RE: XRAY XB808
[/quote] I finally made the move buddy!! You can't imagine how much better this car is from any other car i've driven up to now. Much smoother and consistent. There are other brands which are equally as fast and stable and such but what people don't see is that Xray is bombproof for real!! You have to first finish a race to win it...lesson learned many many times. As for the forum i rarely come to rcu...i'm mostly visiting rctech...but changed from GO and went to Sirio. Although i'm considering to get a backup GO engine this year!! 5 port this time!! [/quote] Good to hear from you bro. I don't visit here very often either. I hang out on the RCTech XRay and GO forums mainly. The 5 Port will be a nice back up motor. I am running a Massive Mods Gen 5, Stage 5 5 Port in my Ray, and it is wicked. With a 6.5 mm restrictor it is smooth to drive and has great economy with power to burn.
Posted on: 3/9/2009 6:45 PM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "RC 1/8th Scale Buggies"
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RE: XRAY XB808
[quote]ORIGINAL: vti-chris If their are some other racers that use the 808 at the track they will also carry a few spare parts for the day. So basically one covers the other. Plus Xray sells parts piece by piece...front and rear arms are same L-R so you only buy one piece. I also own the car for 5-6 months as is my brother and we never changed a thing on it besides a bend shock shaft from a head to head collision with another buggy. [/quote] Hey vti-chris, how goes it man. It's Shane (grizz1) from the GO threads) I haven't been on here for a while. Glad to see your still posting, and glad to see your running X-Ray now. Guess we both saw the light. This 808 makes my old GS CL-1 look pretty sick. Lap times and race results have improved dramatically since I made the change. [8D]
Posted on: 3/4/2009 4:47 PM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "RC 1/8th Scale Buggies"
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RE: XRAY XB808
[quote]ORIGINAL: nissan300ztt Thanx for all the input guys. Looks like im getting an xray xb808. [/quote] You won't be disapointed. The kit is a little dearer than some others, but the quality is exceptional. These buggies are super tough. New hi strength plastic for the arms etc and all drive shafts, steering rods, camber links etc are Hudy Spring Steel. As are all the diffs. Build quality is superb, it is a pleasure to assemble. The biggest complaint I have heard from people is the couple of hundred dollars of spares they bought for racing that are still sitting in their tool boxes in the plastic bags. These things just don't seem to break. Included a couple of pics of my 808 now half a season old (going just a little hard into a hairpin in the last pic - drifted around nicely though :) )Powered with Stage 5 modded GO 5 Port. Couldn't be happier. Run the kit set up straight out of the manual. Only exceptions - set front camber links to highest hole and rear camber links to lowest hole. 20% rebound on shocks. Set the ride height front and rear to 28 and 25mm respectivly, and it will run great at most tracks. In the Southern Hemisphere were I am from, the big three in buggy are X-Ray XB808, Mugen MBX6 and Hot Bodies D8 (in that order at present). Cheers [8D]
Posted on: 3/4/2009 7:45 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "RC 1/8th Scale Buggies"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Hi Alex, You will probably find the bump box you have has been set up for another model of car. I am guessing it has four or more adjustable "stops" that can be moved around so your car sits directly over the rubber wheel that spins the fly wheel. These "stops" hold your car in place so it starts easily everytime. Most boxes also have an adjustment screw that varies the amount of vertical movement that occurs when you push down to start the car. If this screw is set too high, the fly wheel on your car won't travel down far enough to contact the rubber wheel. Check these two things out first. The other possible problem is that the ruber wheel is worn down and no longer touches the fly wheel, but this should be able to be solved by setting the screw I mentioned above so that the car travels down further when you push it down on the box. I would perservere with the bump box. You don't want to get involved with pull starts (which always break) and roto starts. Both of these are nowhere near as effecient at starting your motor as the bump box, and both of them cause tremendous power loss due to one-way bearings and shafts turning while the motor is running, which saps horsepower away from the output of your motor. Good luck. Let us know how you get on [8D]
Posted on: 1/10/2009 5:11 PM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Happy New Years guys. Best wishes for a safe and prosperous 09 - with lots of chances to burn some nitro [:D] Cheers - Grizz [8D]
Posted on: 1/2/2009 4:16 PM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Hey euphorik - good to hear from you bro. Buggy looks in good shape, seeing it has had a bit of a rest. Hmm, Hawaii sun to New York snow, that's a bit of a contrast [:o] Buggy thrashing in the snow - now that sounds like fun [:D]
Posted on: 11/24/2008 2:05 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
What's happening with all those Redcats out there guys ? Very quite on here the last week or so.
