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eel i decided i wanted a nitro revo for racing so i am rebuilding my electric revo and it will have the same ext. chassis and novak hvmaxx with lipos but i will be using a gmaxx trans, i just won this and hope its as good as it looks, it will be easy on me to have two trucks instead of sharing parts with the nitro revo , anyway here it is

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...5060&rd=1&rd=1

g3r is on the way, cant believe my wife said yes, great fathers day, wow!

anyway i have a hvmaxx 4.5 with lipos and want to know what a good starting point for gearing would be, dont want to thermal, im thinking like 18/70 or 18/72, please let me know if you have any other suggestions, thanks

I'm not sure what is considered low gearing on a maxx, but I would start on the low side, check temps, and increase pinon and/or spur ratios slowly. I've heard the HV systems are kinda sensitive to overgearing.

thanks, i think ill be safe with big spur and a few pinions, ill get a 15 also

it arrived on thursday(thanks rc monster) and i put it together in about 2 1/2 hrs,went great, anyway im having trouble getting a transmission, the first one i won and the seller was packing it up and noticed it didnt have a gear in the trans, so he refunded my money, and then i lost one today for way more than i wanted to pay, any way ill post some pics when i get time but , if you've seen one you seen em all, except dafs!

heres a few pics, let me know if the steering linkage will work , with the proline arm it was binding so i moved it some, i guess i could check out dafs pics, i think he has a single sided servo arm, any way let me know what you think, oh and btw i know i am missing some screws on the bottom i need a new rear bulkhead (on the way)

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Gearing is fun with the HvMaxx. Depending on your rtr weight about 30:1 is a good starting point- overall drive ratio that is, then move up on the pinion a tooth at a time until you hit the sweet spot for your particular setup.

that sounds about right, i think in my first version i was aoun 28.5:1 so ill try to just match the pinion/ spur ratio , as soon as i check to make sure the trans ratio is the same as a revo, easier for me to just do one than all

Cool. Just incase it hasnt already been mentioned, check out BrianG's speed calculator- you can find your ratios using the revo diffs & emaxx tranny very easily. Shame it didnt have the TXT-1 diff ratio in there for my project back along...

thanks, it has both trans in there , i usually get so confused when i look in there, lol, the sad thing is i had psyics in tech college 5 years ago , i should remember a little of this, oh well

Hehe, I think I've forgotten 90% of what I learnt at school/6th form- far more important things to think about these days like the price of lager & aftermarket truck part manufacturers....