Unfortunately the chassis is 3mm Plate, 7075-T6 Aluminum stamped not machined 👍 another side note the warranty LSD diffs are failing under 6s rather quickly and the metal wheel hexes are stripping the wheel hexes as the metal thickness doesn't match up to the wheels installed. Aside from that the EXB looks nice

Love mine and it was a first batch one that stripped the diff first run on 6S. Just put new spider gears and LSD plates in the rear I was back in business.

Brett is definitely one of my idols, gets to mod and play with rcs for a living 😂

CONGRATS ON 100K! Excellent breakdown on the EXB models by Arrma, they have done so many upgrades to it. Love the details on the electronics you picked. SHE IS A BEAST!

Everyone is coming here for the Arrma review, but I think more people are gonna end up buying those connectors

Awesome job as always guys 👍 Idk what it is but I could listen to Brett talk for hours 🤳👂

Nice Combo and the Arrma jumping in the Gras like a Rabbit :)

Some of the best driving I’ve ever seen right there 😳

So glad you guy's posted this. I have the same setup in my exb and have been bashing on it for almost a year now with no issues.

Where have those solderless connectors been all my life?!? And driving into that solid metal box in the grass for the win, LOL!

I saw a few of these at my local hobby shop and it's so funny to me how absolutely massive they are. I wish I had a place to run something like this! By the way those sick whips you were pulling on those jumps were very satisfying and impressive.

Ok, I didn't know those battery connectors exist, it peaked my interest. High amp, solder less? Say less.

The diffs are undersized!

Agh, I was looking at the Kraton 6s, now I want this! This stuff is addicting .

Cant believe that the hobby manufacturers aren't supplying these machines with decent belted tires. Yes I know that some 8 year old grown-ups love the ballooning tires effect, but they're inefficient and unbalance the vehicle! I bought some Belted Proline Trenchers for my Team Associated MT10 and it's so much more controllable now!

My only complaint with this truck is the diff's. They need to be shimmed right out of the box. if you don't you might end up with some shredded gears. Other than that I believe this is the best 6s version of the Kraton yet!

8S Outdrive Snapper!.. Powered up to the EXTREME! *I've seen that break happening on box stock Kraton V5 also... so the that part might have a new metal defect or weakness. Something to keep an eye on. Great Video.. congrats on 100K!

I have kraton 6s rtr then bought some exb parts.. I'm not yet content so I might go for M2C parts.. I'm glad I bought kraton as my first hobby grade

I am also running this setup ( Spektrum 1250KV and 160A ESC combo ) - 20t Pinion on 6s yields near the same performance as a stock Kraton 2050+150A(15t) but has more torque. Temps are low-low-low which is a huge plus for Texas summer ! I normally run everything on as much as it will take - and even I hesitate to run this on 8s full time as it is nearly unmanageable and my wallet will hate me. Great review - you are amazingly under geared and I suspect you could twist rebar with that much toque going through the drivetrain ! :)

Have had bad luck with the one we bought. Amain has been awesome with support on it.

hey, love your reviews. I am just completing my build. Went with HW 1650 can. I just removed temporaily the side guard, to install motor, then replace after. I did have to trim esc mount plate as the Max6 esc is a little too big.

Love the plugs I've gotta get some for my planes No soldering is nice and neat very simple The EXB is definitely one of my all time favorite RCs 🔥👍

I was literally think about this same build a few hours ago haha 😂 I need it !

That Whip was the trick of the vid!

I personally am not sold on the arrmas but HH has amazing customer support!

It’s crazy. Those diffs broke before the jump, you can hear when it breaks going up that grass hill

Like the solderless connectors

It's a beast, Just make it what you want. I'll stick with the RTR's. Much easier for my old hands.

Love the kraton 💓

Besides the diff issues they need to fix those huge tires with such a small hex that moves like crazy. Even my V5 seems loose when the wheels are completely tight. For $600 plus a battery....come on Arrma.