Posted on: 11/13/2008 3:54 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
802 Wides work very well. Looked at the results from this weekends racing, and my best lap time with the "wides" was 2.5 sec faster than with the other two types of tyres I used during qualifying. Even at my lower level of competition this is a big difference. I didn't use them for the finals as track conditions were very dry and hard by then and nearly blue groove after a days racing. These conditions really suit the 804 model from VP. The 804 also comes in a wide now, so guess what I will be saving my pennies for next [8D]
Posted on: 11/11/2008 3:02 PM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Cheers bro. Get out there and do it. It's a whole heap of fun [:D] Hey guys - check out the new "WIDE" buggy tyres from VP Pro. They come in a set of four. Two standard size fronts and two new wide rears. Come in two models - 802 (normal track conditions) and 804 mini pins (blue groove conditions). Going to try them out this weekend. Hey, if they don't work any better than a standard set at least they look cool. Get some on the Redcats and go hard !!!! [>:] Will let you know how they go. Later - grizz [8D]
Posted on: 11/7/2008 3:13 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Hey guys - Louis, Jas, Michael, Firebird. I know this is a Redcat site, and I haven't owned a Redcat (Bazooka) for ages, but I really enjoy chatting with you guys. Just to let you know I am changing to the XRay camp. I have my order in for a new XRay 808. The rest of the "team" are all changing too. The GS distributor here is dragging the chain, so we have all gone up-market. Two of the guys have already changed to the 808 and the performance difference is astounding. Trusty CL-1 Advanced (with a million spares - ha) will be a nice back up / bash buggy with modded Go 7 Port. When I have the new beast built up and running I might post some pics on here (if they will let me). Sorry Redcat owners - the thread is back to you guys now. Cheers all [:D] [8D]
Posted on: 11/6/2008 5:38 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Still running stock disc on the CL-1, but with upgraded thicker brake pads on the shoes. No brake fade at all.
Posted on: 11/2/2008 3:19 PM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
[quote]ORIGINAL: firebird78 I never had any luck putting kyosho parts on a hurricane...I gought some axles for a 777 and they didnt fit...nor did the knuckles...I'm going to agree with Grizz on that its to heavy to race, but its an excellent bashing buggy...I still run mine just not as much...been running my other buggy to get a good feel for it Grizz them 5 ports seem to be really popular...I've heard the 5 ports are better suited to the truggy as were the 7 port is better suited towards the buggy...guess it just depends on who ya talk to...them 5 ports are spose to make monsterous tourqe....I fired up my sh 8 port and idled a tank through it, then ran it around a lil on another tank just burping the throttle about 1/4 to a 1/2 throttle..was doing some tuning as I went.. I did give it full throttle for just a second to see if it would die or what not...thing has a lil pop to it with that dynamite pipe..lol....should be a snappy lil engine... [/quote] Hey - Everyones back on line [:D] Firebird - your on the mark with the Go engines. Traditionally the 7 port is the motor for a buggy. It has endless top end and more than enough bottom to pull wheelies in the buggy. The 5 Port is a real stump puller down low with reasonable top end, but not a real screamer like the 7, and is ideal for truggy. What I am running is a modded 5 Port (Massive Mods Australia Stage 5 Mod). This involves a full work out on the sleeve, crank and piston, changing timing etc. What you end up with is a motor that has even more low down power than the original 5 Port (with a little smoother application) and the top end of the 7 port with better economy to boot. This thing hauls butt [>:] You can run this in buggy no sweat, you just have to be careful with your diff oils (not too heavy in centre) and clutch set up so you don't end up doing doughnuts out of the corners [:D] Driven smoothly (I'm trying !!!) it is a wicked combo in the buggy. My home track is pretty tight with one good long straight so this motor is very well suited with it's low end / mid range power band. If your looking for a good value motor the new Gen 5 Go's are pretty good. The Gen 5 has a new carb and new crank (more V-Spec like). Even in stock form they rock. Louis - Hey brother, not much Redcat left in that Redcat [:)] No wonder it's so light !!! Looking good mate. Michael - of course it's you Mr Stenic [8D] trpastor - Those steering arms set your toe in / toe out. You want around 1.5 - 2 degrees toe out on the front for good steering response. Just use the old "Eyecrometer" to get them the same. Hold a ruler along the outside of the wheel and get the angle on both sides the same. You want the same measurement between the threaded turnbuckles at each end, on both sides of the car. Otherwise you will have uneven steering travel.
