Lunchboxer

You still got another one, right? Or 2?

lee172

its an odd looking thing but in a cool way, got any pics of the rear reservoir?

secretsg

Just one left. I will install modern electronics in that one and run in my basement. lol.

secretsg

Check the 1st picture on 2nd row.

Lunchboxer

Come on, man! Run it on dirt or gravel and take some action pics.. at least w/ some sand or rock kicking up.. a runner is a runner!!

lee172

i did want to see a real close up, but that will do, ta.

Lunchboxer

Is there a diff in the SuperChamp?

How robust is the tranny? Do you think it can take a mid level mod motor power? (like a XBR 8.5)

secretsg

There you go. Reservoir is actually functional in this car.

secretsg

No LB there's no diff in this thing. Just a counter shaft. No chance it could handle XBR. It would rip the spur to shreds. It wouldn't even fit, you need to mod it to fit anything other than silver/blackcans. Maybe a 550 can drop in directly in but I never tried.

Lunchboxer

Interesting.. maybe you are not giving Tamiya enough credit on their gear strength?! hee hee...

But yeah, probably not a great idea on a 20+ yrs old car!!

Lunchboxer

Oh, remember the eBay purchase I mentioned, that the guy kept giving me the run around.. ?!

Today I told him to refund my money.. I hate loser eBayers.. the first 2 weeks he said he has problem w/ PayPal (not my problem, my money was sent) and then he said "he does not have time to send it out because he works a lot"..

Maybe he shouldn't be selling stuff if he can't find time to send things out?!?

[&:]

lee172

start a dispute immediately [>:]

Lunchboxer

With eBay or PayPal? I assume PayPal, right?!

The Hedgehog

Definitely paypal, but I think people end up doing both [&:]

VXL ENCHILADA

Yea i've never been ripped on Ebay but thats bull "I can't send it cause i dont have time". I think you should dispute with PayPal.


N.rustlerfreak

Lunchboxer

Yeah, I mean, no time to send out a package.. that's fine, I can believe that, but then, you probably shouldn't be selling stuff.. [&:]

Looks like we got a new visitor here! Welcome!

[]TEX[]

Nice Super CHamp, brings back memories!!

Lunchboxer

I am sure that it will do fine.. although run 2 of those will cost like $60+.. [:@]

Oh well, at least unlike Clod, you don't have to worry about reversing the timing on one of the motors...

[]TEX[]

Just scored a brand new Makita Li-Ion charger on eBay for $46.99 shipped. It's a $140 charger, I am psyched, mine broke earlier this week.

http://www.makita.com/menu.php?pg=ac...tag=87&tbl=1&f

Lunchboxer

Can you use your RC charger to do those? I mean, Li-Po is Li-Po, right? Or regular chargers don't go up to 18V?

How did you break yours?!

[]TEX[]

The battery has ten Li-Ion cells and my charger goes to 9 cells. There is also some special chip in the battery that only allows the Makita charger to charge it.

Mine just stopped working, no longer charging or anything, totally dead. Something happened to the electronics. I checked for a fuse, found none.

Lunchboxer

DOH... usually you don't see the charger go bad..

No warranty, eh?!

I went to HomeDepot the other day, and see a few of their power tools are now offering life time warranty.. (Rigid is the brand, I think?)

Lunchboxer

Interesting....

http://www.junfac.com/shop/index.php...roducts_id=184

I don't see if it offers anything more than the Kimbrough.. I guess you can probably use stiffer setup w/ this thing.. but other than that, it is not like it is doing anything new...

secretsg

Haha I knew from the New Castle you had good taste in beer. Now it confirms you have good taste in tools!

hunter306

I think that would be great for a scale truck, so you didn't have the unsightly servo saver... Otherwise, It's just another option part!