It’s an awesome truck I’ve had a few issues with it but in this hobby you have issues with everything

Just remember Loctite is your friend also good gas and good oil I recommend 93 octane yamalube 1st gallon through the car mixed at 28:1 after that I mix at 32: one that equals out to 4 ounces per gallon also make sure to check your throttle and brakes make sure when you hit the brakes it is not causing the throttle to go negative or positive and make sure you are getting full travel on the throttle this will prevent a runaway and also a bad running issue good luck I think you’ll love it

Definitely a lot of fun don’t get to run it as much as I wish but you have to have so much room and the neighbors don’t like it too much LOL

@@LargeeeScaleLife oh yea . My neighbours don't talk to me any more so I found a field nearby luckily lol 👍

My neighbours get annoyed when I drive around my 10th scale electric. I didn’t even try driving my baja on the street

Yes and it’s an awesome truck don’t get me wrong but to be honest I actually like driving my standard Baja more

@@LargeeeScaleLife which baja u recommend

Em Eetch congratulations they are awesome have fun running it just make sure you’re tuned up good and a half sides not running to lean and these little motors will last a really long time I’ve been running good to stroke oil in line and I’ve only had one plug go bad and that’s because I ran it out of gas

@@LargeeeScaleLife same thing happened to me last time, it ran out of gas! The plug is still ok though...

BOTAJELL much appreciated now I need to do a video on my Baja Terminator and I think I’m going to pick up a 1/5 scale crawler on Monday now that I think about it I might have a problem

Large Scale Life it’s a good problem brotha that’s good for our minds it keeps us sharp and good with our tools 🧰 and keeps us out of the bars drinking our money and health away thanks to all the wrenching guys like us have to do with these things. Keep up the great 👍 work

BOTAJELL no doubt bro that is so true definitely is relaxing working on these even when it’s tough. I’m a high-end bicycle take by trade and used to work on four wheelers and motocross bikes so I’m right at home working on these engines

NOW IS THIS 2 WHEEL DRIVE AND DOES HPI MAKE THIS.I HAVE A COUPLE 5B BAJA ONE OF THEM BUILT AND I HAVE THE HPI TRUCK.LOL I HAVE A LOT OF RC CAR'S AND I THINK THE 5B BAJA IS THE BEST BUILT AND CAN TAKE A BEATING.

NOW IS THIS 2 WHEEL DRIVE AND DOES HPI MAKE THIS.I HAVE A COUPLE 5B BAJA ONE OF THEM BUILT AND I HAVE THE HPI TRUCK.LOL I HAVE A LOT OF RC CAR'S AND I THINK THE 5B BAJA IS THE BEST BUILT AND CAN TAKE A BEATING.

Let’s Do somthing R/C yeah it really is even with the stock park once it gets in the power it is hard to keep the front wheels down

Steel City RC definitely love mine but I will tell you one thing Loctite is your friend there were so many screws that try to back out on me on this definitely take all of the hub carriers and everything at the wheels that is metal to metal apart and apply Loctite The rest of the rig is really solid the only thing I really had to do with it was to adjust the steering arms to set the toe in correctly Mann was towed out pretty severely but pretty easy to get that back in line and set the steering up

@@LargeeeScaleLife awesome. How are the aluminum arms etc holding up? They are super long it looks.

Steel City RC seem to be pretty tough they are holding up pretty good so far I did happen to have one of the bolts that hold the upper ball wind in the upper a arm come out and caused me to snap one of the ball ends but they sent me a new one that’s one of the pieces I forgot to lock tight. The only other problem I had was a broken dog bone on the rear axle but I think that was just a bad part from the factory and they replaced it quickly. It runs really good I probably wouldn’t bash this or jump it too hard as it does have pretty long arms. I’m going to take it a little easy on mine at least until a good amount of replacement parts are in the warehouse if you were going to get one to beat the hell out of that would probably look at the terminator Baja it is basically the same truck just without the extended arms or look at their 45 mL short course truck

@@LargeeeScaleLife good info. I like the look of the max though. The idea of 2wd that big and can wheelie. LOL sold!! Probably just use it for fun in fields etc. No heavy bashing

Steel City RC then you would love this thing it has a good amount of power I cost a little bit of power on mine because I put one of their duel silenced exhaust pipes on it that has dual mufflers on it just to make it quiet it sounds really good but it did cost me a little bit of power but I don’t piss my neighbors off. I have a really large grass Area I run mine in and it is really fun the wide a arms make it so you can let off the gas grab some brake turn get back on it and almost drift this thing around where the other Baja trucks would roll over this thing just slides drifts and goes

Much appreciated can’t wait to get her out and run her finally got it broken in

@@LargeeeScaleLife awesome!

