grizz5
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Joined: 5/4/2008
From: Waitakere City, NEW ZEALAND
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That's true  We are in the same position here, just once a month - unless you want to drive for hours (literally) to another track and back, which with the price of petrol here at the moment is not a viable option any more.
Gives us something to look forward to once a month  I don't really have a suitable area for running the buggy nearby where I live, so I just muck around with my on roader in the street and car parks between off road meetings. I don't want the expense of racing proper on road full time, as it can be pretty costly. I would rather just thrash the foams off my car somewhere, then meet up with the boys for the car park racing every second Wednesday evening - we have a ball. No pressure, no drama, very social. You just race what you bring.
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RE: "OFFICIAL"Redcat Racing 1/... - 
. It is just starting to loosen up and it's too fast for me already. After another 2 or 3 litres it will be a rocket ship. The G4 chassis handles like a dream, so you can get all the power to the ground. It just hunkers down, stays perfectly flat, power drifts on all four wheels and goes. You would love the sound Jas. It has the tell tale crisp and throaty Ninja scream 
I will try and get some 
, but they are not bad.
I like to race when I can, but not at the expense of wrecking my buggy. I gave the front end off my old truggy to a fellow club member to use because his front diff crapped out and he had no spares. When I got it back every single bearing was seized or partially seized with mud or rust. Wheel bearings, diff outdrive bearings, steering post bearings, the lot !! He will be getting a little bill from me soon !! I was a little miffed actually. If I had borrowed someone elses car, I would naturally expect that it would be returned to them in the same condition that I got it. I certainly wouldn't hand it back in that state. Ahh well 
. Maybe a couple of very thin washers, but be careful everything is still engaging nice and tight. Also with some rear start units like that they rely on the pull start / rotostart mechanisim to hold the crank in place without any slop. If you have any gaps this might allow a bit of crankshaft lateral movement, which may not be a cool idea. 