Now it's an overgrown toystory rc

Looks great! I lightened my Sledge by changing shock towers to carbon fiber, gutting the battery tray to use straps and running truggy tires on TRX dish wheels. I do not run swaybars and I have not considered taking the T-bar out but for a track advantage I may try that!

It looks very Kawasaki looks cool

Not sure removing the centre brace is going to make much difference apart from stiffness would like to see you try with it in and out for comparison, my thinking is better have it fitted for those oh crap moments that happen no matter how or where you drive it, so the very small weight penalty is good insurance.

Can't wait to see it on the track

I can’t wait to see the video of it on a track.

Woohoo! Seahawks sledge! That’s why you like the color scheme isn’t it, cuz you’re truly a Seahawks fan at heart! Hahaha! Go hawks! Looks awesome, man!

Those wheels made it look way better that’s how I like to do all my trucks

The difference between a racer and a basher is obvious in this video lol

Maybe try drilling holes in the center brace cut some weight but also have alittle strength left.

You did exactly what I wanted to do to one,turn it into a racing truck thank you from your boy Nikolai 🤟

When you got this I was hoping to see it lightened up, suspension tuned, and some truggy tires. I’d like to see it on a track head to head with top tier TLR, AE, and Tekno truggies just for fun. I bet it could be tuned to be pretty competitive honestly.

Maybe drill holes in center brace to lighten and keep rigidity.

“If you know you know”😂😂😂

Now its time for the race track

That looks SO GOOD. WHOOT

I personally like the color scheme, and the performance is 🔥🔥🔥

Yea I love the idea of making the Sledge lighter in weight since its an absolute chubster at stock of 12.74 pounds WITHOUT lipos. With 2 3s lipos its gotta be pushing 14 pounds which is extremely heavy for that small of an rc. In direct comparison to the Arrma Kraton 6s BLX v.5 its bone stock weight is 10.67lb which is incredibly lighter, and if you upgrade to the Bashqueen carbon fiber parts I believe Rich Duperbash got it into the 9 pound range which for that size of an rc is incredibly light. I think if you can get the Sledge down into the 10-11 pound range the durability and handling will skyrocket. Personally i think 13-14 pounds is just way too heavy for that size of an rc. But I love the idea MSM!

that chair squeek hehehe

Should do a track day and swap back the old setup and then pull the brace and see how it handles vs with and with out it stock, then add the sway bars and run it, with and without the brace. then do wheel are tire test after in each combo with the race wheels and tires. so get a better understand of what does what far as that brace on and with out in various combos.

Yea I have like 4 sets of the response for my 2.0. I'm going to go all white and de anodize everything on mine

Love it, Seattle seahawks Traxxas sledge!!!

Beast

My son's been saving up for a Maxx and since this came out, I'm going to sell him mine at cost to him instead completely modded out. And I'm getting the sledge. Love the modds you've done I want mine to be track focused like this, there is nothing like running on a track with your rcs or makes parking lot bashing kinda boring! Can't wait to see this hit a track!

Nice and FRESH Haircut Mark!!!

Turn the tsm off when driving will help with better steering

Well done, Mark. Looks cool! Glad the weather is warmer now. Think I'll drive something this weekend.

now you have a Traxxas e-truggy🙂

Looks like a race truck and handles great

Looks really good handling now

Crazy how flexible the plastic is

Bad news, Good news Bad: It's true that none of the upgrade parts are available yet through 3rd-party (Amain to Horizon Hobby, etc) retailers. It's also true that some of the upgrade parts aren't yet available anywhere. Good: However...most of the upgrade parts ARE now available directly from Traxxas. Earlier this evening, I got the blue spring retainers, blue shock caps, blue bellcranks posts, front/rear sway bar kit, and front & rear TiN shock shafts ordered. Granted, there are still other parts I feel are *required*...but, the above-listed parts are what I'm considering the "Phase 1" upgrade requirements. Now, if I could just get the Sledge...lol. As always, Mark, keep up the excellent job. The "Traxxas faithful" rely on you. 🤙🏼

Thanks for showing us the difference

Mark what's green on the battery tray clips

Yo Santa, can u please send me one these for Christmas? Haha that green and blue looks so sick!

A pound is alot, wow. Oh yeah goin green.

The green/blue suspension parts with green wing looks surprisingly good! And damn I need me some of those mudguards for rear suspension on my Kraton, so tired of pulling all the shredded leaf parts and pine needles out of it... Arrma, pls!

That sledge accelerates so fast now

Cant wait till the track videos...and man i wish we could get like orange or green colored wheels...tire companies need to give more options..that would make it look sick with those tires

Did yours come with the o rings to stop the dog bones coming out?

Colors look sick 👍🏻👍🏻

Car looks insane

Looking siick

Wassupperz… looks really good with the green on and those wheels.. 🤩 I picked up a blue one yesterday. I’m going to look for a blue wing. 😉. Thanks for the vid… keep up the awesome work

Now that's my style 😎

I'm sure someone will make (if they haven't already) a carbon fiber chassis brace for this model.

That looks awesome! I got the orange one yesterday, and I'm going to start making it look different. Thanks for the inspiration!

I ordered some response tires after I saw your last video when you got a set, I didn’t even know they were still available!

Hey Mark, It looks really cool. The way you are describing the new performance, sounds like my Losi Eight T XE kit build. I put the response tires on my E-Revo also. I had a Savox Servo in my Kraton EXB and it died on the first run. LHS returned it, and I had purchased a Red High Torque 400 In Oz. Traxxas servo for my X-Maxx, and I put it in my Kraton EXB, and that servo is crazy. Put in in your Sledge. I would like to add a Sledge to my collection. I built a Tamiya Super Avante, and it is so cool. I know you like Tamiya, and you should get the Super Avante also.

