"RACEY" Grasshoppers?

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twisted wrote:i wasnt actually looking to do one of these mods to make the car run better but just to do something i wanted to do when i was a kid.
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I am now wondering what an RC10 graphite will look like with a Hornet body dropped on it :mrgreen:
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Nice grasshopper.

I'd like to see my local race track push grasshoppers for a new winter offroad class. Don't think it would go over, but it would be fun to race (maybe once). The hobby shop could also make a bunch of money on broken parts.

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Unmodified Hornets/Grasshoppers are useless. I once "raced" mine. It fell over at the first corner :lol: They only go in a striaght line up the street!
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This one always intrigued me! RCCA Oct '89
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I did a rebuild of my old Hopper.. Is this "racey" enough?

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Nothing too much but "Hopped" up a bit.. CRP front shock conversion, Hornet rear shock conversion, full bearings and Proline tires.. Added an ESC and a 540 silvercan motor for my nephew but I did run an old Trinity "Monster Horsepower" stock motor for a little bit before I "retired" my hopper until last year.. There are more pics at Tamiya base or in my photobucket..

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Take a TRF201 and mod the Grasshopper body on it. Will look impressive around the track until they look under the hood lol.

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the fx10 front end kit works much better then the alloy shock mount kit:
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kaiser wrote:the fx10 front end kit works much better then the alloy shock mount kit:
Yup but 20+ years ago it wasn't around.. 8) I did that after I snapped off one of the old shock like towers when I was like 12 ish.. :roll: It was my first real modification ever on an RC.. :D

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Here's mine. Mostly cosmetic upgrades with some homemade alloy body panels.
I added nerf bars, front and rear shock upgrades, sport tuned and later on soem alloy wheels hubs.
The original wheels / tires shown pre decals are traxxas bullet.
Actually one of my cars that is going on the bay to fund other more expensive projects!
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gomachv wrote:This one always intrigued me! RCCA Oct '89

ive thoguht about four linking the rear before. i never seen this article though.

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ra272 wrote:A nice one:
:shock: Wish I could find more pics/specs on that one! Looks awesome leaving the body stock too. Impressive car!
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that one is pushing it IMO, betcha there is a three gear trans back there.

pretty much just used part of the chassis and the body, still cool though.

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