Smith-02

ive been into them for alost 10 years..

Smith-02

gay, duratrax = ssac

traxxas rtr's ftw, they only break what you can fix and you dont need to wait 5 weeks to get a new part. plus stores stock traxxas parts....

unlike my 70mph rc10l pan car, stock motor some jdm motor can, does ------ 70. can't WOT it until you're going about 40, or else its mad wheelspin and a donut into something hard like a curb or brick wall

turbostd

Indeed, in the 5 min I ran my truck today I broke 2 spur gears and 2 shock mounts I am thinking of trading both of them to a friend for a older tmaxx

ifly87

I have a duratrax Axis, the thing is a blast and very stout. The only problem it has is the high torque steering servo keeps stripping gears, its not a big deal a new gearset is like $3 bux and takes 5 mins to replace, cant justify paying $35 for the metal ones. I lost servo power on it once and hit a brick wall at 45+, ended up costing me like $60 for a new wheel and front gearbox.

SpeedyJAY

www.RCtech.net

Is probably the place, may not be the exact http address but it is some variation of RCtech.net
Lots of pros post up there, and you can find real up to date racing coverage from the pits.

I've never raced gas, but I always end up with a noob gas racer pitted next to me, and halfway through the race day, I'm trying to teach them about how to keep the engine from flaming out, and running pit crew for them

Upkeep depends on what you want to do... If you are just bashing, then just a few rebuilds a year, if you race....
Rebuild once a week, Tires tires and more tires you'll go through 100's of dollars in tires to stay competitive (Novice classes aren't nearly as brutal, those you are winning if you can make it around the track, so dont be intimidated). Those 15 min mains really can eat the tires up
I am on a racing hiatus for a while as I was spending almost as much racing 1/10th scale as I was building my full size car

But I love it, closest I will ever get to road racing (and off road for that mater). Dont buy anything until you get to a track and you find out what everyone else is running, just buy a set of decent tires and get ready to run novice class. Keep it off the boards and you will do well, and sandbag as much as possible in novice class

N1ghtM0nkey

I've been messing with these things since I was a kid, 10+ years. I don't remember the HPI colt though.

zagazow

you're gonna need a glow plug igniter and you should have a cylinder temp gauge to use as an AFR. i can't remember the right temps but it will say when you get the gauge. i'd also ditch the pull start and get a starter box or motor. i've seen those pull starts break a million times.

d16forlife

The guy claims its JDMy0! But I have been able to macth it up to what would be the USDM RS4 2.


Thanks for the info.

AgentMurdoc

i remember that, haha. I still have that thing in the garage.


I have lots of R/Cs you're gonna dump at least 120+ in that. Gallon gas:$20.oo Ignitor:$25.oo GlowPlug:$5.oo Decent Radio:the rest

You shoulda just bought one of mine.

Oh by the way that looks like a chinese knockoff of an HPI.

N1ghtM0nkey

RS4 2 is a pretty good car, but an RS4 3 is really where it's at. I believe that's when they changed to shaft drive - which is a lot more parking lot friendly. I'm assuming this will mostly be run in parking lots, where a shaft drive system will really shine...but you should be able to get by with a belt drive as long as it's not full of rocks and small pebbles.

If you need any parts that are worth shipping let me know, I believe I have a few spare radios or atleast transmitters and maybe a beat up reciever laying around that I'll cut you one hell of a deal on if you're interested.