have you ever had it fake a start up then like this but when you got it outside it refused to start.this is the last time i tried and what happened.seemed to work fine 2nd floor but not on ground after eventually starting up.and advise or help.i have changed the standard 4 battery pack for a other make as mine was broken but i did buy a new 3.3 that has never allowed me to use it or run it in
Heck yeah, with so many people in the hobby hating on Traxxas these days I'm loving the sound of that 3.3 after 8 years of sitting. Knowing how to properly maintain one goes along way.
ColejgH Traxxas is a hair above HSP (Exceed/RedCat) those are facts. I’m not hating on Traxxas, but they are. not “hobby grade” (certainly not the nitro kits). I’m sure some of you are blowing a gasket now, but believe me I would give me left to have you follow my WORST hobby grade nitro with your BEST Traxxas nitro. I bet that Traxxas would not last a tank doing what hobby grade do. Again, not hating on Traxxas, but they aren’t “all that” like their owners tend to think.
@growlingbehemoth yup, if you watch Bashing videos Traxxas definitely breaks faster than other brands. That and price is the reason I got an arrma kraton! And wow, even tho I only have a 4s lipo it is incredibly fast and durable, couple of bad landings from 1-2m jumps and still running like nothing ever happened!
I was given an old tmaxx 3.3 back in October and this video motivated me so much to get it back up and running, I had the whole thing tore apart and cleaned and thanks to you, you motivated me to save my tmaxx which is now running like new again after 5 years
I definitely recognize some of those clips from when I first got into the hobby. I was constantly watching RC videos when I couldn’t afford one. Now I’m trying to revive my friend’s T-Maxx 3.3 and have a small collection.
Thanks for the inspiration. I haven't touched my Traxxas 3.3 in over 11 years. Broken piston is what made me put it up. Just got the piston in and I am starting over. Just need a few bolts that I lost and the little piece inside the ez start. Hope to have it going this week
Quarantine brought me here.. New parts for my Redcat earthquake 2.5 on the way arriving tomorrow I can't wait to get back into this. She's been sitting for almost 3 years... But I'm so happy I brought her with me when I immigrated from South Africa to Ireland. It legit took up most of the space in my bag and I hardly brought clothes with me. So 2 years ago at least I was still dedicated ahahah
This video has really inspired me!! My situation is similar to yours...I have a whole collection (about 20) of nitro vehicles I haven't touched in at least five years. Now I really want to play with them again (I'm 60 years old btw)
Never to old man, you should totally pull some out and get an going again! If it used to be your passion, now it's still just muscle memory, you can still do it!!!
Happy I found this video. I just picked up what appears to be a model 4909 used from someone who got it at an estate sale and knows nothing about RC. My knowledge of the hobby, a nitro is limited, but this will be great to help me refresh everything and bring this back to life. It has the 3.3 engine as well as reverse. Already making a list of parts that are visibly worn. Can’t wait to sit down at the bench and tear this thing down and get it cleaned up and put back together! I will use this video as a guideline to assist me, thank you so much. It’s great to be able to come across older videos as the used RC market has so much to offer. But with older equipment, it’s harder to find the proper support from manufacturers.
Good job man. I like you. Life does get crazy throughout our crazy lives and it’s always nice when we can grow older and still find joy in the same things we did while being balls deep in the ignorance of youth.
I've been watching a lot of Traxxas videos (Kevin Talbot, RCSparks Studio, and etc) and this video kept being recommended to me for WEEKS. So I finally watch it. Sorry for the restarting. I did the same thing! I created a channel called "joshsnice" and deleted it, then started this one.... because I was a teenager when I came up with the name. Keep your head up man!
wwjoshdew wow!!! You have almost a quarter million subs ! That's awesome man I appreciate the comment ! I can't imagine what it's like to have the TH-cam success you have !
Man it’s crazy to see that you’re still messing with this. I remember being like 12 finding your vids and then saving every penny to buy myself a Tmaxx cuz my parents refused to drop that much money on a rc car. The memories are so good!!
55 year old man here and i been in rc cars for 30 years now but stopped running them 3 years ago due to health issues now. Watching this brought back so many fun memories for me when i used to bash n race with local friends who were into it.I still have my 2005 revo 3.3 and old ofna blazer associated b2 buggy and a cen gst 7.7. Its all been sitting for a long longgggg time now and when i last run rc i was into the 4x4 slash for bashing or racing with friends. Although you sold everything off i wanted to thank you for making this video for it has brought me back in time when i was a nitro head and would run rc every single day for years despite the weather sun,,,heat,,,cold ,,,snow we were out there rcing our nitros! Here i am an old man now with my same old toys just sitting around.If i were to start up a nitro now my neighbors would prolly give me dirty looks and be thinking to themselves,,,its time to grow up old man and stop playing with them noisey toys. Seems no matter what these days that people don't like seeing others have enjoyment in things and times have surely changed. I see you aee into real cars now and racing. Anyhow thanks for invigorating me about my past passion them rc cars and i lived,,slept,,,ate,,,worked rc cars for amols a straight 30 years. Thanks from this old man.Tim
Tim you need to find someone to share your RC passion and knowledge! Pass it on while you still can, inspire others. Maybe find a local hobby shop or track and find a young person to mentor. Help a father and son who’s new to the hobby. It’ll keep you young!
I thought I was just here to view the engine starting after so long (I have some cars sitting around too). I feel like a got a great lesson as well! Great stuff, sir.
Dude!!! This was great!! Gives me hope for my 3.3. Its been sitting for probably 8 years at this point. This made me excited to get it out of storage and run it again!!!
