redfox03

i changed them because i wanted to see how they were. if it doesn't handle too good, i still got my good ol' stockers in the tool box. plus i have more spring selections with these.

madmax22

lol. ohhh boy was he mad yesterday! i almost hit him w/ the st-1 lol!

grimespdx

oh man, the max is now up for sale/trade. That sure didnt take long, only have driven the st-1 twice.

ericem

Then 10 years from now. You say wow. I didn't buy anything except fuel [X(]

grimespdx

haha, If I would have stuck with the max, ten years from now I would be homeless

bark

I'm in the process of getting back into the racing hobby.I've been racing on and off for a whiile.I was considering the Mantis because I don't want to break the bank and I like running something different than the rest of the crowd.After finding this forum I'm seriously considering the TT ST-1.I've scanned through the posts and found a lot of interesting info.Thanks for all your posts,and thanks in advance for any future ???'s that I may post! I'm sure I'll read all 140 pages if I get the TT!

madmax22

LOL! my mom makes me buy all of my parts luckaly(?) all but $30 of it was to fuel i would have no $ if i kept running the t-maxx.!

jombo

well finally got the ofna blue truggy box to work the way i want it too
http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=MOV04926.flv

the 2 8.4 work good but this works the best, now i need to figure out how to mount it [sm=72_72.gif]

madmax22

hey jombo this is my duratrax starterbox. has twin motors but wont turn the ST-1 over w/ 2 stick packs.... ill hook it up the my moms SUV and see if it will turn over. think it will???????????????? i use it for my buggy but has no compression compaired to this thing! i duuno ill hook it up tomorrow...

soccerlaw

Max - that looks just like the ofna box I had. You hook two 8.4v batteries up to it and I guarantee it turns your st-1 over. Granted it may also end up in smoke like mine did, but your car will be running - LOL!!!

Also, I think the short in mine was 100% due to a botched wiring job that I did to get the two batteries lined up in series. If you actually spend the time to wire them correctly, they should work amazingly.

madmax22

lol! ok thanks! thats what I wanted to hear!

ItchyBum

Madmax thats the same as the first box i bought for my Nosram. It only lasted one day at the track and then the motors burnt out [:@] now i use the thunder tiger box with 2x7.2 volt 3000mAh Intellect batteries and its perfect. Starts up instantly, i dont even hear the starter box turn over, the engine just fires on contact with the wheel. Its more like a switch than a starter, i push it and the engine turns on lol

madmax22

LOL! i have had it for a wile now! i never set the pegss up so it takes me 5 mins to get it on the box so it would hit the fly wheel. lol!

ItchyBum

Yeah thats the first problem i had with it. The ST-1 is too big to use the body posts i think you can use 1 maybe lol

madmax22

yea i couldent get any to fit. i wanted them to fit so I could leav the body on but ohh well Ill rig something up so I can do it. ill just drill new holes in it.

bronx boy

i dont know if this is old news to you guys who would like to put roto start on your st 1 i went to thunder tiger 4u .com and got 2 sets of roto start back plates part number pn0273 for my st1 and my er 1 they fit like a glove now i can use ant of my roto start hand held units from any of my other cars its great also when i was putting it on my st 1 i noticed that they never put the back brake disc in from the factory unless it cracked and fell out oh well time to upgrade you know i just cant fix it i must make it better

jombo

madmaxx22 you need this cable to hool up 2 8.4 batteries, its not worth making one for the price of this and that should turn it over http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXMTZ3&P=X

Pexeter

Are the only pre-painted bodies that fit the ST-1 the bodies for the MBX5T? If so, who has the biggest selection on the net?

jombo

here are the speed 500 motors , geared their rated at 12 v each so tecnically you could run 16 to 18 volts with no problem
http://www.hobby-lobby.com/speed500.htm

bronx boy

if you have to much pinch try to give the starter cord a little yank when you ingage the stater box it will usually get youg motor spinning

madmax22

I came with it and the one to put up to a car battery

soccerlaw

Yes, definitely buy that connector Madmax. If your box doesn't have the tamiya connector to start with coming from the motors/starter just take your time wiring that up. I tried a McGuyver job and with that much power coming through it doesn't surprise me that I smoked the box. There again at 12yrs old you're already more r/c advanced than I am so I'm sure you won't run into this problem! It really does start up so effortlessly with this setup.

madmax22

yup i have all the connectors. ill go try the car batt in the basement and hook it up to that in a little. I hope i t works! THe onlything about the starter box if I stall i cant just run over yank on the cord and be going again. ohh well... Ill live.

ericem

Got it in



Had to use a bumpstart backplate the SW .26 one. Also running the 15T bell. So hopefull will be alot faster then the mach 427. I didn't want to cut the backplate for the spin starter. Shimming wasn't feasable either way to high maybe 5-6mm gap don't like the idea of the whole motor sitting much higher on washers.Can't wait to try it. Looks so nice now. I might just be able to keep it if I can sell two memory cards locally when they come.

Would probably work with the proper rotostart backplate which is smaller and a spinstarter .12-16. instead of the pullstart backplate which is larger and the spinstart .21-.28 backplate.

More pics here

http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...cem/Rc%20cars/

The Hedgehog

Got my St-1 in yesterday. My stick pack for the reciever doesn't fit though can I see some pictures of your setups?