Your sledge looks cool with the blue and the green awesome video keep on rcing and stay safe 😎

Look really good I say the green and blue looks awesome I was think about getting one do think it's worth the money

Congrats you just made a new rc, it looks like a giant tekno now. I think the removal of the chasis bra e is a bad idea, but your rc so it's your choice. Hope it works out for you.

Just finally made it to the Traxxas Headquarters love it love it... had all the parts/ colors for like every model even the sledge. Ended up grabbing a red Maxx v2 so effing stoked. Hope hope I get tomorrow off as its Sunday lmao. 3hr one way drive well worth it while in Dallas anyhow haha

Personally, I think you're missing the whole point of the Sledge. Surely they've made it strong so it can be sent.

I’m curious how that aluminum chassis plate is going to hold up from warping since the brace bar is now removed. I’m pretty sure Traxxas didn’t just add the brace bar for extra durability, they added it because the constant turning left and right probably started to warp the aluminum chassis.

Hobbywing max6. That will wake it up.

drive normally means drive like my grandmother

Looks EPIC 🔥

Can you drive it on the track to compare it to a truggy, to see how it handles?

Need more driving content. The build is cool and all but we need to see it soaring

You should race it.

Love your channel, you convinced me to get the Sledge as my first legit RC. Can you please include a link to the response tires? Thanks so much!

Look a lot like my Back Slash build 😁🤘

Damn, you messed up a nice basher!

You didn't include the sway bars with the weight comparison. I wouldn't be surprised if the steel sway bars are the same weight as the aluminum brace.

Great channel nice upgrade cool colors

Love you content and that spot you bash at, but bro…..how do you not have like 3 matching sloped bmx ramps or something you can put on the lip of that hill. Would be so fun to watch you actually send them some times.

Cant wait to see it on the track, hopefully you test it against your other truggies :)

Maybe basherqueen can make a carbon fiber center brace so we can get the benefits of the brace without the weight 🤔

that things looks sick and the handling, wow, i try not to buy many RC cars but i like what you did with this kit hard not to imulate!..i wanted to buy a tekno ET48 2.0 but this is next

Good afternoon bro enjoy the weekend great video

WOOT!

Love your channel, After All my issues with Arrma and all the upgrades they needed me and my daughter decided to sell our arrmas and Give Traxxas a try again ( I have a 3905 brushless emaxx with over a $1000 in it) Im getting the sledge Shes getting the wide Maxx.

If im going to put those other tires on it then i might as well buy a race kit. Traxxas built it up the way they did for a reason. If they thought it needed those other tires then they would have put those on it. There's nothing wrong with the sledge as it is. And it doesn't need sway bars, just buy a race kit and build a truggy!! I guess that's cool if you want a race truck, that's not what I bought mine for.

Don't change the pinion gear just change the esc. That esc is limited. Is not bad but it's not great either.

Grantid the Traxxas response tires is a massive savings but if you put some actually aka truggy tires on you could save a ton more

Has anyone used the Sledgehammer tires on the Rustler 4x4 VXL? I’ve broken a front axle during 3ft jump off a grass hill onto grass (It landed on the edge of the tire). I contacted Traxxas and they told me to loosen the slipper clutch half a turn to remove pressure off the driveline. I wasn’t sure about this response from Traxxas. I do release the throttle when landing any jump to avoid driveline shock.

Very cool, I like it....👍👍

Any rear dog bone issues? People are putting 10mm rubber rings in rear diff cup Because dog bones come out of tire side diff cups

What color did u go with on the sway bars??

How is the servo now with the weight reduction?

Maybe i missed it, but which tires did you fit it with?

Your thought on which is better, Talion EXB rtr or Traxxas Sledge in performance/durability , price and speed wise?

I love the high Tech plastic bag you keep your bits in lol. Is that proper race gear from techno.

Looks well nice looked nicer with out the green wing green wing is a little to much in my opinion

What other changes or upgrades do you think you need to do to it before you take it to the track?

which tires did you end up with ?? link ?

Mark, how many grams is the center brace??? If it's not too much, is the weight savings even worth it? Thanks😁

You do know you can run the stock servo at 7.4 volts to get more power to it right 👍🏼👍🏼😎😎😎

Great vid Mark, the Sledge looks sweet now, actually rocking the Seattle Sea-Hawks colors (I'm in Seattle). I think this opens the opportunity to some companies to make a CF (Carbon Fiber, here) center chassis brace, for weight savings, but probably the same, or even slightly more, chassis stiffness.

Nice video.

Glad you did the right thing to the truck tho, always go for lightweight 👌 it should take hits better

So much green & blue secret Seahawks fan ? Or Dallas maverick’s? #77 luka

Hey I got a question for you. Whats your advice/ or your way of cleaning your cars? More specifically the ones you race. I have a tekno and I wanna give it a deep clean.

What’s the width like compared to ROAR legal?

Dang so no track comparison stock vs upgraded.

Where do you get them wipes from what you cleaned your rc car with and whats the name of them

I have an XMaxx and looking for a good aftermarket parts site. What do you recommend?

Hey Mark Love your video. I was wondering if the rim and tire combo you used for the sledge works on the kraton EXB. I know the Sledge is the hot car right now, but maybe you can also do one about the Kraton exb as a track set up or to improve its handling characteristics like the sledge. I am sure a lot of people who already have the Kraton would be interested in your years of track set up experience and your thoughts on how to set up on a existing car that many of us already own to enjoy on the track or even driving experience vs just bashing it.

chassis braces are a biiiiiiiig difference… when i had my slash ultimate stock it got pretty squirrely and there was a lot of understeer and sliding.. as soon as I added the chassis brace everything feels stiffer and theres not much of a body roll now.. coming around tight corners able to keep the speed through them as well!!