Lol some of the best bashing videos on TH-cam were in that last channel. It’s actually what made me get nitros myself get back into it man revo 3.3 is a blast
Happened the same to me. I had a Losi ten T from 2009 and never used it again when bought a revo 3.3. I took the Losi to someone because of bad fuel in the engine, but 3 weeks after that, as you said, SHE IS ALIVE. Now I have a ten t and a revo. Beautiful story
I bought my sport maxx in 03. I had mine running in 2014 after sitting for around the same time as you. I'm trying again to bring it back to life. This time for my son. I used to watch your old videos. Thanks for this new video.
Wow it’s just amazing your passion for these Nitro Traxxas’ over the years and the RC’s, the modifying, stunting and making videos with them, I am currently 15 and have been loving my RC’s ever since I was 5 and do the exact same thing and want to continue with it.
Wow!!! That's so awesome. I remember showing my friends your bashing videos my best friend and I bought the T-Maxx 3.3 because of your videos. I moved on to brushless and eventually sold everything I owned. I'm now getting back into with my son. And I'm really excited to get my hands on the rustler vxl 4x4. I loved nitro but yes it was a lot of work to keep it running at top notch. Thanks for sharing that awesome video brings back a lot of good memories.
Awesome video man.. I have the same T-Maxx 3.3 and recently wanted to get back into to RC. I just got a ERevo VXL 2.0 and am now going to rebuild my old TMaxx. Thanks for posting this, I enjoyed it! 😁
You are the reason I got my traxxas tmaxx going again. I ended up having kids and had to put my hobby to the back burner. I grew up around rc cars like the ones you could buy parts for when broke it or do modifications to. Kiddos love it. Happy to see the smile on they're faces when they get the remote in hand. Love the hobby just wish it wasn't so expensive. Took me about 300$ to get the old girl going again, but worth every penny just to see the kids loving it just like I did when I was 10.
I remember when I waited excitedly for you to release a new bashing video. God those were great. I couldn’t afford to destroy my truck like you could. Today my 3.3 doesn’t run anymore and can’t because the piston and sleeve is trashed from 13 year old me abusing it for years. If anyone needs a roller let me know! Everything else actually works perfectly. I’ve got all the tools and shit laying around. Meanwhile I’m looking to get an electric truck to get back into the hobby. Don’t feel like paying for fuel or worrying about the noise.
Watched that video a year ago, and i felt the need to try nitro trucks, and here i am today, buying an used T Maxx 3.3 and back to the same video that inspired me. Thank you for the info!
Brooo no way i found this again, when i was like 12 i used to watch your videos on that gokartking channel all the time, im happy to see youre still out here! I think i even messaged you about some questions i had with my own nitro car and you tried to help me out
This is awesome. I'm about to do something very similar. I got my HPi Trophy 3.5 out of the cupboard that it's been in for 10 years. Got a few things on order to get it going. New glow plug, new fuel tube and new fuel etc. I was single with no kids when it last ran. Now I'm married with a little boy, and my god how the world has changed. Hoping it brings back memories and hoping my boy takes over with the RC car journey.
I just pulled mine out after sitting for 9 years. Pulled it apart and cleaned it, threw a splash of fuel in it without a carb and had it in my hand with the wiring hooked up. Popped off 1 time & then it ran for about 2 seconds. Havent tried it since & that was about 3 days ago, will definitely try this week. I remember watching the tmaxx bash montage with the heavy rock music, great times man
I found your video the other day and was envious of you still having your Traxxas trucks. I sold mine long time ago, However my best friend sent me a text with a picture of his Revo 2.5R and Tmaxx 2.5 and said to me. ""You want them? Come take them free"" Legit I haven't said a word to anyone about it and the opportunity to own a couple of Traxxas' . I couldn't pass it up. I'm working on the Revo as the Tmaxx needs a transmission Same as yours I need to replace the boots on the drive shafts and the carb The engine I've freed up with sea foam and has good compression with the GP out. There's even a brand new GP in the box from Traxxas. Can't wait to get them running. Thanks for digging up your Tmaxx ~
These nitro or petrol rc cars are more of a hobby then something to play with it has to be tuned each day i learned that the hard way asked for one for my bday a couple years back its such a hastle to maintain but something to get it started everytime pour a drop of fuel in the glow plug hole and keep your rev up just a tiny bit to let fuel in first or second pull on the pull start should start
MR MEMEZ when I got my revo I was like 8 and my dad bought it for my birthday my first ever rc car and my dad never had one ether now that I know more about them the guy who owned the shop should have recommended a electric one but honestly I don’t even know if he had any but man I was a happy boy to get he biggest rc car there I had a lot of fun with it and still have it haven’t touched it in along time and seeing your comment honestly gave me some motivation to get it out again maybe I’ll do that tomorrow. I don’t have any fuel tho and the shop I got it from closed so i might have to order some fuel if you can even do that , I will probably look into that tomorrow
16:53 watched this video 1,000 times and just now noticed that when it spins it seems to be saying yeay yeay yeay like its happy to be alive again AHHHH I LOVE IT!
Been following you since 2007. You had the best nitro rc bashing vids on TH-cam in the day since you beat the crap out of them. Definitely post some vids of the rc cars now that you have them back.
So rad to see you went back and fired her up again. I saw your old videos back in 2009 when I was 14 and it inspired me to get a Revo 3.3. Sold it sadly but I’ve never stopped dabbling in the hobby. In fact I just ordered a used Revo 2.5R in near mint condition from eBay, so excited. Never seen one in this good a shape other than those crazy expensive ones that are still boxed up. Hoping I can get it running good like your T-Maxx here. Wooooo
Still here. I got into nitro RC in 2004 with a $400 Duratrax Nitro Evader and a used Team Associated buggy that was almost the same. I now have a brushless Traxxas Hoss and a Traxxas Jato 3.3 Nitro. Still love the hobby along with hiking and fly fishing here in the mountains of NC.
These things are resilient. I let a Revo sit for 5 years. Started right up with no issues. I have since done an electric conversion on it and it starts every time.
