kgreenwalt98,

I run nitro on the beach all spring, summer, and fall. The two main areas of particular care, as previously mentioned, are the air filter and bearings. I always run a two-stage air cleaner and clean it after every day I run. I used to dismantle, clean, and re-oil my bearings every 2-3 weeks but found during my second summer that sealed bearings once a year are the way to go. There's no sense in me cleaning them because the salt air does a corrosive job on them over the course of the summer. I replace the bearings in my nitros and electrics every winter when I tear everything down for a good cleaning. I use Boca bearings and am very happy with them. Among the sand, the salt air, and 7+ months of beach running, it is just easier and safer for me to change out the bearings once a year - I consider it the price of living at the beach. And unfortunately (for these cars), Wildwood has some of the finest/smallest sand particles you'll find on any beach.

If you're only going to be running the beach for a vacation period, I recommend that you clean and re-oil them all when you get home from vacation, and you should be OK in that department. Make sure to hose 'em down well with fresh water at the beginning of the cleaning process to get all residual salt out of them (in a strainer with running fresh water flowing over them for 10-15 minutes). DO NOT just plop them in a large container of water - keep the water running before blowing the water out and hitting them with a dryer. Then give them a good coat of WD-40 and let them sit overnight before oiling them and putting them back in the car/buggy/truggy.