I bought this truck when it came out, the rear differential failed on the 2nd run. Since the truck came out I am still waiting for a replacement rear differential. I also can’t buy it locally because it’s not in stock. Absolute terrible part support and waste of money. Thanks for the vid, makes me wish I could take mine out.

I run a 22t with no issue on 6s. 8s is just uncontrollable. That sound is from being way under geared.

Please do a review of the Typhon 6s V5!

I think I’ll buy this EXB, or a used Kraton chassis and rebuild. I plan to do a bunch of m2c upgrades so a used chassis makes the most sense possibly.

Alex Chinchilla Great video I think I'm sold on this model for my 1st purchase of a RC like this, I'm excited to do a build and get into this world!

Good video. Love my EXB, it’s a BEAST!!!

My Kraton 6s v5 will be delivered tomorrow. :)

i run the 22T on this combo with 6s, works great ;D Awsome video :)) Tanx

arrma drunk watches your vids his a big fan of yours arrma tuff

I can't believe the kraton 6s can take 8S power. It took me a while to drive that thing on 6s Tomorrow is the first day since two years that I own it to drive it on 6s🤣

Thanks for the video. Nice honest review.

Using a sensored setup on a big truck is just the best.....

This car is ultamite, better than most other 1/8 models out there

Thanks for video. More on this exact setup please

I LOVE MINE. ITS A FREAKING BEAST THAT ALMOST DOESN'T NEED ANY UPGRADES OUT THE BOX!

I have the Spektrum 2050kv system in mine, on 6s, and it's a handful. I cant imagine 8s power.

Woah that thing's got some power!

Can arrma come out with a outcast EXB already

Best R/C I have purchased, oh and it came from AMain!

Arrma needs to come out with a line of 1/8th scale trucks that are plastic chassis and the rest of it except for the stuff that needs to be metal like drivetrain shocks etc. with a team of amazing people like arrma they can really create something crazy tough. They just need to accept that metal is never going to be as tough and cheap to replace as plastic when it comes to these smaller models

gear box looks crazyyyy!!!

Weird choice for the motor, you guys sell exculusively the MMX8S / 1520 sensored 1650kv brushless motor which the ultimate combo for this specific car!

Wow! I need to looks into those solderless plugs. Sounds super convenient......My EXB must have been a first batch truck cause I stripped the rear diff on the first run. Opened it up and found that Arrma didn’t put enough shims within the diff. It was a nightmare to get ahold of a new diff. They eventually sent me an lsd to put in the rear....it took nearly 4 months to get it though

Those solderless connectors, that design has been around for ages ( like, since the '50's) for wire nuts used in homes. Super tough. Curious about the slot in the chassis that exposes the spur gear. That doesn't exposed that gear to trouble? I could see grass or something getting sucked up in there.

Strange how Arrma included a small 12t pinion, I’ve seen most people have been using 15t to 20t pinions depending on motor KV & Lipo voltage. Are you going to try a larger pinion for the fun of it? I think at least a 16t pinion is in order! 😎👍🏻

Exactly what I have in mine sans the connectors I run ic5s and run it on 6s 👍

M2c makes way stronger tool steel diff outdrives. I would also put a larger pinion on to give it a little less torque

the easiest way to make these bomb proof is to tube chassis it . rc4wd just came out with a monster truck 1/8 tube chassis for $150 . i cut the 4link section off so it was flat then welded 8 tabs to it then bolted it to the exb . im gonna just build a tube frame of my own so that the flat cassis can get tossed . if armma did this they would be lightyears ahead of traxxas !

That thing needs a 16t and it would be perfect. Wheel speed is crucial

So, I live in a cold spot, First run on 6s and one or two small jumps on packed surface and front right diff cup snapped. temp above 0° centigrade. Is there a beefier diff cup I can swap for?

8s awesome bro I really want one of these

Love the kraton👍🏼

My Dream bro 💯👌 very nice Good combo " all the best bro

Congratulations for 100k subs

Did Arrma removed some EXB stuff for the current EXB RTR? it has more plastic now looks like.

