go T maxx nitro is so much more fun. my brother has one of them, its pretty indestructible.
pretty sure my brothers got the nitro revo too, does 55 out of the box. 2 speed trans, and reverse, if it hits second in some loose sand or dirt on the street, it breaks loose and you kinda got to save it to keep going straight. unless you let off the gas....who does that when 4 wheels are breaking loose? lol not me.
i used to have a old nitro stampede. i cant count how much i spend on rebuilding that truck, rears, dog bones, engines, i blew the stock engine, then rebuilt it a few times, then picked up a OS engine, blew it up, rebuilt it a few times, then got another traxxas engine and yes, blew it up, it got to the point i had 1 running in the car and 2 spares in the tool box. with a spare sleeve and piston and rod for each, plus extra carbs, glow plugs battery's, always a few sets of control arms, brush a curb its broken. ( dont forget the loc tight) sh it adds up fast.
99% of the blown engines are from when you run out or range, it takes off wot, locked at full. then crashes and flips over, then runs lean as it runs out of gas, thats when the rod blows or you seize the piston to the sleeve. anyone with nitro cars has heard this sound, its the worst sound a engine makes, screams bloody high RPM"S then just stops dead in its tracks, game over lol
damn thing got ran over once too, re building after that was about 150 in parts, but left me wide open for upgraded metal parts. lost the cooling head on the engine from the hit and run too.