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Some delays on running it....I have a Dewalt 20v cordless drill..it won't turn engine over fast enough to fire it..when I pull the wheel and put the cone on and use the vintage tower hobbies cone starter it fires right up...but the tire hits the cone..I have some serious hurdles in front of me

Ready to test...full tank of Morgan's Cool Power 15%

Updates: -got the brake on (pure custom, works perfectly but gonna upgrade servo to higher quality) -switched 20t clutch bell to a 17t -switched 49t counter gear to a 52t -ordered a steel 52t counter gear for durability (then I can run the MIP diff -currently has 52t Frog gear and stock diff -had to...

Congrats on the win!..see u in December

BattleTrak wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 4:21 pm Man it’s looking great! The center exit exhaust looks perfect. Clever fuel tank mounting too with Tamiya bits.

Thanks man, the plan is to keep it as much Tamiya as possible.....also trying to not spend one dime on this one...using everything I have that just laying around

Huge update:....I drove it!....just imaging the smoothest running nitro ever....and serious top speed....serious...no I haven't clocked it yet and only ran it for a few minutes but being a good judge of speed i am assuming 45mph ballpark..reason being it has no brakes yet...it just rolls forever and...

GoMachV wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:00 pm Well done!

But .....
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Just sayin

That's what's on my Bruiser

Made some headway, fuel tank mounted, had to redo exhaust, old setup hit the carb

Or, buy a truck from Kyosho. :mrgreen: The spider gears don't even have metal shafts. My Nitro Brute has MIP metal shafts on the bevel gears!...I cut a driver down, drilled the bevels and put the hardened shafts in...the tranny is indestructible and I put some hard miles in on that Nitro Brute!

I had to take out the MIP ball diff and pit in a stock Frog gear diff...tranny and clutch bell roll over super free! Did you do the "Frogshot Mod" to it? I don't know what that is..lol! https://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=24674&sid=3142 I use a 4-40 screw. Drill one side...

juicedcoupe wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:54 pm

coxbros1 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:25 pm I had to take out the MIP ball diff and pit in a stock Frog gear diff...tranny and clutch bell roll over super free!

Did you do the "Frogshot Mod" to it?

I don't know what that is..lol!

Had to do an engine swap...the red head hit the body, didn't want to cut up the body...hope this lil O.S. CZ is up to the task! Had to switch the MIP Ball Diff for a Frog Gear diff...tranny/clutchbell super free...zero resistance Also had to relocate the right rear shock to clear the engine mount......

the only switched part so far is a frog counter gear (the smallest one)...luckily I have an unbuilt Frog 🐸 I can steal parts from!....and it has an MIP Ball diff in it What did you do to the "pinion" section of the Frog counter gear to get it to work with the larger Blackfoot diff gear? I...

1911Colt wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:05 am Are you planning to paint it orange, perchance?

Lol, nope stone stock

Whoa! This will be awesome.. You can get aluminum gear cases and counter gears now for these. Cool! I haven't researched any upgrades for these "space age" chassis trucks..but I will...I would like to keep it as stock as possible and see what holds up and what doesn't, then just buy what ...