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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 11/16/2011 2:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		speed lover the shocks are the HPI SHOCKS for Firestorm and the rims i buu it on www.toughracing.com.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 11/16/2011 5:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Love that spoiler looks AWESOME!!!!. I like seeing cars that are in good condition clean and standard just looks great with a few tweaks like the spoiler. I'd love a set of HPI shocks but they are pricey over here in UK £60 front £60 Rear But i'm thinking about it. Not inpressed with the Integy ones I got way too stiff think the standard plastic ones feel better quality. HPI stuff maybe pricey but it is high quality.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 11/16/2011 7:20 PM   
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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 11/16/2011 7:29 PM   
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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 11/16/2011 10:28 PM  1 votes
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Status: offline 		Cheers guys!  I thought the spoiler looked cool too    I have a confession, its not real carbon, just a wrap, but it's very good quality and i've gotten fairly good at applying the wrap so it looks professional and very real.  All in all a cheap but cool mod.  I could get a real one made as I am good mates with a guy who own's a carbon fibre company, however, it would probably be expensive to mould then fairly pricey to actually buy the moulded products. 


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 11/16/2011 10:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Its still cool Lewis.. you don't need real carbon over there.
i will try to copy yours ; )))



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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 11/20/2011 3:25 PM   
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ORIGINAL: windowlicker

Here is a photo of the rear axle and how it has scuffed the arm, if you look at your plastic arms, you will notice that part is cut away for the axle to pass, surely hot racing noticed that?!



Here is the Upper deck mount:



And here is the Dubro Fuel filter I fitted:








Where did you buy the carbon Chasis plate from dude?  Looks mint!



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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 11/20/2011 5:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		lewis y have the same arms and the axle touch with the arm to hot racing was wrong of that i have fear to pass the dremell jajajai dont use the fire since the change.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 11/20/2011 5:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		lewis the upper deck is the hpi original???

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 11/20/2011 7:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here is the link lewis
http://www.xtremercracing.com/Store_Detail.cfm?ID=223399&InfoID=2995&ShowLarge=True&SnipID=6245

If I were you guys I would send the arms back complaining as I used mine and ruined the axles it is crazy that they still sell them get integy ones. they are much better I ground mine down but they still kind of rubbed a bit and wore the axles down and the drive shafts. wont do the bearings much good either. I ended up just putting standard shocks back on my truck they worked great before.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/20/2011 11:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		OK I quickly put this together I have still to put more screws in and have not yet decided what wheels to go with deep dish or dished wheels. The integy shocks don't fit right as the top eye hole and fitting they give have to big a hole and the bolt is loose inside but they are pretty good also the bottom eye hole fitting is tighter than I'd like but I think I will try and work through it. I don't like the orange springs I think I will remove the paint and paint them black anyway here's the video still got lots to do but it's starting to look like a car now. Got new bevel gears and output shafts new bearings everywhere. Oh and the Edit steering nuckels rub against the wheels had to take them off very dissapointed heard lots of people had the same problem will get a set of integy or J-tec ones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcB81XcVpCs

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/25/2011 4:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi, i face a problem and i wondered if someone could help me.

I have a nitro firestorm (the new one with 2.4Ghz) and after the break in period i
started to progressively pushing the throttle more than the 1/2 (as Hpi
recommends).

At this point i noticed that with the needles on the default i had a
temperature off 90-100 Celcius on the glow plug (measuring with a temp
gauge for rc) although i didn't passed the 3/4 of the throttle.

In order not to damage the engine i richen the HSN 1/8 and continue the
progressively opening of the throttle until after 8-10 tanks i also
richen the HSN another 1/4 in order to run in full throttle and keep the
temp at max 110 C.
So, my question is why the engine has this behaviour?
Normally after the break in period the HSN should be very rich for
normal running and it would need leaning not richening....

Is this a common behaviour or the engine has a problem? I also thought if it is a carburator problem.

Do you guys had any similar experience?

Thanks in advance.




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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/25/2011 4:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		I forgot to tell you that during the brake in i used Rapicon 16% (9 oil) and after 1 litre i changed to Byron 16 % (12 oil) beacausei thought that maybe the low percentage of oil could be the reason.


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/25/2011 5:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		Your nitro content is a bit low but it shouldn't be the problem.  Tuning by temperature isn't the best way to do things.  What altitude are you at, is humidity high and what is the outside temperature?  I recommend tuning based on performance and how it sounds (and possibly by the smoke trail).  If there is a problem outside of the conditions I would guess its an air leak but that is not common.  Does it sound like its lean when you run it richer or are you just basing this on temperatures?


