FP 4LC4PON3

what will happend if the stinger on the muffler breaks off. is that bad or good? i have a stock xtm x-cellerator and mine broke off after i hit a telephone pole.

FP 4LC4PON3

can someone please move this post the the stadium truck forums. i noticed im in the wrong area. thanks

GYNAIKAS

It doesn't matter if it's a truck or car...by "stinger" you mean the pipe's "final tube" that engine's fumes come out right? In that case no it doesn't harm much but you should richen the car a bit cause pipe's chamber looses some compression. If a syncronized pipe type then it is bad...if not then there's no major problem.

Pillbots

JB weld it back on. Its not a good thing, the stinger is still part of the tuned pipe and it may have a detrimental effect on performance.

GYNAIKAS

Can anyone post pics of the thing you call "stinger"? I just wanna see if I understood correctly or not.

Pillbots

GYNAIKAS

Ok,t hat's what i mean too. If you put it back someway be careful not to shorten the hole cause that will increase pressure.

FP 4LC4PON3

i got a new one from my hobby shop. its the stock one that comes with the x-cellerator. he took it off one of his trucks and gave it to me. my hobby shop is friggen awesome

GYNAIKAS

WOW!!! That's how support should be! I'm glad that the problem is solved! See you around...

FP 4LC4PON3

well yeah they are good with anyone. there called redneck racing. the owner gives 20% off anything you buy and when my losi xxx-s broke down he didnt have the parts in so he took a brand new one off the shelf and gave me the spur gear and the entire ss4300 brushless system in treade for my broken ones taht he just sent back and got new ones. my hobby shop rocks period. he told me this once. he said hes not out to breaks peoples pockets he wants people to be in the hobby and to have fun doing it.

GYNAIKAS

There's one thing I'd like you to say to him next time you see him. Tell him that gynaikas(you know, the stupid guy from rcuniverse...LOL) sais: GONGRATULATIONS AND RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!

ferrarimk13

lol, and i thought my hobby store was great, lol. If anything breaks, how can it be good? lol anywho, good that you got it fixed, because it becomes loud as hell.

GYNAIKAS

Here in Greece spare parts are expensive so we cross our fingers everytime we bash to stay away of damage!!! LMAO! Just kidding...we have great support (not joking about the expensive parts [:@]) but nothing like your local hobby shop! IS that man sent from above??

FP 4LC4PON3

i just had my servo crash in my x-cellerator stadium truck and he gave me a brand new one. these are good guys that own rednecks racing in fulton ny. saturday he told me to come by cause i told him im having tuning issues. im new and i cant tell if its tuned right so he said he would teach me everything i need to know and whatever else. i do have another hobby shop thats closer to me cause fulton is about an hour and a half and this other place is 20 mins called walts hobby. i asked todd and he told me that to show me how to tune my nitro its 60 dollars an hour and his prices are crazy. the nitro 4-tec is only 355 and hes selling it for 399 and the jato is 369 and lower hes selling it for 449. i called him on that and he was like ill look into it.

i needed glow plugs and the o.s A3's at rednecks are 2.69 each and walts has them for 6.99 plus tax lol. big difference

GYNAIKAS

Here HPI and LRP glow plugs cost from 8 to 11 euros in different shops depending on their type!!! [:@]

ferrarimk13

yeah, turbo plugs are expensive, its like high octane fuel, u pay more for it, but its worth it in a way.

GYNAIKAS

Worth it??? They rob us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![:@][:@][:@]

Pillbots

50p (1$) more expensive than regular plugs over here... Not that bad for me.

GYNAIKAS

But when I say 8-11 I don't mean turbo plugs!!! I mean regular plugs! Isn't that much? I mean 10euros is nothing but i don't like being fooled...it's mostly a morale matter than an economical..

Pillbots

I mean turbo plug are 1$ more expensive than regular plugs here.

GYNAIKAS

Yeap that's a small difference indeed. But turbo plugs are only for competition turbo engines like most of the racing .12 and .21 are.

Pillbots

Yeah, if you can afford those engines you can probably afford the plugs too.

DIABLOTAC78

in my lhs rb turbo plug is 8€ and 5€ for the ordinary glow plugs. gynaika i think its cheaper here in athens than there in patra

GYNAIKAS

Probably...Patra has only 3 rc shops (practicly 2) and Athens 20, maybe more...so there's more competition between them.

Xtfreak

Whats the difference between a "turbo" glow plug and a "normal" hot, cold or medium glow plug?