wow i literally have the same 2 trucks that’s it no more such a coincidence i love the old mike jenkins ultimate it’s a beast for 10+ years old and ours are still working strong
You won't need the brace ... I bash the crap out of mine in my driveway (concrete) and my chassis is perfect after a year and a half. I have broken a couple axels though and bearings but I am jumping it hard. Just put the clipless system on mine ... sooo cool.
It’s not about strengthening the chassis itself, it’s about reducing flex and improving handling. You should really get one and try it before you go around saying not to buy it. It also saves you bending center driveshafts
It’s not on topic but I noticed you had the light up electronic dart board in the back ground, just curious is it worth it? I’ve been on the fence about buying that exact dart board, now as far as the ultimate it’s a beast I own an older ams oil model and I love it! You can never go wrong with a slash! Its a Traxxas staple 🤙
For the life of me, i cant figure out why the Slash is as popular as it is. I just dont find the short course truck format nearly as enjoyable as just about any other basher. I can see the attraction for racing, which seems to be this format's true pedigree
It's really a case of "right place at the right time". When the Slash first released, full size short course racing was starting to go mainstream with the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series being regularly broadcast on SPEED Network. Traxxas was already a bit of a juggernaut in the hobby at the time, riding the success of the T-MAXX and REVO, and they decided to develop two RC models that both looked and drove like the Pro 2 and Pro 4 trucks respectively - the Bandit/Rustler/Stampede based Slash and the REVO based Slayer. The Slayer flopped due to a combination of a narrow track width, high center of gravity and overly soft long-travel suspension causing it to traction roll whenever it took a turn with any amount of speed, but the Slash, being an affordable entry-level platform that drove decently well and looked great both sitting still and moving, sold like hotcakes. Didn't hurt that the truck didn't have any competition on release. The Slayer and Associated SC8 were well beyond the Slash's pricepoint, the Losi Desert Truck was really more just a normal stadium truck with a more scale-looking body, the Tamiya TA01 Toyota Prerunner and Duratrax Nitro Demon had both been off the market for a while at that point and later, more racing-focused SCTs were still in the R&D stages.
The point of diminishing returns. Hard to get around it. Those Stoopid over built driveline parts ended this knuckleheads poor driving axle issues. Now it's loose wheel nuts and gear mesh. Loctite could be a solution but pretty sure the energy would transfer to another part that will fail so will stick with having to re-tighten some nuts instead of replacing broken axles. The lcg body is tempting but running in short grass seems a chore and it cleans the tires. Thanks for the feedback
I Just dumped some $$$ into updating my slash … probably should’ve just bought an ultimate. Same situation as your dads, 10yr old truck with very few breakages.
Just bought my wife a new vxl. Gave me the fever again. I got my old vxl out and put a bunch of new shit on it. The old one is rowdy compared. Idk why. 2s v 2s. Old one w/o tsm is faster.
Huh, any chance you changed the gearing in your old one? Or maybe the new one is in training mode? You could also try recalibrating the throttle on the new transmitter.
@@atkracing I mean kinda obviously yea. Didn’t know that before watching this. Glad they stuck with LCG since making the rally. If only they’d make it standard and give us some dirt guards.
