RE: fg
i think some of the trolls want to take note the name of the thread "fg".....allways the same people trying to start vs crap,grow up
Posted on: 3/14/2007 10:30 AM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: fg
[quote]ORIGINAL: AZBaja Motor mounts and mesh are old school thinking. Not too many people have stripped baja gears as far as I can tell. A few , but not many. Why have adjustments if it just causes problems. [/quote] old school??? - the holes on the crank cases have always been there,ANY company could of used thse holes & bolted the engine directly to the chassis - as for problems it takes 1min to loosen/tighten 4 screws on motor mounts and if done correctly they wont move,i would rather a mount take the force instaed of a crankcase,or have adjustable mesh to use a wider gear selection. btw the gears never strip due to mesh - mesh is between the diff ring and diff idle gear and have never seen no one on this forum strip steel gears there - at worse the engine will move if it aint set correctly,the gears that tend to strip are either a nylon pinion or nylon spur,those are set on gear carriers and have a NON adjustable mesh as the space is set by the two bearings.
Posted on: 3/14/2007 8:51 AM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: fg
motor mounts and mesh are there for reason,afterall it aint hard to bolt an engine straight onto a chassis useing the EXISTING holes on a crank case - even nitros use motor mounts
Posted on: 3/13/2007 10:43 AM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Cable Brake Question!
the bushes are there to stop the screws that go through the top & bottem of the upright tightening against the axle,loosen those 2 screws off abit a see if its not those causeing the probs edit: not sure but you may also need to use 14mm drive squares,thats what im useing on the front with 65mm axles - your monster model will/should have 65mm axles but i think they come stock with 9mm squares - dont you get larger squares with the brakes??
Posted on: 3/6/2007 3:30 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: MCD Company
http://www.rapid-racing.net/Lauterbacher-Monster-Truck/LAUTERBACHER-L-3-Super-Cross-Monster-Truck/9914.htm
Posted on: 3/6/2007 8:13 AM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: ANYONE BUILD THEIR OWN?!!!!>>>
best custom build i have seen here is this, http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5504933/tm.htm
Posted on: 3/5/2007 5:23 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: HPI baja 5B
rc motors rev alot higher than chainsaw motors,for the sake of a few $ its worth useing decent oil
Posted on: 3/5/2007 1:55 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: MCD Company
no one was mocking mcd - poeple need to chill.the name of the thread is "mcd as a company" not mcd versus what ever,like i said there the best looking production ls at the moment,but reading posts from 2 DEALERS in this thread,one has dumped mcd & the other has said they have to sell a certain amount,if i went into and model shop and the guy said i sell you this for £2000 rtr but i can only guarentee parts on how much i sell then i wouldnt bother,one of the reasons i passed on the mt 2 months ago coupled with the fact they dont support there (not so) older models even tho there still in buisness
Posted on: 3/4/2007 1:26 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Air Filter?
for the price i would go with the hammer one linked at the top,the rn tuning ones cost over $115 http://www.rapid-racing.co.uk/details.asp?CatID=24&CatName=RN%20Tuning&SubCatID=&SubCatName=&paging=1&ID=9723
Posted on: 3/4/2007 1:05 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Air Filter?
i wouldnt put a k&n on with out a filter bag or red neck,they suck to much crap in,and i would avoid a copy k&n alltogether the material is far to thin - best filters imo are the r&n tuning 2 stage,stock fg foam filter,stock hammer filter
Posted on: 3/4/2007 1:01 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! Did i see that?
maybe u should of edited the 5b from your sig before saying your trying to decide [;)]
Posted on: 3/4/2007 12:57 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: FG stadium truck
maybe off-road it has no traction (never tried),but the tyres are meant more for on-road - seem to stick ok
Posted on: 3/4/2007 8:40 AM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: FG stadium truck
not sure what u mean the stadium truck wheels cant put the power down?? i have no problems with them fg stadium truck wheels,there the same wheels used on the mcd stadium truck and never heard problems there either
Posted on: 3/4/2007 8:19 AM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: MCD Company
whats fg got to do with it??? btw i dont own a fg,the only fg parts on my car is brakes,radio tray,cv drives - mcd are poor at supplying parts for there previous models,and they all come previous sooner or later - simple test put a few links up were you can get spares for there older blue lines or black lines that aint that old,,,,,no ones knocking them but for $4000+ inc engine i want a couple
Posted on: 3/4/2007 6:22 AM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: MCD Company
this is the only place i can find spares for there previous models - search any were there impossible to find,note the limited availabilty - thats what put me off buying a mcd mt last year,there previous models aint old and i have read posts before when they just stop parts supply dead and move onto there next thing http://www.rossendalemodels.co.uk/index.php?mod=category&id_ctg=110
Posted on: 3/4/2007 5:42 AM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: in need of advice and help again
http://www.rossendalemodels.co.uk/index.php?mod=product&id_prd=4679
Posted on: 3/3/2007 4:36 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: speed test update with race 28.5 oneills 57.8 mph
[quote]ORIGINAL: Earth Surfer [quote]ORIGINAL: WikedBaja What motor is being used to achieve these speeds? [/quote] If the stock Baja goes 45mph at 16,000 RPM--than that motor will have to rev to about 21,000 RPM to hit 60mph. A G260 reed valve can get close to that----but a GP290 piston port--not much of a chance IMO. I don't know if the users engine is has a reed on it or not. [/quote] i thought a stock baja was 34mph and 37mph with wadding removed from can (according to rc magazine) + oneills posted a speed gun vid on here with a jetpro - positive it got around 40mph,60mph seems very high on a motor thats more torque than speed,,not bagging nothing but thats more like touring car speeds
Posted on: 3/2/2007 5:21 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: MCD BAJA 1000 4X4 PRO TRUCK IS ALMOST HERE!
