Anybody know which shop gives good support for 1/8th buggies? I am running my violator with whatever oil they came with. They are filled with silicone oil, but they have no impact on how the diff unloads. It's too late to order them online where I get most of my stuff. I know hobbytown doesn't, and kenvil doesn't, what about zeppelin?

I appreciate any help.
I'd agree with Tone, try Cruisin'

If they don't have it, you could also try Crispy Critters in Totowa on Union blvd.

Nick

If anyone ever needs anything from cruisin I am at class every day and its right down the street from me. Just gotta tell me a head of time.

If anyone ever needs anything from cruisin I am at class every day and its right down the street from me. Just gotta tell me a head of time.If your paying

2 revos
2 XXX4 G+
2 Futaba Radios
1 XXXS G+

Mike

If your paying

2 revos
2 XXX4 G+
2 Futaba Radios
1 XXXS G+

Mike
you such a weeeeeenis....

-Tone

tone r u goin 2 the track today if u r when and who else is goin?
~cort~

If your paying

2 revos
2 XXX4 G+
2 Futaba Radios
1 XXXS G+

Mike
Short list, you need to broaden your horizons....don't you need speed controls, batteries, chargers, tires....come on, at least do the thing proper!

Nick

tone r u goin 2 the track today if u r when and who else is goin?
~cort~

ryan is goign with him

suop erybody back

erik and ryan did u guys get the maxxs

whoa.....horizon has a new front page....I thought I was at the wrong site at first.


Nick

suop erybody back

erik and ryan did u guys get the maxxs

yes we did we drove them at the track today

If your paying

2 revos
2 XXX4 G+
2 Futaba Radios
1 XXXS G+

Mike

Sure :tongue:

tone, did zeppelin have the part i needed for my t-maxx?

did'nt you go with him on your way home

tone, did zeppelin have the part i needed for my t-maxx?
i didnt go yet WT.... how's your back?? and your NUTS?

-Tone

i didnt go yet White Trash.... how's your back?? and your NUTS?

-Tone

if you go can you pick me up and spur and some 1/8 diff balls

if you go can you pick me up and spur and some 1/8 diff ballsyou're too late... i just got back....

-Tone

guess i will have to go myself

i didnt go yet WT.... how's your back?? and your NUTS?

-Tone
mebbe i'll just come with ya friday and get it then

Hey Guys,

I run mostly nitro. I bought an electric T3 :) . I also bought a new 9T double speed gems motor. How do I properly break in the electric motor??
Also I have the stock spur gear,87T. What is a good pinion gear tooth for top speed? IT will be used for bashing in the street and for some short grass and jumps.

Thanks

Robert

Hey Guys,

I run mostly nitro. I bought an electric T3 :) . I also bought a new 9T double speed gems motor. How do I properly break in the electric motor??
Also I have the stock spur gear,87T. What is a good pinion gear tooth for top speed? IT will be used for bashing in the street and for some short grass and jumps.

Thanks

Robert
to break in the motor run it at about 1/4 throttle (use you're throttle trim) for 5 minutes.

you're too late... i just got back....

-Tone
so did they have what i needed?

Just to let everyone know, Charlie wont be on hobbytalk for a while. His computer is broken. If you need to get a hold of him he will be at Zeppelin tonight form 6 on.

Hey Guys,

I run mostly nitro. I bought an electric T3 :) . I also bought a new 9T double speed gems motor. How do I properly break in the electric motor??
Also I have the stock spur gear,87T. What is a good pinion gear tooth for top speed? IT will be used for bashing in the street and for some short grass and jumps.

Thanks

Robert
According to the T3 manual, they reccomend an 18T pinion for their "power 20" motor. So I would say go to a larger spur (>90) and somewhere around a 15T pinion.

I break my motors in on my power supply at 3-5volts for 6 minutes, a 4-cell battery pack also does the trick, just direct wire the battery to the motor (or a lot easier with some added alligator clips), and run for about 6 minutes or so.

Nick

Just to let everyone know, Charlie wont be on hobbytalk for a while. His computer is broken. If you need to get a hold of him he will be at Zeppelin tonight form 6 on.
Computer is broken? How? What do they need to fix it?

