kyle9013

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I like the lime green one alot.

0x001A4

has anyone else had to tune the LSN?

dapro

sure, you have to almost every time....I give all my trucks a quick tune before I start to run them, everything effects them, humidity, temp....you might find a sweet spot that gives a pretty good tune all the time in that spot, but you could be running too lean or rich...it only takes a second, even if its a major pain everytime, its the difference in life span of the motor...

sapper ion

So has anyone found a sure fire way to tune the lsn, I don't really feel like bending a screwdriver to do it

Tru3Racing

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Well I got my firestorm yesterday. I got it all broken in, and on the third tank of break in the brake disc broke in half! So, I glued it back together with some CA glue and that was fixed for now. So I go run it for the fourth tank and i proceed to run it. After about 2 minutes the car stops moving and just revs. So as I am mad, I pull apart the tranny and the diff and find that one of the gears have been broken into many pieces. I am still satisfied with how it drove, but mad at what broke.

sapper ion

hmm. I would definatly call HPI on that one, seems like a bad seed. That or you were bashing the h3ll out of it

Tru3Racing

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Nope. I have yet to jump it very high. I was going off a little ramp not even 12 inches high. If only HPI wasnt so busy lol. All hte reps. are busy right now.

bry14661

ive skimmed the thread and looked at a lot of sites that contain info on this truck. Can someone compare this to the Jato. all around, accleration, top speed, handling? Whats the top speed of the firestorm? we run a very large asphalt oval and then sometimes just bash with the trucks.

dapro

I have raced against a few jatos, or should I say started to race against them before they were taken back to the pit....they suck on dirt, but not sure on asphalt...but this is my personal experience....

and please check out the specs for the trucks, go to the manuf websites and look...not trying to be a dick but I hate when people ask this, of course we are going to say get a firestorm, the same goes for the jato thread....compare the good to bad threads on each truck....

JATO SUCKS, BUY A FIRESTORM AND BURN THERE *****[>:]

bry14661

ive checked it all out on the mfg sites and i didnt see mention of top speed of the firestrom, in fact i cant find it anywhere.. and i hope i dont get bias views just because i post in a thread where people own a specific truck.

dapro

ok hpi doesn't state the mph of the firestorm, but in this thread someone posted 33.7mph stock Pg. 12 1st post

traxxas website says
jato 55+
jato 3.3 65+

sapper ion

yea, i made that post, What i did to offciate that is put a GPS on to it. Mid you it was only 50 degrees and I had a semi rich setting on that day also.

Tru3Racing

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Woot! HPI customer service is awesome. They are sending me the parts for free. They are in cali too so hopefully they will get here soon. Hopefully I can go to my local track this weekend.

sapper ion

sweet

jbutera

Were is your local track and what is it called because I live in Tracy and I was looking for a track.

paranoiasgotme

Thought I would say hi and join in the Firestorm love fest!

Had mine about two months with no major issues, only thing was the bulk head snapped and the top plate of the chassie bent after the little begger got away when the hump pack came loose. Anyway that insited a new carbon fiber chassis so not all bad.

Apart from that little error, LOVE IT!! Fast, responcice, fantastic handleing, easy to work on and an excuse to get away from the misses when there is washing to be done, what more could you want???

Good to see ther is alot of interest on here for it. Even HPI's forum doesnt have this much. Plus some great tips, especially like moving the hump pack to the front.

Quick question about clutch bell tooth numbers, what differance does higher and lower numbers make?? I am guessing its accelleration vs top speed, but what produces what.

dapro

increase the CB tooth number and get more top end, decrease for more accell...

paranoiasgotme

21 tooth here I come

0x001A4

Someone asked what you guys what you use to tune your LSN. I've been using a bent paper clip to do it but its a real pain. Anybody have any easy solutions to this?

paranoiasgotme

I have a 90 degree screw driver for this, pretty common in most diy stores, it has one end at 90 degrees to the handle and one end alo0ng the same line as the handle. saves removing the engine.

paranoiasgotme

http://www.altecweb.com/home.asp?cat=Draper30855

Oscardms

I got one of these and it still wouldn't fit. I just ended up using a straight flat headed screw driver and used the tip to push on the groove of the lsn at an angle.

aaront

After 12 tanks and some seriously good bashing at the local BMX track she is still running great. The only thing that has gone wrong was the exhaust bolts came loose allowing the manifold to come loose. New gastket and bolts and we are off again. This is after complete tear down, clean, and rebuild.

hpircing4321

wut nitro percentage r u guys runnin on? im about to get one but i cant find the recommended percentage any where...im thinkin like 20

dapro

I run 30% Monster Horsepower with a McCoy 8 plug and it runs great, temps stay about 200-220