I bought something!

[Crawlin]

Since I've taken up WAAAY too much of the other threads, figure might as well make my own so others can hijack mine, haha.

Anyways, traded my 1251 servo in for a 1256 savox. Get the higher torque, although its slower. One of those things that maybe it evens out with the larger tires of a shortcourse trck.

So anyways, spent all day deciding what to do, DESC410v2 or the Losi SCTE. Probably heading towards the SCTE as local parts support is there, it accepts the regular stick style lipos where the Durango can only do the saddle packs which limits my options and cost more.

The cost of being "different" just wasn't worth it to me, especially with the truck being $100 more even after the tower discount on the durango.

I did buy the body tonight from Tony at Hobbytown

http://prolineracing.com/images/products/secondary/3364-00-1.jpg
http://prolineracing.com/images/products/3364-00.jpg

I'm not a Toyota guy in real life, but just fell in love with body

My radio did come in today as well. Just need that one final decision on the truck and then decide on the esc/motor combo and get to some practice/racing next week.

[lilws6]

I got my radio too :) just to hijack yours real quick. I was thinking the toyota body since the monster team ran the tundra last year but not sure what they run this year? nissan i think

[Reverend Cooper]

nice

[Crawlin]

Haha. Hopefully you caught it before your girl did!

Coop - I'm painting it just like the picture but in the Mustang blue your car is... just to honor the great Coop!

As for the body, I was also looking at the regular flo-tek body as well since I like the color scheme

http://prolineracing.com/images/products/secondary/3355-00-1.jpg

[lilws6]

The flow tec bodys are bad ass. I love my silverado one looks so cool lol

[LEWETHETIGER73]

I recomend viper for a esc and motor! I love the ease of use, cooler running set up, and the warranty is fantastic! Good luck with the research!

[Crawlin]

did you do the copperhead R sensorless or did you do the VTX10 or something along that product line sensored? Was looking at the MMP Race SCT setup with the 3800kv 1410 motor. For a 4x4 has that worked out? I don't think I could control an RX8/Pro4 combo, haha at this point.

Also, what is the "in" cheap batteries that are available local US? I just have seen too many horror stories with the turnigy shipping, but maybe thats if it was coming out of HK. There are a couple batteries available that fit my needs that are in the US warehouse, but for some reason I can't pull the trigger without worrying.

I also saw ProMatch (i did order two of those since it seemed to be middle of the road according to the bigsquidrc reviews). I know those Gen Ace's everyone raves about, but coming out of HK I believe as well, just has me worried on wait times and proper shipping choice.

Thanks again!

[LEWETHETIGER73]

I us venom batteries because they have a lifetime warranty or I would recomend thunder power.

And esc I use the vtx in my buggy and now my 2wd sc. I was plannng on useing the vtx10r with a 4.5 550 viper sensored motor but Now I may get the copperhead system. It isn't sensored but from what I have seen and heard from guys at the track is you don't have any glitching issues. And it is half the price. about $150.

[Mudd Runner]

I use venom and duratrax have not had problems with them.

[lilws6]

i got two zippy batteries from hobby king make sureyou get them out of the USA warehouse tho the first set i ordered incorrectly from hong kong took a month to get

[Crawlin]

Thats the problem with the "name" batteries. I don't mind having 2-3 of those for the RACE, but for practice it sucks needing such a high mah and C rating to support the draw from these big motors and heavy 4x4's and having to run a $120 battery

One thing I do see people doing is a Mamba Max Pro w/ the SC411 tenshock motor. That would be right around $200. The RX8/Tenshock motor combo would be 265-270ish

[Crawlin]

SCTE w/ TLR Tuning Kit it is... Support your LHS! haha. Its sitting in the trunk right now waiting for work to end. Its hard trying to split up purchases between Trackside and HobbyTown with as much as Tony has helped all of us at HT


Not gonna go wild with it cause the 22SCT is coming out in a couple weeks and I knew I was gonna end up with some sort of 2WD stock class vehicle, be it a buggy or a SCT.

Trying to find design ideas for paint and go from there. Should be a good weekend with the wifey gone at work, I can spend the whole time playing with this thing.

PS - who was it that did the body painting? was it you LEWETHETIGER73 ?

[Mudd Runner]

Nice Chris I really need to get something 4wd.

[Crawlin]

I never drove one. I think I might have played with Tony's for a lap or two way back, but other than that nothing more than my Havok SC Pro 7.5T in the XXX-SCT on the barcodes. That was alot of fun, haha.

[LEWETHETIGER73]

My mother in law does all my bodies. She races friday nights. Stop by and take a look.

[Crawlin]

And this is how you clean a body... while enjoying a nice cold brew!! haha. This is the stock body that came with it. Good practice body to line up a design if I don't have it done elsewhere on the Toyota body

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/20120809_1633282.jpg

[Crawlin]

My mother in law does all my bodies. She races friday nights. Stop by and take a look.


