Lacking in the speed department
08-05-2006, 06:37 PM
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Lacking in the speed department
Well, finally got the FG Leopard broke in and went to run it on the blacktop. It barley was doing 35mph.. is this fast or is it slow for the buggy. It seems to be reved out good and is running fine not to rich. Has the stock gearing and I am running 32 to 1 ratio gas with Maxima Castrol 927 two stoke oil If this is the top speed a two speed is definately in order.. Any opinons are welcome...
08-05-2006, 06:50 PM
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RE: Lacking in the speed department
i was about to say 35mph is about average for a stock FG, that was until i noticed you have a pipe (samba?) which chould take it above 40 no probs, does it feel/sound like its holding back when your doing over 1/2 throttle to WOT ? if so then you might need to adjust the HSN just a tad
08-05-2006, 08:17 PM
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RE: Lacking in the speed department
not much change in speed from 1/2 the wot. but Ive adjusted the needle and I am pretty good with carbs this is not my first rc car but it is the first gas engine..
08-05-2006, 11:55 PM
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RE: Lacking in the speed department
ORIGINAL: whayden2003
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08-06-2006, 04:32 PM
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RE: Lacking in the speed department
36MPH is what RC Driver magazine clocked it at. So you are running it pretty close. I see you have the stock pipe which is fine. A Samba pipe exits on the side, the Stock pipe exits towards the bottom. This is why there is a cut-out on the chassis for it.
