alvinl
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Has anyone else tried out the hex adapters? Today was the first day I have had a chance to drive my MT2 since I got the adapters and all I have to say is WOW! OH MY GOD what a difference that better, lighter tires makes in the handling of this truck!
I got home early from work today and since there was a little sunlight left, I thought I would run a couple tanks through my MT2 and see how it handles with the new tires. So, I fueled it up and went out to the back yard. I let it warm up, richened it up 1/4 a turn and got the temp running in the low 220 range. Plenty of smoke and a little spit out the exhaust. I plopped it on the ground and away I went. At first, I was just amazed at how much more responsive the steering was. A few slow trips around the yard adjusting the steering and trim then a few high speed passes. I have a couple small dips in my yard where I get wheelies, but never like this. The first wheelie flips the truck over backward and rips the read body mound off. Not just the post, the entire mount. Guess I should have put the top on. At this point, I am ecstatic. Who gives a s**t about the body mount, my MT2 just pulled a wheelie till it flipped over backward. It has NEVER went that far. I normally get an inch or two of air under the front wheels, but NEVER have I had to go turn it back over and pull the mud out from around the motor, fuel tank and rollbar. I quickly found the body mount, put it on the porch to not lose it, and away I went again. Next wheelie I let off just in time to save it, only getting the rear shock tower muddy. Next wheelie, it flipped over but it righted itself. This I am used to with my Savage, but never with the MT2. However, the stock motor still does not have enough torque to pull a wheelie from a stop, but all it took was a small lift on the front end and it was wheelie time.
This went on for 3 tanks of fuel before I snapped the antennae tube off at the receiver box and my fun was over for the evening. I idled the last of the tank out and went inside. But the hex adapters worked brilliantly. I love the dirt bonz tires. They grip so much better than the stock MT2 tires. I know they are lighter than the stock tires, even though they are larger, but I never expected it to make that much of a difference. I even got a couple stoppies. I would recommend anyone still running the stock MT2 tires try a new tire with these hex adapters. It really makes a difference.
Only problem I had was the adapters, combined with the plastic adapters on the Romulin wheels and the washer on the outside, takes up so much of the axle the wheel nut will not go all the way onto the axle. The wheel nuts worked loose and I had to tighten them every time I filled up the tanks. So, I am going to loctite them and be done with it.
Anyone else try out their hex adapters?
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