The Bandito series was fun to watch, the "Slashito" series should be great too. It is far more entertaining seeing a lower-cost rc doing well in races against significantly more expensive setups.
Without question the most informative well put together videos on youtube. Keep up the great content 👍👍! Walking us through all the improvements before and after and then showing those improvements on the track is priceless! Traxxas should be paying you! Thanks again for the great videos look fowqrd to many more.
Sorry but traxxas are heavy and slow unless you replace the electronics. Even if you do replace the servo, traxxas are too heavy to compete with Losi, Tekno, or Associated.
I love and hate your videos... they're well made, informative and funny. But I hate them because yout going to make me spend money and get back into RC racing. LOL
Hey man, just wanted to say i think you have a lot of room to grow this channel. I am a hard person to the attention of with yt videos and you got me hooked over the course of weekend. You have a great talent to keep people engaged and make good good content, keep it up!
I have swaybars in my slash (its a 4x4 though) and set up right, the cornering stability will be improved. It will take a bit of testing to get the suspension right as your shocks, springs and sway bars have to be all set to work in harmony with each other. Done right, both the bandit and slash will be winning consistantly in no time. Love the budget builds.
Fielding these underdog chassis is super cool. While I absolutely appreciate the cutting edge vehicles, doing well with a (heavily modified) RTR, and especially a rear motor, is incredibly satisfying. I just finished our first local points for the winter with my rear motor B4 against a field of B6.4s and TLR22s and while I didn't make enough races to podium for the series, I did pretty dang well, including TQ and 1st for the final race last week. Next series I'm pretty focused on not missing any races so hopefully can put a 20 year old car on the podium in April!
We need to petition proline to bring back their pro trac suspension for the Slash. That's what I run and it works great. It changes the track width of the truck to take advantage of the suspension change. You just run different offset wheels to compensate
You are becoming my favorite TH-camr. I love watching these Bandit and Slash videos. I look forward to each one. I have added a bandit to my cart at Amain for my next order. I blame you, lol.
I got a bag of parts including king shocks … was gonna build a truck ground up all trick parts still need electronics motor….. wheels tire’s everything I have no radio… think I’m gonna by a new one and upgrade it lol
That was so cool....just ordered my lcg chassis to do the same thing......need a video to show what you have in both....the Bandito and the Slashito......great racing👍
seems like you ate a bit to hard on the brakes and rotate the back to much both on the slash and bandito. other then that nice driving. BTW im too drive a rwd slash LCG.
We have a local track that races Stock Slashes only. You can't change the shock brand, or the arms, or the transmission, or the steering or the motor. Basically only allow LCG chassis, shock setup (oil, springs) and tires. It is a loose dirt track that is rough and bumpy. What options are available for the stock shocks? I run Associated stuff, and although they do allow Stock SC10, It would be an unfair advantage to run the stock SC10 so want to try my skills with essentially matched Slash, I've never owned one either so don't even know what suspension adjustments there are. Fun video though, although I can't do the mods you implemented, it is inspiring me to join that racing.
Good race! I ran a 2wd slash last weekend in novice class that consisted of 20 entries. Most were 1/8 E buggy. I made the Amain for that class and managed to pull out a 4th place against 9 1/8 Ebuggys :) I also have been running a slash ultimate in the sct and open 1/10 class. So far multiple TQs, and multiple second place finishes. :) I am considering running my bandit in the next novice class just to see how high I can place. Novice at my track can be any 1/8 or 1/10 running 4s or less for batteries so I can run a bunch of random underdog stuff. I have had more fun running my slashes in these races than with my actual competition E Buggy and E Truggy.
Great 2-camera work and making a Traxxas so competitive. Traxxas should sponsor you. The Pro-line tranny is sexy, (did I just say that?), but I like the RPM box with a FastLane sealed diff. Get the diff-lube right and forget about-it. You and your channel are becoming my favorite.
Do you post your setup sheets anywhere? I'd be interested in seeing where you landed. I have that sway bar kit on my LCG slash. They don't fit worth a darn, and there are no instructions anywhere that I could find about how to install them. I should say, there were none that are correct. There are a couple of videos out there showing how to put the sway bars on. The front end seems plausible, but the rear end is completely wrong in the videos that are out there. I ended up putting the parts that are supposed to be for the front end onto the rear, then buying another of the kits to do the front end... Overall, I would call the design poor, but they do indeed work.... If they were any worse, they wouldn't work.
