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What you guys think?
It's cool
  66% (18)
It's rubbish
  3% (1)
Your a nerd and have too much free time
  14% (4)
meh, not my kinda thing
  14% (4)


Total Votes : 27
(last vote on : 6/27/2008 6:51:33 PM)
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What you guys think? - 6/8/2008 10:15:44 PM   
adam-69



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Status: offline 		well exams are over, so on saturday morning i decided to build somthing, anything really and decided on a dragster. I wanted to drive on sunday so i used mainly porduction parts. the rear end i made from my parts box of matrix parts, yes i had ALL the parts. and the front end is ripped off a schumacher cougar (soon gonna build a lighter custom front). The engine is a mach .28 i modded a few months back and never ran scence, it had a surprising amount of power, but the efficiancy blew me away, i was getting 6-7 mins out of a 125cc tank at 230-240 degrees. chassis is completely custom from a sheet of aluminium, mini grinder jigsaw and pillar drill made it. and the tyres are medial pro 25 shores, and old schumacher 2wd buggy onroads. all in all im pleased with it for a 10 hour design and build. opinions?

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damn, looks like ambition overcame adhesion again!
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RE: What you guys think? - 6/8/2008 10:29:49 PM   
Mr.Slave


 

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Status: offline 		its pretty cool

need bigger tires in the back though

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RE: What you guys think? - 6/8/2008 10:41:05 PM   
calvino



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Status: offline 		DANG thats nice, definately wider, larger rear tires , other than that, good job man, i love to see you guys makin stuff from scratch

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RE: What you guys think? - 6/8/2008 10:45:29 PM   
adam-69



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Status: offline 		yehh the rear tyres were a problem, truggy ones would be too big, standard buggys to thin for the diameter of them, the custom front will have smaller fronts to help the look of it.

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damn, looks like ambition overcame adhesion again!

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RE: What you guys think? - 6/8/2008 11:05:18 PM   
calvino



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ORIGINAL: adam-69

yehh the rear tyres were a problem, truggy ones would be too big, standard buggys to thin for the diameter of them, the custom front will have smaller fronts to help the look of it.

maybe 1/10 or 1/8 TC foams????

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RE: What you guys think? - 6/8/2008 11:10:07 PM   
JB COMP



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Status: offline 		You need some of these on the back http://prolineracing.com/p-298-road-rage-40-series.aspx

A MT tire would probably be the best for that or look into the 30 series they may be a little bigger then the buggy tires.

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RE: What you guys think? - 6/9/2008 4:11:28 AM   
ahawk65



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Status: offline 		Interesting build here. I like seeing custom stuff; its fun to see what people can do with a bunch of spare stuff and free time. Looks good. =)

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RE: What you guys think? - 6/9/2008 6:03:31 PM   
adam-69



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Status: offline 		cheers man, it was just for the crack really, but im starting to look into parts for a front end and rear wheels damn rc is addictive!

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damn, looks like ambition overcame adhesion again!

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RE: What you guys think? - 6/9/2008 6:10:58 PM   
Hardin Valley Magic



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Status: offline 		That is great ... In 10 hrs too.. How long is it? How thick of a plate did you use for the pan??

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RE: What you guys think? - 6/9/2008 6:43:25 PM   
adam-69



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Status: offline 		about 600 long, and the pan is 3.5 thick, its an old road sign the i cut up and cleaned.

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damn, looks like ambition overcame adhesion again!

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RE: What you guys think? - 6/9/2008 7:46:21 PM   
rc monkey



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Status: offline 		Because I'm cool I'm gonna build an electric contender

Race you at the weekend?


ps nitro sucks

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RE: What you guys think? - 6/9/2008 7:55:02 PM   
adam-69



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Status: offline 		sure thing...just let me upgrade a little bit.... http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_info.php/cPath/1_23_31/products_id/13761

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damn, looks like ambition overcame adhesion again!

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RE: What you guys think? - 6/9/2008 8:04:25 PM   
dsales



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Status: offline 		RC monkey and adam 69, where do you buy your nitro stuff from in the UK?

Do you know any good UK sites, the only good one I know of and use right now is www.modelsport.co.uk

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RE: What you guys think? - 6/9/2008 8:09:07 PM   
rc monkey



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Status: offline 		JESpares are good, so are Microtech racing, but if your are buying anything expenive buy from the US or Hong Kong - so much cheaper.

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