TRAXXAS 5483 - Manual

Tuned Pipe Installation Instructions

Covers Part #5483, 5485, 5490, 5487

Jato Installation

Remove the stock composite pipe

1. Loosen the 4x8mm

button-head machine
screw from the stock
pipe hanger. (A)

2. Carefully separate the

pressure tubing
from the pressure
fitting on the pipe. Be
careful not to tear the
pressure tubing. (B)

3. Cut the tie-wrap that secures the pipe coupler to the exhaust

pipe (C) and pull the pipe out of the coupler. (D)

Install the performance-tuned pipe

4. Clean the inside of the exhaust coupler with denatured alcohol

to remove the oil residue collected from the exhaust.

5. Insert the tuned pipe

into the exhaust
coupler. Make sure the
coupler fits securely all
the way around the lip
of the pipe (E).

6. Secure the coupler

to the pipe with a
medium tie-wrap
(included). (F)

7. Attach the pressure line to the pressure fitting on the tuned pipe. (G)
8. Insert the pipe hanger into the end of the exhaust pipe and

secure the pipe by tightening the 4x5mm set screw. (H)

9.

Retune the needle settings

- see black box

Tools Needed:

2.0mm hex driver
2.5mm hex driver

Side (wire) cutters
Safety glasses

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Nitro Rustler Installation Notes

1. Remove the stock pipe.
2. Cut the mounting loop off the stock pipe

hanger with a pair of large side cutters or
cut-off wheel (A & B). (

Note:

If you do

not wish to cut the stock hanger, you may
use the hanger provided in the kit.)

3. Follow the Jato installation steps 4 through

7 (under

“Install the performance-tuned

pipe”)

.

4. Insert the pipe hanger through the end of

the pipe and secure it by tightening the
4x5mm set screw. (C)

5.

Retune the needle settings

- see black box

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

A

B

C

Retune the needle settings

It is important to go back to the base needle settings and
retune for performance when replacing the stock exhaust
pipe with the tuned pipe.

See your model’s owners

manual for the correct needle settings.

Revo Installation Notes

(Part #5490)

1. Remove the stock pipe.
2. Remove the silicone pipe extension from

the stinger (exhaust tip) on the stock
pipe and install it onto the stinger of the
Resonator pipe. Secure the silicone pipe
extension with a small tie-wrap. (A)

3. Follow the Jato installation steps 4

through 7 (under

“Install the

performance-tuned pipe”)

.

4. Secure the pipe to the hanger by

tightening the 4x5mm set screw. (B)

5.

Retune the needle settings

- see black box

Nitro 4-Tec Installation on back...

A

B

Maxx Installation Notes

(Part #5487)

1. Remove the stock pipe and pipe hanger wire from the chassis.

Note:

The removal of the exhaust coupler is not necessary, but

may be helpful during installing of the new pipe.

2. Attach the long hanger wire (included)

to the chassis using the stock hardware.
Using pliers, bend the wire directly upward
from the chassis. The bend should be
about 17mm (

11

/

16

") away from the nut that

attaches the wire to the chassis). (A)

3. To make it easier to attach the pipe to the

hanger wire, the wire needs to be cut off
about 51mm (2") above the chassis (B).

Note:

It’s better to cut off too little than

too much.

4. Insert the wire through

the mount at the end
of the pipe (C), and
then slide the end of
the pipe into the open
end of the exhaust coupler (D). Make sure
that the pipe is seated into the coupler all
the way around the pipe.

5. Secure the coupler to the pipe with a

medium zip tie (included), and then secure
the pipe to the hanger wire by tightening
the 4x4mm set screw (E). Finally, attach
the pressure line from the fuel tank to the
pressure fitting on top of the exhaust pipe. (F)

6.

Retune the needle settings

- see black box

A

B

D

C

E

F

17mm

51mm