Never gets old. I recently got my 35 yo Tamiya Subaru Brat up and running after sitting unused for 25 years. It's been so long they reintroduced the Brat and Frog about two years ago. I totally upgraded mine with modern electronics, vid coming out soon. Enjoyed your vid! -Glen
I Started RC Nitro Back On 2015 With Three Other Friends And I Stop on 2017 Moved On To Other Things Such As Fishing Kayaking Inshore, I Had Spent $ on Upgrading Parts And Everything Went To Storage. Now It Itching Me To Get Back Whee I Started. I Never Threw , gave or Sold Anything, I Got Motivated By Watching Your Video
Nitro is more interesting for me....working on the car makes it more of a hobby.....I also prefere to hear a real combustible engine,and the way it responds to sound pitch.....smoke....smell....etc... makes it more exciting for me...also no power fade, and longer running times. I like my electric cars to.....they are less hassle, and easy to get ready for a quick bash...not as much fun overall for me..but much more convenient...not so messy as Nitro...and less to carry when out in the field...so to speak. Hobbyist since 1979. Ps...My Hpi Savage SS 2005, Is still running perfectly,with the original engine.. Thanks for your insightful uploads! :--)
Nitro is the best way to go if you like to work on your RC more than drive it. Now that brushless and lipo are so cheap, nitro is more a novelty than anything.
since i was a kid and a pawn shop left a Traxxas demo video in a dvd player i bought from them, i have been absolutely in love with nitro RC.. And before that even, back when "rc" cars had a wire attached from the car to the remote (yeah, i know thats not rc), i have been in love with the rc world.. that was back in the very early 90's. I could never afford a high end rc car, and could definitely not even afford parts of a nitro rc car, but the love is there nonetheless. I just bought axles and a bad ass 60 amp esc and bad ass 4370kv motor and im gonna build my own completely custom rc car. one part at a time. adulting sucks and bills are always there to take your money, but im working towards it. This is an awesome video. I'm super stoked for you that you were able to hold on to all your old rc gear and that you made this video. It makes me happy to see people doing things they love. Even if adulthood Limits our time and money. We're all big kids at heart and i Love the love you clearly have for the craft. Super awesome video. i just found this channel but ill be binge watching all your videos today on my day off. Good shit man. Thumbs up!!
Dude you made me dream of having a tmaxx since I was little. Now a few years later being an adult I have 3 and a revo and a bunch of other rcs man. Much respect! I show my baby brother your videos and he absolutely goes nuts over them. He’s all about the gas rcs lol
still following you Nick!! Crazy how long it's been, I remember back in the day watching your vids wishing I could edit vids just as good as you did, also buying parts from you back when you did the ebay thing. But just like you I grew up and started building a real car haha, kinda wishing I didn't sell my s-maxx though, seeing this video is making me really consider getting back into it. Hope all is well man! - Ivan
Hey bud I remember u quite well, you were like my #1 fan and always commented on my videos! I'm actually getting the trucks up and running because I plan to sell everything, all my nitro stuff. Trying to bank as much as I can now as Im saving for a house.
I was 9 years old when my uncle who was into rcs showed me ur videos of your tmaxx. He had a Tamiya Terra Crusher which is kinda like the tmaxx rival. And he used to play with it a lot but it started bogging and I started to get busy with school so we ended up putting it in the storage room I'm 16 now. My uncle recently passed away just a month ago and he left all of his old rcs with me which I still maintain to this day. Though I haven't started the old crusher yet since I dont have fuel and the old gas is probably like dead and I have a feeling the engine is prob busted and I dont know anything about nitro vehicles. So if any of yalls can help much wouod be apreciated Seeing your video just made me want to get it started for my uncle. Thanks man
I remember watching your bashing videos when I was 12 years old! I wanted a t-maxx soooo bad!! My grandpa surprised me with a t-maxx 3.3 one Christmas and I still have it! This video brings back the feels man. Reminds me of simpler times.
@@NAUS2K Makes me want to fire up the 3.3 again. Ive recently converted to brushless for simplicity sake, but would love to hear/smell it run once more. And glad to see you've held on to your trucks as well! Most people garage sell them off as soon as they grow up and move on to bigger toys.
Clayton Skarke I am guilty as well unfortunately, I had an enthusiast nearby me offer me $950 for both trucks and my hundreds of spare parts. I couldn’t turn it down, bought me a set of tires for my car haha !
@@NAUS2K Well at least it was an incredible offer! Must have been a past fan of yours that saw how well maintained your trucks were! (still amazed how clean they looked in this video). The RC re-sale market is poor, usually they bring pennies on the dollar of initial investment, but I'm glad you did well! Hopefully in the future when time and money allows you to, you will make some more crazy bashing videos!
Saw this and recalled your old videos, dug out my 3.3 and let my boy drive it (he’s 8) after a light fine tuning on the truck and instructions he did awesome !
Dude I can't remember if I was subscribed back then but definitely watched A LOT of your old videos. You actually made the Tmaxx one of my dream trucks and I bought it last summer. Awesome to see the old girls brings back some good memories.
I use to have one as well, bought a 2.5 4-tec roller online and swapped a 3.3 in it, fast as hell but i ended up selling it because I couldn't send it off any sweet jumps
I have a .15 4tec that was my uncle's it's old and I didn't run it for 15 years and got it running perfect and than put it up again and it's been sitting for about 3 now. Gonna pull it out again. I put a bunch of new parts on it last time I miss it after watching this
I bought my Traxxas Tmaxx 3.3 few weeks ago from Traxxas online store. And love ❤️ it. Such a amazing 4wd Nitro and so much engineering and detail in it.
