Trippz

Well I know alot of people have been cmplaining about the cheap spur gears on redcats. Well I have now stripped my 3rd. I have been pretty unsatisfied about my volcano have owned it for 3 months and really have not yet been able to take it out and drive it something always breaking and after doing some upgrades I have not wanted to trash it (just yet that is) But I have found some intresting things out. As far as aluminum upgrades you can go with HPI mt2 header, muffler,C-hubs and front turn knuckles(you need mt2 bearings). It seems that redcat is a HPI knock off. I was at my local hobby store and the guy there was trying to sell me the mt2 ss18 kit after looking at it closely I noticed that it has the same chassis as the volcano. So my next thing I am going to do which I believe should work same motor same chassis ect I am going to get the mt2 tranny and try installing it inplace of the junk that Redcat puts out. I will keep you posted on if it works. Also if anyone out there has noticed what I noticed please let me know.

ehroof

bro, it doesnt fit, i tried already, i have the hpi mt. did you put an hpi clutch bell on the redcat, i havent stripped a gear since then.

AllAboutFunHobbies

It's nothing even close to like the MT. We sell both side by side, I wouldn't compare either one of them. If that's the case then the MT is a cheap knock off of the old Ofna Pirate since they both have the same length axles and the chassis.

skrotch

I am using an hpi 44T spur gear in my Volcano SV, and it seems to be working great. You have to be using the single gear tranny from Clermont. All you need to do is shorten the shaft on the clip side of the gear a little so you can get the clips back on. They make an aluminum one that I might look at to see if I can get it to work.

Trippz

I wouldnt say not even close. Plus I do have steering parts off the mt2 on my volcano. All I said was they looked alike.
Anyways skrotch do you have any pics and clermonts webs site

ehroof

www.clermontmotorsports.com , he's a great guy to deal with and has great prices, i get all my redcat stuff from him, he also sells all other stuff too, he has a nice size store, if you dont see it on his site, email him.

Trippz

I would say the mt2 does look a little long but the setup is very close.

ehroof

i agree, they definately are very similar, thats why i thought the trans would work but its not the same size.

Trippz

is this what yall are talking about
http://www.clermontmotorsports.com/s...iff-kit/Detail

ehroof

thats it

Trippz

well if that is a proven fix I will go with that just getting sick of replacing the spur gear every time I take it out side

ehroof

its a proven fix, you will be happy with it.

AllAboutFunHobbies

Just beware that if your planning on climbing big hills it doesn't deliver the torque you get from the stock tranny, but is hella preformer on flat land and gives an over all preformance boost on the flat ground and small bumps.

skrotch

I climb some pretty serious dirt hills with mine and it has no problems doing it! I have an aftermarket pipe, header, and airfilter on mine and it climbs the hills almost too fast, and I am talking 15ft hills full of good size rocks and almost too steep to take a real truck up.

Chubbysdad

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I think it has more torque than stock to be honest but I guess its an opinion. Overall it is a good upgrade though.

AllAboutFunHobbies

I'm just saying what customers have told me. I've never personally run it on a hill, I live in Texas there are no hills here, it's flatter than piss on a platter.

ehroof

i find it the same on low end, seem that the top end is higher and gears strip alot less

rclynx

Speaking of piss on a platter are you above water out there?

Hope so I know the Texas area is in pretty bad shape[&o]