifications have you done to your T-MAXX?

[ja643]

my tmaxx 3.3 is almost completly stock with the acception of rpm a arms, gearing changes,and a body and itll swamp most revo's and lst's(not to sure about the lst2) i won the a-main and got 300$

[one]

If you build a Tmaxx JUST RIGHT, it can be a very quick and fun truck with lot's of abilities. I still wouldn't want to have two equally good drivers racing a maxx against a revo. I've dialed in one Revo and one Maxx what I would call "perfect". The Revo is flat out geared better no matter what I do, but I can make the Maxx do things I can't make the Revo do.

I have 2 Revo 3.3's, 1 Revo 2.5, and 2 Tmaxx's. I have set the maxx's up to be as good as they can be and its just enough to run against a stock revo competitively. Of course if who you are racing can't drive the it doesn't matter :D

[ja643]

are you talking about the 2.5 version or the 3.3

[revofast]

Race win by the Driver's skill........80%, Truck.........20%

[rccardude04]

Race win by the Driver's skill........80%, Truck.........20%


hehe, that's about right. And inside of the 20% that actually is the truck, about half or more of that is tire selection and half of what's left is shock/suspension setup.
The other overall 5% is actually the vehicle I'd say. :D
-Eric

[BaronVonGareth]

hehe, that's about right. And inside of the 20% that actually is the truck, about half or more of that is tire selection and half of what's left is shock/suspension setup.
The other overall 5% is actually the vehicle I'd say. :D
-Eric


That 5% can be huge...like pitting my CEN MT2, with center shaft yanked but otherwise stock so as to take 4WD out of the equation, against an RC10GT2 on a dirt track...:P

[jdiamond]

I'm new to MT racing, but I have found that with some pretty basic mods and tricks(many of which I found here), you can make the T-maxx a pretty decent racer. First, move the lower shock mounts to the outermost position, which compresses the suspension, and lowers the center of gravity. You'll also want to ditch the stock wheels and tires, and get offset wheels, with either Proline Mulcher or Bowtie tires(or similar type treads). This will widen the wheelbase considerably, making it much more stable. Increase the negative camber to about 2.5 degrees to give it more tread on the track around turns. Don't go to far, or you'll lose traction in straightaways making it hard to keep straight.

Get better steering servos. The stock servos are too weak to handle flying around turns at high speeds. I found that out the hard way.

Get a more aerodynamic body, like a Proline Crowd Pleazer or Desert Rat. These also have optional wings on the back for more downforce.

Now that you have it handling better, you can start looking to hop up the engine a little. A better airfilter, and a tuned pipe will do wonders. I can get my 2.5 doing pretty consistent wheelies in dirt now. Get a larger cooling head, and you can run slightly leaner.

You can take this further, with wider a-arms, lighter chassis plates, etc. Starts getting a bit more expensive when replacing the chassis parts.

These changes really improved the handling of my t-maxx. Before I was constantly flipping it around turns, jumps, etc, now it flies pretty good and stable. It'll never be as stable as a Revo, just because the Revo has a unique suspension design that makes it more of truggy hybrid than a true MT, IMO, but you can definitely help yourself alot by widening and lowering the truck as much as possible.

[chewie]

why do all that crap when you can just sell the t maxx save the money youll use for mods to the t maxx and just buy a revo.
tmaxxes no way shape or form can keep up on a track.
if you handed the same drive a race tuned tmaxx or a stock revo. the revo would produce faster laptimes out of the box.