Check your steering rods they may be way out of adjustment you could try zeroing your trim back out and adjusting your steering rods to get the proper wheel alignment then go back at it

Or you could pull the electronics box resent her the servo horn and go from there

@@LargeeeScaleLife I did that. Unfortunately, the servo splines won't allow me to center the arm. I'm going to replace the stock servo arm with an aluminum arm.

RakinBill guys that actually use them rather than have shelf queens know That when u bash or race. U what the cheap parts to break. They will find out quickly via the wallet lol

Foundry RC Just get some Loctite to go with it there is so much metal on this truck you pretty much have to disassemble it and re-lock tight everything but other than that it’s a blast it could stand a little better pipe but it’s not terrible without spending hundreds of dollars I don’t think you’ll find a nicer one

@@LargeeeScaleLife Have you seen the TMR pipe Jeff from EastsideRc is testing? or the Bartolone pipe Botajel is working on? both are good options

Foundry RC Yeah I have probably going to pick one of those up very soon

It’s a ton of fun unfortunately I’m thinking about selling it I honestly just don’t have room to run it where I’m at

amir newson installing a kill switch on these is not terribly hard I have one on my standard Baja I have yet to install one on the max. The only thing I will tell you on these trucks is basically disassemble it and Loctite everything purple Loctite is great for this or even blue. Make sure you have a good quality oil I run my mixture at 32 to 1 after breaking that is 4 ounces of oil per gallon of gas also make sure you check your throttle and brake linkage assembly there are some good videos on KZfaq about how to do this my first Baja the first time I fired it up it almost took off on me because the throttle ended up sticking. The O’Neill Brothers racing channel has some great videos on this is how I learned to do mine. Also definitely take some time in your transmitter and sit your end points and everything correctly it will definitely help you’re turning ability I had to set the end points on my throttle and my break I think I ended up with 76% throttle and 62% break but your mileage may vary. If you need anything or have any questions just let me know

@@LargeeeScaleLife thanks bro I really appreciate it now just waiting for rovan to restock them

I don’t know much about the on road version I’ve really wanted one actually thought about getting their electric roller

Large Scale Life I like dealing with Petrol rc cars don’t really know much about the electronics side off things thanks for the reply can’t wait to see if you get an on road car

Large Scale Life can we please have an update on the Rovan monster truck

That’s a good looking rig to I’ll also have their Baja terminator which is the knot wad version of this truck with a 36 mL motor for the money that thing is an absolute beast