Until this past Saturday I hadn’t touched it. But did race it this weekend with changes and additions from last season. Videoed the whole day and will be up this week.
I love Team Associated. I still have a B4.1 with full graphite, carbon fiber, and aluminum. Though, I've been replacing parts with RMP products because it has gotten increasingly hard to find replacement parts. I used to have a T4 RTR way back in the day as well. Stuck between a new RB10 or a Bandit as a buggy basher since the old B4 should be retired.
We run a box Stock slash class at my track.... Besides eBuggy it's the most popular class we run and we run all the 1/8 and 1/10 classes with healthy entries. These trucks are capable and a ton of fun. I'll have to point some of our guys to this video that are wanting to run something besides Spec slash. It's cool to see other tracks and other people trying to make the hobby more affordable.
@@mxacres Nice, thanks for posting up. That sounds about right. Though I find the Slash not to be extremely competitive on Carpet, I look forward to getting it on a dirt track this spring in Pro2 class. A slight heavier oil in rear than front makes sense for rear bias. I think I'm at 40 ft and 45 rr. Keep it going! Would love to see more SCT!
I’m building a similar slashito project myself. What servo and servo saver/horn did you go with ? I can’t decide . You’re seem to handle REALLY well. Love the channel man, keep it up!!!
Thank you. I believe I had a savox 1267 servo in it at the time . Can’t remember the horn. Probably an aluminum AE horn I had lying around. Currently the Slashito is just a roller. I tore it down to…. I can’t even remember why I tore it down 😂 I will be putting it back together this summer at some point. Currently building an Rc track at mxacres and there will be a lot of testing and racing content coming from that in the summer months.
I have really been enjoying watching you race these cheapos. I don't have any tracks less than an hour and a half drive away from me, so I've only been to the track a couple times to check it out.
Still the best mothertrucking series and channel on TH-cam for RC. Really wish TH-cam and Al Gore's Rhythm would promote the channel and series and recommend it more. That stock body shell is 3 tenths too slow.
That slash looks pretty dialed. I might have to make a trip up w/ the Xray SCT soon again. That thing has some serious rear grip. Way to Make Traxxas Great Again.
Dang man that first double on the backstretch was ROUGH for the ol’ Slashito. How did the servo feel? Looked a little slower than the other drivers, don’t know if you like it like that. Looks like you had fun, dude. This is what I hope to do with my slash!
Now that Traxxas has the Slash kits, it may have been easier to just start with that instead of buying used, even considering all the upgrade parts! I'm getting back into r/c after a hiatus and purchased one of the Slash kits just for bashing and I must say, I was pretty impressed both with the overall quality of the kit and the instructions which rival any of the high tier racing brand kits. Although I did add Trinity ceramic bearings, RPM Rear hub carriers, and Associated 50wt shock oil to mine. I think my next step will be the aluminum steering rack and bellcranks along with the LCG chassis.
@@modelnutty6503 even with a pro-line it can unload in turns making it lose speed coming out of the turn. i would rather have a modded sealed traxxas diff with thick flood then any ball diff because it prevents the unloading of the diff in sharp turns.
that pop up at 6:55 is priceless. Right when he made those turns i was like damn that was clean. Kind of a bummer this is the last vid in the slash series though.
Your videos are making an impact. There were 3 Banditos at the track yesterday. All inspired by your series. Super cool!
That’s so sweet!
That was some great racing and loving the new multiple camera angles! 🍻
The Bandito series was fun to watch, the "Slashito" series should be great too. It is far more entertaining seeing a lower-cost rc doing well in races against significantly more expensive setups.
Without question the most informative well put together videos on youtube. Keep up the great content 👍👍! Walking us through all the improvements before and after and then showing those improvements on the track is priceless! Traxxas should be paying you! Thanks again for the great videos look fowqrd to many more.
Thanks for the kind words. !!
That was an intense race 😮
Like it or not folks the slash is the best RC short course truck that ever existed.
I’m not gonna argue. And I don’t see anyone else arguing you either!
Got me about to buy a bandito and race one. At my local track
Do it! You’ll love it.
I am which one should I get the vxl or the xl. The vxl has the newer transmission
Yooo this looks like my track 👣 near my house.
Why yinz all sound like you're from western PA n'at?
I turned my Slash to a buggy 👍
Sorry but traxxas are heavy and slow unless you replace the electronics. Even if you do replace the servo, traxxas are too heavy to compete with Losi, Tekno, or Associated.
