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June 2003
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The R/C monster lives!
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Wed, 25 August 2004 09:43
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After thrashing around a skatepark, getting 8 feet of air, stacking and exploding (busted petrol tank and all!), my red mini-baby is back in action, sporting a host of trick-bits including a new piston & ported head!
Now it can fully smoke up the rear wheels, pop wheel-stands and do 0-80km/hr faster than my supra 
Go baby go!
-J-
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Brisbane
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May 2004
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Re: The R/C monster lives!
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Wed, 25 August 2004 14:01
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sounds pretty sweet, get some cool vid action!
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June 2003
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Re: The R/C monster lives!
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Wed, 25 August 2004 14:02
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I was justing thinking that this very second! I have a cool underground carpark which should do the trick - need to wait till all the cars are out though 
-J-
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Melbourne
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March 2003
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Re: The R/C monster lives!
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Wed, 25 August 2004 14:57
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that wouldn't happen to be a kyosho sandmaster mk2 with an engine conversion would it?
Heres mine
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Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: The R/C monster lives!
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Wed, 25 August 2004 23:29
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I have a super10 that I upgraded from a 1.2 to a 1.5 then I seized the 1.5 (cracked rod) so I bought a new race 1.2 motor. Put it in, all good but havn't got round to shaving the 4 pad clutch to fit the flywheel.
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June 2003
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Re: The R/C monster lives!
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Thu, 26 August 2004 23:38
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It's a Kyosho, but not a sndmaster. Mine is the Ultima RB, with a 1.5 engine. I might go for a slightly smaller engine though, cause I think it's a little big for the car. My car is very light!
-J-
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Melbourne
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March 2003
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Re: The R/C monster lives!
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Fri, 27 August 2004 04:53
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hmmm ultima's, ive only ever seen the eb series with crappy electronic engine in them
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June 2003
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Re: The R/C monster lives!
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Fri, 27 August 2004 05:12
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Electric motors are for little girls 
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June 2004
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Re: The R/C monster lives!
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Fri, 27 August 2004 06:11
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... and people who cbf fixing/turning a petrol motor... lol
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June 2003
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Re: The R/C monster lives!
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Fri, 27 August 2004 07:22
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yeah true, they can be fiddly... but that's half the hobby!
-J-
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A.C.T
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July 2002
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Re: The R/C monster lives!
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Sat, 28 August 2004 00:40
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haha my electric car used to munch the crap out of my petrol one! Maybe thats because i spent 4grand on it over a 3 year period  And that was getting most of the parts 1/3 the price from hong kong! It was a triple-layer carbon fibre chassis'd thing and the electric motor was more expensive than the third-hand 2T motor i bought for my old celica lol. But it wouldnt last long, a few meetings packing it with Commutator drops before every run, i'd change the brushes and machine the comm and it would last me about a total of a month if i was lucky. My petrol one was pretty quick too, used to line up cars off the traffic lights and used to beat everything up until about 90k's except for bikes, it was a Kyosho as well. The petrol cars are good fun, but they can be soo annoying with tuning and never wanting to start, or starting then you just finish putting the body on and they friggn stall again! Take the body off and do it all again, over, and over, and over..., plus the gas cars get soo dirty. I actually preffered the electric car anyway, i loved the sound of the high pitch whistling of the motor and the smooth sounding noise the electric motor and Novak speed controller made on full throttle. Just personal opinion i guess.
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June 2003
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Re: The R/C monster lives!
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Sat, 28 August 2004 00:58
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you know petrol rc cars aren't that bad as long as you make a cheat-starter
Just pull apart the pull-cord starter, and replace it with a single socket - or even a bigarsed phillips head bolt. Requires a bit of fabbing/soldering, but it's worth it. Then all you need is a cordless drill.
If it stalls, jam the cordless drill in the side, give it a zap and she starts up again! No more annoying pull-cord This is best accompanied by one of the funky little torch-sized glowplug starters.
-J-
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Brisbane
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October 2002
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Re: The R/C monster lives!
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Mon, 30 August 2004 11:11
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i just ordered my new savage, has a .25 engine in it
u can get a new .28 engine for it now
3.75HP
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June 2003
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Re: The R/C monster lives!
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Mon, 30 August 2004 11:58
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That roxors! Amagine that engine in my baby. 2.8 kilo's with 3.75HP.
That's power to weight for you. 1340 HP per ton
-J-
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