RE: Low profile towers!
That's good to hear nitro, I actually decided to go back to school for IT I'm in my 3rd year. I actually just sold my savage and what remained of my LPT towers lol. Still no money to do RC, but it will come I still want to do it.
Posted on: 1/4/2012 8:07 AM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Low profile towers!
Brainnnnnnns....... Happy New Year all.
Posted on: 1/1/2012 3:30 AM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Low profile towers!
Ok so I dont have a job again lol fail temp agency. Why they hired me to do a job I wasnt qualified for is beyond me oh well. I also never got the guys info who was willing to work on the parts so back to square one.
Posted on: 2/22/2010 5:18 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Low profile towers!
i would but i sold my servos and remote :) so even if I did put it together it wouldnt do much.
Posted on: 2/21/2010 3:02 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Low profile towers!
hehe good to hear. I still have my savage, still in the same state it was last time I posted waiting to be rebuilt.
Posted on: 2/17/2010 10:23 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Low profile towers!
Hello hello. I have returned from the underworld and have brought my post with me :). I finally have a job thank god, and I have a guy who said he would be willing to make the towers for me as long as he can make a profit on them which shouldnt be hard. So I need to find out if there is still any demand for them. May also get him to make the custom tvps I always wanted to get around to but never could. P.S. Thunderbird if your alive lemme know how they help up the last 2 years :)
Posted on: 2/16/2010 8:47 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Low profile towers!
Bashing doesnt bother me its fun and all, but I dont have anyplace to do it since I live in the city. I might keep my custom savage though it depends on how much I make selling my other stuff. Im sure once I find a job that pays decent ill get back into racing I have a friend who wants to start his own track in the area maybe this track closure will spur him to start earlier.
Posted on: 1/11/2009 12:50 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Low profile towers!
Yea thats cool. Kinda bites for me my local track closed so im getting out of the hobby for the most part.
Posted on: 1/11/2009 1:16 AM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Low profile towers!
[quote]ORIGINAL: ThunderbirdJunkie As she sits now with the Hellfire SS shocks:D [IMG]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b391/ThunderbirdJunkie/Savage%20X/SS850819.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] Looks great thunderbird hows it handling? and how are the towers holding up.
Posted on: 1/10/2009 6:42 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Low profile towers!
My post keeps getting delete this is BS.
Posted on: 1/10/2009 6:40 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Low profile towers!
As for racing I did go a few times. Infact my last race we had Scotty Ernst as the announcer. Was a great day of racing. 1/8th scale buggy racing is intense and I went all season on my xray 808 without breaking a thing and only replaced clutchbell bearings once. although now I need to replace a few things, turns out I snapped 2 bolts off my wing support in my last race.
Posted on: 1/9/2009 9:05 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: WOW.. you have to see this crazy Savage
HAHA some nob payed $1375 for that pile of garbage.
Posted on: 10/27/2008 3:18 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: my midtank conversion in progress....low budget.
Looks like one good hit and its going to crack against the front bolts and break the zip tie.
Posted on: 10/13/2008 2:07 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Low profile towers!
What do my eyes behold :) Sorry I havent been on much. I lost my job and havent been in the mood for RC latly. Im glad everyone likes the towers. I still havent finished putting my savage back together to run it. I didnt get a chance to finish making my engine mounts or my center tank mod plate at work which is a bummer.
Posted on: 10/12/2008 9:47 AM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Official Thread for the Go 21 Engine
Yes slayer, and tree is right. Im not sure about the 08 models though they have the updated carbs.
Posted on: 8/6/2008 6:01 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "RC 1/8th Scale Buggies"
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RE: hellfire engine swap
The engine mounts in the hellfire are designed for bumpstart engines thats why it wont fit. You can get a bumpstart backplate for the LRp if you want.
Posted on: 7/19/2008 4:50 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: My new savage!
Its not hard to spend $700 on a savage after buying it and putting stuff into it and fixing it and whatnot. I got over $1200 into mine. Of course selling it I know I wouldnt get even half that though.
