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08-04-2010
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secondhand b max
Might be joining the b max clan
 soon moving over from x factory,just wondering about a few things before i buy one, Am looking at the champ pack. How many of you have bought secondhand and cars been ok? Can you buy the friont carbon shock tower easy is it available anywhere? front wishbones sound fragile, is that due to the driver or is that a area that can be strenghtened? The car am looking at has upgraded bearings and titanium screw set.... I have a friend on here and his car flys really well set up and not much out the box,car looks really planted and smooth not like some other makes i've seen cat/b44!!!! Also were is best place to buy spares and i will need a shell as well? look forward to reply's laterssssss mark.....
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08-04-2010
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There car is very planted and jumps incredibly well (compared to my B44). I have it weighted down to 1800g, as was suggested by many competent guys on this forum. I just added about 70g of lead strips under the Lipos...
So far, I've broken 1 wishbone... After smashing full speed into a concrete block!  Seriously, I've given it some decent hits so far (other than the block) and the wishbones have held up fine so far. I've found it tougher than my B44 for this. Obviously, wishbones are something that WILL break if you hit hard enough so definetly keep a few in stock. but they are quite tough in my experience...Hope this helps a bit!
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08-04-2010
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overheating.....
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Also no one seems to have issues with overheating but the guy i might be buying as holes everywhere so motor can breath,dont know if this is just a gearing promblem someone on here might know better....cheers
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08-04-2010
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I saw one guy post pictures of holes drilled in the chassis to help the motor breathe. I don't know if this weakens the chassis or not, but it will let dust in (a big factor for my local track
). So far I've been running mine and temps are remaining below 140ºF, which is fine for the motor. The plastic under the motor gets a bit warm, but nothing disastrous I think... It's already plenty fast and I don't foresee my gearing it up to the 175ºF+ mark in the near future... So I don't think I'll be drilling holes anytime soon... Plus, I don't recall seing any of the sponsored racers drilling holes... SO why would I...Just food for thought... Quote:
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08-04-2010
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I've got the bmax 09 version ran it three times at southport happy with the car, All's i have broke is one wishbone and a front shock tower from big crashes. Just ordered some carbon towers easy to get hold of. Only problem's i have had is bending the screw on the shock towers that holds the shocks on but this isn't anythink major solved this by putting a spacer befor the nut goes on or shortning the thread of the screw, Also the cvd pin came out a couple of times this is proberbly due to not having locktite on them they came prebuilt in the kit and i just ran them, i would advise rebuilding them if you buy new. Gearing im running an 84 spur with a 21 pinion on 5.5 sp v3 no probs. Rob
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08-04-2010
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hi
the b-max is a good car and spares are becoming easy to get hold of, we stock the 5mm carbon shock towers that are very hard to break, as well as all the wish-bones and drive-train parts. you will not find a better4wd for the price ed [email protected] 01304 374742
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