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Originally Posted by Finnster
The only good soln is too not worry about it and replace when they get really bad or break. They are cheap enough and cvds just tend to pop out or bend on the Revo (esp if you get rpm arms.)
I have nitro revo diffs and have never blown one, ex the one I was trying to blow. The CD kit is a different story. I've killed at least two of them. Both are a horrible design tho and prone to leakage compared to their 1/8 counterparts. Diffing out on 500k fluid (which is literally thicker than molasses and at least as messy) is rediculous. TRX gaskets suck. More than anything I hate how hard they are to get to vs a 1/8th scale or Savage. A few screws on those and the diff pops out. On a Revo its major surgery and far more time consuming. I am nice to diffs just to not to have work on them.
Honestly, I can't see a Revo ever beating a good truggy driver with all else being equal. Most of the local tracks I see that have both classes have the MT (ie Revo class) TQ well into the middle of the pack of the truggy drivers.
I am not a big racer or a pro by any means, but watching what some of the really good trug drivers at Barnstormers during the RCM Bash (and other times) can do with a truggy is simply amazing and far beyond what a Revo could hope to pull off. The best lap by a Revo was more than 5secs behind the best lap of the trug drivers (35s vs 41s.)
I'm not saying it can't be done, a Revo beating a truggy, but beyond a certain level of driving, the Revo just does not have the capability a truggy has. |
I can drive my revo within a second of my truggy, I've run at barnstormers and CRC raceway myself and there were some FAST drivers.... July 12 at barnstormers I took second in the "d" main (120+drivers and many pro's on site) and bumped into the "C main" and in the 5th lap moved up to 3rd place before my shock broke on that run and had to drop out.. This was my first time ever at barnstorms and pulled a few fast laps just under 40 seconds on my truggy and buggy but I didn't run my e-revo as two classes was enough! At CRC Raceway in Rome my times (30sec for fast laps) are much better as I've been pretty much near the top in Truggys for many of the heats & mains that I finish w/o a broken part or issues as of late (battery at LVC) heh.
PS my lap times at barnstormers on the 12th would have put me in 4 or 5th place in that a-main you posted up if I didn't have any 'issues', and thats if I didn't get any faster on the track which I most likely would have been a little bit.
2 2 Brian Bush 8 00:06:01.111 00:39.977 8 45.138 Done!
ALSO: to the other guy.. loosen the slipper a touch more and the shafts take longer to stretch.. it will happen, but that is what the slipper is for.