RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style)

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dc2 man -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/11/2009 10:58 AM)
i think you should run it first untill you really need an upgrade!! my first choice of upgrade then would be the diff mounts and diff case converted to alloy to cope with the stress,second would be steel gears with alloy spur adaptor. transmittor/reciever radio gear/servos & battery pack must all be of good quality,if you got an either futaba 3pm or spectrum dx3.0 like me they come with built in failsafes also to prevent runaways!! these would be my very first vital upgrades to make your hummer bulletproff,after these its a matter of waiting for the parts just to wear out first. obviously there is a whole whost of parts that can also be upgraded later on to make it much more sturdier. but in stock form you should be fine for a long time if you watch screws and retighten after running with some blue loctight threadlock. so have you bought it or waiting to?

steven brown -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/11/2009 12:09 PM)
seams u have the same sort off thinking as me mate lol. i bought the hummer a few weeks back and have had it out a few time,s i,ve already replaced the battery packs i got with it and i,ve got a lad looking at makeing a ali roll cage plus a few other bits for me i was hopeing to upgrade some off the gears to see if this would help with performance but i,ll wait and see . .one thing that i have noticed with this compaired to my nitro one it,s not as responsive and it don,e see to want to go full pelt i do plan to take the whole truck apart and start from scratch cleaning and replaceing but u know whats it,s like one good day off weather in scotland and it,s out with the shorts and the cars lol i think i,ll get all the bit,s i,m going to upgrade and do them all in the one weekend . the bottom engine mounts were one bit i was looking at as there only plastic and i don,t trust them back to the gears do u think a change in gears could help with performance or would i have to get some work done on the engine thanks for this help mate it,s a great help [;)]

dc2 man -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/11/2009 5:40 PM)
hey steven no problem anything to be of a help here...... cheers!! what part of scotland do you come from,nice country. a friend of mine lived in glasgow for a few years ago he had an apartment there near his work place so 4years ago i went over to visit him,man all i can say is a great spot,we rented out a car for a week and done scotland from top to bottom,saw loughness monster lol went right up north to inverness,steerling castle,wallace monument.......some fun there!! i met a girl there also for a while lol nice country...... anyway,the best thing i would say is to stick to standard size gearing as they are on there to suit your monster wheels and to downsize/upsize them would upset things i think,what engine size have you? if it is 23cc it is a little mild for a monster model,it should be 26cc plus.... either way,the first thing you can do in terms of power is a pipe,you wont believe your eyes.........i will leave you a link here for some pipes,the shop is where i buy all my parts in germany they are very good. check out some pipes here,with a pipe automaticly you will see a 1hp gain on any engine,its awesome.....the one i use is a jetpro,but there are loads of others depending on what you like.... http://www.rc-car-online-shop.de/lshop,showrub,31550,e,1239468179-31593,motor.resorohre.auspuff_offroad,,,,.htm you can also tune that engine with your carb needles,you have a high and low needle which you can adjust a lot when you are running,you can start by leaning in the low speed 1/16th increments untill you find the best power balance and same for high needle,they both should be marked. if you are after a major power upgrade and have the money to spare you could buy like i did an upgraded race ported engine head kit with crank,easy enough to do if you ever were doing it i would help you with info/pics and links on how to..... the one i bought was an o neills bros racing race ported zenoah 27.2 stuffed dtroker crank head kit,it is unreal with the jetpro because my fg is heavy i needed more power,i also upgraded to a lauterbaucher racing intake manifold and fg k&n,this thing really rips..........if you go back along my build you will see it. here is my engine link http://www.oneillbrothersracing.com/rccar/itemdescription/z26ccbbk_ported_machined_wc.htm let me know your thoughts on all this. dc2 man

steven brown -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/11/2009 6:45 PM)
well mate i live in a town about 50 mile,s or so from glasgow a small place called helensburgh nice and quite just the way i like it .don,t realy like glasgow to much going on around about u if u know what i meen so the gears r not the best idea i,ll have to upgrade them anyway get some better one,s and newer one,s . the engine i have is the dzy23sc engine .i,ve looked about for upgrades but not alot about for this engine .problilby is but i,m crap at searching for stuff .the lad i go out with his one,s a 26cc and it,s got more grunt than mine i,ll need to do a search and see what i can come up with for upgrade,s i,ve got a pipe on it already so thats one upgrade i don,t need to bother with i,m not sure if u were like me but powers got to be the first then the shiney bits lol breaks as there crap they do stop the truck but not good enough there,s is a few bits i need to think about but for this trcuk i will have to do alot off searching . they don,e justy have a upgraded part for a shenqi it,s eather a clone or a copy so i hear lol i don,t want to through loads off cash at this as my wee lad off 4 gets to use it as well so spending **** loads off cash would be daft .but i,m going to spend some . u have realy got me thinking but mate and u have been a great help thanks once again i realy do apricaite it i,m going to check out these links now

dc2 man -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/11/2009 9:10 PM)
no bother at all any time.... check out the links anyway,pretty easy truck to work on and parts can be got,but i presume they are a little rare someplaces also. best of luck. here is a link for shenqi parts might be of a help to you. http://www.sidcom.co.uk/html/shenqi_petrol_power.html keep me posted.

