Step by step the last options arrive !!! (pics and lists)

[Popoxx]

I received my FLM arms, they sent me 2 packs but I only paid one




^ This idea is great, and the eclips are inserted in the brace.



But big mistake for bashing use... There is no lower shock mount so the shock cups rub against Traxxas tubes if I want to have the same ground clearance as I had with my RPM arms (almost no friction with the stock turnbuckles but I had only one in stock...) . And the pins of driveshafts yokes rub against the arm so a dremel job is required (a tad, no big deal).




So I need to find a solution to fix that (if you have any idea I'm interested ). Yesterday I decided to test Integy (yes) arms I bought a long time ago for my 3906 E-Maxx. I used an older version of these arms which hold out great (I know it's odd for Integy parts, sometimes they are good).

But after 10 minutes of bashing :





I hit a tree stump at full speed (vid next week)...

[Popoxx]

A 6s E-Maxx combined with my driving style (brilliant or stupid, but always violent !) isn’t a good combination…

My maxx can’t endure the weight & the power of my new LiFe packs due to the suspension design a bit outdated for the powerful available BL systems and lipo setups.

During a landing, all the weight of the maxx is transferred to the front lower arms, and they break, like the hinge pins. Better shocks could help but 6s + hard bashing is too much for an E-Maxx

A solution would be to use a 4s setup but now it’s 6s or nothing ! So I keep my RPM arms, my LiFe packs, my almost-bulletproof E-Maxx, and I will be more kind with it next times… The next and last step of this build will be to buy Ofna shocks.

I will soon be too busy with my new job (and the first one !) so if I want to keep running RC trucks I need one which is reliable. My ERBE is perfect from this point of view, I will use it with a 6s lipo setup soon . My E-Maxx is and will always be my favorite MT but priorities change ! It was really funny to run it, break it and fix/upgrade it during these years

[ZippyBasher]

DAMNIT I just wrote a bunch of stuff about the lower FLM here then it deleted it all... Well here are some pics of what I made. Stock shock Blocks and 1/8 Shock installed too... Here is my ride...
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...v/100_4086.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...v/100_4073.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...v/100_4072.jpg front needs extra dremeling because of steering rods and needs to go inside.
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...v/100_4074.jpg Traxxas CVDs wont rub the Arms & RC8 Shocks work way better without mods but I made some blocks anyway for extra ground clearance.
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...v/100_4084.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...v/100_4083.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...v/100_4082.jpg