bleiwalo76

Yeah I was going to order a temp gun today, but Tower doesn't ship internationally.

ElectricGuy007

Racing my E-firestorm bomber car on Sunday. I got a 19T brushed motor in it for now. I am running Lipo thou.

redfisher1974

Pics still not working I see[]

redfisher1974

Crap we need to get this thread moving again!

bleiwalo76

Yes we do, well I got my motor fan and my pinion gear set, just letting the thread lock set and dry good. Wanna see if my car is running hot still and I'll keep messing with all the different gears that came in the set.

redfisher1974

Sounds good, The fan should bring it down 10 or more degrees and then you just need to gear for temps, Smaller pinion lower temps. If you cant hold your finger on the motor for 3 seconds its getting too hot. You can throw on a big pinion once and a while and hit a smooth road and do a few 60 to 75 mph speed runs but give it a chance to cool down.

redfisher1974

These help a bit too, Motor mount with heatsink.

bleiwalo76

LOL, not many smooth roads out in Afghanistan, mostly want it geared for off roading on this rc track we are building out over by my work.

redfisher1974

Yeah sorry forgot about that...HA!

Do you have a castle link? You can hook up your ESC to a laptop and adjust timing,punch,power,brakes and dial it right in so your not spinning out all the time.

bleiwalo76

That's my next order I'm planning on investing in. So smaller the pinion is the less load on the motor correct? I've really never tried to gear any of my cars properly.

redfisher1974

You are correct. your top end will lower but you will have more torque..

bleiwalo76

Yeah don't need much speed I did the speed thing with my Savage XS Flux and that's sitting in a box with a bent motor shaft, busted drive cups, shafts and snapped dog bones.

bleiwalo76

Yeah I'm not much for the speed thing anymore. I mean it's fun when my friends think they can beat but me, but I would like to enjoy running our rc track for a while. My Savage XS Flux is sitting in a box with a bent motor shaft, snapped dog bones, busted drive cups and axles. That will be my side project of getting it back up and running.

redfisher1974

I have a XS and it is a fast little truck for sure.

bleiwalo76

Just mounted my Dirt Hawgs 2 on some HPI gray split 5 wheels. Also got my trenchers on split 6 beadlocks. Colored them outside of the wheels black. Wish I could post pics of it and our track

redfisher1974

Dirt hawgs are great tires. Yeah pics would be neat.

nitro-rob

The thread is livening up.  Bleiwalo - I assume you are stationed in Afghanistan?  I know the guys at RC car highlighted some servicemen in Iraq a few years ago that set up a track.

redfisher1974

Yeah 3s should be enough with the still cold pavement and no traction...lol

bleiwalo76

I'm yeah over at Afghanistan, there's about 4 other people out here with me that have cars also. We got tired of just driving around in the dirt, and since the dirt and equipment is free we decided to make use a track.

redfisher1974

Free dirt is the best dirt they say...

mrmiro

My new body getting ready for spring at the sand pits.

redfisher1974

Looks great, What body is that?

mrmiro

It's the HPI F-350 truck body. Down fall, had to cut the top portion of my rear shock towers to get it at this height, no biggy.

redfisher1974

Cool, Its hard to find bodies that fit the storm.

mrmiro

Kinda yeah, I think there is about 5 from HPI and 1 from Proline, so there is a few to choose from.