NAUS I’m glad you did but I wish I was in on it I have money to spend but no one is selling anything good. I’m really wanting a Traxxas TMaxx RC truck but I don’t want to buy new used is better because it’s known what might be wrong and what was wrong is usually fixed or can be fixed. Thank you
I watched a bunch of your videos back in the day, recognized a lot of the footage from the beginning of this video. I've had an old T Maxx for a long time. When I was watching your videos, I bought a used T Maxx for my son off Ebay, turned out to be a complete wreck. We fixed almost everything in it, then found that the engine was just worn out, and both trucks have sat since then. We literally just pulled the two trucks out a couple of days ago, tore the 3.3 out of his, which we will turn in for a new 3.3, and tore an even older 1.5 out of another truck which we will also turn in for a 3.3 which will replace the 2.5 in my truck. Hope to have them both up and going by spring.
Thank you for the video. After 15 years of hibernation I just pulled my HPI Savage and TruckZilla out of the attic to get it running again with my 11 y/o son. I['m excited and I'm sure he's going to love the hobby.
Wow 😮 I can’t believe it’s been 10 years already!! I remember your bash videos like it was yesterday lol you put your tmaxx through stuff nobody else would dream about doing great memories Nick!
I just pulled my Traxxas Summit out of storage a couple of weeks ago. It had been there for over 7 years. I had no idea what shape it would be in but to my surprise, it wasn’t bad at all. A couple of the rubber boots on the axles dried up and cracked but that was about it. I actually got a charge in my original Traxxas nimh batteries to test it but they heated up and died fast. I replaced the esc to run a new set of lipos and gave it a run today. It’s like in never stopped running and ran better than ever for an hour. Traxxas knows how to build them. Here’s to coming out of retirement. 👍🏻🇺🇸
I just brought my two T-Maxx’s out of the closet. Going over them now. Gotta have that after run oil in them for sure. I plan on firing them up on Christmas. 1 has a 3.3 and the other an OS 21. I need batteries. lol
The beginning reminded me of that compilation of jumping the tmaxx. My dad and i got one in 08 and me being 8 was really into it. So i watched tons of videos of them
Your list of things to replace was certainly smaller than mine. I've been trying to get my 2.5 converted to .21 back together for 2 months. Good to see you return to TH-cam!
Just started mine again after sitting in the garage for over 6 years fired up after about a minute. Ran 4 tanks through it and ran perfect. Previously I only ran a tank through it after sitting with a broken front differential that I just never got around to rebuilding. It sat for a few years. I can’t believe it doesn’t need a rebuild yet but I tend to run it on the fat side.
NEW Upload! Click here for a full in depth tour of my T-Maxx 3.3 Collection: th-cam.com/video/QyHwh5pJSzY/w-d-xo.html
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u still upload
Do more driving videos of these trucks
i'll take over your old channle-i have a revo 3.3 nitro.
except it doesnt.
have you ever had it fake a start up then like this but when you got it outside it refused to start.this is the last time i tried and what happened.seemed to work fine 2nd floor but not on ground after eventually starting up.and advise or help.i have changed the standard 4 battery pack for a other make as mine was broken but i did buy a new 3.3 that has never allowed me to use it or run it in
Still here bro keep it going let's go for another 12 years
You da man!!!
Pottu he probably made a new account
@Pottu His old account dummy
I been watching your Rc videos since 2008. When I was twelve and now I’m 24 finally found your new channel.
Heck yeah, with so many people in the hobby hating on Traxxas these days I'm loving the sound of that 3.3 after 8 years of sitting. Knowing how to properly maintain one goes along way.
Why all the hate for Traxxas? I was gonna buy a revo 3.3 soon to get back in to the hobby.
@growlingbehemoth do you work for a traxxas competitor? lol
ColejgH Traxxas is a hair above HSP (Exceed/RedCat) those are facts. I’m not hating on Traxxas, but they are. not “hobby grade” (certainly not the nitro kits). I’m sure some of you are blowing a gasket now, but believe me I would give me left to have you follow my WORST hobby grade nitro with your BEST Traxxas nitro. I bet that Traxxas would not last a tank doing what hobby grade do.
Again, not hating on Traxxas, but they aren’t “all that” like their owners tend to think.
Losi is the way to go and invest in a high grade engine you wont regret it
@growlingbehemoth yup, if you watch Bashing videos Traxxas definitely breaks faster than other brands. That and price is the reason I got an arrma kraton! And wow, even tho I only have a 4s lipo it is incredibly fast and durable, couple of bad landings from 1-2m jumps and still running like nothing ever happened!
That’s amazing. Crazy part about the hobby is now matter how long we are away we still come back and tinker! Been doing this for 20+years....
Haha I remember the video of the backyard dirt track! I was so envious of that thing!
Your videos are the biggest reason why I bought a tmaxx.
I was given an old tmaxx 3.3 back in October and this video motivated me so much to get it back up and running, I had the whole thing tore apart and cleaned and thanks to you, you motivated me to save my tmaxx which is now running like new again after 5 years
I just got my dads 3.3 and trying to fix it I don’t know what’s wrong so it’s gonna be a while
I just inherited a collection. Two Tmaxx, three Revo, and one ?. Plus a full tote of parts/accessories.
I definitely recognize some of those clips from when I first got into the hobby. I was constantly watching RC videos when I couldn’t afford one. Now I’m trying to revive my friend’s T-Maxx 3.3 and have a small collection.
That is awesome!
Thanks for the inspiration. I haven't touched my Traxxas 3.3 in over 11 years. Broken piston is what made me put it up. Just got the piston in and I am starting over. Just need a few bolts that I lost and the little piece inside the ez start. Hope to have it going this week
watching you put the nitro in the tank made my eyes water haha
Emotional or remembering the fumes 😆
Quarantine brought me here.. New parts for my Redcat earthquake 2.5 on the way arriving tomorrow I can't wait to get back into this. She's been sitting for almost 3 years... But I'm so happy I brought her with me when I immigrated from South Africa to Ireland. It legit took up most of the space in my bag and I hardly brought clothes with me. So 2 years ago at least I was still dedicated ahahah
This video has really inspired me!! My situation is similar to yours...I have a whole collection (about 20) of nitro vehicles I haven't touched in at least five years. Now I really want to play with them again (I'm 60 years old btw)
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Get them going again , nitro is making a statement this year.
