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refueling cars with body on??? - 5/31/2008 2:23:22 AM   
chris246810


 

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Status: offline 		hello i was just curious if anybody has modded their nitro bodies to somehow refuel their cars without takeing the actual body off? anyone have pics of this post them i am trying to see if it can be done.
let me know if anyone has done this before.
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RE: refueling cars with body on??? - 5/31/2008 5:08:53 AM   
Doonagoowin


 

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Status: offline 		Yeah it's possible. My brother's Jato can do it, and even my RS4 can.
What kind of body do you have?

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RE: refueling cars with body on??? - 5/31/2008 5:53:45 AM   
chris246810


 

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Status: offline 		hello i have a traxxas 4tec 3.3,nitro tc3,nitro rs4,cen ct5. how did he do it? did he cut soemthing out of the body or made something extra?

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RE: refueling cars with body on??? - 5/31/2008 5:56:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		The 4-tec should have a line connected to the fuel tank right? That's what the Jato has.
And for other cars, you can just open up the fuel tank with the hole above the fuel tank.

Wait, are you using a refueling bottle? Or pouring it straight from the big jug?

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RE: refueling cars with body on??? - 5/31/2008 3:55:01 PM   
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RE: refueling cars with body on??? - 5/31/2008 6:13:31 PM   
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Status: online 		I modified my 1/8 MT to allow me to refuel without removing the bodyshell. Makes things much easier, especially during a race where every second counts.



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RE: refueling cars with body on??? - 5/31/2008 6:17:36 PM   
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RE: refueling cars with body on??? - 5/31/2008 6:59:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		With the simplest way. Cut a circle so you can refuel, and a zip tie so you can easily get it during rapid refuelings plus that you will not cut your hands on the edges of the body

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RE: refueling cars with body on??? - 6/1/2008 10:11:49 PM   
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RE: refueling cars with body on??? - 6/2/2008 4:51:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		Has anyone seen that video of the HPI with the Stage-D Drift kit on it? the vid thats on the HPIRacing.com? the vid thats on the track drifting and driftin, over and over? Well on youtube.com theres another vid from that car, and the vid is on the making of that car, well that car has a hose that conects to the body and to the gas tank, it has a valve on the end so you wont spill any fuel and the bottle that he uses to pump gas is compressed by hand (I beleve there is a pump, you pump it and compresses air into bottle) So once you conect the two valves together it will automaticly poor into the cars tank.

I think Ive seen that system on towerhobbies.com. I think it was a refueling kit for nitro rc airplanes so if you do your research.... for the vid I think I typed rcdrift on youtube and for the fueling kit, well that I dont know.

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RE: refueling cars with body on??? - 6/2/2008 5:11:37 AM   
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RE: refueling cars with body on??? - 6/18/2008 4:38:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		i still have a tamiya nitro thunder and the shell for those was basically designed so you could re-fill/start the car without takeing the shell off. i think you could do this with just about any shell, its just a matter of weather your happy with cutting a few holes in your shells.but with my nitro touring cars i wont do it as i really dont see the problem of takeing shells off to re-fill and pull start. i guess once you do it 1000+ times you kinda get used to it!

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RE: refueling cars with body on??? - 6/18/2008 6:43:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have a jato that I can re fil with the body on but I don't do it because onece I get to a certan level it just shoots gas out and makes a mess. If you can get it in there fast enoughf it is fine.

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