Hey all ive returned for about a week thinkin HMT Xmod project
 

Well to honor HMT, ive decided to do a project HMT XMOD. Thought id ask for some ideas on what to do to it. So just leave suggestions, if you know of some, id love to find a CRX model to get the body off of.


Leave some ideas,

thanx

Re:Hey all ive returned for about a week thinkin HMT Xmod project
 

Am I the only clueless bastard who doesn't know what an XMOD is? ???

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Nope, I don't know what the hell it means either.

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Is that one of those little R.C cars?

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Yeah how about elaborating a bit there Sailor?

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i dont think hes a sailor cuz sailors get some

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IN THE NAVY!

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:-X

X mods are freaking cool you loser people, if you found a CRX I would love to buy one.

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Sinister fill me in man! What is an X-mod? lol

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i think x mods are those little r/c cars you get from radio shack.

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Thats what I was thinking too. So I did a Google search and came up with this. http://www.xmodsrc.com/home/index.php

So man, whats in the plans for this little rat?

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Ok, c'mon guys, you don't know what Xmods are?? They are actually a blast and they are pretty cheap. You can buy them at Radio Shack for $50 and you just need batteries. There is about 8-10 of us that run them like every Friday night or so. We clear out the floor of our showroom and we have a track made of pvc piping that we set up, crank up the music and we run the ---- out of these things. It is the safest form of drinking and driving there is ;) If you want to get heavy into them you can, just like any other rc car, but for about $90 you can have the car, radio, motor upgrades, two sets of rechargable batteries and the charger. I think they are pretty cool and definately something to do when the weather is ishy outside.

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For $105 you can get a real R/C car.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...947784309&rd=1
Or for $165 you can get a real gas powered R/C car.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...947497601&rd=1
My buddy just got one of the gas ones a few weeks ago, the same one in the auction and that fucker hauls ass.
I'll try to get some video of it.

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Yea yea, I have a 1/10th scale electric stadium truck and and 1/10th scale gas powered RS4 and they are both cool, but you can't do much with them outside and they are too big and fast to run inside, not to mention the smell of burning nitro :P The Xmods are fun to run inside on carpet and ----, especially when you got 5 or 6 cars going one direction on the track and one guy going the other direction, lol.

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http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...96_54_full.jpg

My truck destroys X mods :P Too bad its not really that fast anymore :-\ Used to do 25 MPH...

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So how are you representing HMT with this thing? Whats "homemade" that is gonna be done to this? Let me guess you'll write in sharpie "HMT" on the car and that what props we get for the site? ::)

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lol!
That looks like an old Tamiya Balck Foot.Those things rocked ;)

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yeah we were running the nitro cars inside and that stuff almost knocks ur ass out.

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i had a xmod when they first came out last year,

tehy suck and there not worth the money, i did get mine pretty fast htough, i had a crest spinbrush motor, and i saudered on 2 nine volt batteries instead of the 4 aa batteries.

Re:Hey all ive returned for about a week thinkin HMT Xmod project
 

now that is HMT.

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Yea, they can be tempramental on something, but dude I beat the ---- out of mine and it is still going strong. The only thing that I could not stop breaking was the ball cups, that was after i put the awd set up on it. I fixed that problem by buying aluminum replacements. There are a ton of aluminum parts for those things. Oh yea, I modified the steering to, I added reistors inline on the servo wires and doubled it turning capabilities. Like I said, we have fun with them, but to each there own.

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I've got one and yes, they are pretty fun when you race and drift with a group of buddies. I also have 1/10 scale offroad elec truck and and an Nitro RS4 as well. i used to race the rs4 on oval with a 2 speed tranny. We were clocked on average of 60-65mph (yes REAL mph). I dig the Xmod now though as like mentioned you don't need a ton of room to have fun. The money and upgrades can get outrageous and theres one guy localy that has an ubermodded Xmod hitting almost 50mph. He runs out of room and range by the time it gets that fast. 6 cells and some giant motor with "turbo" fets installed. They also make alloy and carbon fiber parts for these bitches pretty cool. Vegas is holding a national event with a $10,000 grand prize. They are starting to catch on finally. We run every sunday in a parking lot with the official Xmod tracks. I think the guy spent almost a grand in foam tracking yikes!