Never to old man, you should totally pull some out and get an going again! If it used to be your passion, now it's still just muscle memory, you can still do it!!!
With the quarantine going on, time to rc again!
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Now I want to get my old t maxx running again 😂
Happy I found this video. I just picked up what appears to be a model 4909 used from someone who got it at an estate sale and knows nothing about RC. My knowledge of the hobby, a nitro is limited, but this will be great to help me refresh everything and bring this back to life. It has the 3.3 engine as well as reverse. Already making a list of parts that are visibly worn. Can’t wait to sit down at the bench and tear this thing down and get it cleaned up and put back together! I will use this video as a guideline to assist me, thank you so much. It’s great to be able to come across older videos as the used RC market has so much to offer. But with older equipment, it’s harder to find the proper support from manufacturers.
Good job man. I like you. Life does get crazy throughout our crazy lives and it’s always nice when we can grow older and still find joy in the same things we did while being balls deep in the ignorance of youth.
I've been watching a lot of Traxxas videos (Kevin Talbot, RCSparks Studio, and etc) and this video kept being recommended to me for WEEKS. So I finally watch it. Sorry for the restarting. I did the same thing! I created a channel called "joshsnice" and deleted it, then started this one.... because I was a teenager when I came up with the name. Keep your head up man!
wwjoshdew wow!!! You have almost a quarter million subs ! That's awesome man I appreciate the comment ! I can't imagine what it's like to have the TH-cam success you have !
@@NAUS2K still only a quarter. Lol. Still enjoying watching this video again.
Man it’s crazy to see that you’re still messing with this. I remember being like 12 finding your vids and then saving every penny to buy myself a Tmaxx cuz my parents refused to drop that much money on a rc car. The memories are so good!!
55 year old man here and i been in rc cars for 30 years now but stopped running them 3 years ago due to health issues now. Watching this brought back so many fun memories for me when i used to bash n race with local friends who were into it.I still have my 2005 revo 3.3 and old ofna blazer associated b2 buggy and a cen gst 7.7. Its all been sitting for a long longgggg time now and when i last run rc i was into the 4x4 slash for bashing or racing with friends. Although you sold everything off i wanted to thank you for making this video for it has brought me back in time when i was a nitro head and would run rc every single day for years despite the weather sun,,,heat,,,cold ,,,snow we were out there rcing our nitros! Here i am an old man now with my same old toys just sitting around.If i were to start up a nitro now my neighbors would prolly give me dirty looks and be thinking to themselves,,,its time to grow up old man and stop playing with them noisey toys. Seems no matter what these days that people don't like seeing others have enjoyment in things and times have surely changed. I see you aee into real cars now and racing. Anyhow thanks for invigorating me about my past passion them rc cars and i lived,,slept,,,ate,,,worked rc cars for amols a straight 30 years. Thanks from this old man.Tim
Tim you need to find someone to share your RC passion and knowledge! Pass it on while you still can, inspire others. Maybe find a local hobby shop or track and find a young person to mentor. Help a father and son who’s new to the hobby. It’ll keep you young!
I thought I was just here to view the engine starting after so long (I have some cars sitting around too). I feel like a got a great lesson as well! Great stuff, sir.
Footage of 2007 looks better than so many other videos form 3 years ago? This is the channel we needed
Dude!!! This was great!! Gives me hope for my 3.3. Its been sitting for probably 8 years at this point. This made me excited to get it out of storage and run it again!!!
I am running a pt2018 p3xgb and it’s hard to start I got it running but it’s studering in middle range
Lol some of the best bashing videos on TH-cam were in that last channel. It’s actually what made me get nitros myself get back into it man revo 3.3 is a blast
U got me ready to dig my t/maxx out the garage.
uncle Dollar really should
Happened the same to me. I had a Losi ten T from 2009 and never used it again when bought a revo 3.3. I took the Losi to someone because of bad fuel in the engine, but 3 weeks after that, as you said, SHE IS ALIVE. Now I have a ten t and a revo. Beautiful story
I too was an original subscriber, so glad to see the Maxx back in action, thanks for putting this together - great flashback!
I bought my sport maxx in 03. I had mine running in 2014 after sitting for around the same time as you. I'm trying again to bring it back to life. This time for my son.
I used to watch your old videos.
Thanks for this new video.
Wow it’s just amazing your passion for these Nitro Traxxas’ over the years and the RC’s, the modifying, stunting and making videos with them, I am currently 15 and have been loving my RC’s ever since I was 5 and do the exact same thing and want to continue with it.
just revived my revo 3 days ago. last run in 2007. SHE LIVES! parents are moving and brought me a bunch of my stuff that was in the attic of my room.
I remember your old channel!! You put that tmaxx thru hell
Wow!!! That's so awesome. I remember showing my friends your bashing videos my best friend and I bought the T-Maxx 3.3 because of your videos. I moved on to brushless and eventually sold everything I owned. I'm now getting back into with my son. And I'm really excited to get my hands on the rustler vxl 4x4. I loved nitro but yes it was a lot of work to keep it running at top notch. Thanks for sharing that awesome video brings back a lot of good memories.
Awesome video man..
I have the same T-Maxx 3.3 and recently wanted to get back into to RC. I just got a ERevo VXL 2.0 and am now going to rebuild my old TMaxx. Thanks for posting this, I enjoyed it! 😁
You are the reason I got my traxxas tmaxx going again. I ended up having kids and had to put my hobby to the back burner. I grew up around rc cars like the ones you could buy parts for when broke it or do modifications to.
Kiddos love it. Happy to see the smile on they're faces when they get the remote in hand.
