Anyone have RC Monster Trucks/Cars?not dial up friendly

[Geoff EL 4.0]

Hey Everyone,
Is Anyone else into this hobby of Nitro RC Monster Trucks or Cars? I used to take mine to a proper track made for it until they banned Big Block Engines(haha .28ci is big block) because we tore up the track(true but still) Now i just take it to an open grass area or do full throttle runs up and down my street ...cars are fun to dodge and chase down the road :evil3:
The Giga Crusher(has scoop) can sit behind cars at 60km/h and have alot more to go...90km/h.
The Mammoth(thats its name i dont just call it that) one doesnt have the top speed like that one maybe 60-70km/h

The Giga has a .28ci engine in it 3sp automatic, 3sp in reverse as well, Neutral makes it very easy to start and warm up the motor.and its pretty much bulletproof. I have taken the rear silencer off as it sounds better and runs better.

The Mammoth one has a .25 engine, 2sp auto, just forward no reverse or neutral, brakes when u look at it...
they run on 15% Nitro 70% Metho and 15% oil.
Very fun
I also have a little road car that i use as a burnout car because the motor is stuffed,and no the motor isnt stuffed because i use it as a burnout car i used it a rc car race track it was because it was my first car and i didnt take the time to run it in properly...ive been trying to blow it up, doesnt wana, ive stredded tyres down to rims : .

Road Car = Pirtek V8 supercar body
Mammoth = Ford BA Blue XR8 Ute Body
Giga = Effy Body
road car had the worst run in procedure ever(30 pulls to start)
mammoth had a reasonable run in procedure(5-10 pulls)
Giga has the best run in procedure ever possible(1 start if primed properly 2 if not)
road car was my first, mammoth my second and giga my third.

[Geoff EL 4.0]

[Uncle Raggy]

I have a 1/5 scale Lowndes HRT Commodore, 1/8 scale Colin McCrae WRX rally car, had a home built 1/4 scale sprint car but I'm currently building a 1/3 scale speedcar which will use many of the sprint car parts.

[HLC]

ive got a nitro car the exact same as your road car w/ ambrose shell. except mine is in ute from with all the pirtek gear on it lol.

something is amiss with it though. its gone predominantly rear wheel drive. i pulled the front diff apart. a ok. the only other thing ive noticed is that the long drive belt is a bit stretched. so i thinking maybe its just slipping on the drive gears?

[Uncle Raggy]

Originally Posted by uncleraggy

I have a 1/5 scale Lowndes HRT Commodore, 1/8 scale Colin McCrae WRX rally car, had a home built 1/4 scale sprint car but I'm currently building a 1/3 scale speedcar which will use many of the sprint car parts.

Oh, and I have a 1/10th Lowndes 888 electric car too. Forgot that one.....

[Geoff EL 4.0]

Originally Posted by HLC

ive got a nitro car the exact same as your road car w/ ambrose shell. except mine is in ute from with all the pirtek gear on it lol.

something is amiss with it though. its gone predominantly rear wheel drive. i pulled the front diff apart. a ok. the only other thing ive noticed is that the long drive belt is a bit stretched. so i thinking maybe its just slipping on the drive gears?

My car did that as well, it was because a belt had come off completly, i was lucky enough to have found it in the spot i was doing donuts on the dirt :evil3: . Check the belt that goes through the middle of car and see if its still there.They are all loose that just how they are, you can buy tensioners for them but i never bothered.If their both on the car then i suggest that u check the connections that come off the diff and line up and tighten the allen key screws, they are the problem 80% of the time.Simple things.Im not sure if you will be able to understand that as i cant really myself so here a pic, theres an allen key on the metal connection that grabs onto the axel, give that a try.


Mines Loose as well and always has been



Just like to add that i have good knowledge of nitro cars/trucks and if anybody needs help with them just post up in here and i will try to help, off topic but doesnt matter.

My cousin has exactly the same one but with different wheels

[Geoff EL 4.0]

Originally Posted by uncleraggy

I have a 1/5 scale Lowndes HRT Commodore, 1/8 scale Colin McCrae WRX rally car, had a home built 1/4 scale sprint car but I'm currently building a 1/3 scale speedcar which will use many of the sprint car parts.

Any chance of pictures? I Love the big scale cars. They have 23cc engines in them yer?

[Uncle Raggy]

Originally Posted by Geoff EL 4.0

Any chance of pictures? I Love the big scale cars. They have 23cc engines in them yer?

I'm pretty sure the Lowndes car is 23cc, the sprintcar was 26cc. I've got plenty of printed images but not many digital ones. I'll dig out my album and scan a few and post them up on here. The 1/3 scale is a 50cc watercooled monster :evil3: and I'll post photo's once it's finished. I had a project thread going on it but I copped a load of abuse because it was deemed as insensitive because it's being built as a tribute to a late driver.....So I asked for it to be removed :

[adrianb]

I've got a Losi LST monster truck with a LRP Spec 3 .28 in it and pretty much every hopup there is except for carbon fibre chassis :P

[Fev]

wooooo digimon!!!

ive been looking on ebay at all these mad RC nitro cars and i can only drool... i have a tamiya t304 belt driven 4wd Lancer Evo 6 rally car, goes pretty hard, i have the racing motor in it but i ground off the suspension mounts so i havnt driven it in years

[Campo81]

I am interested in getting into these......

Geoff EL 4.0 - Can you put something next to the Giga just as an indication of size?

