which of these trucks?

[BTCC Fan]

Want to know what you would choose from the above and the criteria i am looking at! anyone got a second hand one of these then pm me! having looked and seen a t maxx running it is a good truck but is it getting on a bit? the bottom of the truck doesnt look particularly strong either? the top speed i was quite impressed with but the new savage 35 looks a quality truck! 25 rtr has already proven it is a good truck and is cheaper than the 35.

From looking round i found out the t maxx is the cheapest but is it any good?

VOTE NOW!

Edited June 13, 2005 by BTCC Fan

[dazzi220]

i voted 25,but the 3.5 if yer on a budget

definatly not the tmaxx....urgh

[BTCC Fan]

whats wrong with the t maxx and why is the 25 better than the 35? i thought the 35 is the latest model out?

[waz]

The T-Maxx is very old, has a poor transmission, crap engine, is slow, hard to tune, and don't even get me started on the durability.

The savage 25 is better than the 3.5. It is the same truck esentially with a different engine. The 3.5 refers to 3.5CC, where as the 25 refers to CI which is .25.

Savage 25 4.1CC 0.25CI

Savage 3.5 3.5CC 0.21CI

[dazzi220]

the 3.5 is the latest but its just the 21, been redone and released with a few hopups, its only £300, hpi say 4.6 best,25 best rtr and 3.5 best value

I've never used a t maxx but seen plenty and they look poo, a guy in my lhs store hates working on em, and look what waz has jus said

[BTCC Fan]

so if i get the 25 off ebay what are the essential hop ups?

[dazzi220]

dunno really people go for different things, with mine I wanted to protect is so I got a centre skid plate,tank guard.. then jus a fule filtre,air filtre stiff springs not much really. recently a new pipe, i'm not really an rc head tbh, i'm an iron junky

someone on ere is selling a 25 brand new £250

[BTCC Fan]

yeh who mite that be? pm whoever you are?

[waz]

Hey,

I'd like to give you a link where all the essential info is but I'm not allowed to post the link here so if you want it PM me.

Basically, the only essential things would be:

1) Failsafe, I never run any of my nitros without one.

2) Battery pack 6V (Hump configuration)

3) Better steering servo, I got a Hitec 645, 9.6KG of torque, metal geared and 20 quid!

Other than that, drive for a while and see what you need. You may want to get a better pipe for much better performance. A pipe such as the HPI ribbed pipe would aid in low end torque, whereas a dual chamber HPI polished pipe will help with top end, but any metal pipe will be an improvement over the composite pipe included.

[dazzi220]

sav 25

[123456]

Agreed with the hump pack and the failsafe. NEver run a nitro without a failsafe-ever!

[adamski]

What about the Losi LST, AE's MGT or any of Tamiya's offerings? There's just so many 1:8 IC monster trucks out there