We’ll I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree!🍻
I love and hate your videos... they're well made, informative and funny. But I hate them because yout going to make me spend money and get back into RC racing. LOL
😂😂 your welcome.
Hey man, just wanted to say i think you have a lot of room to grow this channel. I am a hard person to the attention of with yt videos and you got me hooked over the course of weekend. You have a great talent to keep people engaged and make good good content, keep it up!
Thank you!
I went looking for the next episode, not realizing that this was uploaded 30 minutes ago 🤣 can’t wait to see what you do next
Lcg 2wd slash is no joke
You guys need to subscribe and get this guys sub count up!! Loving this RC content
I have swaybars in my slash (its a 4x4 though) and set up right, the cornering stability will be improved. It will take a bit of testing to get the suspension right as your shocks, springs and sway bars have to be all set to work in harmony with each other. Done right, both the bandit and slash will be winning consistantly in no time. Love the budget builds.
Fielding these underdog chassis is super cool. While I absolutely appreciate the cutting edge vehicles, doing well with a (heavily modified) RTR, and especially a rear motor, is incredibly satisfying. I just finished our first local points for the winter with my rear motor B4 against a field of B6.4s and TLR22s and while I didn't make enough races to podium for the series, I did pretty dang well, including TQ and 1st for the final race last week. Next series I'm pretty focused on not missing any races so hopefully can put a 20 year old car on the podium in April!
nice me and my brother came into a pair of T3's that were sorting out to take on the stadium class
Hell yes! Good luck to you.
@gateguardninja i still take my t4 and run it instead of my t6 give it a shot!
We need to petition proline to bring back their pro trac suspension for the Slash. That's what I run and it works great. It changes the track width of the truck to take advantage of the suspension change. You just run different offset wheels to compensate
Yes, Please.
You are becoming my favorite TH-camr. I love watching these Bandit and Slash videos. I look forward to each one. I have added a bandit to my cart at Amain for my next order. I blame you, lol.
😂😂😂
I have a bunch of RCs and my crusty old brushless bandit is one of my favorite and most used RCs :)
I got a bag of parts including king shocks … was gonna build a truck ground up all trick parts still need electronics motor….. wheels tire’s everything I have no radio… think I’m gonna by a new one and upgrade it lol
You must have run through several nail-biting hardcore struggle TRAXXAS asessment centers mate for hardcore marketing them now. like it :D
That was so cool....just ordered my lcg chassis to do the same thing......need a video to show what you have in both....the Bandito and the Slashito......great racing👍
Ha ha! Awesome. More on the way.
seems like you ate a bit to hard on the brakes and rotate the back to much both on the slash and bandito.
other then that nice driving.
BTW im too drive a rwd slash LCG.
I need one of these tracks in my back yard. I have a senton with a 5700kv castle in it that might break records😂
Hey. An you do a review on the proline traxxas 2wd transmission. Love your vids.
A great driver with an good vehicle will beat a great vehicle with an good driver almost every time.
That was exciting....had my heart pumping a bit. Keep it up...demand a rematch!! YARRRRG Salshitooooooo!
😂
these videos are so good film more of your tuning
Dude if traxxas isn’t sponsoring you by now…..
Love these videos gotta do a rustler next
We have a local track that races Stock Slashes only. You can't change the shock brand, or the arms, or the transmission, or the steering or the motor. Basically only allow LCG chassis, shock setup (oil, springs) and tires. It is a loose dirt track that is rough and bumpy. What options are available for the stock shocks? I run Associated stuff, and although they do allow Stock SC10, It would be an unfair advantage to run the stock SC10 so want to try my skills with essentially matched Slash, I've never owned one either so don't even know what suspension adjustments there are. Fun video though, although I can't do the mods you implemented, it is inspiring me to join that racing.
I ran ae t6.2 shocks on it. The stock ones when I bought it were pretty beat up.
That’s how you corner!!! Bahahaha good shit!!
Good race! I ran a 2wd slash last weekend in novice class that consisted of 20 entries. Most were 1/8 E buggy. I made the Amain for that class and managed to pull out a 4th place against 9 1/8 Ebuggys :)
I also have been running a slash ultimate in the sct and open 1/10 class. So far multiple TQs, and multiple second place finishes. :)
I am considering running my bandit in the next novice class just to see how high I can place. Novice at my track can be any 1/8 or 1/10 running 4s or less for batteries so I can run a bunch of random underdog stuff.
