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[paul2304]

Thanks mate , a lot of time and money went into it and i miss it thats for sure lol

[Havoc87]

Sweet looking Revo  

I'm pondering over a next purchase, another petrol (baja style) or another nitro monster truck.

Always liked the Revo & T-Maxx but never owned a Traxxas, I've always heard more bad then good about the TRX engines so a bit unsure.

I'm sure it flys with the RB though! looks very tidy with the proline shell  

[evoboy]

Welcome to the fan club Mr T!

i also had a 2.5 revo in the past and regretted getting rid. Picked one up cheap and set to work on it!

did have an rb323 powerplant in there, but wasnt really a fan of it for racing, so stuck an sts21t in there instead.

it is still a work in progress...

[DKoo2009]

them pics are onvincing me to get one myself

[BigMick]

DKoo2009, on Jan 19 2009, 02:05 PM, said:

them pics are onvincing me to get one myself

Everyone should try a Revo at least once    i love em.. Mick.


Just look at them..nearly a work of art and so easy to work on..

Edited by BigMick, 19 January 2009 - 12:33 PM.

[y0k0]

Id have to agree with that too.








you have to own one atleast once lol, that's why I'm sorry I let mine go and getting another.

e-revo just for good measure.

[Mr Terminator]

Well,i've finished the cleaning,cleaned,prepped and re-glued two of the tyres that looked like a 2 yr old had glued them and rebuilt her all back up on the 3.3 chassis.A pleasure to work on is the main thing about this truck,gonna order either a full Stainless hex kit or a stainless Torx kit first off,then comes the standard shell,wheels and 17mm hexs from the latest 5308 model...

Pics...

[Matt B]

Looks brilliant, I actually like that chassis in purple

[Mr Terminator]

Yeah,the purple chassis does look good,I want the blue standard one too so I can change around as suits,they can be picked up for £25 delivered on ebay.I'm impressed with the parts availability and overall abundance of stuff for the Revo,I've just received an Optidrive unit,sensor and shift servo with linkage from Apexboner,i'm going to put Reverse back on it as it saves me walking if I get into the reverse situations which I quite often do.

So much more can be done to these and to personalize them more,it's got the majority of the mods done as the spec shows,even RPM Hub carriers that I didn't realize she had.I have some Traxass red alloy Pushrods on the way too and I think i'll get the matching steering turnbuckles too but may just go for Ti items.I'm going to invest in a Savox servo for the steering I think,the TP thats on there is a little under powered at standstill with the 40 series tyres.

It'll be a slow process adding the items I want but i'm in no rush as i'm a converted Revo owner now,I always knew they were good and loved the look,just never knew how good to own one,got to say its up there with the Genesis in terms of grin factor but wins clearly for the ease of working on the truck and design,love the engine meshing design the way it pivots in a cradle,thats well cool.

Anyway guys,stay tuned for more updates as and when they happen....

[Mel]

Nice one mate she is looking pukka

[Mr Terminator]

Cheers Mel,I like it a lot as I guess you can tell,much more at home with this than the Savage,i've had 4 Savvys now,I think it's finally sunk in that although they're strong and have a good rep,they'e not the truck for me,took a while but I got there in the end...

[joe of loath]

nice! I might have missed it, but how did you get hold of the purple chassis? did you buy it, or get it anodized?

My revo needs some mods lol, I'm racing it ATM, and it does surprisingly well against truggies, even though its stock. I ordered some ally tie rod ends for the rear (stock ones are stretched) from vracing (dirtyrc) but they're out of stock, and I have no idea when they'll be back in stock...

oh, btw you might want to replace the EZstart motor with the one from the 3.3, as the 2.5R ones are a little underpowered for bigger engines. I replaced mine at traxxas before I knew it was mine

Edited by joe of loath, 21 January 2009 - 04:02 PM.

[Mr Terminator]

Cheers for the tip with the EZ start motor,mine seems to fire the RB up no problem but I'll look at getting the 3.3 motor as they're not expensive.

The chassis is one that Paul sprayed with rattle cans and then coated it using fuel resistent lacquer,it does look good and well done but I do like the blue and will get a new blue chassis at some point,i'll have chassis coming out my ears,I have 2 spare 2.5 chassis's,one purple that was on it before I changed and a spare blue one with the standard radio box and servo mountings.

I'll be needing to use the standard 3.3 mounts I think as it'll be easier,when I fit reverse back on her,got everything I need now for that as my Optidrive,sensor and shift servo came today,£15 posted,bargain...

[Mel]

haha nice one mate yeah i could tell you prefer something that will handle a bit better rather than me who just needs it to hold together after hitting a 4ft foot ramp at full pelt lol, the only corners i go round is when im turning around to hit the ramp again lol . going to have to get a bash together when it warms up a bit because i really want to see that and the mini hyper running

[Mr Terminator]

Yeah,for sure mate,a meet up and bash would be awesome,it'd be good to meet everyone in the flesh so to speak,i'd like a few tips from the master on how to jump well....