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Exactamongo. That's why I made the swap. You can buy the Axial pull start for .28-.30 engines and it bolts right up to the 5.9 perfectly and will save you about $10.
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I never had the Roto Start fail other than my OWB getting overly oiled from the crappy Trinity Monster Fuel causing it not to engage, but it is a pain to carry that huge hunk of a thing around with you and worry about charging it up along with all the other stuff that has to be charged. So I...
I wish I could take credit for that but it is a factory painted Traxxas Slash Special Edition Body, I put a Pro-Line Desert Rat on my Slash after I saw how good this body looked on the XL.
Thanks for all the feedback yall. I have decided to just keep the XL pretty much stock, its such a GREAT basher smasher bo dasher the way it is. Gonna just race the Slash Spec for now and have fun with the Savvy!
I raced for the first time this weekend with my Traxxas Slash. It was a ton of fun, but I watching the moster trucks race, buggies and truggies, I want to try the more exciting nitro racing. So I thought to myself, instead of dropping $1500 getting a buggy ready to race, why not make your...