I will have to do that! Luckily that's tomorrow, haha. You gonna be there?

[LEWETHETIGER73]

most definetly. We'll see if my truck is ready though!

[lilws6]

Granted i'm running a stocker But i bought 2 zippy 5400 Mah 50c batteries for $60 shipped. I duno if thats enough for your big 4x4 but they last me long enough to get bored on a baseball diamond

[Crawlin]

I bought two of the promatch 6000mah 60c and I bought two of the Turnigy Nano-Tech 6600 mah 65c-135c batteries. They are supposedly out of the USA warehouse so we'll see what happens. I already have a tracking number through USPS for them so hope its all good. Those were dirt cheap to try as well.

I'll buy two decent packs for racing later once I get the setup right. Got $30 in coupons from Hobby Town after picking up the big stuff, so will probably pick up an RX8 ESC with the discount

[LEWETHETIGER73]

Just be sure to buy roar certified packs or at the very lease a hard case.

[lilws6]

I have two 5000 Mah soft cased lipo's if any one want to buy them :) the ones i ordered incorrectly. They'll take them back but its only instore credit and i don't need any more packs yet. :goof to jack your thread again

[Crawlin]

Yep, all the batteries I have ordered are hardcase packs. Get the ROAR stuff for racing packs

[Crawlin]

Was cool seeing everyone last night even if it was for just a bit.

I can say I'm happy with both the purchasing experiences through promatch and through hobby king. I haven't USED the batteries, just saying that my buying experience went well with both tracking information and both parts arrived today, earlier than inspected. One from Washington and one from Arizona. USPS worked out well.

Both state "ROAR APPROVED" on them so I guess thats a good thing too(sorry, only the Pro Match ones do)

[lilws6]

Don't know if i talked to ya last night lol. I was too busy being pumped since i went from second to last to runnin the best 3 races ive ever had :) all because of a radio change lol

[Crawlin]

Larry pointed your station out behind him. I was the guy that was talking to him that I think you had to slip by cause I was in the way of the aisle, haha.

That's awesome to hear though. Definitely got me pumped to get out racing. Just in time for downtime and a track change! haha. I really like how the track looks though now so hopefully they'll keep it something like that.

My toy... All TLR'd and now to pick a motor.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/20120811_180831.jpg

Definitely want to try the Viper setup for a 2WD truck

[lilws6]

went for some practice today no one was there :) dropped 2teeth on the pinion And the truck really woke up. Thought it was fast before it should be good for next friday :)

[Crawlin]

nice!!!

there was a BIG outdoor event today, so nice choice picking today to practice, haha.

I got my first body painted. The "stock" body. A number of errors. Overspray getting into areas that I didn't mask well enough, not letting paint dry long enough before taping off another area. I did a mix of the liquid mask as well as taping off. I ended up giving up early on the liquid mask. I read that it needs 3 coats. Watched videos. Apparently I didn't do a thick enough coat, or I needed more coats for this specific brand like some others had recommended. Luckily I haven't started on the second body and can layer up some more on the liquid mask. Have 5 coats on it right now. I should have reversed the colors as its a very dark body, but atleast I know for the future. So I have a good bash/practice body. Hated the stock body anyways

[Crawlin]

Alright, so here are some shots... You can see the errors and smudges

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/20120811_235342.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/20120811_235349.jpg

The roll bar area was kinda cool, still lots of smudges and uneven cuts

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/20120811_235359.jpg

And the finished product. Just noticed that I painted the same sides of the number plates, so one side is green and the other side is the charcoal metallic backing, haha.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/20120812_002642.jpg

Looks ok. Like I said, learning experience since this was the first time I ever painted a body. All spray cans. Got it all over my hands, haha. Wear some gloves people!

[LEWETHETIGER73]

That is a really slick design! I love it! But you gotta practice somehow. What did you decide on the 4x4?

[Crawlin]

I bought the RX8 and bought a Tenshock SC411 4600 since it has some decent reviews. I'm thinking of buying the Copperhead setup just to test the difference. Just waiting on the motor right now. So the losi is all ready to go minus motor at this point.

The colors are the Black Metallic, then a thin charcoal metallic stripe, then the white, then lime ice, then silver, then the charcoal metallic at the back. So the black is only up front. The pictures make it look better than it actually is, but I'm happy for first try.

[lilws6]

Looks really good for messin it up :) now go practice

[UnderPSI]

Do you guys run indoor or outdoor? If you want you can set up a track at my storage place in Waukesha. It's all reground asphalt that has been rolled and rolled traffic bond. Just give me a call and I can get you all set up. Could have a BCM race event. I have plenty of track building materials.

[Crawlin]

Brad we are running indoor stuff.