I have had more fun running my slashes in these races than with my actual competition E Buggy and E Truggy.
Nice! Keep it up. I’ve found it’s mostly about tires and consistency.
Great 2-camera work and making a Traxxas so competitive. Traxxas should sponsor you. The Pro-line tranny is sexy, (did I just say that?), but I like the RPM box with a FastLane sealed diff. Get the diff-lube right and forget about-it. You and your channel are becoming my favorite.
Thanks Robert. I’m definitely having fun with it.
Getting it with the budget rides.
Do you post your setup sheets anywhere? I'd be interested in seeing where you landed.
I have that sway bar kit on my LCG slash. They don't fit worth a darn, and there are no instructions anywhere that I could find about how to install them. I should say, there were none that are correct. There are a couple of videos out there showing how to put the sway bars on. The front end seems plausible, but the rear end is completely wrong in the videos that are out there.
I ended up putting the parts that are supposed to be for the front end onto the rear, then buying another of the kits to do the front end...
Overall, I would call the design poor, but they do indeed work.... If they were any worse, they wouldn't work.
I have them working pretty good now and yes, I had to do my own thing to make them work. I’ll update everything pretty soon.
Great Racing!!! Full Suspense!!!
Excellent racing bro!!!🔥🔥🔥
Love it! Showing that the old dog Slash can still compete!
Great video!!! Love Slash I still have mine. Do you think you can share the setup? Thanks
Yes I will in the next episode.
I thought the 2wd arms were longer..
Awsome video deffently would love a video of the build and parts used keep it coming slashito 😅
Until this past Saturday I hadn’t touched it. But did race it this weekend with changes and additions from last season. Videoed the whole day and will be up this week.
Damn what kind of wheels tires you using for this one BRUH
Why did you choose the proline transition vs the RPM one? The short course trucks are not nearly as precise as the buggies.
It’s what was available at the hobby shop and it looked pretty 😂
I love Team Associated. I still have a B4.1 with full graphite, carbon fiber, and aluminum. Though, I've been replacing parts with RMP products because it has gotten increasingly hard to find replacement parts. I used to have a T4 RTR way back in the day as well. Stuck between a new RB10 or a Bandit as a buggy basher since the old B4 should be retired.
I thought about trying out some older buggies, but yes, parts availability is a problem.
I'll be running a bandit for off Rd soon
We run a box Stock slash class at my track.... Besides eBuggy it's the most popular class we run and we run all the 1/8 and 1/10 classes with healthy entries. These trucks are capable and a ton of fun. I'll have to point some of our guys to this video that are wanting to run something besides Spec slash. It's cool to see other tracks and other people trying to make the hobby more affordable.
They are tons of fun, and thank you.
Wow didn't put nut bolt hinge pin?
Awsome video 🥰
Nice! Keep it going! Love those oversteer turns! What oil weight did you end up with?
I’ll update later but I think I have 35 front and 37.5rear in this video.
@@mxacres Nice, thanks for posting up. That sounds about right. Though I find the Slash not to be extremely competitive on Carpet, I look forward to getting it on a dirt track this spring in Pro2 class. A slight heavier oil in rear than front makes sense for rear bias. I think I'm at 40 ft and 45 rr. Keep it going! Would love to see more SCT!
This is awesome!
Keep up the great work on the channel!!!
Thank you!👍🏻
I’m building a similar slashito project myself. What servo and servo saver/horn did you go with ? I can’t decide . You’re seem to handle REALLY well. Love the channel man, keep it up!!!
Thank you. I believe I had a savox 1267 servo in it at the time . Can’t remember the horn. Probably an aluminum AE horn I had lying around. Currently the Slashito is just a roller. I tore it down to…. I can’t even remember why I tore it down 😂 I will be putting it back together this summer at some point. Currently building an Rc track at mxacres and there will be a lot of testing and racing content coming from that in the summer months.
@@mxacres heck yeah man can’t wait!
This looks like ESPN with all of the camera angles. I feel like I'm in the RACE! Go Slashito!!!!
I just got a slash 2wd.. I wanna race now thanks to you… hahaha
Ha ha! Your welcome. You’ll love it.
I have really been enjoying watching you race these cheapos. I don't have any tracks less than an hour and a half drive away from me, so I've only been to the track a couple times to check it out.
Thank you for watching!
I love these series!
