Any Nitro Nuts??

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    • June 29, 2004 at 2:11 am #12225
      jamiekulhanek
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      Any of you ausmicrons into nitro cars??

    • June 29, 2004 at 2:51 pm #52975
      brendan
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      i am

    • June 29, 2004 at 3:17 pm #52977
      PandaBear
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      Well… started racing them back in ’79… 🙂

    • June 29, 2004 at 9:41 pm #52996
      Admin
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      About the last time you raced, hey zoomer?

    • June 30, 2004 at 2:51 am #53001
      brendan
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      i started racing nitros 4 years ago but im a electric boy now

    • June 30, 2004 at 8:06 pm #53038
      jamiekulhanek
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      Quote:
      Well… started racing them back in ’79… 🙂

      Back in 79 you were like 30, right?? j/k

      ok what car you got brendan??

    • July 2, 2004 at 5:44 pm #53092
      brendan
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      now, none. i sold my tb-02 and lookin for mabye a evo 4 when it comes out

    • July 3, 2004 at 12:34 am #53109
      trash
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      Damn, thought the might be something in here about…. N2O is da way to go !!

      Nitrous Oxide …. great stuff…. picture the homer simpson car that runs on Alcohol, one for you, one for me, one for you, one for me 😮

      I just got into Nitrox diving too (also refered to as N2O), but I’m thinking now I like the feeling of being Narc’d !

    • July 4, 2004 at 3:28 pm #53158
      Star Guitar
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      Im into nitro, i have a Savage.. Anyone else here have one?

    • July 13, 2004 at 4:43 pm #53462
      jamiekulhanek
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      i am looking into moster trucks, but the traxxas TMaxx or Revo gets my vote.

    • September 23, 2004 at 12:36 pm #55649
      Prabbit
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      I have a T-maxx, I had a Savage 21, I have a nitro RS4. Also have electrics.

      -Peter

    • September 23, 2004 at 12:37 pm #55650
      Prabbit
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      I have a T-maxx, I had a Savage 21, I have a nitro RS4. Also have electrics.

      -Peter

    • September 23, 2004 at 12:44 pm #55651
      Prabbit
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      Nitros kick butt when they’re running. My RS4 runs perfect. Never dies, idles perfect. I just bring it in before it runs out of fuel and fill it up while running and go some more. My T-Maxx on the other hand (as well as my Savage and my friends mammoth and my friends revo and my friends storm etc.) just seem to die a lot. It seems we never have them all running at the same time. Well, that and the monster jumps at our local BMX track seem to attract a lot of broken parts.

      Anyone thought about making a 1/4 scale monster truck?

      -Peter

    • September 23, 2004 at 1:46 pm #55654
      MiniKing
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      Ive also got a nitro car its a GV2 with 0.15 motor and two speed gearbox and it rus really well…i havent had any problems now that it is run in properly ill give pretty much any other nitro car run.I raced a HPI and left it for dead…i used race 1:10 electric had a Xpress pro no were near as quick as my nitro though.

    • September 23, 2004 at 10:55 pm #55662
      jamiekulhanek
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      Haha yeah those huge jumps and Wide open throttle are potentially dangerous for your car, but awesome phun!

    • September 23, 2004 at 10:56 pm #55663
      jamiekulhanek
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      Haha yeah those huge jumps and Wide open throttle are potentially dangerous for your car, but awesome phun!

    • September 24, 2004 at 2:50 am #55669
      oldtamiyaphile
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      Nitro is for loosers (had to buy 10 or so to make sure ;), well, got a nitro Helicopter too). I’ve got a 1/5th scaler in transit. 5hp Zenoah and no nitro in sight 😀

      I could have got a 1/5th scale monster, but I really wanted an F-1. Maybe next year 😉

    • September 24, 2004 at 3:49 am #55672
      jamiekulhanek
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      Nitro is for losers….lol….You can’t SPEEEL dude.

      5hp Zenoah…..um….wtf has been done to it??

    • September 24, 2004 at 4:27 am #55673
      Avatar photoAaron
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      *laughs* I have really been avoiding nitro…. then I learnt of “HPI Nitro RS4 Mini” and now I know what I want 😉

      Pity they’re made of unobtainium….

      A.

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      Site Owner Guy.

    • September 25, 2004 at 1:43 am #55692
      oldtamiyaphile
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      Ofna make a Mini Z10 thats pretty simular for around $300AUD with engine (Force 12). Some HPI parts fit. I love all my 1/10 Mini cars, but the Nitros just don’t handle because of the high CG. The front wheel drive Kyosho Nitro Mantis Mini is my favorite 🙂 It’s disco’d too though 🙁

      The 5.3hp Zenoah is a stock G-26 ‘outlaw’ spec. I was actually looking at the .21 powered Schumacher Fusion (70+ MPH), but then I remembered how much these things cost on wheels, tyres, fuel and piston/liners. The 5th scaler is much cheaper in the long run.

      Try working 72hrs a week and getting 6hrs sleep if you’re lucky and try spelling then…sometimes you just don’t care 😆

    • September 25, 2004 at 4:29 am #55696
      jamiekulhanek
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      wheels = $0 unless yo do something stupid. Tyres, well, depends, a set of bow ties lasts me ages…Fuel…not that dear, $12 for a litre or therabouts…pistons and liners…pfffft they last ages unless you can’t tune engines, and they don’t really cost much, usually less than an electric mod motor and generally last ages.

