Nitro R/C cars

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

So, who has ever played with a Nitro R/C car? I happen to own an old Team Associated TC-3 that a friend of mine gave me broken and bent, but that I soon got going again...then smashed it. Then fixed and broke it again, and again... I am trying to finally piece it together again after 2 years of not touching it. Does anyone else here like to play with these things? I find it a lot of fun until I hit something. I am right now trying to get a Trabant body from Germany for it, and then figure out where to get a more "Proletrarian" set of wheels for it. No good Marxist car should ever have chrome rims...lol Anyhow, if you have a R/C car post pics! I would, but a cheese box from a pizza shop that is full of parts is something I don't think anyone cares to look at.

 

[SLICK79WGN]

I used to have a T-maxx with all the Alum hop up parts and a fully ported .25 traxxas. it would do 50mph with the 2 speed. but as soon as you would crash it was major destruction lol, so I wound up selling it and buying a shaved door kit for my s-10. But have missed it ever since but with my cars, kids and fishing I have no money to add another hobby right now

 

[bourbon]

ive got an hpi savage x i love it, but i hardly ever get to play with it. it's an 1/8th scale 4wd.

 

[crappycutlass]

i have had a few.. i just sold my REVO and in the summer i had a RS4... we still have it somewhere...

on my wall i have the bare frame for a electric HPI its full carbon and full upgrades.. but i just thought it looked cool..

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Well, I think I just bought the last of the things I need to run it again. I got a new radio for $12 on Ebay (a cheap Traxxas, but better than the broken ones I had), and the final front suspension piece I needed. I also got new wheels and tires from an Australian seller (they looked cool and were black and wider than the ones I have), and am waiting for the Germans to respond to my shipping price request for the Trabant body. I forgot how easy it was to spend money on this damn thing! I'll have $100 back in it before it's even together and running. I might just put the new body and wheels on it and put it on display. If I can't get the engine to run again, I'll definitely do that. I have to figure out now how to get it to run again after sitting for a few years.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

I used to have a T-maxx with all the Alum hop up parts and a fully ported .25 traxxas. it would do 50mph with the 2 speed. but as soon as you would crash it was major destruction lol, so I wound up selling it and buying a shaved door kit for my s-10. But have missed it ever since but with my cars, kids and fishing I have no money to add another hobby right now

A friend of mine has a T-Maxx. It had all the aluminum stuff on it too, and still kept breaking. He got a new one from his wife for Christmas one year, and says it's even more powerful. However, it breaks parts in the drivetrain because the new engine is too much for it. I still remember him jumping a real car with the old one!

 

[3XBrownCutty]

I have a HPI Micro RS4. it's 1:18th scale. I have the bigger motor, the wider carbon fiber chassis, battery pack, and a novac ESC for it. that thing flies for how little it is. It's for sale if anyone wants it, it just sits in my basement now.

 

[Uncletruck]

I built up a T Maxx many years ago replacing just about everything that was nylon with aluminum parts, added steel CV drives, steel roll cage, Megatech .16 engine, aluminum wheels, etc. Originally bought it for fun, but it has been run quite extensively and serves a functional purpose. When I can't walk my dog, I let her chase it in the back yard for exercise. Since I built it so strong (It weighs 12.5 lbs because it's virtually all metal) it is considerably slower than stock but is about impossible to break. I'm amazed how many hours the little Chinese engine has ran at its crazy RPM's on 15% nitro without being rebuilt- I put that engine on it in 2004.

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[85 Cutlass Brougham]

What is shocking is how much money you can put into one. I think I have easily put $150 into rebuilding mine this time around, but I am fixing all of it's known issues. It had a transmitter with a broken steering trim pot that made it hook left all the time and made it a handful to drive, so I replaced the radio. I also replaced the chassis plate because it was bent too badly to fix, the driveshaft, one differential case, several braces, and I am adding new wheels and tires along with a new body. I ordered the wheels out of Australia. They are a gunmetal/black color, 7 mm wider and came with tires for $21. The body is the one I wanted: a Trabant 601 I found on German Ebay, and I used Babelfish to correspond with the guy as I can't write or read German. I think I spent $50 for the body with shipping by the time you convert from Euros to Dollars.

Now I have to figure out how to get the engine running again as the fuel has gelled in the tank, and in the engine, making it hard to start and the carb's slide throttle is stuck too. My friend with the T maxx told me to pull the glow plug, and put alcohol in it to cut the fuel , then run WD 40 through it or it will seize up and break a rod. Seeing as these little engines are not cheap, I hope it works. Otherwise, it will sit on display with a cool new body and wheels but never run again. Well.... until the next time I want to play with it and I buy an engine.

 

[Uncletruck]

The head gaskets on those engines is a metal washer and the gasket on the crankcase usually stays in tact so you can pull the head and piston/cylinder sleeve and clean it all internally with solvent. Then soak the carb in solvent for a while and it should run, they are very simple. You really have to use the after-run oil in them to keep them from gumming up when they sit.

I put about $2500 in to my T-Maxx hop ups which was insane, but it was my main hobby at the time I did it, and it has served me well.

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