edog2009

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Man I am beat. Working strait out from yesterday at 3 PM. I will be finishing it up tonight.
After 20 hours of building I am almost done!!!!!

46u

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Looking good. I still do not have my 5B SS running as I am doing many up grades before I ever do. I hope to be done with phase one soon. I do recommend doing the front hub C clip up grade ASAP. I all so recomened a fail safe kill switch as this can end up saving you a LOT of money!!!!!!! Here is a list of what I have so far.

HPI Baja 5B SS Kit

Team Associated throttle brake
DS1015 servo

Turtle Racing
Complete Clutch System (Orange)

Turtle Racing
HD Tranny Plate (Orange)

Threshold
Shock Umbrella Seals with installation tool

Turtle Racing
Heavy Duty Front Chassis Brace

HPI
Front tire molded foams

washers for e clip conversion

Fast Eddie
Wheel Shim Kit

Scorpion Chassis Brace Satin

Pro-Match 6v 4200mAh Hump Receiver Battery

FF Front/Side Windows Smoked

Modified Pico Failsafe / Soldered Kill Switch Combo

Bad Horise Shock Covers

Heavy Duty 20T Drive Gear (Will not install till I have the other gears)

Outerwares pull starter cover

PhatDad Fan Cover Saver

Dale Gribble

My Feedback: (4)

This things are a beast to build aren't they? Almost like a right of passage. I did a marathon build on mine too about a year ago. It is exhausting.

d.k.v

yep these things take time do do right... im building my dads right now(well took a brake to look round here) lol

1 question. the plugs things that hold the radio box down mine are short and i cant put the clips through???
i did cheach the part numbers twice acually

any help will b apprecated

46u

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The front and rear radio box pins are different. The front ones are smaller so they can fit through the frame and are held by the front brace. Hope this helps. I enjoy my build.

d.k.v

nope not long enough

edog2009

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You have to press them up till they are flush on the bottom.

d.k.v

ok ill keep trying... its nearly done just 1 front and the rear shocks togo

broke the oring in the front shock so have to wait till hobbie store opens to run my car

46u

My Feedback: (3)

Yes they are once you have them seated all the way. It is a tight fit but they will work. Had the same problem when I built my 5B SS but worked fine when seated all the way.

All so if you do not do the C clip mod on the front wheel hubs sooner or later your wheel will fall off.
http://www.asaad.com/eclip.htm



All so get a fail safe, kill switch as I have read of many that did not run one and they ever did HUNDREDS of dollars damage and luckily never hit any one. This type fail safe does MUCH more then a normal fail safe!!!!!!!!! Would not run my 5B SS with out one.
http://www.rckillswitch.com/index.html

d.k.v

lol sounds like your a sales man lol

well its my dads and its up to him... but ill b driving it every chance i get

46u

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I sell nothing and do not make money trying to help others from wasting there money and making mistakes. I do do a lot of reading on many forum sites and learn from their problems as well as my experiences. If you run the stock C clips your wheels on the front will fall off sooner or later and a Pico kill switch is MUCH cheaper then what it would cost to fix a run away 21 plus pound RC buggy or keep the possibility of a law suite if it hits someone or personal property.

d.k.v

i was only joking

ill show him the c clip mod
and prob force his wallet open lol

i cant wait to run it in like 10 hours yay

46u

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I have not run my 5B SS yet as I am fixing all the weak spots and doing many up grades. I have had it for all most 2 months but all most done with phase 1 and will be running it in the next couple of weeks as the last parts for phase one are on there way.

This is my first 1/5 scale but have been racing 1/8 scale and running nitor for about 10 years religiosity. I have played around with them off and on since around 1965 when I got my first one.

What radio are you going to use?

CTDave

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Once you start with these you will not go back to nitro,and the building is just starting,wait to you see what you can get and add on to these things.lol

d.k.v

where runing a spectrum dx3s with telematary(once we workout how to set it up) lol

will kick my cars but

46u

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I will never get rid of my nitro as there are not any real 1/5 scale tracks in Georgia and I love racing. All so with 1/5 scale you just cannot jump and abuse them like you can with 1/8 scale do to there size and weight.

Thinking about building another 5B SS just to run alcohol some day.

46u

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Good radio. I have been running 2.4 GHz now for about 4 years and will never go back to standard FM. I started with a Spectrum DX3 and then got the React. Love my React radio but the support and availability of receivers and sensors is POOR to say the least.

CTDave

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I am hoping with more and more of the big ones getting around,there will be more tracks being built for them,I was heavy into the nitros too but these are more fun.I do miss my MGT's though.

46u

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I am trying to get more in to racing 1/5 scale here in Georgia and there is a new track about 70 miles away that has 15 foot lanes and he is talking about trying to run some 1/5. But it is pretty radical for 1/5 but is great for 1/8.

SAVAGEJIM

Very nice looking kit coming together there!

Dont skimp, keep up the good work. Even though you investsed 20hrs into building, that will be worth it. When I built my first comp gasser kit, I did it in about 8hrs. Not too long, but not too fast either. But I goofed on a couple of areas where I wound up having to back track and redo it because I didnt look at the instructions thoroughly. (I was too excited in getting it up and running)

But seeing you SS kit coming together brings back that feeling of elation of the actual build process and the anticipation of wanting to get it together to run it!

d.k.v

building it is the best you can see your hard work coming togeter.and if you brake it you know how it goes together so you can fix it easyer

SAVAGEJIM

Oh, absolutely! It is to the point now that I will buy the kit version anyday over the RTR. For one, I hate the stock electronics, (I have a race grade radio).

Also, I believe every RC fan should built at least one kit in their life. Kit building is part of the hobby and I hate how RTRs are beginning to ruin that.

At least HPI makes kits, like the Savage SS kits, and this beloved Baja 5B SS kit. I cant wait for the 5T to come in an SS kit too! (Too bad Traxxas, AE, and Losi do not sell any of their RCs as kits, at least none that I can think of)

d.k.v

yer i have a tamiya tt-01 kit that was fun now i just fined my dads baja ss so im goin good.

but i also have a traxxas slash rtr :0 but still awsome fun like a mini baja 5t

46u

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I know AE make buggy and truggy kits. I have not bought a RTR in years other then a couple of my Kyosho Mini-Z F1 as they do not come in kit form. To me starting out with a RTR just ends up costing you more money in the end. I only have around 35 RC vehicles as a couple years ago I sold some. [X(]

d.k.v

yer you just end up replacing the stock electronics anyway