Love the hobby just wish it wasn't so expensive. Took me about 300$ to get the old girl going again, but worth every penny just to see the kids loving it just like I did when I was 10.
I remember when I waited excitedly for you to release a new bashing video. God those were great. I couldn’t afford to destroy my truck like you could.
Today my 3.3 doesn’t run anymore and can’t because the piston and sleeve is trashed from 13 year old me abusing it for years. If anyone needs a roller let me know! Everything else actually works perfectly. I’ve got all the tools and shit laying around.
Meanwhile I’m looking to get an electric truck to get back into the hobby. Don’t feel like paying for fuel or worrying about the noise.
Michael Coholich how much for your 3.3 roller?
Convert yours too electric I did my old xxl with mamba monster castle kit turned that old nitro dinosaurs into a 6s animal god i miss that truck
How much? I have always wanted a 3.3
worrying about noise?lol try running a 5th scale gas rc
Mines been sitting for at least 15. Thank you, I'm feeling inspired now.
Been watching your vids since 2009. Just bought another T MAXX yesterday lol
Update: Have since bought 12 rc's lol and built a dirt track and a crawler course. The hobby never died!
Watched that video a year ago, and i felt the need to try nitro trucks, and here i am today, buying an used T Maxx 3.3 and back to the same video that inspired me. Thank you for the info!
You da man!
Brooo no way i found this again, when i was like 12 i used to watch your videos on that gokartking channel all the time, im happy to see youre still out here! I think i even messaged you about some questions i had with my own nitro car and you tried to help me out
BASS HEAD oh shut up! I bet you don’t even know him.
Remember watching these trucks back in 09 made me buy a tmaxx. Really is awesome to see this video!
Thats awesome man!!!
I’ve always watched your videos and they are still as good as they were back then KEEP IT UP MAN!!!
This is awesome. I'm about to do something very similar. I got my HPi Trophy 3.5 out of the cupboard that it's been in for 10 years. Got a few things on order to get it going. New glow plug, new fuel tube and new fuel etc. I was single with no kids when it last ran. Now I'm married with a little boy, and my god how the world has changed. Hoping it brings back memories and hoping my boy takes over with the RC car journey.
Thank you for all the comments guys! Brings back a lot of memories
Awesome video! really enjoyed it, i've just got into the hobby a month back! Just rocking a 3300kv brushless system and 2s lipos! Plenty of fun
Just got my emaxx and losi back out so much fun man!
I only have a t maxx
Hope ya make more vids running the Maxx's!
I have the same t maxx I tuned mine and I needed new body stands because it would always do wheelies
I just pulled mine out after sitting for 9 years. Pulled it apart and cleaned it, threw a splash of fuel in it without a carb and had it in my hand with the wiring hooked up. Popped off 1 time & then it ran for about 2 seconds. Havent tried it since & that was about 3 days ago, will definitely try this week. I remember watching the tmaxx bash montage with the heavy rock music, great times man
You by far have the most badass videos ever over the t maxx nothing like running nitro wide open keepem coming man
That tune is perfect!!
I found your video the other day and was envious of you still having your Traxxas trucks.
I sold mine long time ago,
However my best friend sent me a text with a picture of his Revo 2.5R and Tmaxx 2.5 and said to me.
""You want them? Come take them free""
Legit I haven't said a word to anyone about it and the opportunity to own a couple of Traxxas' . I couldn't pass it up.
I'm working on the Revo as the Tmaxx needs a transmission
Same as yours I need to replace the boots on the drive shafts and the carb
The engine I've freed up with sea foam and has good compression with the GP out. There's even a brand new GP in the box from Traxxas.
Can't wait to get them running.
Thanks for digging up your Tmaxx ~
I let my revo 3.3 sit over night and I can’t get it to run the next day 🤔
You have to tune it each day an also if its getting dark out your tune will go to shit as well depending on where you live
Replace the glowplug
These nitro or petrol rc cars are more of a hobby then something to play with it has to be tuned each day i learned that the hard way asked for one for my bday a couple years back its such a hastle to maintain but something to get it started everytime pour a drop of fuel in the glow plug hole and keep your rev up just a tiny bit to let fuel in first or second pull on the pull start should start
MR MEMEZ when I got my revo I was like 8 and my dad bought it for my birthday my first ever rc car and my dad never had one ether now that I know more about them the guy who owned the shop should have recommended a electric one but honestly I don’t even know if he had any but man I was a happy boy to get he biggest rc car there I had a lot of fun with it and still have it haven’t touched it in along time and seeing your comment honestly gave me some motivation to get it out again maybe I’ll do that tomorrow. I don’t have any fuel tho and the shop I got it from closed so i might have to order some fuel if you can even do that , I will probably look into that tomorrow
Go electric
16:53 watched this video 1,000 times and just now noticed that when it spins it seems to be saying yeay yeay yeay like its happy to be alive again AHHHH I LOVE IT!
Been following you since 2007. You had the best nitro rc bashing vids on TH-cam in the day since you beat the crap out of them. Definitely post some vids of the rc cars now that you have them back.
So rad to see you went back and fired her up again. I saw your old videos back in 2009 when I was 14 and it inspired me to get a Revo 3.3. Sold it sadly but I’ve never stopped dabbling in the hobby. In fact I just ordered a used Revo 2.5R in near mint condition from eBay, so excited. Never seen one in this good a shape other than those crazy expensive ones that are still boxed up. Hoping I can get it running good like your T-Maxx here. Wooooo
I just brought back to life my bosses revo 3.3 that's been sitting for 8 years. I used to watch your old channel. Start making rc videos again.
I remember watching your videos all those years ago with my dad. You are the reason i got in to rc.
Loved watching your vids back in the day!
Hell yeah brother, nice username!
