Lunchboxer

$80 for a new kit is a really good steal! Buy it!!

taxirob

Thanks for the kind words guys. It's too much fun to leave on the shelf, Willy lives to bash!!He had to have surgery this week to re-attach one of his arms after colliding with my Clod (driven by my 6-year-old daughter). Ran it again today, all the pretty stuff stayed on, but if anything breaks or falls off - that's what hot-glue's for, right???

Well spotted, the wrench is functional. A working winch could be fun....

MIB kit for $80?Buy it!!

cheers,
Rob

carakter

You guys might be interested in WW1 from ebay - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=170400325236

Lunchboxer

Nice, that would be good for someone who's interested in a restoration project...

magic2002

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtuKwDQium8[/youtube]

Our usual sunday bash..... maybe next time i need to glue my tires....

z33guru

Guys, I have a midnight pumpkin restoration project I am working on (same tires as willy) and was wondering what are some good aftermarket tires that will fit on the wheels?I haven't been able to find much info on what fits, and wanted to explore my options before I just got stock ones again.

Lunchboxer

Pumpkin's wheels are wider compare to the WW-2's wheels.. but they use the same tires.. if you are going w/ the aftermarket tires, the WW-2 wheels might be closer to the standard 2.2" wheels..

broncojd

nah, don't go stock! if you're gonna buy something you might as well customize, right? if you get the adapters (aluminum tamiya frog adapter or plastic HPI adapter) then you can get any 2.2 wheel you want and a million choices of tires.

carakter

Martin - How's that 5.5T holding up on you? Was thinking of getting one myself.

- Maurice

magic2002

it is great almost to much power. If I go at the stock motors topspeed, and pull the throttle, the front wheels still leave the ground easy...
last week I took the gearbox apart, because I still had those stock nylon bearings in, and replaced them with ball bearings. The gears show no wear or damage, after I emptied 6 or 7 4500 mAh stickpacks with the 5.5 t.
The only disadvantage is that, when you drive it onroad, the body will take a beating, because the smallest throttle movement will cause it to wheely, and go up or over the small wheely-bar wheel. Every corner of the body of my WW is covered with scratches.

carakter

So you think the 8.5T will be better for on-road and the 5.5T for offroad? What pinion are you using with the BL - 20teeth?

6 - 7 packs in one go?Did you thermal or anything?

magic2002

I think hobbywing suggests the 8.5 for offroad and the 5.5 for onroad. I think my set-up is great... with the 5.5 . I don't know what the 8.5 will do, my guess would be that that would also be good fun.

6 or 7 packs not in one go.... I have spread that over a few sunday mornings. 6 or 7 pack after I installed the brushless set.

and yes i use the 20t pinion

z33guru

This what Ineed?
http://cgi.ebay.com/OP913-Tamiya-The...31177005r27122

Are there any different tire options that fit the standard wheel? Also, do you guys glue your tires to the rim?Ithink mine might be spinning on the wheel a bit.

Lunchboxer

Always glue the tires!!

magic2002

i did not glue..... and you can see the result in the little video I posted yesterday

broncojd

yes those are the adapters. then you could use any 2.2 wheel that has a hex for the rear and ball bearings for the front. i know traxxas and HPI both have a nice assortment of options.

i do not know of any tires that fit on the stock wheels very well.

always glue.

z33guru

ill be sure to glue mine next time and go back and glue ww2 too.   What type of glue do you guys use?

broncojd

super glue

carakter

Me thinks you don't need to glue Willy's tires unless . . . . you use MOD motors, then gluing is needed!

Is there any aluminum version of the HPI front rim adapters for Willy?

z33guru

Is this a good motor upgrade for WW2?
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXGE34&P=ML

I want something that will bolt on without any major mods.  If there is a better one for not too much more $$$, let me know.  Do I need a new pinion gear or anything with this? I do mostly street driving, and occasionally in the grass or on some gravel walking trails.

Lunchboxer

Yes, that's a decent motor.. should give you about 20% boost in speed.. !

Stock 18T pinion will be fine..

z33guru

I had a cool idea for WW2 the other day, that might look neat and would save the body a little damage.  Anybody ever thought to wrap the roll bars in some foam insulation, like they have on real jeep rollbars now, or that they use to cover up outside pipes?  It should be pretty cheap and easily attached with some zip ties, would look cool and keep the roll bars from getting scratched up.  Just not sure where to find that material in such a small diameter.  If anybody has any ideas, let me know.

broncojd

LB, i figured you'd have jumped in by now!

there are no adapters for the front since it runs on ball bearings.

z33guru

Dude, you reply to my posts before I even think of them sometimes! Where's my Z man!!! The post office is probably going to take a month to return it to you, if ever...

Lunchboxer

I stopped telling people what to do a long time ago...