jbrobertsonjr

thanks devo208 i orded lots of paint thanks man

Massive690

Whats up guys? Just got a Jato, pretty excited about it, snagged it on Craigslist for $150, never been run. I've been reading the thread (first 50-60 pages or so anyways) and trying to figure out what I need to do to get my Jato reday to rip. I live in MN and its -9 right now, so cant break in the engine till it gets warmer.

I have been reading about issues with the breaks and the break mod with the bic pen and fuel tubing. However all of there posts were from like 2007, just wondering if this is still a mod worth doing or if there is a better way now.

Any other tips would be much appreciated

Thanks!

quietnas1

Look at the thread that is on the 1st page of the stadium truck section. Its called (Jato Dual Brakes). Or something like that. I posted some pics that will help you out. You don't need the dual brake set up but al the other tips and tricks work great.

Massive690

thanks bro I appreciate it

jbrobertsonjr

yea man i got the dual disk as quitenas1 would say they are sick , they work so good u will have slick tires, play with the adjustment u will love them

Massive690

where did you get your dual brake kit from? LHS or online? Any other hop ups you recommend? Man having to wait to run this thing is killing me lol

jbrobertsonjr

i got mine off of ebay rpm control arms ,bumpers, motorsaver airfilter, u can get all this off ebay

quietnas1

I got mines from here. http://www.hobbyetc.com/cgi-bin/cata...id=180&man=all

Nesal

Hey Quietnas how u enjoying that savage man?

quietnas1

Oh man after having a couple of very minor issues I was able to start the break in process. So far I love it. I was able to do 4 full tanks and I'm gonna run 1 more before I start the tuning process.

Nesal

Yeah its a fun truck man! Will be back in Miami end of Feb so will definitely swing by the rc superstore hehe!

Nesal

Hi guys,
Check out what happened to my Jatos trx 3.3 crankcase!!! I was bashing it pretty hard and had a blast but damn!! Will get some vids up asap! Luckily I have a spare crankcase from another trx 3.3 I had that burnt up about a year and a half ago! So put all in there and its ready to go! Havent fired it up yet but it should be ok.
Pics:
http://img706.imageshack.us/i/img0044gy.jpg/
http://img691.imageshack.us/i/img0043ly.jpg/

Nesal

Vids of the bash session!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OasRGOv0Ag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfcdD-6cp6k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXsdcbcxDY4

devo208

nesal- cool video but check out my street racer jato. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtnQ3bgSiC8

quietnas1

Dam devoted nice vid. Wish you lived near by so I could race you. Think it would be a good run.

JatoSan

Hey Devo that's a nice video man. Sound like people were putting some money down on the race. I miss running my jato. NY winters are not good for Nitro powered cars. Too cold to be outdoors well except for today (51 degrees) but I wasn't about to go out in 50 mph wind and rain.

Anyway guys, I need info on changing Chassis plate.

I had a bad crash last summer that took my lower and upper bulkheads as well as my top plate and front arms. I changed all of these but now the front holes on the body do not line up well with the body mount and the only thing I can think of as the cause for this is the chassis plate which I did not replace as it looked to be OK at the time. 

Has anyone replaced the bottom plate on their Jato before? Is it a one hour or 6 hout project? I read on one post that its just a matter of turning Jato upside down and removing and replacing plate. No manipulation of engine and other components needed. if done right ell components stay in place. I dont know how true this is as I think there is way too much stuff in there to mess with.

I need the heads up on this one.

Thanks

JatoSan

Check out these pics of my shock and body mount. I did not seen anything bent there. The next pic is of the front end of my bottom plate and it looks ok to me as well. The last picture is the only indication that the problem is bottom plate and this shot is of the fuel tank which is not lining up with plate. As I said I changed all affected parts except for plate. I hope this does the job.

txnative

Need some Help I broke my stock rear control arms and replaced them with the ones that RPM sells. But when I got done installing them my left rear tire is cocked more than my right. I there somrthing I can do to strighten it out. Please help.

txnative

Need some Help I broke my stock rear control arms and replaced them with the ones that RPM sells. But when I got done installing them my left rear tire is cocked more than my right. I there somrthing I can do to strighten it out. Please help.

txnative

Here is the picture with the rpm control arms just wondering if the rear wheels are suppose to be like that

jbrobertsonjr

yes its should be that way, nothing wrong with that, supposed to make it handle better

txnative

Thank you Ithought I did something wrong.

jbrobertsonjr

no problem have fun with it i love mine

Medevack1

hi my name is Fermin last week i went to a swap meet and got a hell of a deal on a Jato 3.3 i dont know much about it except what i have been reading on here and what my son has told me about it, ( he has one too ) one thing for sure is that is FAST any tips i should know?

Medevack1

oh yeah how is the Jato in the snow?