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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/13/2011 4:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		Good call on the radar gun and brand. I have a Speed Trac 2 that is more expensive and it picks and chooses when and what it wants to pick up and how fast just never over your actual mph. The selling point was that it doesn't need to be held to get your speed. Where did you get the wheelie bar and bumper from? Electric does have a slight advantage over the nitro unless you have a high dollar engine with carb restrictors. Once you get the power there is no coming back where as all you have to do is a plug in smaller pack or a higher turn motor.

I did have a chance to drive it again today back in single speed mode. Runs like a absolute beast again for as long as you feel like driving. I did manage to strip another wheel hex again but still good enough to hold a 100' wheelie while completely off of it at about 75'. So I think it will stay a singe speed for a while and as long as the weather is nice tomorrow a video might just finaly end up happening.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/13/2011 4:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ebay, T-bone racing has a store.  The set was about 22 shipped or so.   I like electric and nitro pretty equally but definitely for different reasons.  The software link is a good way to control things as well.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/13/2011 1:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Only thing about those style wheelie bars is being so close to the axle cl, and so high up. With the original wheelie bars i made for mine, it would ride out a good 20-30ft with the tires 2" off the ground at the most. No good for trying to offroad though since they are so long.


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/13/2011 1:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		here ya go rob since you have the e-storm...this is my buddys drag e-storm. Same wheel/tire setup going on mine. Forget what his runs, but pretty sure its low 2's in 132ft.


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/14/2011 3:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		I broke my front suspension arm about a month ago and have been searching for parts for this particular model. Do yall know of any good websites to find these parts?
Also, i was wondering if i could use parts from other similar models to the firestorm. Im still very new to this hobby. Thanks!

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/15/2011 3:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		Zack.....you can pick one up from ebay for a nitro or electric firestorm. They have the same front clip or the arms from a blitz should work. I recommend getting the rpm ones.

I finaly figured out that in order for me to make the camera videos load I have to run it in xp mode so here the link is for the single speed. Just putting around in the parking lot with the foams on so nothing special.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnGxyAq2oiw

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/15/2011 1:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sounded good Tim. You got pretty good runtime for just puttin around. Are you still on the single tank setup, or did you go back to the dual? Those foams dont like that surface one bit.


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/15/2011 3:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Do you have a local hobby shop you can go to?  I recommend reading through this thread a ways to learn about the firestorm.  There are small things that come up often that tell you what could go wrong with the truck and how to handle it.  There is a lot of knowledge in the past 250 pages.


Road - I like the video's.  The truck sounds good and flies.  I've been trying to get a top speed out of mine with my new radar gun but I don't have a long enough run so I have to hit the throttle too hard and the truck wheelies at 53mph or flips over.  I will try to hit a parking lot and not give it as hard.  Its still accelerating hard at 53, though, and I have pulled the power back immensely with the software.  It amazes me how I have to try to slow my electric down and the nitro has to be pushed so hard to reach the same speeds (I still prefer burning fuel, though).


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/15/2011 5:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		It is with the single tank so i'm suprized at how long it is running on a tank of fuel considering what has been done to the motor myself. Getting the temp to come up is also hard to do. The head has to be covered and like in the description it is at 208 and from previous experience with the hyper it is very happy running at 250 all day. Leaning it out would have made the traction issue alot worse and it would have also eleminated some of the smoke leading to a bunch of people telling me it is lean and going to blow soon which it is not even close to the case. Next time I get a chance I will also grab the radar and set it aside to show the speed.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/15/2011 6:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well i got my new axle and its all back together. Might get it out this weekend on the old wheels and tires still. Heres a couple pics of the needle setup with the bigger carb.


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/15/2011 7:11 PM   
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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/15/2011 9:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		No trickery on the truck that was only the sinlge tank setup just as it is in the current pictures. The other tank that was used a long time ago doesnt have any mounting tabs on it anymore since it was taped to the old lightened chassis so it is in a box of crap parts. I think that the run time comes from in not being wide open that much. You can hear when it is and the tires are just spinning but for the most part it is between half and quarter the whole time. I would have put the slicks on for the video to get more traction just dont want to break anything unless racing somebody plus it doesnt help that they are on the last leg already.

I also picked up another storm on ebay that supposedly has about a hour on it for 76 bucks. Yeah I know how that goes too. Not sure if it will get setup with the 2 speed and the picco on road motor or keep it the way it is and do some dirt just replacing the 3.0 with one of the 3.3's sitting on the shelf.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/18/2011 7:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well finally got my new wheels and tires. Nomore hex's with these, just uses the pins all around. Rear tires my buddy forgot to order the extra set of foams...so i strapped them about 3 revolutions. They seem pretty stiff..shouldnt have any ballooning issues.


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/19/2011 12:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		So you haven't had a chance to run that beast yet with all of the new stuff on it.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/19/2011 2:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		not with the new wheels & tires i havent. I ran it with the new crank & carb... thats when it broke the dogbone.


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/19/2011 5:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		what think is better for the stock engine de Traxxas resonator pipe or the Hpi tuned pipe???

