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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Lighting VX Thread - 3/28/2009 9:34 PM   
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Lighting VX Thread - 3/29/2009 3:25 AM   
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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Lighting VX Thread - 4/9/2009 8:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		I just got a lightning from a this guy a few days ago as well. The spur was semi stripped so i tore the whole car down and cleaned it real good. after getting it put together i tried to start it for the first time. btw this is my very first experience with a nitro car. After nearly choking to death on the fumes in the garage I finally got it started in the back yard, yay! I fooled around with the needles for a bit (as if i knew what i was doing, jeje) and decided to put it to the cement. I ran pretty well in the backyard till i hit grass by accident. i forgot to tape up the whole under the car to protect the tranny so finished tearing up the first gear for good. Just waiting for my replacement in the mail. I think i'm gonna turn it into a nastruck looking thing i like trucks.

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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Lighting VX Thread - 4/9/2009 9:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		Make sure you mesh your spue gear right, thats the only reason it will strip, other than landing a jump on the throttle.

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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Lighting VX Thread - 4/9/2009 9:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		yeah man, thanks. i researched the cause of it for a good while. i read a bunch of post just ragging on the quality of the product that you get what you pay for and so on but then the helpful ones started to pop out and all it came down to was basic maintenance on the car, at least that's what i deduced. Thanks again, bud.

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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Lighting VX Thread - 4/9/2009 9:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Dude these are great cars, ive had a ton of them and i love em. I probably would never get a "name brand" rc, doesnt seem logical to me.

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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Lighting VX Thread - 4/9/2009 9:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		any mods to your lightning? I'm assuming you have one.

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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Lighting VX Thread - 4/9/2009 10:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		No i actually had one for a bit, but i sold it. The on roads are fast and he//, but they have almost no suspension so you cant go off road without some rally tires or something, and even then its only pretty smooth stuff. It was fun, but i was always wanting to go off road too haha. I have the truck version of it though, i got the redcat tuned pipe and header on it, and a aftermarket air filter. Then i got some wheels and a direct drive tranny. I would reccomend a pipe and header, and an air filter just to start.

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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Lighting VX Thread - 4/11/2009 7:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		Cool, i finally got my gears in and installed. I'm ready to let her rip again. I got a dynamite pipe on it. didn't know there was a header available and i hope my chevy nastruck body will come in soon. Yeah i was thinking about getting an airfilter too, just wanted to get my body first to make sure it fit. Thanks again

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RE: "OFFICIAL" Redcat Lighting VX Thread - 4/24/2009 7:24 PM   
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RE: - 5/21/2009 12:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		i am new to the whole nitro car thing i know wabout real cars so its kinda crazy that i am tripping over a rc but i loved driving my friends so i went out and got a lightning.. i was wondering since my car was readt-to0use should i still try to mess wit the clutch bell and spur gear. and exactly how much play to give the gear mesh. and how important is it to loctite the grub screw cuz i couldnt get it out to save my life. thanks for any help 

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RE: - 5/21/2009 12:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		where u get the body from.. im kinda new to the nitro cars to so i might need a lil help on everything 

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RE: - 5/21/2009 10:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ya go over the car and make sure all the metal to metal screws are lock-tited, and just make sure there is a tiny amount of play. You want just a little so they dont rub, but not too loose. You get better as you do it.

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RE: - 5/21/2009 11:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		thanks ill be sure to do that tomorrow. so they should touch but not scrubor anything like that.. and use the blue loctite even on the tranny and all the other screws

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RE: - 5/21/2009 8:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ya, any screw touching metal use lock-tite. Well thats what i do, i just eyeball it till i ithink its good. But at first i would take a piece of paper and put it between the gears, then push them together (not too hard), and then tighten. That was usually good but it wasnt fool proof. I used that till i learned to eyeball it.

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RE: - 5/21/2009 10:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		thanks yall make it seem sooo simple but i guess it is if u just do it.  do u have pics of your car. i want a nice body for my like a camaro or old challenger or cuda some old american muscle no ford i hate ford.. but ill try what u said.. thanks

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RE: - 5/22/2009 3:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well i actually dont have a lightning, but i got the truck version. I have a 72 chevy pickup body for it that i still need to paint. But i dont wanna mess it up since i gotta make it 2 tone, to look like my truck. Ya im a big chevy guy, but i do love other old muscle cars. I just went to this guys house today to get my air conditioner fixed and he has a older mustang with a 426 chevy motor in it, runnin 8.6. He put a chevy logo over the ford logo haha. That thing was sweet, even though its a ford.

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RE: RE: - 5/31/2009 5:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am thinking about getting the lightning  but I also am thinking about getting the ofna CD3 because they are both in the same price range. Which do you guy s think is better.


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RE: - 5/31/2009 8:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		Personally i love the redcats, ill always own them as long as im into rc's, which will be forever haha. They are cheap and parts are super super cheap. And they are really durable too. Not to mention quick as hell.

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RE: RE: - 5/31/2009 10:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		man man man.. where do i begin.. i blew my motor up in my lightning.. i was thinking bout using the warranty  to upgrade to the vx 18 but i want to get that vx 21 from ebay.. i wonder how much faster would it make my car and if i should upgrade anything else at the same time

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RE: - 6/1/2009 1:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		i dont think it would work to put a 21 size motor in it. the sh 18 motor form what ive heard is great. also with the 21 you would spend more time fixing than running

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RE: - 6/5/2009 8:52 PM   
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Hey All - I could really use some help.  My lightning keeps pulling tot he left when on the throttle....not just light on the throttle....I am heavy on it.  The alignment is great, when i coast, it goes perfectly straight....but gassing, it seems like torque is pulling it to the left.  I talked to the guy at Redcat...as they are 5 mins from where I work, and he said that is because of the car's drive system, and it will do this...and that is why cars like the Traxxas 4tec are belt driven to avoid this problem...is this true....I will take any help, hints, mods, or ideas.



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RE: RE: - 6/6/2009 2:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		i put the vx.18 in my lightning and dang if it isn't a land rocket.  i smoked off the tires in one session.  so the .21 would just be stupid in the Lightning if you ask me.  go for the vx.18 and get the tuned pipe with the round header (ie, the not stock ones).  the car runs alot better with those on it

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RE: - 6/19/2009 6:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey guys, I just bought a Lightning out of the Buy & Sell here and am starting to wonder where I will be able to drive it.  I was thinking the street and parking lots, but then I saw it has 4 mm of ground  clearance.  Do you guys have to sweep before runs?  


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RE: - 6/19/2009 7:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		I take mine out in the street in front of my house all the time and race cars(the big ones).  You don't need to sweep.  Take her out and have fun.

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