steven brown -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/11/2009 9:16 PM)
i,ve had a look at the links mate and i,m thinking i,m going to end up spending some cash lol the engine bits r looking like a taisty adition to my truck . i,ll keep u updated mate sand i,ll do a psot on the upgrades as u have done . thanks once again [;)]

dc2 man -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/11/2009 9:30 PM)
no bother hope this helped you some bit i think if money was at a minimum on the truck i would go for a cheap set of cable brakes for the rear,a good improvement over the standard,check out these,brakes are worth spending money on if your budget would allow you could get a set of hydros like mine i will leave the links here below so you can take a look. i also left another link above on the last reply to parts for your shenqi. http://www.rc-car-online-shop.de/lshop,showdetail,5261,e,1239481663-5677,tuning.bremse.mechanisch.1212574239,fg_8452,,Tshowrubtuning.bremse.mechanisch.1212574239,.htm and the more expensive hydros http://www.rc-car-online-shop.de/lshop,showdetail,5261,e,1239481759-6145,tuning.bremse.hydraulisch.bremsen_hyd,y1129,,Tshowrubtuning.bremse.hydraulisch.bremsen_hyd,.htm

steven brown -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/11/2009 11:16 PM)
once again mate u have helped me a great deal thanks i,ve looked at both sest off breaks and i,m now just wanting the sale for my nitro trucks to come through so i can spend some cash lol.it,s just were to start lol think i,ll start with all the engine mounts then the arms . i,m waiting for my mate to send me back my roll cage aswel so i think i,ll just start ordering me self some stuff ; cheers once again . i,ll keep u updated

victory-rc -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 12:14 AM)
VERY COOL BUILD ! Are the beetle bodies still available ? I was told there discontinued. www.victory-rc.com

dc2 man -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 12:31 AM)
hello victory rc thanks very much,i have loads and loads of money spent on this fg,just got the elcon wheel adaptors now to reinforce the wheels at the rear to cope with the power it puts down,i am waiting on the new cad race ported engine from hobbythek..its supposed to be insane!!! cant wait... i have heard that name before,do you sell models you have a shop yes? i think i was looking through it one time or another. yes you are spot on about the beetle bodies being discontinued,fg had to pay royalties to volkswagon so they couldnt be bothered with them anymore...pity,i must mind mine now lol dan dc2 man

steven brown -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 9:21 AM)
hi dan u could do what we r going to do and make your self a mold off it and this way u cold have a new shell made anytime u want one . we have made a set off suide guards out off plastic pipe and useing them to make a mold and were going to mke a few sets out off fibre glass these should be strong enough for what we r going to put it through . i think the bugs shell would prety easy to do . i,ll get some pick off us doing the side guards and the hummer shell

victory-rc -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 11:53 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: dc2 man hello victory rc thanks very much,i have loads and loads of money spent on this fg,just got the elcon wheel adaptors now to reinforce the wheels at the rear to cope with the power it puts down,i am waiting on the new cad race ported engine from hobbythek..its supposed to be insane!!! cant wait... i have heard that name before,do you sell models you have a shop yes? i think i was looking through it one time or another. yes you are spot on about the beetle bodies being discontinued,fg had to pay royalties to volkswagon so they couldnt be bothered with them anymore...pity,i must mind mine now lol dan dc2 man Theres a victory-rc who makes a cool tuned pipe for the baja's and theres a victory-rc who airbrushes rc bodies & carbon fiber baja bodies. Im the victory-rc body guy.... SEE MY PHOTO ALBUM. -> http://www.rcuniverse.com/community/profile.cfm?section=gallery&memid=334226 Its to bad there not making the beetle body any more theres a small fallowing for them,maybe someone who molds lexan can make a few and leave off the vw emblems. .HINT HINT.

dc2 man -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 6:35 PM)
yes victory pipes i know them nice pipes too. man you have done some awesome work on some of those bodies,thats great now because you might very well have to paint one sometime for me lol yes thats a good idea people with any knowledge or skills with mouldings should be able to make copies. must check in to that actually. so have you any r/c at the mo victory rc?

dc2 man -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 6:36 PM)
hey steven thats sound i would be very intrested in seeing what you lads are up to there,you can post up some pics here if you want man no hassle.... good idea!!!