There has a new 1/8 HPI car out that has the new high output G3 engine.


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/26/2011 3:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		i don't think it is the conditions because it has the same behaviour on any temp and place (from 10 to 20C - of course i always richen it when it is cold).

Actually as you said i allways tune it according both the temp and the sound and revs of the engine, but as you also said when i try to lean it it sound like the mixture is too poor (now it is about 1 turn unscrewed from flush on 10C).

Another thing that is weird is that after the break in when i opened the engine (i used to do it in all my engines) to see how it is i saw a few filings on it. Is this normal? Because in two previous engines i had (kyosho) i never saw something like this.



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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/27/2011 2:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Be carefull on 16% nitro. I ran my Hyper 12 mini st on that and the temp went upto 265F. It sounded perfect had to make it really rich to bring it down to 225F. Ran 20% Byron had no problems 225F tuned it to sound ran very stable. Check your plugs OK. My Firestorm always ran a bit rich at the low end never tuned in great through the entire band. I would use 20% and 12%oil what was wrong with the inside of it I would check of a leak around the head.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/27/2011 3:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		There can be shavings in an engine after a break in, its hard to say if what you observed was a problem.  I've seen some very fine shavings in the past. Definitely inspect everything inside carefully.

Speedlover is right, its likely the 16% that is the problem.   Low nitro content should make the glow plug fire a bit earlier meaning you need to go to a hotter plug to advance the timing.  I would switch to 20% nitro.  If that doesn't do it leak check the engine, it may find why you have shavings in the crankcase.


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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/27/2011 2:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Its been a long time since I have been on here... Great jobs on the trucks looking real nice fella's. So since I last posted the truck has undergone complete teardown and rebuild with some mods. I'm in the process of putting piggyback shocks on it. Painted both upper deck and chassis plate stainless and new wheels and tires. I will upload a pic a little bit later my phone won't let me do it now for some reason. But I have found myself in tuff situation... I need some opinions either upgrade the storm with new motor and various other parts or go after a different truck... If I go with a new truck I'm thinking savage XL or the flux 2350... What do you guys think? I know some of you may have these other trucks I'm considering so I need some input. Or if anyone has any other suggestions I open ears. I want something faster and durable enough to take the beating I'd put to it ....

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/27/2011 7:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Should look at a Hobao Pirate that's a cool truck and tuff. Those integy piggy back shocks I have had too tight a seal on the shaft and were really stiff I took out 2 plastic washers that sit between the rubber o rings and that freed them up they work great now low resistance and way smoother.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/27/2011 7:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just remembered that my Cen Genesis had like a paste inside it and the outer coil of the plug would get metal attached to it like when the engine is new and you first break it in. I took it apart and found a chunk of metal had came off where the wrist pin is on the bottom of the piston but I can't see a G3 engine doing this I would check for metal build up on your plug after run in this is what always happens change it for a new one and change to 20% the nitro aids in cooling the engine. But yeh nitro bob said it give a good look at the inside mabe even whash it out with some fuel.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/27/2011 9:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have a flux HP and and XL and love both of them.  The HP is pretty new but it will get 100x more driving time than the nitro despite an equal love for both of them.  I say go flux.  On 4s its insane and the 2350 is a little faster.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/27/2011 10:46 PM   
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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/28/2011 1:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well went the to the lhs after work talked to a couple of guys and determined what I really wanted was something faster that could run mostly street but would be able to handle a beating. some of the guys recommended the stampede vxl but I really want a 4wd version of the firestorm. I thought about it and came to the conclusion that I put that truck through hell and all that has broke in almost two years has been rear control arms. Aside from the whole front end when I ran straight into a parking block at 3/4 top speed because I was being an idiot. But honestly the most reliable truck ever. So I am looking for a 4wd electric stadium truck brushless would be nice but not a requirement. Preferably around 3 to 4 hundred RTR would be nice, since I can't get receivers for my radio anymore.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/28/2011 1:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		What about a small monster truck?  The Flux XS is great, just dump the electronics.  Its a great complement to my firestorm.  Check out the thread on here.  There is also the HPI bullet which comes brushed or nitro.  Hobby shops will always recommend traxxas.

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RE: -=OFFICIAL HPI FIRESTORM THREAD=- - 12/28/2011 3:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey guys, I'm new to rc cars. I just picked up a firestorm and cant get it started at all. I've primed the motor and had the glow plug starter on. I've followed the manual and the HPI dvd. What am i doing wrong?


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