Nick

Computer is broken? How? What do they need to fix it?

Nick
Donna said it just crapped out. They took it to some guy in Bloomingdale. Should be fixed soon.

Donna said it just crapped out. They took it to some guy in Bloomingdale. Should be fixed soon.
oh, ok

Nick

Just to let everyone know, Charlie wont be on hobbytalk for a while. His computer is broken. If you need to get a hold of him he will be at Zeppelin tonight form 6 on.
Fun...

Mike

so did they have what i needed?
Uhh Yah/... 2 pins and 2 squate things that you'll never need!

-Tone

Hey Guys,

I run mostly nitro. I bought an electric T3 :) . I also bought a new 9T double speed gems motor. How do I properly break in the electric motor??
Also I have the stock spur gear,87T. What is a good pinion gear tooth for top speed? IT will be used for bashing in the street and for some short grass and jumps.

Thanks

Robert
Rofl.... ok Robbie, thsi is the dealie... get a 15 tooth pinion, and u can use the 87 spur for it....
as for break in.. there is several ways.... 1/4 throttle for 3 mins..... or use a motor break in box for 3 mins, OR get a 3 cell battery and run it for 3 min.....

its great that you got yourself a little basher - but my prediction.... it'll become a race car for NEXT year!!!

-Tone

Just to let everyone know, Charlie wont be on hobbytalk for a while. His computer is broken. If you need to get a hold of him he will be at Zeppelin tonight form 6 on.
Damn.... Donna shoulda said something to me yesterday! i woulda had them bring it to Zepps today, and i woulda brought it back on Sunday (to the race) when i fixed it! Mebbe next time!

-Tone

Gary,
are you back in NJ??? you got any nice lexan sheets you want to sell me?

-Tone

Gary,
are you back in NJ??? you got any nice lexan sheets you want to sell me?

-Tone
Tone: Back - I'll have to see what I still have. How big a sheet do you need, and how thick?

G

Tone: Back - I'll have to see what I still have. How big a sheet do you need, and how thick?

G
Enuff to make a wing for a tmaxx (the crowd Pleazer type) and for the Mini-T.... just thick enuff for wings....

i need to make a replacement for the Maxx, and a replacement for the Mini-T...

-Tone

Tone: Back - I'll have to see what I still have. How big a sheet do you need, and how thick?

G
How about some 0.007! ;)

Nick

How about some 0.007! ;)

NickGary,
.030 would be fine or .025... whatever you think will work for the applications i mentioned....

Nick,
.007???? thats tooo damn thin. are you CRRRAAAAAAAZY????
you gonna be at zeppelin tonight for slut car action???
-Tone

Gary,
.030 would be fine or .025... whatever you think will work for the applications i mentioned....

Nick,
.007???? thats tooo damn thin. are you CRRRAAAAAAAZY????
you gonna be at zeppelin tonight for slut car action???
-ToneWell, let me put it this way, it's 4 O'clock and I am in Maryland, so even if I could leave now, that would put me there sometime after 9 or 10 with traffic...So I won't be up tonight :(. As it is I won't be leaving work until 5:30.

0.007 is the thin body thickness for slot cars, thats where than number came from.

Nick

edit: I'll still build you a car this week though, if you want.

Well, let me put it this way, it's 4 O'clock and I am in Maryland, so even if I could leave now, that would put me there sometime after 9 or 10 with traffic...So I won't be up tonight :(. As it is I won't be leaving work until 5:30.

0.007 is the thin body thickness for slot cars, thats where than number came from.

Nick

edit: I'll still build you a car this week though, if you want.dang, that sucks sack..... was lookin forward to the discussions at the diner afterwards! i'm definately interested in a slOt car (note: i typed slut car before), so yah, if you build it... you know the rest......

-Tone

edit: yah... i was wonderin where the .007 came from...... thanks for the NEW info!

Tone - All I have is some .040, which I'll bring Sunday. Its a little heavier than you need - 030 would probably be ideal - but I don't have any 030. For the MiniT you really wouldn't want anything more than 010 or 015 - those bodies are pretty thin. You can get an 8" x 10" sheet of 010 at Zeppelin for just a few bucks, don't know if they have thicker sheets.


