Great video, glad to see there are still people like me interested in the Summit and upgrading them to the next level. Your truck looks sweet, I just subscribed, keep the videos comming 👍🏻
Ditto to the comment above of the Summit being a timeless truck. It was my dream truck when it was released in 2009 and still relevant today. I used to have the E-Maxx in the early 2000s but the Summit is what I've been looking for. Revolutionary truck truly an all terrain, locking diffs 2 speed tranny that migrated to my Fav truck today the TRX-4 and excellent suspension. Adding brushless powa to this Summit brings it to another fun level. I wish Traxxas would update this legendary truck to a 2.0. The Summit and TRX-4 are the only Traxxas vehicles I like I don't care for the other RCs they have.
i got the same setup in my summit, its nuts, broke two sets of front diffs, so i had to disable dragbreak and lower the breaking a bit, hope it lasts now :D
I did upgrade my diff and Axle by LEM, as well as drive shafts and heavy duty clutch pad by Traxxas. My video only test the motor. If you have done enough research, those are necessory upgrade as you can not expect so much power handled by the stock component. Summit has very small diff and it is a heavy truck. Play style also matters.
Very informative video, helped me decide. Brushed 775 works better for Summits, they crawl super smooth over everything and still fly and land beautifully. You just can’t build them into an Erevo and still crawl, just doesn’t work well, from what I’ve seen.
There is nothing wrong to stay brushed, in fact will save you a lot of money for upgrade the rest of the system in the drive line. Especially if crawling is important for you. However, this video is to demystify "sensorless" brushless system "can" still craw with low gear. It does not do so great for high speed gear. If you go for "sensored" brushless system, you can have both high speed and low speed smoothly except it has higher cost.
@@Hobby_Unlimited Yea I figure would do same here. Hey I been doing some builds myself these are what I have so far check them out let me know what you think about it?
I have this esc combo from hobbywing on my inferno buggy it is durable for now I have it two months ago I run it on 6s ..lots of power and torque wheelies also tyres can't handle that! are there any Ballon prof buggy tires if u know ?
I am not familiar with buggy, but I call there are some tire from Proline can reduce balloon effect. some people added tape inside the tire but it seems like a lot of work.
@@Hobby_Unlimited ok ,i have heard of those . i am using stock gearing so top speed on 6s is about 40 mph . i dont do speed runs often but i do jump it and have to goose the throttle for correction ,thats when the stock tires balloon .
@@fnkycoldmedina my video was showing 4s with 75% speed most of the time. It Balloon tiny bit. It is for sure stronger and better looking tire in my opinion. I am just saying if you really want balloon proof there are other option. If you ask me for the look only, I really like my Big Joe II. For sure lighter than stock and you will feel improvement if you only upgrade from stock tire. The belted tire will be harder, it means less grib if you want to crawl. The big Joe II maybe in between both use.
The Diff Combo is from LEM you can find it from facebook or ebay. I have not done the program card for a long time. From my memory the hobby wing combo set comes with the program card that you can just plug into the esc where the fan connected to and control directly from there. make sure when you plug back the fan you connect the right way or the fan can be burned. Pls try to search on youtube and you may find some video to help you as I don't want to give you the wrong info.
For programing, there was a control comes with the set, it needs to hook up to the ESC. I think I had to remove the fan connection. But please do search on line. It was too long ago and I can remember it wrong.
Sick build men, I've just bought a summit and I have for here the same combo but I'm scared of durability Where did you get all the aluminum arms knuckles and driveshafts?
I also upgrade the tire. Better get a belt tire. Original is too soft for fast spin. Even Big Joe II tire is almost not holding up after another year of this monster motor.
Great vid brother. Summits are excellent. Mine has been going strong for 7 years,still love it.
I just replace the wheels, more review will come after.
Very nice crawling place! Awesome nature and sea! Perfect video mate
Hong Kong has many great outdoor space.
Great video, glad to see there are still people like me interested in the Summit and upgrading them to the next level.
Your truck looks sweet, I just subscribed, keep the videos comming 👍🏻
Thank you for the comment. It is a timeless truck.
Ditto to the comment above of the Summit being a timeless truck. It was my dream truck when it was released in 2009 and still relevant today. I used to have the E-Maxx in the early 2000s but the Summit is what I've been looking for. Revolutionary truck truly an all terrain, locking diffs 2 speed tranny that migrated to my Fav truck today the TRX-4 and excellent suspension.
Adding brushless powa to this Summit brings it to another fun level.
I wish Traxxas would update this legendary truck to a 2.0. The Summit and TRX-4 are the only Traxxas vehicles I like I don't care for the other RCs they have.
Very nice video. I like the trial and error to get the right gears👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for the positive input.
