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I would not use a nicad cheger on NiMh batteries. The Nickels will not like that and may speak up, very loudly.

You got it twisted around:
Don't use a NiMh charger on NiCad's.
They are not so sensitive and may miss the peak with the NiCads;...

These were the plugs of choice back in the day. I went with a set on my vintage sand scorcher but I couldn't get the black color ones I wated.

I just discovered the orion sticker on my Sanyo 1400SCR's says LAVco followed by a number.
I guess they had several units they used to rate the cells for matching.

wow sho.. You found soem gold for next to nuttin. Like it was said. The Cam motors were very good motors back in the day. Great find!

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I see what you are saying. Some of the older ESC did not have the lead for the Rx at all.

I would also check out the boat scene. I have been out of them for a while, but I remember some of those guys ran insane cell counts. I am sure the water cooling helped though.

The Mr. series includes a few different lines, including my favorite: Sonic and Sonic2
I'll tell you right now, the large comm Sonics are CRAZY durable, don't give a flying crap about gearing, and survive the worst torture test ever conceived: a...

good points. Thank you sir..

If you are gonna run old batteries like 1200's or 1400's and maybe 1700's a 16 turn should be fine, but if you are going to use newer batteries with 3000+ mah only use a stock motor cuz it'll get quite hot after...

Good Points all - Thanks for your input.

I just tested the radio, and it works perfectly - I use the exact same radio for my 3 runners ( each has it's own 113iP rcvr). the rcvrs are still available, but the controller isnt even repairable according...

Tear a strip of paper about twice the width of your pinion. Pull the paper into the spur/pinion gears by turning the spur. Adjust gear mesh and pull out paper. You should be able to remove paper without tearing if gears are set up properly.

If I...

Geez, pink was fashion in that time ! :lol:

Same for me, I only run actual electronics.

Fluorescent colors were big back then, especially pink!

I stil have one too and I have it installed in my nostalgia car as we speak. Such sweet motors they wwere. I have th e12 turn drag/3 min motor. Its a screamer

I..think..I'm..going..to..faint... :shock:

I run Novak T4s and and a Futaba 112 escs. With stock-mild 16T and final drive ratio around 9 I get around 8 minutes run time. The futaba runs hot with a 16T (thanks Carloco). I'm tryline to determine a baseline for what I have. The T4s are ready...

thanks for the info. i also thought it was odd that both plugs were the same. i was also stumped on the wires. it looked like there was 2 red and 2 blue. but the more i looked at them, the neg. battery wire is actually a blushish gray. it made it...

thanks. i looked at the motors again, and the red one has a 1W etched in it. i'm guessing that means a single wind. the chome one has a 2 etched in it. so i guess that would mean a double? they don't say anything about what turn they are, though.

I have one of those dischargers. It is sooooooooooooo slooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww to do it's job. It's got to be a half amp or so cause it doesn't even get warm. From what I've learned over the last few months, it's best to discharge your batteries...

Checkpoint came out with a fast motor in the mid 80'. This is the Checkpoint Gold. Do you know of anyone who has one or maybe an old TRINITY motor with the tiny slotcar brushes?

I have been collecting old Checkpoints for a while now, and yes,...

they're yours if you want them, mel. i'll let you know when they show up.