twomanytoys

Put some good tires on those Jato's. The stock ones suck! Yokohama Geolanders or moabs. These will take the jato to a whole new level.

angus67

the original 2.5 tires are ok, but yea, the anacondas are only good for what? carpet racing? thats not what I bought my jato for. did you?

motorhead91

they worked better than road rage ll's [:@]

JatoMan

Well it was kinda expensive but it is beefy and I think it adds some strength to the shock towers it is made by RC solutions and comes in black blue and silver and sells for 89.99 or so [link=http://r-cstore.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=212&osCsid=67e4cf8b36ea02c76d83461ae0afe554]Rollcage link[/link] I think it was worth it this is my first nitro truck and my first rc that goes over 25mph so I flip this truck alot lol and I already nicked a cooling fin on the motor before I got this cage. But now it is protected WAY better than before I think I could stand on the thing not gonna try though lol.

motorhead91

thats the one i thought it was

jatoracing33

you can stand on it...i saw a pic of someone driving a chevy truck on top of it and it didnt break

ah here it is...well, its not a jato, but the cages are built the same

bigairlife

Those are GREAT cages. My friend used to have one and it was great. But then, one day, his LST want out of range on the beach, and drove, full throttle, into the ocean. It want out about 40 feet, the it got flooded, and sunk. And then, it got pulled away by a undercurrent before we got to it. On that fateful day, we lost a $$$850 bashing lst that day, and it will forever haunt me. thats why I refuse to drive my truck on the beach, even with fully charged batts and a failsafe.

True story. It really sucked [X(]

(this happened about 2 years ago.)

JatoMan

Well I wouldnt trust it under the weight of a vehicle as there is 2 mounting points that will prob break under the weight. It mounts wear factory roll bar mounts and that is not a really strong point to mount it and the other places are the shock towers which are pretty strong I wish they would have made it mount to the aluminum bottom peice that would have been CRAZY strong but this works well enough. This cage also helps with the Whoolies which is a good thing

nothinbetr2do

hi guy, i was wondering if you can tell me if this will fit a 3.3 jato? it just says jato so i don't know. thanks http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=016

jatoracing33

scroll down and read the package...it says "for traxxas jato"...and i think youve been around long enough to know that rpm is the best hands down

motorhead91

yep get it

Nick2618

Welll so you know ever part on the jato and jato 3.3 are the same except engine, rims/tires and exaust. Other then that its all the same. and the rims and tires are the same size they just use diff styles for the two trucks. So they are interchangable.

nothinbetr2do

thanks for the help guys

bigairlife

Very true. Get it

nothinbetr2do

ok, now if i want to make my jato 3.3 a bump start what would i need to do? right now it's still has the ez starter system. i know a bigger fly wheel, and a starter box. but what about a back plate? and do i just lose the owb? thanks for the help

motorhead91

traxxas and mip make a backplate, and traxxas has a 30mm flywheel...both on towerhobbies,

nothinbetr2do

do you have a link for that back plate? it's a 3.3, i looked on tower but couldn't find one

motorhead91

[link]http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXNWR7&P=7[/link]

heres the mip backplate

[link]http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXKMK9&P=Z[/link]

heres the flywheel

nothinbetr2do

and what, just take off the ez start, remove the owb, then bolt that on? the back plate.

motorhead91

yep, bolts straight on, easy as pie

nothinbetr2do

so the crank shaft doesn't get it the way? what about the shaft that the owb is on?

motorhead91

no, it doesnt get in the way...all you have to do is pull the plate and one way bearing out, then put the new backplate on and its good to go..

have you ever taken your ez start off before

nothinbetr2do

yes, i've taken it off before.and there's a shaft and owb sticking out. that's why i was sure if just a plate would cover it up

motorhead91

ok yea, everything for the ez start goes, and the backplate slides in and bolts on

nothinbetr2do

ok thanks, you've been a big help