proline makes some good
after market tires and wheels.
thats what i`m running for street use.
but they also make some good off road tires and wheels too.
my LHS has a good display of proline stuff so i had alot to choices.
i can`t help you with shock oil. i`m still learning that stuff myself.
i just put on stiffer springs in the rear as i didn`t like the truck sagging the rear.

Being you are running on hard packed dirt and then sand you really need two sets of tires. On hard dirt you want some sort of pin tires. Sorry I do not run on sand so I do not know what to say. Best thing to do is go throw tires on a web site and see what there recommendations are. Most of the tires on Towers web site give some sort of recommendation.

Hard pack dirt something like this.
These are good but do not last very long
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXJFE1&P=0

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDT95&P=0
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDX67&P=0
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXFHL6&P=0

On sand you might want some paddle tires?
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXLXR7&P=0

help help ok its not that bad but i have this lil prob for some reason, i can bash my truck and jumps stairs with it no prob. i hit the curb or a small pothole and it takes of like crazy. i f-up my front and rear diff earlier today when my truck hit a pothole and ran right into a light pole full speed and kept trying to move by the time i got to it only one tire was moving. i gusse my Question is has that ever happen to some one else im not sure if its the receiver the last throttle servo i had would work and the one i have now locked up for a lil while

If I understand what you are saying you had a run away? Are you running a failsafe if not you need to get one? Sounds like a loose connection or maybe weak batteries. Could all so interference. If it a RTR with a stock radio?

I just got the venom smart temp with built in fail safe but they make things somewhat complicated to set up http://www.killerhobbies.com/Browse_...itor_-_VNR0605

I have heard a lot of complaints bout that one. Let us know how it works out. My radio has the failsafe built in.

sure thing ,just takes a lot of time to figure it out with all the different setting will be working on it this week end

mt2nitronut whats up man . hows the trucks going we have to run soon. but im just waiting for some parts for my spur gear because i just melted it some how and the bushing and the little collor are stuck in it so i have to wait for my lhs to get the parts in shout me a halla some time this weekend

hey guys my name is chris... i have an onroad and it's fun but i would really like to get an off road. I am going to get the MT2 18ss kit when i get the money... im really excited. ive read 35ish pages of this thread already and this truck seems like it's going to be lots and lots of fun! Can't wait! Thanks to those who have put so much info and hopup info on this thread! it rocks![sm=thumbup.gif][sm=biggrin.gif]

You got the right idea get the SS not the RTR.

ya i have an onroad rtr and i really want to get an off road kit so this truck is what im going to get. cant wait, but will have to wait til i get a few pay checks.

i know the regular mt2 had some weak points, but does the mt2 18ss kit have the same weak points?

The .18SS is a lot better and the only weak point I know of is I recommend getting some alloy steering hubs (knuckles).

i was thinking that when i get the truck that i could send the extra hubs to my cousin so that he could machine some aluminum ones for me... that would be cheaper

i have a vonom smart temp but it hasn't work right it is a Lil tricky to set i may have set it up wrong i was playing with it a again engine of of course trying to testing the fail safe but i dont think it works right it opens up to 1/2 throttle

on my fail safe there was a button i would hold them set the servo where i wanted it to go if i lost signal then let go of the button and then if i turned off my transmitter the servo would go to the point i set it to, pretty simple, just try again

Hi
I am new to this RC Nitro stuff and just bought a used MT2 18SS and found that the rear turnbuckle was replaced with a stock MT2 turnbuckle.
Any idea what I should get to replace it with an adjustable one?
Where is the best place to buy new ones?

Thanks in advance.

Welcome to the forum.
Being HPI only sells them in sets I would go here type turnbuckle in the search and see if you can fine a pair the right length so you do not have to buy a whole set.
http://www.towerhobbies.com/index.html

Here is the whole set but they are not in stock at this point.
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...=++&search3=Go

Sim I could'nt agree with you more...well done. Although i think he did not really understand the whole subject matter though due to his response, well, being innapropriatly phrased. The concept of prefs...prey tell.