I'm sure it wuold be cool to get out there, just hard to get everyone out there to help build it haha

[Mudd Runner]

It would be cool but like Chris said getting everyone together to build it would be an issue. If we can get it set up id be down to help get it built.

[lilws6]

i live less than 5 min. away from the storage place but would probably have a tough time getting there with my work schedule

[Crawlin]

burned myself pretty bad as I made it difficult on myself to solder the wires together, but tekin's setup is really nice to solder to the posts.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/20120813_182750.jpg

And it all finished up, just need to get a couple pinions to play with temps, but should be good to go.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/20120813_183128.jpg

[Crawlin]

quick question for you guys...

does your servo "buzz" ? soon as I flip on the power switch it buzzes. it still moves fine and everything. can't tell if its the glitching issue or if its something else

[Mudd Runner]

My 10 year old hitec in the b4 does every once in awhile but doesn't seem to cause any problems.

[lilws6]

mine makes noise every time i turn it on. usually i can bump the steering and it will go away. doesn't seem to effect my truck at all

[Crawlin]

talked to Ken at Trackside and he said it was normal. Just because its a digital servo. All brands would do it he said if he were to swap it with a different one.

Anyone going up tonight? I just need to find some pinion gears for this thing and I should be good

[Mudd Runner]

I might head there tomorrow or Thursday after work I really should get new tires before I go though stockers suck.

[Crawlin]

First heat of qualifying - Scared and excited at the same time. Never did it before in a real race situation and had no idea on truck setup. Just pretty much stock. Finished last in the heat of 6 trucks total in the 4x4 class. Had gained a couple spots but crashed a couple times. I started last so I didn't feel bad.

Second heat of qualifying - had a ton of fun in the first round so felt more comfortable. I started last again, but finished 4th

A-Main - Only 6 trucks so "making the A-main" wasn't a big deal. Started last. Finished second! Felt really good about my first time out there. I wasn't the fastest, but I made some quick laps but need to not crash.

Was a blast, saw LEWE/Larry there working on his project. Will definitely be headed back next Tuesday and any friday races. ALOT of people came up to ask if I needed anything. All had positive things to say to help me. They knew it was my first try so they all tried to help. Was a very fun atmosphere there.

Felt really good considering I had stock tires/shock oil/diff grease/etc... Basically all stock suspension except some chassis stiffening.

The Short Course Stock Class had a good number of people. Very fast racers in that one. Had 3 mains and the last one was a very good race

[lilws6]

god i sucked it today :( Your truck looked good a little pushy in the corners tho it seems just from me watching but your def. fast enough to be competitive. Good job tonight.

[Crawlin]

damn didn't even know you were there. I shoulda looked for your truck better. 2WD stock class was looking awesome!

One of the guys with the same truck was saying that the thick diff grease is what is causing the pushing in the corners. The last run I switched to a really light front sway bar hoping it would roll over more in the turns. Guess I just need to get some things switched up and try again, haha

[lilws6]

i came over to ya and patted you on the back when you were stuffing a transponder in your truck :goof

[Crawlin]

oh dude, i was so worried about shit, i'm sorry, hahaha. i was literally like "i think i'm doing this right, did I forget something, is the battery plugged in, is it charged, where's my body clips" hahaha.

I will have to pay attention better next time!

[lilws6]

I did that one race didn't have my battery pluged in i was all messed up lol

[Crawlin]

Is there a race friday or do they not do it since they have the saturday night thing?

[LEWETHETIGER73]

Racing EVERY FRIDAY!!!! Unless there is a holiday they always race. I'll be there

[Crawlin]

That was ALOT of fun, hahaha

Larry, here is some pics of a painted Toyota body... Like I said, just finished it right before heading out to Trackside.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/20120817_224800.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/20120817_224744.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/20120817_224749.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/20120817_224813.jpg

Needs some more stickers on the side, but its good enough for now.

[LEWETHETIGER73]

Nice! Be sure to use some kind of body protectant on the paint before you run it. And if you want those openings opened just see me on friday.

[Crawlin]

I was really hoping to be there for the track rebuild but I'm going to the Bristol NASCAR race next week.

I also noticed that there were two other Toyota bodies running around last night on the track in the sportsman class.

I really want to try out the stock SC course too. Just looks like alot of fun

[Crawlin]

booyah! addicted!

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/20120828_1236241.jpg

[Mudd Runner]

Awesome, next race is Friday night?

[LEWETHETIGER73]

Tuesday at 7 and friday at 7 Drag racing is wed at 6

[Blingmo]

Boom! I'm gone!

[LEWETHETIGER73]

^^loser^^

[-stew-]

^^loser^^

Y'all be Fucking with kid cougars African cousin, Archbishop Desmond Cougar.

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[LEWETHETIGER73]

That had nothing to do with r/c. I assumed it was a spammer.