Can you you do a video on just them connecters

Those are 4s diffs if I've ever seen them

Brett I had another question for you as you know I am looking into building out a 1/8 EXB myself from all my million other questions I have asked you so far LOL. How is it you wire up the batteries to the ESC when you end up using 2 packs? Since I know if you are able to run a single pack i.e. 6S, 4S, etc it is easy since you just have the 2 wires from the ESC with the single connector on it. But if you are running 6S or 8S and have to use multiple packs to how it is you connect the two batteries to the ESC if there is only a single connector there? I am have not seen a setup in person where I could just look and see how it is done. Only thing I picked up is in those instances there is a loopback adapter you need to use when you only use one battery instead of two. And I cannot get a good enough look when I pause your video to see how it is wired up on your rig here.

It's a Bruuuuute

Very Nice i want one

Lots of people are having issues with this truck buyer beware. Even tho i have 0 issueslots of people have differential issues along with under sized wheel hex.

Hey Brett, did you ever work out what the whine was, when i got my exb if you pushed it it made a clicking noise from the diffs, after taking a good look at it, the diffs are in backwards, the curve on the crown wheel and pinion teeth cause the click/ noise, plus flipping them made the motor run correct direction, this may be part of the diff blow out issue. ran it today with the flipped diffs and boy what a combo that 1717 monster x is, even on 6s with a 19 tooth pinion its crazy.

I'm gonna order one for my 50th Birthday question about how long does it take to install the electronics to get her up & running

it performs same with good 6s combo. think 8s is too much for these diffs imho

My 1717 sounds just like that one.. unlike my 1515 with the same pinion/spur.

congrats on 100k subs

What is the best Truggy in this size? Looking for something that's durable so I don't have to fix something everytime I drive it.

Couldn't you have just removed the side trim to install the motor instead of grinding off the mounting point? 🤔

Great video guys, but I’m wondering what electronics to use in the 1/5 kraton exb?

Yes new video!!!!!

All you had to do to get the motor in was remove the side guard, then put it back on after the motor was in place. No need to cut it.

Careful with those protek lipos. I bought 6 of the same ones. They all puffed in the first 10 runs. protek servos are nice though.

100k sub silver play button is cooommmee

Y’all should get an xmaxx

Can you make a video of how you put the servo

12T pinion is way undergeared for a 1717? Sounds about right. I am running a 55:34 gear ratio on my EXB with a castle 2028. Also, 1st break on the AMain Honey Badger was the same as on my EXB.

You need a 23 tooth pinion on 8s

Take a shot every time he says "EXB".. ok, call the ambulance.

for a brute it sure seemed to break quick. bummer dealio !

and god said “let there be solder-less connecters” LMAO 🤣

... slightly confused... Is this a 6s exb built for 8s?.. it seems too small for the typical 8s kraton

That's a powerful motor. I run it in my Mojave exb. 7 an 8s. But it broke down on me after 2 years now I have hobbywing 8s. U talking about powerful. This 8$ hobbywing will be going I'm my kraton 8s.

good luck affording either of them

Or you could have just taken off the side guard off like you were supposed to for motor installation funny how there was no problems with it fitting soon as it went all the way in the motor mount...

Seems to be the perfect setup for the RC. If I build one, I'm gonna go with that exact setup. I'd like to know how it's handled more than one run though as I've never had a breakage (aside from a Losi DB Pro) on the first, second, or third run. Once everything loses the factory new fitment between parts is when things start to become compromised and break.

I want to see you take this thing (as is) out on Silver Dollar or your carpet track XD I would also like to see a pro take it out on Silver Dollar.

This is a darling. If I won the lottery the misses would lose it with what I would buy

traxxas has a stampede 2wd vxl 2020 version an they claim its traxxas tough does anyone has expirience with that thing

Wow I would like this for my channel 🔥💪🏾😎

Awesome Car. But really, 14 gauge wire would burn and melt with 250 amps running through it.