1.6 motors no good!

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- October 27, 2002 at 3:27 am #9408
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  Hi Guys,
  
  Got a couple of 1.6’s for me and my wife. After about 4-5 cycles they both started slowing down. We put in a 2.2 and the car was fine. I’d recommend steering clear of these and sticking to the 2.2. Has anyone else had this happen to theirs?
- October 27, 2002 at 6:39 am #16163
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  trueno yor girlfriend likes bits 2?!!! since modding my skyline she wants a pink s2K and now considers getting a bodykit on her holdenvectra
- October 27, 2002 at 6:44 am #16164
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  havn’t had any probs with the 1.0 if you want to go slow then try these. alternatly whack a 2.6 in her bit when she is not looking get her to think its a 2.2 and then tell her if she wants to go slow to use “the yellow one”.
  
  the kit racer axles will slow down a 2.2 quite a lot as well
- October 27, 2002 at 8:05 am #16167
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  No problems with my 1.6.
  
  Of all the motors, I’m sold on the 2.2 actually, unless I’m tabletop racing in which case the 1.0 is the best IMO.
  
  Still trying to see if I can sort the 3.0 out
- October 27, 2002 at 8:12 am #16168
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  Unfortunately our 1.6’s suck but the 2.6’s are already on order. I gave her one of my spare 2.2’s which works a treat.She loves my GTR with 3.0 and hard tyres as she can do burnouts in it. Once the 2.6’s arrive her little DB will be cranking! I do agree that the 2.2’s are one of the best. I’m looking forward to trying the 2.6’s with different gears (I’ve got a limited GTR with the tall gearing at the moment). One last thing, why does it seem the booster cars go faster with “only” a 2.2? Both my boosters will lift the front wheels when fully charged.
- October 27, 2002 at 8:52 am #16172
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  How do your boosters pop up a wheelie?? Which motors/batts do you use and when do you press a boost button?
  
  Is it completely stock?
- October 27, 2002 at 10:16 am #16177
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  I’ve found that with hard tyres on the back and the 2.6 on board, my Booster Skyline 2000GT-R will break traction, occasionally drifting, but mostly donutting 😀
- October 27, 2002 at 12:38 pm #16188
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  put try putting the hard tyres on the front, you get heaps of understeer but when the backsteps out, you drift like a pro.
- October 27, 2002 at 1:30 pm #16192
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  With both my GTR and Modellista boosters, if I go full speed backwards then swap to forwards the front wheels lift right off the ground. If I take the cover off the front lifts so high that the back touches the ground. That’s using the 2.2 motor and orange gears (stock). My Char-G GTR with the same configuration doesn’t!
- October 27, 2002 at 8:10 pm #16203
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  trueno, what freq. is the auto modelista booster?
- October 28, 2002 at 9:12 am #16227
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  Quote:
  
  Originally posted by Trueno on 27October2002
  
  why does it seem the booster cars go faster with “only” a 2.2?
  
  CONFIRMED!! :smiley3:Big mystery!!
  
  Ya, my G24 Booster 350Z also outdragged everything we had; all the other cars were also running on 2.2s on both 27 & 40, always charged with fresh AAs. Tried all 3 gear ratios too (vs orange in 350Z), didn’t help. Tried a orange 2.6 motor too – not much better, Zed still creamed. Age of cars didn’t matter either… we had everything from brandnew (1hr old, about 10 charges), used-n-rebuilt (new cell & motor) and well-used (6 wks old).
  
  Zed’s motor is a standard yellow 2.2 with std orange gears.
- October 30, 2002 at 11:53 am #16368
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  Auto Modellista set is 27MHz
  
  It’s strange but the booster cars just seem to go sooooooooo well. I love the cars which come with the Auto Modellista set but I don’t like the controller as you needhold down the booster button to go full speed. With the multi controller you can flick a switch and the car goes full speed constantly.
- October 30, 2002 at 4:37 pm #16380
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  Cool i WANT the Auto Modellista SET
- November 4, 2002 at 12:02 pm #16615
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  GODDAM I WANT A 350Z, people stop torturing me about how awesome they are
- November 4, 2002 at 12:28 pm #16620
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  Quote:
  
  Originally posted by Trueno on 30October2002
  
  It’s strange but the booster cars just seem to go sooooooooo well. I love the cars which come with the Auto Modellista set but I don’t like the controller as you needhold down the booster button to go full speed. With the multi controller you can flick a switch and the car goes full speed constantly.
  
  Nothing a piece of gaffatape can’t help, AE…!!
  
  Of course if you didn’t mind hacking up the TX, then a more-permanent solution can be easily found. There’s lots of room to put a little toggle switch that will make it stuck on ‘boost’.
  
  350Z is great!! (heh heh heh)
- December 26, 2002 at 2:06 pm #17320
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  i have modellista set also but havea problem, when i dont press the boost buttom my 2.2 runs a fast as a 1.0, but when i hold the boost button it goes up to normal 2.2 speed, i also have subaru 45 mhz, non boost, and for my modellista 27mhz to keep up i have to hold the boost, is there a reason it does this, does anyone else have this problem?
- December 28, 2002 at 5:53 pm #17330
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  you arnt serious are you? um its a booster that might be a problem to you but thats the way it is supposed to work. press the button and boost.
- December 30, 2002 at 10:00 am #17333
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  lol what a moron
- January 3, 2003 at 12:23 pm #17370
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  i have a 1.6 and have had it fro about a month now and it hasnt slowed at all but i dont c the “outrageous” torque factor
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