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It’s actually a perfectly adequate motor for a stock Maxx. Good punch and runs relatively cool if you keep the gearing conservative (stock or slightly lower). It does start cogging a lot if you add bigger tires like the Backflip LPs, run big batteries or/and gear to the moon. A bigger motor with more torque is much smoother, even unsensored. I reckon you wouldn’t like it that much, not how your Maxxes are set up and how your used to that bigger can. If I remember correctly one Maxx of yours has/had a 3670 motor in it and you didn’t like the cogging. The 540xl isn’t going to be that different unfortunately. Completely unrelated, but I hope the clear bodies come in stock soon. Absolutely hate the yellow one I got 😅

TL;DR +1 on the 4268 2600kv. On 4S, just keep the stock motor or if you really want more torque, get a bigger can but keep the KV above 2400. I started with a 4274 2000kv, but that meant high gearing (27/46) and high amp draw, motor didn’t feel snappy, runtime sucked and the batteries got pretty warm for my liking(CNHL G+Plus 70C 5000mah). Needs 6s in the heavy Maxx and I wanna keep it 4s even though I am running a Max6. Next, I tried the Rocket 4076 2250kv on 24/46. Better, everything stayed a bit cooler, runtime was better and throttle response was much nicer. Even though the top end is the same between the 2 setups, the 2250kv just runs in a more efficient RPM range and doesn’t have to work so hard to get up to that speed and also spins up faster cause of the lower gearing. Will try it again on even shorter gearing like 24/50 but also ordered a 4268 2600kv to test. Should be perfect as Kpowell911 said. Higher rpm and lower weight while still producing more torque than the stock 3670, seems like a winner to me 👍. Not sure on gearing yet, but I honestly don‘t need my Maxx to do 60mph so probably relatively short like 21/50. I also had changed my diff setup prior to testing the motors. Running 50k/200k/30k F/C/R and liking it. Would go lighter in the center if I ran it on a track or something like that. But for general bashing I find it more controllable than stock, while still keeping it “lively” enough to be fun. And if anyone cares, it will still do wheelies but obviously not as easy as with the 20m in the center diff (that’s with the extended chassis btw.)

Weather is still crappy, so haven’t really run it yet…just keep buying upgrades 😅. Looking at springs and the VG Racing Springs seem quite popular, how are you liking yours @Kpowell911? What weight oil do you run with the springs?

Yeah, got mine like 2 weeks ago. Haven‘t really run it yet, weather in Germany has been terrible and I don’t run my cars when it’s wet. Sold the stock electronics and installed a Max6, 4274 2000kv motor running 26/46 gearing, Savox 2290 servo, steel CVDs and a set of Backflip LPs. Electronics might change though, it’s what I had laying around and a bit overkill I like the longer chassis and the new battery tray fits all my 4s Lipos, even the hardcase ones which the old tray did not.

Didn‘t notice that at first, but you are right. The batterytray seems to be longer too. Also, the front shock towers look different where the bumper attaches, but the might just be a slightly different angle of the pics I used to compare. I am curious as to why Traxxas hasn‘t officially announced anything yet, the Wide Maxx rtr also doesn’t seem to be listed in the US-shops yet. Has Traxxas ever done that before?

That’s interesting, wasn‘t expecting there to be other changes. But a bit longer wheelbase might be nice. My preorder shipped and should be here early next week. Can take some pics and measurements then.

Got one on preorder for 550€ as a black friday deal. Have missed the Maxx ever since I sold mine 😅 Just wonder why Traxxas hasn´t officially announced it yet, few shops are listing it already. No date yet though...

Seems like Traxxas is releasing a Wide-Maxx RTR with Sledgehammer tires. https://shop.hoeco.at/?content=katalog&action=artikelinfo&artikelid=43705&do=traxxas-wide-maxx-1_10-rtr-tsm-sr--vxl4s-regler-o-akku_lader

Just got home from my first run with both the 2-speed and the sway bars installed. The sway bar obviously makes it alot more drivable, more stable and it corners much faster. While I feel the Ryft really needs the sway bar, it also makes it a little less fun to drive. But then I kinda enjoy the unpredictability of driving the thing 😅 I am also a bit torn on the 2-speed. Install was not the smoothest, had to drill out the hole in the transmission cover where the shift arm exits. The original hole was causing binding which made it very hard to move the mechanism. Once that was done, shifting was reliable. Just feels like theres alot of play in the part that engages the low and high gears. I run a Mamba X and Tekin ROC 412HD 2300kV in my Ryft on 3s with a 13T pinion, so my Ryft isn´t exactly quick. Probably around 40kmh on high. Low is about half that, didn´t get a measurement though. Noticeably more torque and drag brake when crawling, but still not quite as low as I would like. For the way I drive the ryft, I might just go back to the single speed and leave crawling to my real crawlers 😄

2-Speed and swaybar-kit are available in Germany, just picked mine up from rcfox.de. https://www.rcfox.de/AXI332005-Axial-2-Speed-Set-RBX10_1

New axle housing design! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w_QeMJGERw Skip to 3:40 😉