Posted on: 7/19/2008 4:48 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: my truly universal starter box
[quote]ORIGINAL: phast46 i dont have a starter box, so what does that modd do? i cant see what the metal thing does. [/quote] The metal tabs slide up into the hole where the flywhweel is so its always lined up for the wheel to engage it.
Posted on: 7/13/2008 10:43 AM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "RC 1/8th Scale Buggies"
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RE: my truly universal starter box
That is definatly a smart idea, wouldnt work very well for me though I need the back end of my car on the knobs so it pushed the box down enough to start the wheel. I suppose though you could just add a small spacer to assist in that operation then it would work just fine.
Posted on: 7/13/2008 10:42 AM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "RC 1/8th Scale Buggies"
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RE: Official Thread for the Go 21 Engine
[quote]ORIGINAL: stz28 My GO 3 port race engine was broken in with 2 gallons of 25% fuel. My local hobby store no longer carries this...just 20 or 30. I usually run 20% for everything else, is there any problem switching to this lower nitro fuel? Thanks. [/quote] As long as its the same brand of fuel it shouldnt be a problem, might have to tune it a bit though.
Posted on: 7/13/2008 10:38 AM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "RC 1/8th Scale Buggies"
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RE: Binding the DX3R?
Also to note sometimes the reciever becomes unbound and you have to rebind it so make sure to bring the bind key with you wherever you take the car.
Posted on: 7/2/2008 11:40 AM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "RC 1/8th Scale Buggies"
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RE: Installed new Spur Gear, problems.
Crank it tight and back it off 1/8th of a turn is what mose people run or just tighten it up all the way. Check your clutch shoes also they may need to be replaced. One last thing check the rear grub screw on th eoutdrive cup for the tranny it like to come out alot.
Posted on: 7/2/2008 11:38 AM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: iam i to old at 29
Im 26 If I were too old in 3 years I wouldnt have bought all the stuff I have now :)
Posted on: 6/29/2008 9:08 AM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: servo savers
Just get a savage x one
Posted on: 6/24/2008 9:08 AM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Which aluminum shock towers?!
Yea unfortunatly Im not making any more towers any time soon. And that upper hinge pin holder isnt really nessesary its just added machining time.
Posted on: 6/24/2008 9:06 AM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Go Technology engine question
[quote]ORIGINAL: musclecar64 With my Go 3 port sport, I couldn't get it to respond until over 280 degrees. By then, I couldn't restart it because of vapor lock. Horrible engine. Worst $125 I have ever spent. [/quote] It was probably a bad carb issue.
Posted on: 6/23/2008 5:39 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "RC 1/8th Scale Buggies"
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RE: Go Technology engine question
[quote]ORIGINAL: sfar785 i got $130 in PayPal for a cheap motor for my 8ight buggy [link=http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Go-Technology-21-3-Port-sport-engine-8ight-Tech_W0QQitemZ180255572214QQihZ008QQcategoryZ44028QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem]Go Engine[/link] would that be decent for club races? I have an STS .28 or the Mach 427 for it, i just wanna try these Go motors that everyone raves about [/quote] It has alot of lowend. Youll need a pipe like the dynamite 086 to give it a bit more top end and maybe gear it higher. Should be fine.
Posted on: 6/23/2008 5:38 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "RC 1/8th Scale Buggies"
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RE: Ever feel like a dummy?
One time after rebuilding my diffs I was putting the front one back in and mistakenly grabbed a long screw for the bottom of the diff case. It took me over an hour to figure out why my front diff wouldnt move, The screw threaded through by the cup and wouldnt let it turn doh :).
Posted on: 6/21/2008 10:37 AM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Go Tech 7p for Losi Eight Buggy
if the 7 port is the 08 they have a new carb on them.
Posted on: 6/12/2008 2:36 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "RC 1/8th Scale Buggies"
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RE: Chrome Top v's Truggy Box
The LRP isnt a tight engine. My chrome top turned over my Go tech without issue. There are some steps to take on new engines though Preheating them and wraping the head in foil will make life 10x easier.
Posted on: 6/10/2008 8:06 PM by Author "Vigilante212" in the forum "RC Truggy"
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