Posted on: 10/28/2008 11:57 PM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Hi everyone. Good to see all the old hands coming back on line [;)] TTR_EB4 - the MBX6 is a nice one for sure. A lot of the Mugen guys are running them down here now, but the car to beat it would seem is the XRay 808. Very, very nice. Super light, handles like a dream and looks sexy too. Redcat vs others for racing ??? I must confess I haven't owned a Redcat (Bazooka) for a long while now. My only thought is that with all the new models coming out, the good old Redcat might be a little heavy to be competitive anymore. The diffs etc are really solid, which makes it a great bashing buggy, but once again heavy duty and solid = heavy weight. IMO I would keep the Redcat for fun running and go with the Hyper 7 for serious racing. Hey Louis - got some litres through the Stage 5 MM GO 5 Port now - this thing is nasty and getting better with each tank. Taking it racing for the first time tomorrow [:D] Take care all - Later [8D]
Posted on: 10/25/2008 5:44 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Hi boys, trpastor - maybe a little leaner on the LSN too if its super rich. Louis - on further inspection I discovered the real reason for my motor misery. The wrist pin clip on the exhaust port side of the piston either broke or came out and got scrunched by the piston at mega revs [&:] The scraping on the bottom of the rod and casing is from the remains getting caught between these two. I replaced the rod at 2 gallons as suggested due to the tightness of these motors during break in - maybe I didn't fit the clip fully into the groove [:-] (oops). I''m sure it was in properly, but seems like a bit of a coincidence eh ???? Oh well, one expensive lesson learned. At least it means I get the chance to mod my new sleeve and experiment a bit [>:] That will be my next project. Jas - seafood delights eh !!! Sounds like your making the boat pay it's way [;)]
Posted on: 10/18/2008 7:22 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Hey firebird 78 - good to see your still hanging out on the site. Don't know much about the SH motors sorry. If your looking for big bore shocks, try the GS racing 16mm big bores. They are wicked. I run them on my CL1-Advanced and they can really take the punishment. Feel nice too. Run 500wt front and 400wt rear with the Blue GS springs and the large 1.4 pistons (if you like a harder feeling shock just swap to the 1.3 pistons, same oils). AMain stock them in the GS racing section. Louis - My trusty Go 7 Port just died !!! I had a throttle servo fail and jam on near full throttle a couple of weeks ago. Motor seemed OK and I ran another meeting last weekend. Was cleaning and checking the buggy yesterday and discovered the motor had almost no compression [:o] Stripped it down and found a large gouge the full length of the piston and sleeve. plus the con rod big end bush was shot - lots of slop. I think what happened is that the rod got stretched when the throttle jammed open and it has been just lightly contacting the bottom of the crankcase at BDC. Some filings from this contact found their way into the bore and ZAP - one dead motor. Total rebuild including new bearings coming up. Annoying because the motor was just over 2 gallons and was really making nice power. Never mind, it will be new again soon. My Stage 5 Massive Mods 5 Port just landed in the coutry today, so that will be going in my buggy anyway, with the 7 Port being my back up motor, just in case [8|] I've had a bad week with motors. The old .18 in my thrash and bash on-road expired last week too. Just old age (nearly 200 tanks) and too many full throttle runs around the car park track !! Replaced it with a nice little GS .12RR race motor which was on special for $199 - nice [:D] Sort of an expensive fortnight, but thats the first motor glitches I've had in over two years of running nitro, so I guess I was overdue eh [8D]
Posted on: 10/13/2008 4:36 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Hmmm - Beach Resort, sounds good [;)] No more trips until next winter - got to fill the piggy bank up again [:o] Didn't get that E-mail re the hail storm Jas, sounds spectacular. Was that just after we left the coast. I heard the weather turned to sh-t after we got home. Good days racing on Sunday. Lots of new cars on the scene. The new Hot Bodies D8 (very impressive for the price), XRay 808, and Mugen MBX6. We are building up to our National Champs (at my home track) in mid November. Later, Grizz [8D]