Originally Posted by uncleraggy

I have a 1/5 scale Lowndes HRT Commodore, 1/8 scale Colin McCrae WRX rally car, had a home built 1/4 scale sprint car but I'm currently building a 1/3 scale speedcar which will use many of the sprint car parts.

Got any pics of the sprinter and speedcar mate?

[Geoff EL 4.0]

Originally Posted by Campo81

I am interested in getting into these......

Geoff EL 4.0 - Can you put something next to the Giga just as an indication of size?

Yer no worries ill do it now give me say 10mins and ill have it up

[Campo81]

Originally Posted by Geoff EL 4.0

Yer no worries ill do it now give me say 10mins and ill have it up

Sweet thanks

[Powdered Toast Man]

Geoff, where did you get your monster truck? I want to get one but it has to actually look like the real thing, not one of the low wide racing style like adrianb has (no offence).

I used to have an RC Moster truck magazine and I still remember one of them was nitro engined, with either dual or quad oil filled suspension and proper 4 wheel steering. Now thats the sort of RC truck I'm looking for.

[Geoff EL 4.0]

Here Campo81, Thats my XL Moti Helmet(yer my heads hugeee) My 30gb Ipod Video and my size 12 Havana thong. I took those Pics just then on my Mobile by the way

[Geoff EL 4.0]

Originally Posted by Powdered Toast Man

Geoff, where did you get your monster truck? I want to get one but it has to actually look like the real thing, not one of the low wide racing style like adrianb has (no offence).

I used to have an RC Moster truck magazine and I still remember one of them was nitro engined, with either dual or quad oil filled suspension and proper 4 wheel steering. Now thats the sort of RC truck I'm looking for.

I got it from Airport West Model Trains www.apwmodels.com.au , they do cars and planes and boats as well. Most have the 8 shocks all round(2 each wheel) and are oil filled, ive never seen or heard of a 4 wheel steer though. You dont need it as i can turn full lock and spin out(if i want it to). I dont recommened you buy a savage as they have the worst steering ever! I am going to go and get some batterys for my car in the next 10mins and i will film it running up and down my street.

Just in case no one has noticed, the scoop is connected to the carby and isnt one of those fake ones for looks, i dont know if makes for more performance but i think it does as the faster u go the more air gets pushed through but im not sure

[Campo81]

GEe that thing's huge

[Geoff EL 4.0]

Originally Posted by Campo81

GEe that thing's huge

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and heavy...

[adrianb]

Originally Posted by Powdered Toast Man

Geoff, where did you get your monster truck? I want to get one but it has to actually look like the real thing, not one of the low wide racing style like adrianb has (no offence).

Probably the most popular monster trucks are the HPI Savage, the Losi LST (which I have) and the Traxxas Revo. Both the Savage and LST look like monster trucks out of the box (but as I said mine's got a lot of stuff done to it for racing hence doesnt look much like a truck any more :P).

The 4-wheel steering models are usually used for 'crawling' where you try do like trials stuff and climb big rocks. Most of the crawlers are electric. The Losi LST has a spot for a steering servo for rear-wheel steering but takes a little work to set up.

[adrianb]

Here's an action shot of mine doing backflips one day (without a body on it)

[Geoff EL 4.0]

Im currently uploading 3 videos that i took today. 1 when its not tuned, 1 during tune and one where i mess around with the gearbox...i go through forward reverse and neutral. Im guessing around 10mins hopefully

[Geoff EL 4.0]

Originally Posted by adrianb

Here's an action shot of mine doing backflips one day (without a body on it)

Nice air, when i was at the track before my big block got kicked off there werent any big jumps for me to try and backflip...im on the lookout for them :evil3: i still havnt managed to break it, and i roll flip crash this thing most times because i get cocky :

[XCSEDAN]

errr your running 15% oil??? bit low isnt it mate???
should be running more like 18-20%

i love my nitro truck, give it an absolute caining, bits are getting hard to find, but still for $50 who cares :


but planes are more fun hehehehehe
heli' too, but they are too hard and WAY too expensive

[SlikedTurb]

i've got a 1/8th Scale HPI Savage X 4.6. it's got 3 Hp and does 75Kmh.
i LOVE it.

[Campo81]

Originally Posted by adrianb

Here's an action shot of mine doing backflips one day (without a body on it)

Is that at a bmx track?

[Campo81]

Originally Posted by XCSEDAN

errr your running 15% oil??? bit low isnt it mate???
should be running more like 18-20%

i love my nitro truck, give it an absolute caining, bits are getting hard to find, but still for $50 who cares :


but planes are more fun hehehehehe
heli' too, but they are too hard and WAY too expensive

Where'd you get it from?

[XCSEDAN]

Originally Posted by Campo81

Where'd you get it from?

mate used to work for model engines, got it years ago.
basically we bought it in the box, it had a bent axle and no body (both of which were chucked in free anyways, so go figure) everything was brand new.

[Geoff EL 4.0]

Driving with one hand Filming with the other....Before tune

Pop Driving...After/during Tune

Gearbox Fun

[Geoff EL 4.0]

Originally Posted by XCSEDAN

errr your running 15% oil??? bit low isnt it mate???
should be running more like 18-20%

I thought it was 15% but i just checked the bottle and its says: 15% Nitro(im going to 20% next bottle ) 67% Metho 10% Castor Oil 8% Synthetic Oil

[Booka]

I don’t have a hobby of such with nitro cars, but at school my systems engineering teacher got me into hydrogen cars, I fiddle with those every now and then, still waiting for my hydrogen cell and engine to come from the ACT., so I can start Building a 4wd out of it.