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/19/2011 6:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		Good luck with the panthers. That thing is going to hook and really lean on the wheelie bar, snap another dogbone, or something else in the drivetrain. I have found it to be much better on the truck to get it going a few feet before giving it hell. From a dead stop something is going to give again. Too much motor for 1/10 scale.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/19/2011 1:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		If it goes out and breaks axles or something again, then im just gonna go ahead with doing the Rustler diff swap, and setting it up just for speed runs.

But this is a reason ive decided to try keeping the marine pipe on it. With as narrow of a powerband as it delivers, i should be able to get it to a tuned length that softens the hit up a bit, and doesnt really hit the pipe until its already moved out a couple feet.


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/19/2011 2:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		Jube.....Sometime in the next week the firestorm from ebay should be coming in. I will run it stock and let you know if it will be better with the hpi pipe or resonator both of them drilled out with a ported header. Then I will give the motor some special treatment and compare the modified 3.0 to the modified 3.3 since I don't have a stock 3.3 to get a baseline of that motor. Then I will probaly be selling the 3.0 and one of the 3.3's to get some money back for purchasing another truck and to be able to put rpm parts all around. After all is said and done I will have a my current street truck and a dirt truck with a 3.3 that will have some gearing on it to use all of the motor. The hard part is going to be finding a place that actualy has some dirt. If not the thought of having the Hyper on the single speed truck and putting the idm picco evo3 in the other one with the 2 speed and selling both 3.3's is another idea that is rolling around my head.

Will.....Check A Main for the nova p5xl turbo head button. They might be in stock now for $40 if you were looking to get a little bit more out of the hyper. The marine pipe is a good way to tune the power band where you want it. I thought that they gave you more on the top instead of the bottom to begin with. Not sure since I have never ran one but I will be in the market looking for another pipe if the 2 .21 firestorms end up happening.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/19/2011 2:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		the 0 band pipe like that does produce more topend RPM power then bottom end torque... but that can all be adjusted with length as you can adjust where the powerband is with simple changes shortening or lengthening it. One downside to the marine pipes is they are insanely loud. I modified mine with an internal stinger, but its still louder then the standard pipes.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/20/2011 2:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, tried to run yesterday and that didnt go so well. I have DEFINETELY got to have that donut for my electric starter show up. With these new wheels, its about impossible to get the rear wheels back on after starting it. Vibration just  drops the pins right out before you even get a chance to get the wheel close to it. So for a quick fix...i put a drop of superglue on em to keep em held.

Got it all together, put it on the ground and drove it around a little to get some heat in it. Made one pass with it pretty rich... brought it back and leaned on it some.. did a quick little burnout, set it down...hit the trigger... zing... lots of sound, no movement. Stripped the damn 1st gear spur.


So for now...its back to sitting for a while unless the spare 41t spur i have for my RS4 will fit on the traxxas setup. Oh yea...on the bright side, the Panthers strapped 3 times with just 1 foam, produces very very little ballooning. And the small amount that they do, the tire still stays pretty flat due to the duct tape.


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/20/2011 11:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		I thought about doing the duct tape and prob should have since they just about double in size.

On a good note the other firestorm came yesterday. It looked very promising so I pulled every part and screw out of the truck and fixed the broken crap and replaced stuff as necessary with a major clean. Went through the motor to clean it up as well and the exhaust got about 2 hours of dremmel time. I didn't touch anything inside of the motor yet so I can see the diference. The stinger got drilled out to the same size as the traxxas resonator pipe thats also drilled out and I also put 3 holes in the cone in the pipe. The header is what took all of the work. Never realized that so much could be taken out of a stock manifold. So that will flow as much as the motor can produce now. When I do get around to the motor in the next couple days it is going to be a major change. In stock form the 3.0 has absolutely nothing going for it in the power area. The crank looks like it will be promising along with a knife edge on the connecting rod. The sleeve though is not even close to performance so this is going to be a make or break project. As long as it goes right I will have a 3.0 that should blow a os 18cvr out of the water.


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/21/2011 12:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		id be carefull messing with the rod. That was the weak point in the T3.0 from my RS4 (same engine pretty much as the G3.0). I barely took any material off other then what was needed to knife it....and it didnt last long turning more RPM.


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/21/2011 12:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the warning Will. I'll just do some crank and sleeve work to it then. This is only to see what kind of gain I can get out of it because if it is still good it will just be getting sold anyways. The motor has tons of compression yet so it's nowhere near garbage, but the 3.3 all done up will waste the 3.0 in a heartbeat. The only thing I wondering is the gearing for the 3.3 dirt truck. I don't want crazy top speed but I don't want a tire shreading wheel stand truck either

My ultimate goal is to have the single speed hyper-storm beat a hopped up tz jato with a buku. Which will be just a drop in the hat as long as nothing breaks with the hyper. Then after that pull out the dirt truck and do it again and then go hit some jumps afterwards. The dirt truck might not beat him but at least give a good fight. After all its only 132'

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 4/21/2011 1:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		with the 3.3, id at least go for the highest gear you can get being a bolt on thing.. which would be the 23 pinion and 46 spur from Integy. Would give ya a 8.22 final... which on 104mm tires or so should still be good for around 50mph @ 34000-35000, but get there quick.


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