Still here. I got into nitro RC in 2004 with a $400 Duratrax Nitro Evader and a used Team Associated buggy that was almost the same. I now have a brushless Traxxas Hoss and a Traxxas Jato 3.3 Nitro. Still love the hobby along with hiking and fly fishing here in the mountains of NC.
These things are resilient. I let a Revo sit for 5 years. Started right up with no issues. I have since done an electric conversion on it and it starts every time.
Never gets old. I recently got my 35 yo Tamiya Subaru Brat up and running after sitting unused for 25 years. It's been so long they reintroduced the Brat and Frog about two years ago. I totally upgraded mine with modern electronics, vid coming out soon. Enjoyed your vid! -Glen
Hey I remember you wow you've come along ways again! I have 2 tmaxx trucks
I remember your videos. Your videos made me get a tmaxx for my first rc car back in 2010. Thank you for making those videos.
I'm 100% an old subscriber, its funny how your interests moved along similarly to mine
I Started RC Nitro Back On 2015 With Three Other Friends And I Stop on 2017 Moved On To Other Things Such As Fishing Kayaking Inshore, I Had Spent $ on Upgrading Parts And Everything Went To Storage. Now It Itching Me To Get Back Whee I Started. I Never Threw , gave or Sold Anything, I Got Motivated By Watching Your Video
hey Naus i'm one of your old subscribers and its great to know why you stoped making rc car videos and i hope more videos like that would come
cant come up with a cRiNgE name Hello thanks for watching for 10+ years !
I just dropped my 2.5 Traxxas off at the hobby shop from sitting for about 8 years as well. Can’t wait to get the thing back!!
Nitro is more interesting for me....working on the car makes it more of a hobby.....I also prefere to hear a real combustible engine,and the way it responds to sound pitch.....smoke....smell....etc... makes it more exciting for me...also no power fade, and longer running times.
I like my electric cars to.....they are less hassle, and easy to get ready for a quick bash...not as much fun overall for me..but much more convenient...not so messy as Nitro...and less to carry when out in the field...so to speak.
Hobbyist since 1979.
Ps...My Hpi Savage SS 2005, Is still running perfectly,with the original engine..
Thanks for your insightful uploads!
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Nitro is the best way to go if you like to work on your RC more than drive it. Now that brushless and lipo are so cheap, nitro is more a novelty than anything.
since i was a kid and a pawn shop left a Traxxas demo video in a dvd player i bought from them, i have been absolutely in love with nitro RC.. And before that even, back when "rc" cars had a wire attached from the car to the remote (yeah, i know thats not rc), i have been in love with the rc world.. that was back in the very early 90's. I could never afford a high end rc car, and could definitely not even afford parts of a nitro rc car, but the love is there nonetheless. I just bought axles and a bad ass 60 amp esc and bad ass 4370kv motor and im gonna build my own completely custom rc car. one part at a time. adulting sucks and bills are always there to take your money, but im working towards it. This is an awesome video. I'm super stoked for you that you were able to hold on to all your old rc gear and that you made this video. It makes me happy to see people doing things they love. Even if adulthood Limits our time and money. We're all big kids at heart and i Love the love you clearly have for the craft. Super awesome video. i just found this channel but ill be binge watching all your videos today on my day off. Good shit man. Thumbs up!!
Nice video, I️ was in RC theme for a long time. I️ miss racing my short course trucks at the tracks. Traxxas makes some very beefy nitro trucks.
Dude you made me dream of having a tmaxx since I was little. Now a few years later being an adult I have 3 and a revo and a bunch of other rcs man. Much respect! I show my baby brother your videos and he absolutely goes nuts over them. He’s all about the gas rcs lol
still following you Nick!! Crazy how long it's been, I remember back in the day watching your vids wishing I could edit vids just as good as you did, also buying parts from you back when you did the ebay thing. But just like you I grew up and started building a real car haha, kinda wishing I didn't sell my s-maxx though, seeing this video is making me really consider getting back into it. Hope all is well man! - Ivan
Hey bud I remember u quite well, you were like my #1 fan and always commented on my videos! I'm actually getting the trucks up and running because I plan to sell everything, all my nitro stuff. Trying to bank as much as I can now as Im saving for a house.
NAUS Don't sell the trucks that is stupid
So awesome to see this type of connection
Did you end up selling them already?
cool video, have both nitro and electric, nothing like the smell of nitro in the morning!
I was 9 years old when my uncle who was into rcs showed me ur videos of your tmaxx. He had a Tamiya Terra Crusher which is kinda like the tmaxx rival. And he used to play with it a lot but it started bogging and I started to get busy with school so we ended up putting it in the storage room
I'm 16 now. My uncle recently passed away just a month ago and he left all of his old rcs with me which I still maintain to this day. Though I haven't started the old crusher yet since I dont have fuel and the old gas is probably like dead and I have a feeling the engine is prob busted and I dont know anything about nitro vehicles. So if any of yalls can help much wouod be apreciated
Seeing your video just made me want to get it started for my uncle. Thanks man
You should do more videos like these it will definitely be cool to see you work on cars and rc cars 🤙 keep up the good work 😊
Alex Hernandez thanks for the support man !
I remember watching your bashing videos when I was 12 years old! I wanted a t-maxx soooo bad!! My grandpa surprised me with a t-maxx 3.3 one Christmas and I still have it! This video brings back the feels man. Reminds me of simpler times.
That’s awesome to hear man, crazy how so many people were the same age as me when they started this hobby and we’re all looking back on it now
@@NAUS2K Makes me want to fire up the 3.3 again. Ive recently converted to brushless for simplicity sake, but would love to hear/smell it run once more. And glad to see you've held on to your trucks as well! Most people garage sell them off as soon as they grow up and move on to bigger toys.
Clayton Skarke I am guilty as well unfortunately, I had an enthusiast nearby me offer me $950 for both trucks and my hundreds of spare parts. I couldn’t turn it down, bought me a set of tires for my car haha !