I almost bought one... no way it will fit in the backseat of my 2009 SC430 lol... it would have to go into the trunk. These Max trucks are going to 1100 plus on ebay, but the ability to make an offer is showing. I was going to get the buggy or Terminator truck, and buy the kit with the super long control arms, shocks and everything else needed its a little over 300 and then the symmetrical steering kit needs to be purchased to make it work, and the very large tires the Max comes with will be needed as well. While this update works on the Bajas, the chassis is more narrow than the truck, so the truck may be a better starting point for the conversion and it can be done in steps if you dont want to drop 1100 on one. I have heard mixed things about the 45cc engine, and that 36cc double ring is more durable even though it robs power from the engine due to the double piston ring setup. Rovan also has a 70cc kit or something like that for $500 or so, its pretty ballsy since they are putting out 8+ hp or so while stock, , and with a little work it could likely put out a lot more. These larger engines are also used on engine installation kits for mountain bikes and can carry a 200lb person to 35-40mph, so it should be able to make this Rovan or KM cars move very well. Daves discount motors, and OBR has some smaller 36 and 42cc engines that are zenoah based I heard, and they put out easily 7-10hp. There are supercharger along with reed conversion, and cold air filter scoop for the engine as well. I am not sure how the supercharger would work on this since its 2 stroke, but its likely to add power still but more of a novelty, especially if you run the 2 or 3 speed transmission, and decide to go all out with a nitrous setup lol. The OBR Twin engine is like 2k if you can even get a hold of it.. There are other engines from Alex engines I believe based out of Italy, and they are also supposed to be very good engines. This time I went with a 1/8 Ofna/Hobao Hyper7 RTR buggy older modem, and getting the 2 speed kit with a modified LRP .32 engine - stock they put out almost 4.5hp, but modified its a huge difference and likely 5+ hp. I am going to get the powertrain exactly how I like it, and then customize it and turn it into a truggy using the needed newest spec Hobao SST truggy parts for it to be completely custom and up to date with the other current cars they sell. Apparently a 2 speed trans is rare in a truggy, but I am not racing in competition, and mainly bashing around and want something with a good powerful take off, and the second gear for the high top end. Apparently they sell different smaller spur gears and clutch bell with more teeth I can modify the 2 speed with. With the modified LRP, I am expecting it likely to hit 60mph or more, since a stock LRP .32 engine in a Losi 8ight truggy was hitting just over 50mph with no gearing modifications, and the video is on youtube. Next time Ill be going for the 1/5 terminator truck, or possibly go all out and get the Max later this year, if I can manage to get back into another gainful job, although thats not looking very likely unfortunately and will likely be like this until 2023, assuming things dont completely crash this time around. Its inevitable, and we are getting closer and closer to the shit really hitting the fan hard!

@@SpiderCollector000 wow man you have definably done your research and ive learned a few things haha :), ive recently just got into this hobby and purchased a wltoys 10248 10th scale electric and the things immediately started breaking left and right so i upgraded to a 6th scale redcat racing shredder electric and this thing rocks ive got no complaints whatsoever and ive ran it alot so far and everything is in working order still, i dont hit jumps to big or anything like but i do set up a smaller ramp an launch it off it a lot and again so far so good, it was only 360$ after some non name brand lipos on amazon and a 30$ charger everything came to about 430$, man i love this thing and am now super into this hobby, next will deff be a gas powered but still not sure what engine to go for but im deff taking your comment into thought thanks for this info.

This thing is stupid fast and tons of power it’s actually hard to keep the front and down it could actually do with less power

EastSide RC yeah definitely need to put a pipe on this one I actually tried one of their silence pipes on it just to keep the neighbors a little happy and it had so much back pressure it kept loosening the bolts so I ditch that after like two runs put the stock pipe back on it’s so much more power I can only imagine what this thing will do with an actual legit pipe on it seriously going to have to get one this thing is awesome not gonna lie I kind of baby it because I don’t wanna break anything and then I just take my xmaxx Out and beat on it I also have the standard Baja terminator five tea that’s a fun truck I think it needs a little water tires maybe some wheel extensions to give it a little more stability the only thing I have left to do to the max is possibly change the oil read in the sharks it’s a little bouncy right now think there might be some air in my suspension

Large Scale Life yessir I run diff oil in my shocks works perfectly! 1000 in the front and 1000 in the rear!I also installed hot racing xmaxx springs the red ones up front what a difference!! It takes the suspension from a pogo stick to nice n plush. I got vid on it you can see the demonstration. Also you baby it huh well its yours to baby brother! These things aren’t cheap! In the mean time you can watch me beat on mine 🤣! Its hands down the funnest baja I have ever owned! And that rear pipe I have is an absolute Gem! Allen really did his art work on that! It delivers power all the way through the power band incredibly!! And you be you and do what you please with your RCs they are yours! I baby my monster tuck🤣! I will run it eventually and I have two shelf queens so I have no room to criticize you 🤣😂! This is your channel brother enjoy it! I love making videos! And Ive made some really good friends that are brothers to me!! Keep on brappin!