I just bought an MT2 18ss and then took the dodgy 18ss out (not even started or ran-in) and put the OS 18CVR with a change of tyres, and sealed my diffs with Traxxas diff oil. Put the CF upper chassis on it as well as the CF front/rear shock towers and CF break disk and generally modded some things for the race course while I was building it to make it stronger. looks very swish. have to run in the engine though first.

Any advice about the 18CVR and its tweeks...?

Did you get a chance to finish breaking in your MT?

hey 46u
yes i did. i did have a few issues.
1. the servo saver on the steering needed a bigger
washer. it popped right off. almost ran into a curb. no big deal.
2. the stock brake disk was stuck to the plate. i thought it was
the engine clutch. pulled engine for nothing. i was able to free it up. i went for the carbon disk at my LHS yesterday.
i ran 4 more tanks thur it with the HSN back at break in setting. i` m still getting hot over 280 to 300.
what number glow plug should i use? the first one burnt out on break in.
i`m using the same as my savage. a number 5 or 8. i forget.
speaking of my savage. i put the thing in a lake yesterday.
luckly it didn`t go that far and was stilling running when i got to it.
the water was about half way up on the tires. i fished it out and ran it dry.
last night when i got home i took the truck apart. luckly the water didn`t go up to
the radio box. but what a mess. i never seen my savage so dirty.
its going to take me all week to clean. but at least i didn`t fry the RX or servos.
the guys i was running with had a good laugh. they were telling me stories about
their submarine cars. LOL seens i`m not the frist one to put a car under water. LOL
all and all. great bashing day.

There is a video some where on this forum where a guy runs his Savage in a lake with big tires and it stays afloat. I think the video is called something duck. I worked on my Savage all weekend and still not done do to needing a couple of parts. I am doing a major service and installing the LCG chassis as other up grades that I have been collecting for a while.

Rule of thumb is to run a hotter plug in small blocks then big blocks. Big blocks hold more heat then small blocks. Wondering if you have an air leak on your MT. To me 280 is not real bad but 300 is. I have never owned a HPI .18 SS but some say it runs hotter then other engines. Here are a couple of sites with good information you might want to check out.
http://www.osengines.com/accys/choosing-glowplugs.html
http://www.osengines.com/accys/glowplugs.html
http://www.rcracersedmonton.com/rcra...Engine101.aspx

This is the brake disc that came with my MT and is all so the one I run in my Rush. I have many gallons on it in my MT and still doing well.
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXM738&P=7

It still has been so hot hear I did not even go to the track to race Friday evening. This old man does not fair in the heat well.

hey 46u
yea thats the disk i got yesterday. i didn`t put it in yet.
i did hit the stock pad with sandpaper. works ok now. if its happens again
i`ll put the carbon one on.
i thought about an airleak too. but when i was building the car i asked my friend.
you think we should seal up the motor. he talked me out of it.
i`ll try screwing with the needles alittle more. it starts fine and makes good smoke.
but no more oil pouring out the muffler, just a drop or two when i shut down.
i guess i shinned the diffs ok. after 8 tanks. they feel fine. i was doing donuts,burn outs, power slides. i love this truck. i can see why hpi stop making a 2 speed trans for it. its fast enough for me
with a one speed. out of control fast with steet tires and wheels.

Probably should have sealed the motor just to be sure that you have no future probs with it...but its easy enough to take out again and do it though. but I would try to seal it though, but its up to you.

Whenever I get a new motor straight out of the box I have sealed it and also checked to se if it has leaks...some actually do. i think of all the engines I ahve had, perhaps 9 out of the box have had leaks, and the 18ss is a good engine is looked after and it does run hotter than some, but its just not my favourite engine though.

How did you run it in BTW, just out of interest...?

MTnitro...long time no hear. Hows the MT coming along...? Any races...?