victory-rc -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 7:10 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: dc2 man yes victory pipes i know them nice pipes too. man you have done some awesome work on some of those bodies,thats great now because you might very well have to paint one sometime for me lol yes thats a good idea people with any knowledge or skills with mouldings should be able to make copies. must check in to that actually. so have you any r/c at the mo victory rc? Yes,I have the baja and love it 28.5 cc ,my carbon fiber desert rat body,and my "rockstar" 5T body... Just send me an email if i can help you with a body, maybe it will be a bug body LOL ..I want one also. hers a pic of my baja and a small clip i made today playing around . http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii111/victory-rc/starbay001.jpg http://s262.photobucket.com/albums/ii111/victory-rc/?action=view¤t=4736bbbc.pbr

dc2 man -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 8:07 PM)
man that desert rat body is just the buisness,im guessing the rat body is the blue one yeah?? god i love them!!! very nice man.. i painted a few bodys in my time,one is on my carson onroad thread here the 320si bmw i done the lot from scratch with alpine white and decals. (carson onroad tested to the max) here on this forum. also i done my black beetle checqured body shell as seen here on this thread back a page or two. as for the other blue one that one was specially airbrushed in the uk two years ago for me i must mind that one... the black one i have was hard to do chequred are always tough,girlfriend helped me with that. so would that blue rat body fit a beetle? that is just sweet......... here are some pics of mine. [IMG]http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww234/danahern/DSCF2752.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww234/danahern/DSCF2749.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww234/danahern/DSCF2409.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww234/danahern/DSCF2186.jpg[/IMG] what do you think? man i just love your desert rat body though........

steven brown -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 9:18 PM)
some realy sweet stuff there lads .i,m hopeing the hummer body i do turns out half as good as you two,s i got a set off six lights for it aswel so thats should look cool . i,m going to start a thread next week . i took the whole hummer apart today after cleaning it i noticed alot off loose screws and stuff so i thought i wold pull it all apart and take a wish list and start to get some stuff on order . to many bits on this truck r plastic .

Nutech GmbH -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 9:22 PM)
I like the blue beetle.

dc2 man -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 10:59 PM)
hello nutech and thank you. that one is an airbrushed retro designed bodyshell its cool and kind of rare. how are the sales going for your new model,i saw them on another forum and they look cool,4x4 is strong looking on them,or have i the right person lol?? steven thanks again man. im looking forward to your build thread man them hummer bodys are class,man they are huge..... cant wait to see a thread on that,not many around!!! that will get some attention steven.

victory-rc -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 11:00 PM)
QUOTE dc2 man man that desert rat body is just the buisness,im guessing the rat body is the blue one yeah?? god i love them!!! very nice man.. i painted a few bodys in my time,one is on my carson onroad thread here the 320si bmw i done the lot from scratch with alpine white and decals. (carson onroad tested to the max) here on this forum. also i done my black beetle checqured body shell as seen here on this thread back a page or two. as for the other blue one that one was specially airbrushed in the uk two years ago for me i must mind that one... the black one i have was hard to do chequred are always tough,girlfriend helped me with that. so would that blue rat body fit a beetle? that is just sweet......... QUOTE You have some nice stuff there.The fg looks big enough to handle a baja 5t body,If you could get it mounted up. ...and that shouldnt be that big a deal. What options do you FG guys have for bodies? ..I think i have seen pick-ups. The blue rockstar body i painted in my photos is a replacement body for the black body in this picture (HPI baja 5t) [image]http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii111/victory-rc/5t001.jpg[/image]

dc2 man -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 11:12 PM)
aw man that rock star body is reallly REALLY fantastic work,did you do all that yourself?? very nice!!! for fg you can get beetle(no more lol) hummer,monster truck,jeep,baja,leopard. that desert rat i think is one of the nicest i have seen. how much would you charge for something like that body supplied aswell? i wonder would it fit a beetle.....mmmmm?

victory-rc -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 11:19 PM)
I sent you a PM. The blue body is a baja 5T not a desert rat from proline. its a basic HPI clear body for a baja5T. yes,I painted it and it kicked my **** LOL. a clear body from hpi is $200, shipping would be a killer [X(]

dc2 man -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 11:24 PM)
the proline one you have painted with the rockstar pain is just gorgeous that is the one im talking about. man i would love that for my fg. any idea if that proline would fit mine?

victory-rc -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 11:29 PM)
How wide is your FG ? how long is your fg ? il check the baja body. ALSO THERES THIS BODY AVAILABLE FROM PROLINE... about 4" smaller but still 1/5 th scale [image]http://www.prolineracing.com/images/PRODUCT/medium/620.jpg[/image]

victory-rc -> RE: FG BEETLE PRO REBUILD THREAD(my style) (4/12/2009 11:47 PM)
looks like about 13 1/2 inches wide ..... AND 36 1/2" length [image]http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii111/victory-rc/JUST%20PICTURES/tapemeasureforrockstar5T002.jpg[/image] [image]http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii111/victory-rc/JUST%20PICTURES/tapemeasureforrockstar5T003.jpg[/image] [image]http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii111/victory-rc/t001.jpg[/image]

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