I think one of these with an 800 KV motor will be pretty mean

Well four-wheel is always going to be more parts and more breakage points but you were always going to get better traction and better handling. Me personally I kind a like the 2 Wheel Dr. I guess I’m old-school like that these Baja trucks have always been a 2 Wheel Dr. in the traditional sense so I guess I’ve just always like the 2 Wheel Dr.

Yes there’s some videos out there with people that are taking these and putting the TMR engines in them like the read induction ones and gotten much more power out of them

@@LargeeeScaleLife awesome..thank u

So my tires are really close to mine they will only rub if I make them rub however if yours is rubbing all the time send them an email I know a couple of people had this problem they will probably send you out a set of quarter inch hub extensions to push the tires out a little bit

I haven’t had a problem with mine rubbing or anything but I’m actually going to do this on mine anyway

@@LargeeeScaleLife thank you brother stay safe and looking forward to your next video 📹

I think it was one and a half and 1 1/4 is where I started if you look up a KZfaq channel for the Olen brothers racing that makes the really nice engines for these he has a great carburetor tuning video I used his method started there and then made micro adjustments

@@LargeeeScaleLife I sorted it out now thanks mate appreciate it 👍

Here is a link to the exact truck it is currently on back order. You can also look at their updated version that is black and green. I also own their 36 mL terminator Baja truck it is an awesome way to get into 1/5 scale and not break the bank and parts are a little cheaper than the widebody one shown in this video let me know if you need any help. www.rovanrc.com/product-rv450maxbr

I’m not sure of the grade of screws but they do seem to be very good quality the only issue I have had is a few screws trying to back out but that is because I neglected to Loctite them this truck has a lot of metal on it so you really need to be diligent about going through and walked Harding all metal on metal parts other than that it’s greatNaderS Sedagt

@@LargeeeScaleLife have you had any troubles with parts braking? How is the motor?

NaderS Sedagt it has good amount of power the motor is very strong the pipe is OK but it could definitely stand a true tune pipe I know there are a few coming out for it soon. Haven’t broken any parts I did lose a couple of screws that backed out but that was totally my fault for not using Loctite other than that it is been super solid

I would email them they should be able to give you an estimate now they are located in New York so I’m not sure how quick you’ll get a reply at this point but send an email to sales@rovanrc.com

Ok i will email them and see what they say

We're can you order this what company

Bryce Mcduffie I have actually looked at those they look really nice definitely on my shortlist for sure if I could just quit buying parts for my xmaxx Project I might actually be able to

Bryce Mcduffie I have actually looked at those they look really nice definitely on my shortlist for sure if I could just quit buying parts for my xmaxx

Got this directly from rovan Website shipped out of New York State

Yes

It’s based off of a Baja 5T at its base but it is very highly upgraded out of the box almost any Baja parts will fit it except it obviously doesn’t use stock suspension arms or driveshaft and most of the suspension parts are water and upgraded as well as the steering is upgraded to the symmetrical set up

Rovan Direct from their website they shit out of New York great company

iLoveNewYorkThisMuch currently reside in Virginia but I have lived in Florida and in Minnesota as well so I’ve been all over DJ has been one of my hobbies for about 15 years

@@LargeeeScaleLife cool bro was tryna see who's local so one day to link n race the 5th scales. But I dont go Botajell on my stuff I wish lol. Botajell is the o.g. w this 5th scale and nitro rc man he helped keep the rc world alive big time

iLoveNewYorkThisMuch yeah dude he’s got a sweet channel and some great stuff going on over there I think he was actually the first person to subscribe to my channel LOL

This one’s up for sale I just don’t have time or the area to run it anymore the place I used to drive it I can’t use anymore. What part of the country are you in

Sorry messed up and left a comment from my other account but yeah let me know if you might be interested where you’re at

@@LargeeeScaleLife cool i am in Kingston Tn call text me

​@@LargeeeScaleLife i sent you an email travis.djalkaline@gmail

@@overbuiltautomotive1299 awesome I’m not too far from you I’m actually in southern Virginia about 15 minutes north of Bristol

bryan70546 there might be a few boxes hiding in the corner LOL

@@LargeeeScaleLife I hear ya I'm about 15k rounds deep in 5.45 , 54R and x39 in storage from back in the day.