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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

No, but I'm wanting to buy one pretty soon. If nothing else, I can get my neighbor, who's a cop, to radar it like he did my Stampede.;)
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

I don't have any pics right. I'll be sure to take some pretty soon though. I definately want you to head this way sometime though. You'll definately beat me, but me and my buddies do alot of parking...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

Well guys, I finally broke a part on this truck today. I sheared one of the pins off of a front GPM Universal. I put the stock dogbone back in for now, but I think I'm gonna try MIP CVD'd all the way...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

I currently got interested in RC dragracing so I decided to use this truck for it.:D I've already got one kill with it. I ran a FT T4 with a 9T brushed motor many times and beat him. So now I'm...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

Since the LRP Sphere ESC is capable of handling 7 cells, I just had to try them so I soldered a few up yesterday.:D I didn't want to bust up any of my good packs so I used a few of SxS GP 3300's I...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

Here's a few more pics. I know its dirty, but I just got in from running it and had to show off the new wheel/tire combo.:D
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

The only thing you can't get anymore is the front belt and most of the graphite hop-up parts. You can still find most parts on ebay though and tower still sells new plastic replacement parts.


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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

I had the highest bid, but I didn't meet the reserve on it.
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

Yesterday, I bought a full set of Proline M3 Bowties for this truck and I bought a set of Traxxas lightweight dish wheels to mount them on. The white wheels just didn't look right on this rig, so I...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

Whazzup guys? i figured I would bump this thread back up front by saying that my HPI MT should be dialed in and ready to go now. I gotta pick up 2 sets of Bowties for it tomorrow, but I should be...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

Nevermind, I finally figured out how to install them. They look great on there. I take some pics of it later today. Right now I'm running the stiffest bars on the front and rear. Now I need to go to...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

I just got my sway bars in today and I can't figure out how to install them. I see how they fit and everything but I don't know how those ball ends connect to the A-arms. Does anybody know what I'm...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

Depending on how you set the truck up, it should be competitive with XXX4's. (at least they are at my local dirt oval track;))



I just ordered a couple different sets of sway bars for this...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

I had a few bolts out of my aluminum bellcrank start working loose so I pull that apart and locktited everything. Then I installed RPM rod ends and that greatly reduced the play in the front wheels....
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

I took this truck to the track Friday night to get some lap time in with it and the truck had alot of understeer when accelerating, and once I let off the throttle the rear end would get loose and...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

I still remember a little trick for the stock Traxxas Stinger motor called "Frankenstinger." And since I burned the armateur out of my Orion Method R 13x2 motor, I decided to build another one. I...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

I've just got too many ESC's and motor's lying around. :D




I just wanna get the truck dialed in and everything working properly before I throw brushless power to it. I don't want to...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

Yesterday while I was driving this truck, I noticed one of the belts slipping slightly during hard acceleration. I heard a popping noise that was made when the belt skipped a few teeth on one of the...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

Ok, yea I've already been messing around with those settings. I was just wondering if there was something I was missing or didn't know about yet. Thanks.

Right now I have all the A-arms...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

Yea, I running gear diffs for now. I'll try my luck at them and then upgrade to ball diffs if I need to. How do you convert it from long to short wheelbase and vis versa?

BTW, I'll be running it...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

I finally figured out what was causing the rear toe out.:D The rear knuckles were mounted on the wrong side. Once I swapped those, the tires were almost straight with minor toe in. That's what I was...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

If your still wanting one, I saw a roller on RcCrawler for 60 bucks. The only thing I didn't like about it is that somebody put buggy tires and wheels on it. But that easily changed. Here's the link...
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Posted By f150dan

RE: Official HPI RS4 MT Thread ! ** pics added **

All of those are stock parts on my truck except the aluminum bulkhead.
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