Austin Rice

Hello all. I am wanting to get this little Mini Cooper just to play around with. Here is my question...will I be able to replace the electric motor that it comes with for a faster motor?

dubluv

probably, but you might end up looking for pager motors...

Austin Rice

What is a pager motor?

Kitsune

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The little motors that make phone pagers vibrate.

Austin Rice

Where would be the best/cheapest place to buy them?

bmwnla

why do you want that?

Austin Rice

I have $21 left on a VISA giftcard. IDK what to buy! But I do know that I want an RC car...and this Mini Cooper has a nice scale to it, and with S/H comes out to be about $15! If you see a cool, bigger RC car that costs <$21 including S/H, let me know, please! I want a car that can have a faster motor put into it. BTW...is this an RC car or a slot car?

Austin Rice

What RPM would you guys suggest the pager motor be? I found one that has a max of 6800 RPM. Is that good? I want this thing to fly, if it had wings...

Mamba Max

Ummm... Save a few more dollars, go over to target and get a RADLINE.

musclecar201

Yea you can get a radline on ebay for 20-30 bucks shipped. That thing really wouldn't go to fast as I think your expecting it too.

Austin Rice

How fast does the RADLINE go? Can I replace the stock motor for a faster one and a bigger, better battery pack?

musclecar201

Well stock radlines are pretty slow stock around 10 for the platinums eries and 5 for the elite and 15 for masters but ive seen somebody put the mini-lst motor on youtube with a 23 tooth pinion and the thing is amazing he clains 45 and i beleive it! You can also get 180 motors for it and 130.

www.radlinerc.com

As far as battery pack if you want to go extremem u can do what I did but it only takes AAA's I'll get pics of mine tomorrow cuz im way to busy now.

Austin Rice

I just realized that I have a 1:3 scale F1 car sitting in my room...LOL. It doesn't work anymore, for some strange reason. The wheels don't turn, but the motor sure does. I am thinking about putting a 10 turn double modified motor on it. Maybe the wheels too. I guess that is why I wanted this ity bitty thing...LOL.

nitrosport963

take a pic of the car?

Austin Rice

Keep in mind: that is a CD next to it...

Austin Rice

What would be the best battery pack to get for this car? The one that it came with was probably made of lead...lol. The one that this car came with was/is a 7.4 volt 7 cell battery pack. It does not work anymore, because I did not charge it every week/month like the directions said to. Besides...it barely even fit in the battery holder! I had to break the wrapping off of it and tried to sauder the leads back together, but ended up using electrical tape instead. It worked, but now that the battery no-longer charges, I think that I might need a new one . So which battery would last the longest powering a Trinity Speed Gems motor?

musclecar201

Try a new steering servo in that and if still interested...









For some reason I dont' have pics of one with a pack and my camera doesn't want to cooperate.

BTW that thing is HUGE!

nitrosport963

wat do u meen the steering doesn't work?

Austin Rice

Are you talking to me? I said that the battery does not work, but when it did, the wheels didn't spin. Here are some pics of the F1's battery pack (NO, IT IS NOT A BOMB):