MTXL gen 2.0

[dallas1990]

forgot the 5ive shoxs fit?...plus 5ive shoxs r quite good once set up right?

Probably 50 and 60 weight oil. And stiff springs

 

[evssv]

i used 5000wt in my mtxl ones
as stock on a dbxl is 3000wt i thk

 

[dallas1990]

i used 5000wt in my mtxl ones
as stock on a dbxl is 3000wt i thk

Damn, that's diff fluid territory lol

 

[evssv]

i run 40wt all round and ddm stiffest springs on my 5ive...handles sweet ?
yep.....

Damn, that's diff fluid territory lol

.crazy high?

 

[dallas1990]

i run 40wt all round and ddm stiffest springs on my 5ive...handles sweet ?
yep.....

.crazy high?

Yea, I'll probably wait until it's done and see/feel the weight of it all before installing shocks.

 

[Seandonato73]

The dbxl /mtxl shocks piston holes are too large nessesitating the heavy oil. And at least for my rig they handled like crap. So I switched out to the 5ive t shocks all around. I now run 5ive t 2.0 shocks with 40wt oil and the handling is amazing. I figure if your spending the money may as well see if known good shocks will work for you.

 

[dallas1990]

The dbxl /mtxl shocks piston holes are too large nessesitating the heavy oil. And at least for my rig they handled like crap. So I switched out to the 5ive t shocks all around. I now run 5ive t 2.0 shocks with 40wt oil and the handling is amazing. I figure if your spending the money may as well see if known good shocks will work for you.

Oh ok, I was taking your advice just going to wait on fluid weight is all

 

[evssv]

45wt should b sweet with stiff springs on 5ive shoxs on a mtxl ?

 

[dallas1990]

45wt should b sweet with stiff springs on 5ive shoxs a mtxl ?

If only I can find them complete lol this is my first losi and everything is different from Traxxas.

 

[Seandonato73]

I kept a search going on Ebay till I came up with what I needed to do my rig.

 

[evssv]

as above..set up a search for what u needs on ebay ?and post a wanted ad on here ?

 

[dallas1990]

I figured it out lol I'll just be assembling the shocks. Other than the chassis what other parts are needed to be upgraded from stock?

 

[evssv]

alloy clutch bell carrier ?....that funny short shaft mount in ally?....front top plate/chassis brace ally?rear chassis brace ally?...rear engine mount ally?....
thats it imo
if u get diff case probs then ally cases?

 

[dallas1990]

alloy clutch bell carrier ?....that funny short shaft mount in ally?....front top plate/chassis brace ally?rear chassis brace ally?...rear engine mount ally?....
thats it imo
if u get diff case probs then ally cases?

Ok, but I'm going brushless lol

alloy clutch bell carrier ?....that funny short shaft mount in ally?....front top plate/chassis brace ally?rear chassis brace ally?...rear engine mount ally?....
thats it imo
if u get diff case probs then ally cases?

Ok, but I'm going brushless lol

 

[evssv]

ok...every thing bar clutch bell do da then ?..and rear engine mount obv
my dbxl was 8s when i bought that ?

 

[Seandonato73]

You'll need the diff cases at one point. I've had to replace 2 so far and the next time they melt down they are going alloy. The dbxl-e came with alloy diffs from factory. And like Mike said chassis brace, I've never replaced the plastic shaft carrier in my dbxl its held up just fine for me. Center diff mount imo needs to be alloy. Mine cracked and ended up trashing a pinion. Front top plate is a must as well. The plastic top plate Allows too much give in the steering system.

 

[dallas1990]

You'll need the diff cases at one point. I've had to replace 2 so far and the next time they melt down they are going alloy. The dbxl-e came with alloy diffs from factory. And like Mike said chassis brace, I've never replaced the plastic shaft carrier in my dbxl its held up just fine for me. Center diff mount imo needs to be alloy. Mine cracked and ended up trashing a pinion. Front top plate is a must as well. The plastic top plate Allows too much give in the steering system.

Ok

 

[Billp]

I'd actually consider replacing the whole chassis. The DBXL jumps like crap because the 4mm chassis has too much flex in it and no chassis braces will help with that. The chassis compresses under load on the entry to a jump then decompresses on take off causing the back to kick which causes it to nose end over end. It can be helped with better shocks but ultimately it's chassis is crap.

 

[evssv]

agree..my dbxl flew like a wonkey brick??

 

[dallas1990]

Yea the chassis won't be stock that's for sure. Along with most of the Detroitperformancerc parts. And everything else will be stock and a brushless 12s setup for power. Going to take awhile though lol but I got all winter.