Not sure wtf they have to do with HMT as they are electric, but my little Civic coupe will have a tiny plastic painted intercooler on it soon :)

Not that it matters but so far I have done...
Stage 2 motor upgrade
Tires
AWD
Bearings
Alloy front and rear knuckles
Carbon fiber front and rear deck
Springs

Next week I plan on upping the power as the stage 2 motors suck after going AWD :( Time for TURBO fets and new cells to up the juice to 7.4v :)

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I have the stage 2 motors, head/tail lights, bearing upgrade, steering upgrade, awd upgrade, alloy ball cups f&r and I wanted the dogbones but they are sold out till sometime this month. Like I said, we run indoors on a track that cost about $30 (if that) worth of materials to make. This is a pick of it outside right after we finished cutting and piecing it together, once we brought it in, we put velcro on the bottom in certain area's so it gripped the carpet real nice. Like I said, bust out some drinks, cranks up the music and bash away, lol ;)

http://www.revtecmotorsports.com/ima...ods/track4.jpg

Re:Hey all ive returned for about a week thinkin HMT Xmod project
 

wow

i can't believe that you guys play with these. can't you find something better to do with the cash.

Re:Hey all ive returned for about a week thinkin HMT Xmod project
 

That would be like somebody saying, I can't believe you spend money on your car, can't you find something better to do with the cash? ::) It's a hobby. I am not big on going out to clubs and I really don't drink all that much (mainly when I race the Xmods, lol)so it's not like I waste a lot of money on that kind of ----. I think I have $130-$150 into it over past year. No big deal.

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Why would someone boost a 90 Accord? :P

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i blew something up on the xmod board =/

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it's a nikko Scorpion. The Tamiya Blackfoots are worth some money.




That smartech gas r/c biggmike linked doesn't look bad for the money, but a better r/c can be put together with a tad bit more money.

Why do I say the smartech isn't that great? Mainly cause if you need parts you will most likely have to order them online, unless your local hobby shop carries them, I know mine don't. I'd stray away from it, but too be honest, for the price it is tempting.

Oh and don't forget to add
-20 for gas
-25 for ignitor
-10 for batteries



I've been thinking about getting some of those x mods. But then again, I have been looking at the HPI micros lately. Just seems like more potential, but then again it would cost a whole lot more. I had a Kyosho Mini Z back in the day, that was fun, maybe I will just pick up an xmod and see what it could do.

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Well Murdoc, if your serious about seeing what they can do, check out www.atomicmods.com they have some pretty sick upgrades but at a price of course. But on an entertaining note, go to the video section and watch the video "house jump" or something like that, pretty ------- crazy for an RC car :o

better yet, here is the link

http://64.224.183.129/videos/housejump.wmv

Re:Hey all ive returned for about a week thinkin HMT Xmod project
 

damn, that house jump was ------ sick! :o

That buggy reminds me of an Ofna Hyper 7, but none the less sick.

I have a Ofna Worlds buggy in the garage, just have been lagging on getting it running :-X

Too many damn r/c cars.

Re:Hey all ive returned for about a week thinkin HMT Xmod project
 

there are some tight R/C videos on this site.
http://www.beatyourtruck.com/

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Actually murdoc, is a Scorpion II :-*

Re:Hey all ive returned for about a week thinkin HMT Xmod project
 

big whoopty doo :P And what the hell is a scorpion ii? :D

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Damn Blackfoot.... Those were the ---- but they weren't the most reliable things. I had a Traxxas something back in the day. Memories ::)

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Well they are cheap and the parts are hella cheap. I'll find the link and post it up of the parts cost, I have to get it from my buddy. I was about to buy a Kyosho but its harder finding parts for those then the SmarTech one's. On the SmarTech car it has 2 aluminum decks and aluminum shock towers, something I couldnt find in other entry level cars. My buddy broke the rear lower control arm when he flipped it over like 7 times and it cost like $2 for another one(2 pack). There are 3 of us that are getting them so we will order parts together so we dont get raped on the shipping too bad. ---- might be a better idea for all of us to go in on another car just for parts.

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hahaha that was sick :o

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theres a ---- more on this page
http://www.beatyourtruck.com/beatings.html

and check out the REVO videos here
http://www.traxxas.com/products/vide...ideo_vault.htm
fucker crawls walls

winamp has a R/C internet TV station now
www.winamp.com

Re:Hey all ive returned for about a week thinkin HMT Xmod project
 

well 2 bucks for the arm is pretty cheap, I'm more of a convenience type person, I don't wanna sit around all day waiting for my parts to come in. :-\

You also got a point with the aluminum stuff. I have an HPI Super Nitro that I decked out with a bunch of aluminum parts and you don't even wanna know how much I spent on it, wanna buy it?
http://img132.exs.cx/img132/6880/rcstuff0011pw.jpg
I just gotta put it back together.
Aluminum upper deck, a-arms, upper arms, hubs, knuckles, fucken almost every part I could change to anodized purple I did, damn it cost a lot. :-\

Re:Hey all ive returned for about a week thinkin HMT Xmod project
 

How much, dare I ask? :-X

Re:Hey all ive returned for about a week thinkin HMT Xmod project
 

just the parts you see there, that car cost me like 800 bucks. And that's not including the controller n ----.

You wanna buy it?