G

Tone - All I have is some .040, which I'll bring Sunday. Its a little heavier than you need - 030 would probably be ideal - but I don't have any 030. For the MiniT you really wouldn't want anything more than 010 or 015 - those bodies are pretty thin. You can get an 8" x 10" sheet of 010 at Zeppelin for just a few bucks, don't know if they have thicker sheets.


G
Gary, I think at minimum it should be 0.015 Thick, I think that may even be a litte too thin, my mini-T body is definitely thicker than 0.010, rpobably in the 0.020 or 0.025 range, or maybe I'm off by a lot....who knows

Nick

Tone - All I have is some .040, which I'll bring Sunday. Its a little heavier than you need - 030 would probably be ideal - but I don't have any 030. For the MiniT you really wouldn't want anything more than 010 or 015 - those bodies are pretty thin. You can get an 8" x 10" sheet of 010 at Zeppelin for just a few bucks, don't know if they have thicker sheets.


G
Thanks Gary, i'll pick up some thinner stuff for the mini-t at zeppelin, and i thing the .040 is PERFECT for the tmaxx... i appreciate it!!

-Tone

Gary, I think at minimum it should be 0.015 Thick, I think that may even be a litte too thin, my mini-T body is definitely thicker than 0.010, rpobably in the 0.020 or 0.025 range, or maybe I'm off by a lot....who knows

Nick
Well, we're just talking about the rear spoiler here. Besides, we all know The Tone never crashes with his Mini T, unless one of the Meile's run into him :p ....

tone, you're goin to zeppelins tonight?

Well, we're just talking about the rear spoiler here. Besides, we all know The Tone never crashes with his Mini T, unless one of the Meile's run into him :p ....Gary,
You missed one HELLUVA race this past weekend... the main was 99% crash free!! its amazing how much we've learned how to control these little things!! it was such a blast!

Oh, and as for that crash statement.... it isnt entirely true... i crash a bunch on my own, with or without a Melie or two!

see ya SUNDAY!!

-Tone

tone, you're goin to zeppelins tonight?
Yah... i am leaving in a few mins to go there.... i dunno what time slot car racing starts... i'm thinkin around 7pm.... i aint sure!!

-Tone

Yah... i am leaving in a few mins to go there.... i dunno what time slot car racing starts... i'm thinkin around 7pm.... i aint sure!!

-Tone
i thought it started at 8?

hey does anyone know the dirtrunners phone number and

wayne do u think u could sign me up for truck mod and buggy mod offroad

chris or wayne i will bring the money for the maxx on sunday, i really like the truck. and do one of you think you could help me out with the enigine because some settings got changed and the engine runs extremly hot now.

Wayne, Gary, or Charlie....

Slot Car Controller... is this what i need??

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=776&item=5916915997&rd=1

....
strange...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2617&item=5916627492&rd=1

-Tone

Tone, the car is what we are running now.If you can get it real cheap go for it. The controller is exactly what you need. They are claiming new in box. It would be 55.00 at Zeppelin for that exact controller.

Erik, I will gladly help you tune the Maxx on sunday. Are you planning on racing it? If you are that is cool. If you can get there a little early it would be better. See you then.

Craig, the Dirtrunners phone number is 862-268-1632. It is on 24 hours a day. A message can be left at any time. I will sign you up for the two classes.

I am hoping to get all my stuff done early today so that I can finish breaking in my 1/8 buggy and get it tuned to be able to race. I have other stuff that needs fixing. I relly need to get my Oval Maxx up to snuff so I can put a big case of hurting on Paul. He has solidly beat me the last two races and now it is time to make my comeback. His Maxx has been running awesome and fast. I've got a few tricks up my sleeve though.
We shall see.

Well I am off to the workshop to get started. See all in the morning!!!!!.................................WAYNE



P.S.- Tone my Mini-T will be running. It will just be in stock form probably till the challenge.

wayne i plan on racinit and beating ryan with his maxx. what time would be best for me to get there so you could have time to fix it?