i think there the same,except the mcd baja has a rear wing - nice looking shell tho,good conversion for those with a race runner
Posted on: 3/2/2007 9:39 AM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: MCD BAJA 1000 4X4 PRO TRUCK IS ALMOST HERE!
yeh there very nice,but aint they just race runners with a asgard body shell??
Posted on: 3/2/2007 5:57 AM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: MCD BAJA 1000 4X4 PRO TRUCK IS ALMOST HERE!
[quote]ORIGINAL: badz [quote]ORIGINAL: caad5 He is stating that FG is a weak truck and needs $4000 of alloy spent on it to make it strong. That is not true. That is the comment I was referring to that is bad mouthing the FG. [/quote] No he said this "people buy a fg and put all this alloy on it to make it stronger .and end up with a 4000 doller truck at least with the mcd you dont need all that alloy . to make it stronger " It doesn't say FG is weak he said people put all the alloy on it to make it stronger. Which actually he is right....read the thread for the guy who just bought a FG MT and read all the FG owners suggestions to him about upgrades, if it was strong why did they suggest so many upgrades? [/quote] then in your past words why did you buy 2 fg mts??,,,if one was crap why buy a second.....and people buy alloy simply because they can
Posted on: 3/2/2007 4:06 AM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: photos, lets see some of yours
nice,some pics without the shell would be good
Posted on: 3/1/2007 3:51 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Hydro brake info
you can mount 1 set of front or back hydros off the throttle/brake servo,if you want to mount 2 sets of hydros you will need add another servo,theres pic in my gallery
Posted on: 2/28/2007 10:00 AM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Motor comparison
there used to be a mag in the uk - sure someone in this forum used to have a part in makeing it but not sure what happened to it,theres dvds on rc-car-online mostly touring cars and f1, but they race everything on & offroad - hpi,harm,fg,lauterbacher ect.large scale is prob biggest in germany & im told some races are televised over there,about time a decent large scale mag was made
Posted on: 2/27/2007 7:10 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: New Balloon Springs for large scale buggies
[quote]ORIGINAL: aluminum crusher I'll try them but who has them in the states? [/quote] rcnutts has an account with kingcobra
Posted on: 2/27/2007 6:57 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Motor comparison
oddified him self has been world & european no1 for both on and off road racing numerous times,and other top finishers use his engines,,,as for the price,people are paying that so good luck to the guy,,,,and any engine porter who says the wouldnt like that sort of rep to command those type of prices would be b/s,,,pase,seufert and others cost around the same....as for mowzer he will be the first to tell you that oddified are proven in rc (and mowzer motors aint that much cheaper),people that spend that kind of cash on a motor prob also spend $6000 on tyres a season alone,and those engines dont come with any gimmicks like reeds,2mm strokers,large bores,billet cases ect - thats why i said $299 for a ported oneills motor seems vg value for money - or $399 with reeds seems even better,btw im currently useing a zen bought from oneills with a ddm ported top-end edit:badz check prices on rc-car-online
Posted on: 2/27/2007 6:45 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Motor comparison
[quote]ORIGINAL: hathi All Im saying is that I need to know who has a proven track record in building rc motors [/quote] none of the motors mentioned in this thread have a proven "rc" track record - you need to be looking at oddified,pase,stuffgart and a few others - there all pricey and not worth paying £550 ($1100+) for a oddified engine just for bashing,imo $299 for a oneills ported motor in this thread looks very good value for money.... edit: and those haveing baggin oneills tech guy - aint he only a 19yr old kid?,,,,very low
Posted on: 2/27/2007 5:46 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: engine tuning
turn the "L" needle clockwise till the revs pick up once it does back it off slightly till the revs drop down,open the "H" needle 1/8 turn at a time (anti clockwise) if it bogs at wot
Posted on: 2/27/2007 8:31 AM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Wheels and tires?
most if not all use the same drive squares,afaik the only 1's that dont are the hpi baja
Posted on: 2/26/2007 4:53 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Problem with tuned cable brakes!
the plastic uprights i have had mount at the front as does the alloy ones i have now,there is def two version of cables maybe you have the buggy type?? - dif part no's - and the only front hubs i have known to mount at the back is the on-road ones http://www.rossendalemodels.co.uk/index.php?mod=product&id_prd=1068 http://www.rossendalemodels.co.uk/index.php?mod=product&id_prd=1066
Posted on: 2/25/2007 5:55 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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RE: Problem with tuned cable brakes!
im positive theres two versions of the tuning brakes,one for the buggys the other for monster models - not sure the difference,as for alloy hubs - the callipers mount on the front also
Posted on: 2/25/2007 5:38 PM by Author "radio_controlled_mad" in the forum "RC Giant Scale Cars"
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