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Old 08-24-2005, 03:08 PM
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Well, RC10GT Is ready for the long, grooling storage. My parts came today(I had regular shipping from tower and they got here in 2 days...) I put together the parts and my GT now sits. My box came in bad shape though, got to love the mail service. [&:] All it needs is a new engine (thinking of a .12 non-ps engine).

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Old 08-24-2005, 06:45 PM
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wow you store your cars really early... i don't store them till early november
Old 08-24-2005, 07:21 PM
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you can send your car to me for storage.. it's a new thing I'm trying.. "Stratcat's RC10 Storage.. cheap spaces, great places"

ok, I just need a dag gummed RC10!!!

Old 08-24-2005, 08:33 PM
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The boxes I get from Tower are always like that too. The cardboard is getting thinner, soon they will be using grocery bags. Don't look at that tape the wrong way, or it will just tear on its own.
Old 08-24-2005, 08:38 PM
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I am soooo lucky. I can run all winter. It never snows and the lowest it gets during the day is about 34f. I am a lucky one huh?
Old 08-24-2005, 08:54 PM
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StOcKerRaCer um no here in vegas the coldest it gets is like 40 if that so I can run all year long. and ICrashThings why are you storing it and that must suck if you have no other car
Old 08-24-2005, 09:04 PM
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ya luky!!![:@]
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ORIGINAL: BEEN THERE WRECKED THAT

and ICrashThings why are you storing it and that must suck if you have no other car
Im going to be way too buissy to be messing with my nitro stuff(thank you hard classes, work, firehouse). I will buy upgrades for my 4-tec and mgt all through the school year here and there(just to give me something to do). plus i dont feel like buying a new gallon of nitro right now :s
Old 08-24-2005, 09:22 PM
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Storing your trucks for the winter?i live in NY and it gets COLD!!! But i still bash almost as much as summer.
Old 08-24-2005, 09:30 PM
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Just wrap some insulation around the engine head and GO for it!!
Old 08-24-2005, 09:32 PM
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is there a way to drive a rusty in the snow??
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paddels and skies for the front I think 2coolrc makes them
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is there anyway i can run my jato in the snow
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any thing else i should get??
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shrink wrap elestronics and rage 5 get some paddels and skies as well and do the same to electronics
Old 08-24-2005, 10:00 PM
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will these skies work
http://2coolrc.com/detail.aspx?ID=179
Old 08-24-2005, 10:09 PM
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those are what you need but no those wont work you need ones that say will fit for jato I dont know if any will be out because of the jato has not been out for a year so you can put on some meaty tires on the front if you dont find any
Old 08-24-2005, 10:40 PM
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is there any ski kits for the rusty??
Old 08-24-2005, 10:41 PM
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If you don't find a set that fits, get these...
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDT99&P=7
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXWH30&P=7
... and find a creative way to hook the skis up to the front. Thats what I'm gonna do this winter. [sm=rolleyes.gif]
Old 08-24-2005, 10:46 PM
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not plane skis i want 2.2 size tires!![:@]
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yeah you could try that and if you are creative you can do it and those tires will be awsome for the snow
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revokid will if you dont want skies look at tower hobbies and make your desicision from them
Old 08-24-2005, 10:52 PM
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wouldnt those tires work on the front to with a high lift kit for the rusty??
Old 08-24-2005, 11:05 PM
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high lift kit and no you want something like that has groves you know like not stock tires but step pins are mashers something that has grovves in the front for steering
Old 08-24-2005, 11:13 PM
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like a pro line tire??


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