      I have a stock zenoah LH (1.2hp @ 7800 RPM) and am getting a 29cc big bore/stroker crank head kit with 13:1 dome….jumps from 1.2hp to 3.75 @ 16,000 RPM :):)

    • September 25, 2004 at 7:21 pm #55704
      oldtamiyaphile
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      Wheels generally need to be replaced with the tyres. Since we’re (well I am) talking on road, wheels look pretty sad from curb rash once the tyres wear out. At any rate, I don’t much want to bother with trying to debond super glue from used wheels. If you run off road, wheels and tyres can last the life of the car.

      Tyres cost $30 and last you one race weekend, and that’s just on a race tuned .12. a .21 would half that. Piston/liner is $80+ every 8 litre of fuel in a race engine at correct race tune, on a race engine like a NovaRossi you can expect to spend double, tripple etc. Good fuel costs $16/l and you’ll need at least 500cc for a race weekend.

      Zenoah will go 1000hrs (in chain saws etc) without drama and fuel costs $1/litre. What is your Zenoah in?

    • September 28, 2004 at 3:40 am #55764
      jamiekulhanek
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      Dunno where you get your prices dude….I just bash, and it costs little.

      And um, theres no way that a G26 will last 1000 hours, lol thats a fast one if i’ve ever heard it…

    • September 29, 2004 at 5:54 pm #55791
      oldtamiyaphile
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      The 1000hrs thing is from a German mag that has a lot of large scale content, the G26 may not last that long, but it’s going to be a lot longer than any 1/10 engine.

      Ask any competitive 1/10 or 1/8 racer what a race day costs them…

    • September 30, 2004 at 4:12 am #55799
      PandaBear
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      The 23cc Zenoahs do last a long time, even on a race large-scale. Seldom hear of anyone blowing an engine or even needing to overhaul them… usually the rest of the car would be worn out before then.

    • October 2, 2004 at 4:14 am #55878
      jamiekulhanek
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      No zenoah will last 1000 HRS without problems…

    • October 3, 2004 at 4:16 am #55890
      PandaBear
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      I think a lot has to do with good 2-stroke oil mixed correctly into the fuel.

      These little spark-ignition engines aren’t overly stressed and they can still continue to run with crazy huge tolerances. Similar engines run for months continuously in portable generators and all your lawn tools… 1000 hrs would be a snip.

      Talking of which… oooooh, miss the smell of burnt castor.

      But never remembered it to be so LOUD..!! 😯

    • October 3, 2004 at 4:08 pm #55894
      jamiekulhanek
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      I guess it all depends on application, a portable generator is usually a fairly constant load….

      My application is a motorized scooter very high loads etc.

    • October 6, 2004 at 10:21 am #55953
      Prabbit
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      I’m building a true 1/4 scale monster truck. No, not one of those little 1/4 or 1/5 scale things you can buy online. Mine’s 1/4th the size of a real monster truck. You know, like Grave Digger. Have you ever seen that truck? It’s HUGE and mine’s 1/4th the size of that. Not a quarter scale of a pickup truck like the ones mentioned earlier. It’s powered by a 50cc Honda scooter motor with variable transmission. Steered by a 12V linear actuator and has 16″ (40cm) of TRAVEL and 16″ (40cm) wheels! It weighs about 120lbs (55kg). Who’s your daddy!!! This thing will pull me, a grown man, on a skateboard without any hesitation. Hell, it could drag me down the street on by butt!

      -Peter

      -Peter

    • October 6, 2004 at 11:21 am #55954
      AdamC
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      Wow, sounds like fun (not the being dragged by the butt bit)

      You have to post some pics

    • October 6, 2004 at 4:01 pm #55961
      PandaBear
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      Quote:
      I’m building a true 1/4 scale monster truck. …It’s powered by a 50cc Honda scooter motor with variable transmission. Steered by a 12V linear actuator and has 16″ (40cm) of TRAVEL and 16″ (40cm) wheels! It weighs about 120lbs (55kg).

      Wouldn’t that be just RC’ing a typical 4WD All-Terrain-cycle
      (like the Honda/Kawasaki/Skidoo etc), what body?

      When RC toys get that big… it sorta loses its purpose.

      If its big enough for a guy to ride, imho you’ll have
      more fun RIDING it rather than driving via RC.

      ps: hope you’ve got reliable FAIL SAFEs. 👿

    • October 7, 2004 at 5:11 am #55971
      jamiekulhanek
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      Yes a wide open throttle runaway 1/4 scale MT could probably be classed as a weapon of mass destruction lol.

    • October 8, 2004 at 6:13 am #55987
      Prabbit
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      I put failsafes on all my nitro stuff to protect my cars. I put a failsafe on this project to protect ME and whatever else it could potentially destroy.

      Of course I have pictures! The body is a carcas of a kids electric ride in jeep. Also, please note the video is without the engine tuned very well so it’s a little slow. I tuned it a little better since then but it’s still not quite right. I’ve also done a few other mods since these pictures like the 12V Actuator steering, chain tentioner and some other stuff. Also, remember, it doesn’t look like a store bought truck because IT’S NOT. I designed, cut, welded, machined, drilled, bolted and wired every piece.

      http://www.geocities.com/pfabersac/quarter.html

      -Peter

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