@@Hobby_Unlimited Have a nice one🙂
i got the same setup in my summit, its nuts, broke two sets of front diffs, so i had to disable dragbreak and lower the breaking a bit, hope it lasts now :D
I did upgrade my diff and Axle by LEM, as well as drive shafts and heavy duty clutch pad by Traxxas. My video only test the motor. If you have done enough research, those are necessory upgrade as you can not expect so much power handled by the stock component. Summit has very small diff and it is a heavy truck. Play style also matters.
I also have upgrade to lighter belt tires from the proline. Those will help to save the diff as well.
@@Hobby_Unlimited i break the diff gears, they make those?
@@fromfin90 look up Leading Edge Machine, the diff set use strengthened steel gears.
Very informative video, helped me decide. Brushed 775 works better for Summits, they crawl super smooth over everything and still fly and land beautifully. You just can’t build them into an Erevo and still crawl, just doesn’t work well, from what I’ve seen.
There is nothing wrong to stay brushed, in fact will save you a lot of money for upgrade the rest of the system in the drive line. Especially if crawling is important for you. However, this video is to demystify "sensorless" brushless system "can" still craw with low gear. It does not do so great for high speed gear. If you go for "sensored" brushless system, you can have both high speed and low speed smoothly except it has higher cost.
i just got one of these id really like to know what shaft kept failing on ya before i throw any more power at mine ....very nice rig btw
I changed to LEM shaft and diff
Super fast crawler! Nice run, cool video, liked and plus one sub, cheers bro!
Great video, I've got a summit that I've had for 10 years and I'm looking at a brushless upgrade, but what diffs do you upgrade to?
LEM diff and shafts combo
What size pinion did you use? Thx
I did not change them. Same as before. But I replace the clutch pad to heavy-duty aluminum one from the Traxxas.
I am surprise your 2 speed transmission plastic gear didn't rip.
Not yet, when I shift gear, I do slow down.
@@Hobby_Unlimited Yea I figure would do same here. Hey I been doing some builds myself these are what I have so far check them out let me know what you think about it?
@@shannara9038 not sure what you did since I don't see what you did, is it in your channel? send me a link. good luck and have a fun mod!
I have this esc combo from hobbywing on my inferno buggy it is durable for now I have it two months ago I run it on 6s ..lots of power and torque wheelies also tyres can't handle that! are there any Ballon prof buggy tires if u know ?
I am not familiar with buggy, but I call there are some tire from Proline can reduce balloon effect. some people added tape inside the tire but it seems like a lot of work.
@@Hobby_Unlimited i will search for that one thanks mate for the response 👍 keep up!!
www.prolineracing.com/tires/trencher-hp-2.8-all-terrain-belted-truck-tires-mounted.asp
@@Hobby_Unlimited they seem promising i will get a try with them in the future great thanks mate 👍 👌
Realmente Espetacular su comportamiento al andar por diferentes tipos de terreno . 👌👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks for the compliment
what tires? do they balloon much? i have a 6s system .
It is better than stock, Big Joe II. Diameter is slight bit smaller than stock and light weight. But
at 6s it will balloon over 50% throttle.
proline tencher belted 3.8 high speed tire will be Balloon proof.
@@Hobby_Unlimited ok ,i have heard of those . i am using stock gearing so top speed on 6s is about 40 mph . i dont do speed runs often but i do jump it and have to goose the throttle for correction ,thats when the stock tires balloon .
@@fnkycoldmedina my video was showing 4s with 75% speed most of the time. It Balloon tiny bit. It is for sure stronger and better looking tire in my opinion. I am just saying if you really want balloon proof there are other option. If you ask me for the look only, I really like my Big Joe II. For sure lighter than stock and you will feel improvement if you only upgrade from stock tire. The belted tire will be harder, it means less grib if you want to crawl. The big Joe II maybe in between both use.
Great job!! Can you please help me with some information about installing-programming the esc? And also, where did you get the diff combo? Thanks
The Diff Combo is from LEM you can find it from facebook or ebay. I have not done the program card for a long time. From my memory the hobby wing combo set comes with the program card that you can just plug into the esc where the fan connected to and control directly from there. make sure when you plug back the fan you connect the right way or the fan can be burned. Pls try to search on youtube and you may find some video to help you as I don't want to give you the wrong info.
For programing, there was a control comes with the set, it needs to hook up to the ESC. I think I had to remove the fan connection. But please do search on line. It was too long ago and I can remember it wrong.
Sick build men, I've just bought a summit and I have for here the same combo but I'm scared of durability Where did you get all the aluminum arms knuckles and driveshafts?
Turn knuckles stay in plastic. Driveshafts and Differential all LEM from eBay. Clutch pad also upgrade to heavy duty from Traxxas.
If I were you I will not rush the upgrade. I waited more than a year until the motor was toasted.
I also upgrade the tire. Better get a belt tire. Original is too soft for fast spin. Even Big Joe II tire is almost not holding up after another year of this monster motor.
In my experience the max8 has to aggressive of a launch even on its lowest settings
On 6s anyway