@@NAUS2K Well at least it was an incredible offer! Must have been a past fan of yours that saw how well maintained your trucks were! (still amazed how clean they looked in this video). The RC re-sale market is poor, usually they bring pennies on the dollar of initial investment, but I'm glad you did well! Hopefully in the future when time and money allows you to, you will make some more crazy bashing videos!
@@clayboi6939 I most likely will get back into it when I have kids, they will share the same passions as i did!
You should keep making videos about the rc cars
your vids got me the Tmaxx3.3 back in the days and well mines been sitting for about 8yrs also. So rebuild time!
Gotta love the old nitro old school!
That thing is crisp man. Great to see it's been preserved so well
Remember watching the green tmaxx dirt pile video
Saw this and recalled your old videos, dug out my 3.3 and let my boy drive it (he’s 8) after a light fine tuning on the truck and instructions he did awesome !
I just found you after your old channel
This brought back some memories! I still have my T Maxx (along with 10 other truck) bought in 2002 though now its converted to electric.
Iam about to purchase one again missing it way to much
I recently sold everything, more money for car parts!
Did u get one?
Dude I can't remember if I was subscribed back then but definitely watched A LOT of your old videos. You actually made the Tmaxx one of my dream trucks and I bought it last summer. Awesome to see the old girls brings back some good memories.
Thanks for the support man!
2018 on servo, coincidence
M Sal89 that’s the part number
Mate, thanks for video. I’ve got my t-maxx sitting in the garage for 7 years. I will fire it up with my 6yo son over the this Christmas weekend!
I've got an old Traxxas Nitro 4tec. Been about 18 years since I last fired that thing up. Makes me wonder if it will?
I use to have one as well, bought a 2.5 4-tec roller online and swapped a 3.3 in it, fast as hell but i ended up selling it because I couldn't send it off any sweet jumps
Rickey 240 you tried starting it. I've got a N4 tec 3.3
I have a .15 4tec that was my uncle's it's old and I didn't run it for 15 years and got it running perfect and than put it up again and it's been sitting for about 3 now. Gonna pull it out again. I put a bunch of new parts on it last time I miss it after watching this
I bought my Traxxas Tmaxx 3.3 few weeks ago from Traxxas online store. And love ❤️ it. Such a amazing 4wd Nitro and so much engineering and detail in it.
Hey buddy, love your nitro videos. Are you still going to sell your nitro trucks? Or have you already sold them? Please let me know. Thank you
RcToys I sold everything a couple months ago bud !
NAUS I’m glad you did but I wish I was in on it I have money to spend but no one is selling anything good. I’m really wanting a Traxxas TMaxx RC truck but I don’t want to buy new used is better because it’s known what might be wrong and what was wrong is usually fixed or can be fixed. Thank you
I watched a bunch of your videos back in the day, recognized a lot of the footage from the beginning of this video. I've had an old T Maxx for a long time. When I was watching your videos, I bought a used T Maxx for my son off Ebay, turned out to be a complete wreck. We fixed almost everything in it, then found that the engine was just worn out, and both trucks have sat since then.
We literally just pulled the two trucks out a couple of days ago, tore the 3.3 out of his, which we will turn in for a new 3.3, and tore an even older 1.5 out of another truck which we will also turn in for a 3.3 which will replace the 2.5 in my truck. Hope to have them both up and going by spring.
That’s awesome! Best of luck with the trucks my friend!
Been a while bud
Awesome content. I recently just pulled my old tmax out after sitting 6 years, runs great after some fresh fuel and tuning. Some hobbies never die.
This is awesome
Marcus moore it is isn't it !!
Super cool, just fast!!
Thank you for the video. After 15 years of hibernation I just pulled my HPI Savage and TruckZilla out of the attic to get it running again with my 11 y/o son. I['m excited and I'm sure he's going to love the hobby.
Wow 😮 I can’t believe it’s been 10 years already!! I remember your bash videos like it was yesterday lol you put your tmaxx through stuff nobody else would dream about doing great memories Nick!
Floyd Brewer thanks man!!!
I just pulled my Traxxas Summit out of storage a couple of weeks ago. It had been there for over 7 years. I had no idea what shape it would be in but to my surprise, it wasn’t bad at all. A couple of the rubber boots on the axles dried up and cracked but that was about it. I actually got a charge in my original Traxxas nimh batteries to test it but they heated up and died fast. I replaced the esc to run a new set of lipos and gave it a run today. It’s like in never stopped running and ran better than ever for an hour. Traxxas knows how to build them. Here’s to coming out of retirement. 👍🏻🇺🇸
Just in the process of getting my 2.5R Revo up and running again. Been sitting for nearly 15 years. Nice video "Motivational"!
I just brought my two T-Maxx’s out of the closet. Going over them now. Gotta have that after run oil in them for sure. I plan on firing them up on Christmas. 1 has a 3.3 and the other an OS 21. I need batteries. lol
That 3.3 is running sweet fair play clearly see and hear that she has been well lookd after
I don’t know why but seeing the Tmaxx 3.3 start up and driving makes me happy. Guess it good to see nitro rcs running after many years.
Wow I remember all your videos back then when I just got in to the hobby 06-07
The beginning reminded me of that compilation of jumping the tmaxx. My dad and i got one in 08 and me being 8 was really into it. So i watched tons of videos of them
Your list of things to replace was certainly smaller than mine. I've been trying to get my 2.5 converted to .21 back together for 2 months. Good to see you return to TH-cam!
Just started mine again after sitting in the garage for over 6 years fired up after about a minute.
Ran 4 tanks through it and ran perfect.
Previously I only ran a tank through it after sitting with a broken front differential that I just never got around to rebuilding.
It sat for a few years.
I can’t believe it doesn’t need a rebuild yet but I tend to run it on the fat side.