Posted on: 10/7/2008 12:04 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Hi Louis and all the other guys. Just jumped on this thread by chance and saw your posts. Like the old days [;)] Man, that sounded like a close thing Louis. Glad the kiddy is OK. 3kg of Redcat into the leg would have been painful. It's pretty unusual for the Spektrum stuff to come unbound, but I guess it can happen. I got one of my SR3100 recievers from A Main (US$99). My HS sells them here for NZ$155. They are a nice unit. You need the newer DX3R controller and digital servos to get the max performance out of them. The DX3R is great. I had the 3.0 before and I can honestly say I noticed a huge difference when I went to the newer DX3R. If you are running digital servos you can set the frame rate to 5.5 msecs, as oppossed to 11 msec or slower for other units. Louis, I run two Ace 1015 15 kg servos in my buggy. They are the servo of choice here for off-road. 15 kg torque at .108 sec - not bad. 15 kg on the throttle/brake is a little bit of overkill, but the throttle response is awesome and you can brake as hard as you like with that sort of torque too. Running a Chamelion 2700 mAh 5 cell hump pack for up to one hour finals (plenty of grunt needed because of the 2 x 15 kg servos). I met up with Jas while on holiday in Australia last month. It was great to finally meet the person behind the keyboard face to face [:D] Take care guys. Will check in on this thread more often now it's come back to life a little more [8D]
Posted on: 10/2/2008 7:09 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Hi Alex73 - good to hear from you again. I upgraded from the 3.0 to the new DX3R, and upgraded recievers to the new generation SR3100 units. When you combine this set up with digital servos you get super fast response times and operating speeds. The difference is quite noticable. My big clean out - yep, well I had to do something. I had about 18 months worth of "stuff" lying around doing nothing. You probably know the story. Pipes you experimented with, old shocks you upgraded, spare motors you bought and never used etc, etc. In the end I got around $1500 back in my pocket, some of which went on the new DX3 and some racing spares, while the rest is stashed away for this summers racing expenses [:D] The better half is happy, and my spare room / workshop is a lot tidier [:)] It's good to have lots of projects to keep you occupied. I am a keen golfer, and run a custom club making and repair business as well as my full time job in the Fire Service. By the time I fit my nitro fix in there I don't have a lot of spare time to be bored. Except when we have really bad weather like we are having now. No golf, no nitro [&o] Still spring will be here in a couple of months [;)] Take care - grizz [8D]
Posted on: 6/24/2008 6:15 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Yeah, I have been busy at work too. Weather not to good this time of year down here, so racing has been called off due to rain for the last few meetings. Had a bit of a consolidation of my RC gear. I had too much "stuff" lying around and had a big sell up on our local on-line auction site. Put the profits into a new Spektrum DX3R controller and servos, plus some upgrades and spare parts for my buggy and on-roader, which is all I have in the garage now. It's good actually, just having the two cars, as I have them set up exactly as I want them and have enough RC funds to race them and keep them in good condition. Just hanging out for a few more months until spring comes and then I will be right into it [8D]
Posted on: 6/21/2008 8:25 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Hi guys - long time no see [;)] Been very quite on here lately. How is everyones buggy going ???
Posted on: 6/20/2008 9:54 PM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL"Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
[quote]ORIGINAL: bash_N_corn I have a question for you buggy men, the rear wheels on my cane are toed in at the front, is there an adjustment to align these wheels? I have tried everything to square them up with the chassis. I am trying to get my chassis rolling as free as possible. my other concern is rear tire wear with this condition. [/quote] That's how they are meant to be my man !!! They are toed in so the buggy drives straight. Normal set up (which is how your cane would have come I would say) is 3 deg toe in on rear. You can alter them but If you get them too straight it will adversly effect your handling. I can't remember how the cane holds the rear hinge pins in, but that is where the adjustment will be. Normally you have plastic inserts with different holes which fit into the rear lower hinge pin holder. These hold the hinge pins at an angle and give you the 3, 2 or 1 deg of toe in. If you have the rear wheels set too straight you will lose the rear end of the car all the time, plus you don't get the on power steering you should because you are not getting the directional drive from the rear of the buggy. Normal set up is: Rear wheels 3 deg toes in with approx 2 deg of negative camber Front wheels 1 - 1.5 deg toe out and approx 1.5 deg negative camber This will make for pretty good handling on most tracks, but is only the start. There are a multitude of caster, camber, roll centre, shock spring, shock oil and sway bar settings to get your buggy handling just how you want it for the track you run.
Posted on: 5/28/2008 12:05 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL"Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Normally temps are taken at the glow plug by pointing the temp gun into the centre of the cooling head. If car is running good and idle is steady it might pay to check your temp measuring equipment against someone elses temp gun in case it's faulty.
