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So far, I see absolutely no advantages the X-Maxx has over the Kraton.
Sure the X-Maxx is much lighter so it can be pushed harder with a 1/6 system, but that's where it ends. After 4+ year of this truck & all its awesomeness & BS it's in a decent place right now but the stock 8s truck is just as much of a slow dog as the stock 8s Kraton. They both can roll over anything but the Kraton is far more stable. Both trucks have dubius upgrade paths but there's no way in hell the X-Maxx can handle a 1/5 system as a normal basher. You're basically throwing it on the shelf when you go that route. The X-Maxx can easily be pushed to its performance limits with a 1/6 system & destroyed with a 1/5 system.
The Kraton is begging for a 1/5 system. I've maxed out the Kraton's stock system & it can perfectly handle it, both the system & the car. It's just as fast as the stock maxed out X-Maxx with twice the handling. The X-Maxx is completely outclassed in that aspect alone. Now if you take the drivetrain into consideration, the gap widens even further. The X-Maxx diffs are sintered pot metal, pretty much cheap garbage. They can be wrecked under the power of the maxed out stock system. The Kraton's diffs are machined from a single piece of steel like most 1/5 trucks, are larger with a MUCH better design, & can handle MUCH more power than the little stock system can supply (the same power which can obliterate the X-Maxx diffs).
The Kraton has been on the table for 2 years & released with a great deal more potential than the 8s X-Maxx. People are simply blinded by body & chassis styles while I'm focused on the performance of these rigs. You can talk until you're blue in the face about which out is better but that little video I made said it all. I returned one of my 8s X-Maxx's to a max6/1275kv form but still left most of the upgrades on it, fitted a 24t pinion, & took it out in the same inch of snow that the Kraton blew a tire in. That single track off in the distance to the right @ around 0:05 where you see my footprints going off too is where I floored that X-Maxx. It wheelied for about 20ft & chewed up its rear diff. The run lasted 3 seconds then it was done. That's a $900 truck with $400 in upgrades (not counting the Lockups). WT-actual-F
Now take the Kraton, same level ground, same snow, same tires, same batteries, bigger pinion: it blew a tire in 22 seconds under full throttle front diffing then proceeded to send the foam to hell. That's a $900 truck with a $9 pinion upgrade. Again . . . WT-actual-F On the shelf vs. a glue job.
Really now. I'm not ever going to compare these 2 trucks again, & no, not even 4+ years of owning a X-Maxx can make me wear those rose colored glasses.
Come back to me when the X-Maxx grow a pair & I don't mean the 2 Fastlane machined X-Maxx diffs I was considering buying before the Kraton was announced
Sure the X-Maxx is much lighter so it can be pushed harder with a 1/6 system, but that's where it ends. After 4+ year of this truck & all its awesomeness & BS it's in a decent place right now but the stock 8s truck is just as much of a slow dog as the stock 8s Kraton. They both can roll over anything but the Kraton is far more stable. Both trucks have dubius upgrade paths but there's no way in hell the X-Maxx can handle a 1/5 system as a normal basher. You're basically throwing it on the shelf when you go that route. The X-Maxx can easily be pushed to its performance limits with a 1/6 system & destroyed with a 1/5 system.
The Kraton is begging for a 1/5 system. I've maxed out the Kraton's stock system & it can perfectly handle it, both the system & the car. It's just as fast as the stock maxed out X-Maxx with twice the handling. The X-Maxx is completely outclassed in that aspect alone. Now if you take the drivetrain into consideration, the gap widens even further. The X-Maxx diffs are sintered pot metal, pretty much cheap garbage. They can be wrecked under the power of the maxed out stock system. The Kraton's diffs are machined from a single piece of steel like most 1/5 trucks, are larger with a MUCH better design, & can handle MUCH more power than the little stock system can supply (the same power which can obliterate the X-Maxx diffs).
The Kraton has been on the table for 2 years & released with a great deal more potential than the 8s X-Maxx. People are simply blinded by body & chassis styles while I'm focused on the performance of these rigs. You can talk until you're blue in the face about which out is better but that little video I made said it all. I returned one of my 8s X-Maxx's to a max6/1275kv form but still left most of the upgrades on it, fitted a 24t pinion, & took it out in the same inch of snow that the Kraton blew a tire in. That single track off in the distance to the right @ around 0:05 where you see my footprints going off too is where I floored that X-Maxx. It wheelied for about 20ft & chewed up its rear diff. The run lasted 3 seconds then it was done. That's a $900 truck with $400 in upgrades (not counting the Lockups). WT-actual-F
Now take the Kraton, same level ground, same snow, same tires, same batteries, bigger pinion: it blew a tire in 22 seconds under full throttle front diffing then proceeded to send the foam to hell. That's a $900 truck with a $9 pinion upgrade. Again . . . WT-actual-F On the shelf vs. a glue job.Really now. I'm not ever going to compare these 2 trucks again, & no, not even 4+ years of owning a X-Maxx can make me wear those rose colored glasses.
Come back to me when the X-Maxx grow a pair & I don't mean the 2 Fastlane machined X-Maxx diffs I was considering buying before the Kraton was announced
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