What the heck are you running for a tire wheel set up on that clay ?
Proline Positrons ground to slicks.
Still the best mothertrucking series and channel on TH-cam for RC. Really wish TH-cam and Al Gore's Rhythm would promote the channel and series and recommend it more. That stock body shell is 3 tenths too slow.
😂😂 thank you!
Robin makes awesome cheese burgers at Big Dogs!
Order the redneck burger. It’s a game changer.
Sorry if I missed it... Did you say the motor/esc/gearing info?
6:54 I tell myself that ALL THE TIME😂😂😂😂
😂😂
Do you have part number for sway bar kits?
I do not. Just search hot racing slash sway bars
What are the overall dimensions of this track?
40x140 ish I believe
Ssssllllaaaasssshhhh👌
Hell yea some good racing for sure
SSSSLLLLLAAAASSSSSHHHHHIIIITTTTTOOOOO 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
😂😂😂😂
At your track people are friendly to allow people to use their RC car at my local track they don't let anybody in there bunch of grumpy people
Sorry to hear that. Big dog Rc is definitely a friendly place to race.
@@mxacres thanks for the reply i try to respect them and just go either crawling or bashing
That was a nailbiter. I was on the edge of my bed
😂
nice drive.....the rear end of the slash seem a bit twitchy...what grease are u currently running in the diff?,,thicker grease might dampens it.
good racing!
That slash looks pretty dialed. I might have to make a trip up w/ the Xray SCT soon again. That thing has some serious rear grip. Way to Make Traxxas Great Again.
Big time is that u
@@rcx8971 👋
What shocks are you running on the slash?
Ae b6.3 buggy shocks.
2wd Rustler next?
I miss slash especially spec slash. So much fun for next to no money! I remember racing with completely slick tires.
Just awesome stuff. Looking to get something soon here.
That was fun good racing
So what spur gears fit that proline transmission? I assume you aren’t gonna run 32p
It currently Hast the 32p that came on it.😊
@@mxacres figured 48 pitch is much more efficient
Pretty good video and really good race 👍
Thank you
Awesome!
First 30 secs had me hooked! lmao... You are my kinda dude...lol
what do u run for diff oil to not make the mf spin every corner
Whatever came in it. I haven’t opened it up yet.
@@mxacres mine handles like its on ice with any power. Might be worth putting the proline or drag slash diff in it
What shocks are you running
Stock shocks from AE t6.2 stadium truck.
That was awesome brother 👍👍🏁🏁
Thanks
what tires are you running?
Proline positron’s. Sanded to slicks.
This video it’s alsome,is there any way to get the description to have some ideas for the slash?
This is the best...
Less talk more action we loved it keep it up.
😂😂 ya I can ramble. My wife agrees with you.
Best Rc content
Thank you!
Great race
Thanks
Great job 👏
Thank you
You are single handedly bringing Traxxas back to racing. Great stuff.
Thanks 👍👍🏻
Awesome video
Thanks
What's the setup your running on the slash?
Too freaking FUNNNY !!! Good job
Dang man that first double on the backstretch was ROUGH for the ol’ Slashito. How did the servo feel? Looked a little slower than the other drivers, don’t know if you like it like that.
Looks like you had fun, dude. This is what I hope to do with my slash!
That first double is tricky for sure
Now that Traxxas has the Slash kits, it may have been easier to just start with that instead of buying used, even considering all the upgrade parts!
I'm getting back into r/c after a hiatus and purchased one of the Slash kits just for bashing and I must say, I was pretty impressed both with the overall quality of the kit and the instructions which rival any of the high tier racing brand kits. Although I did add Trinity ceramic bearings, RPM Rear hub carriers, and Associated 50wt shock oil to mine. I think my next step will be the aluminum steering rack and bellcranks along with the LCG chassis.
sounds like the diff is unloading in the turns to me
that could be...I didn't see what tranny he had in there. May want to run a HR sealed diff.
@@DrJamesBarnum didn't he load a Pro-Line in it? for first race it seemed adjusted OK
@@modelnutty6503 even with a pro-line it can unload in turns making it lose speed coming out of the turn. i would rather have a modded sealed traxxas diff with thick flood then any ball diff because it prevents the unloading of the diff in sharp turns.
Proline tranny
More Slashito!!
Slashito😂😂
that pop up at 6:55 is priceless. Right when he made those turns i was like damn that was clean. Kind of a bummer this is the last vid in the slash series though.