Posted on: 5/27/2008 5:22 PM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL"Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Hi bocajrs, That does sound a little high. All motors are different, but a general rule of thumb is that motors like to or should be run between 220 - 260 F Sounds like you are too lean on the HSN and too rich on the LSN, with perhaps your idle gap too large. This combination causes a "false tune" which sees the car running fairly normal, but getting very hot at the end of a tank. You may also notice when you bring the car in it idles for a short while then the revs drop considerably. This is a sign of too wide an idle gap and too rich an LSN. Check and make sure your idle gap is no more than .7mm (very small). Richen the HSN and warm the car up. Do some full throttle runs and get it running sweet at the top end with plenty of smoke. Now lean the LSN an hour at a time only (most motors are very sensitive to LSN adjustments), do a short run and bring the car in listening to the idle. Keep leaning the LSN until you have a steady idle with no drop in revs. Now and only now, adjust the idle if necessary to what you want as a nice idle speed. Do a pinch test on the fuel tubing close to the carb. When you pinch the tubing you should get only a "slight" increase in revs (about 500 - 800 rpm) for a about 4 seconds then the motor should die. If the engine dies straight away with no increase in revs - your LSN is too lean. If the revs jump up quite high very quickly - your LSN is too rich. Get these settings right and you should have excellent top end performance with really sharp off the mark performance on the bottom end, and temps should be around 230. Temps will depend on fuel type, weather conditions, your brand of temp gun etc, but 230 is a good ball park figure to aim at. Once you have this set up just tune by sound, smoke and performance and just use the temp gun as a reference from time to time if you loose tune. Hope this helps.
Posted on: 5/27/2008 5:07 PM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL"Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Sweet, glad it all worked out [;)] Those roto starts look kinda neat. Sort of like starting a Formula 1 or Indy car up [:D]
Posted on: 5/16/2008 2:05 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL"Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Hey Bash_N_Corn - that can be a problem with roto and pull starts. I have never owned a roto start, but have had it happen with a couple of pull starts over the years. Sometimes they are working fine, you take them off for engine maintainence and when they go back on they bind up [:@]. Maybe a couple of very thin washers, but be careful everything is still engaging nice and tight. Also with some rear start units like that they rely on the pull start / rotostart mechanisim to hold the crank in place without any slop. If you have any gaps this might allow a bit of crankshaft lateral movement, which may not be a cool idea. I would try tightening everything up gentlly and giving it a spin. Might just need to spin over a few times to centre everything up. If it doesn't feel right after that I am out of ideas sorry. To be honest, I think the best solution is to leave the pull start on and just buy a starter box. You will never go back - they make life sooooooo easy. [8D]
Posted on: 5/15/2008 3:53 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL"Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
That's true [&o] We are in the same position here, just once a month - unless you want to drive for hours (literally) to another track and back, which with the price of petrol here at the moment is not a viable option any more. Gives us something to look forward to once a month [:D] I don't really have a suitable area for running the buggy nearby where I live, so I just muck around with my on roader in the street and car parks between off road meetings. I don't want the expense of racing proper on road full time, as it can be pretty costly. I would rather just thrash the foams off my car somewhere, then meet up with the boys for the car park racing every second Wednesday evening - we have a ball. No pressure, no drama, very social. You just race what you bring.
Posted on: 5/11/2008 1:09 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL"Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Neither was I [;)] I like to race when I can, but not at the expense of wrecking my buggy. I gave the front end off my old truggy to a fellow club member to use because his front diff crapped out and he had no spares. When I got it back every single bearing was seized or partially seized with mud or rust. Wheel bearings, diff outdrive bearings, steering post bearings, the lot !! He will be getting a little bill from me soon !! I was a little miffed actually. If I had borrowed someone elses car, I would naturally expect that it would be returned to them in the same condition that I got it. I certainly wouldn't hand it back in that state. Ahh well [8|] Are you racing this weekend ? Couple of meetings on here, but it looks like the weather will put pay to any racing tomorrow.
Posted on: 5/9/2008 5:54 PM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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Cheers
Posted on: 5/8/2008 6:39 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL"Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
Sent you boys some pics. Sorry about the long wait you will have downloading them [:o], but they are not bad.
Posted on: 5/8/2008 1:38 AM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: "OFFICIAL"Redcat Racing 1/8th BUGGY thread (not truck thread)
TTR - from what you have found out it seems like the Hyper 8.5 is the go. You can only go on what others have discovered. Jas - Yeah, it will be intereseting to see how the boys go under Mr Bennet. You can't deny his track record. He has to be the most successful league coach of all time, anywhere !! Don't sweat it mate, I plan to burn about 1 litre of nitro through my Ninja on road tonight at the Wednesday night car park racing - yahoo [:D] Man this thing is scary quick [:-]. It is just starting to loosen up and it's too fast for me already. After another 2 or 3 litres it will be a rocket ship. The G4 chassis handles like a dream, so you can get all the power to the ground. It just hunkers down, stays perfectly flat, power drifts on all four wheels and goes. You would love the sound Jas. It has the tell tale crisp and throaty Ninja scream [>:] I will try and get some video (mobile phone) of me thrashing and work out how to e-mail it so you can share the vibes [8D]
Posted on: 5/6/2008 5:54 PM by Author "grizz5" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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