Sure Hot Trick released hop up parts that often made good cars worse but they do deserve praise for also offering hop-ups to try and turn low budget cars into racers.
If anyone is looking for a challenging build here's an idea....make a custom Hot Trick conversion kit for a car that never had them but potentially could have.
e.g. Hot Trick Falcon, Hot Trick Icarus/Bandido, Hot Trick Spica Road Runner.
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they looked 'hot' but the 'trick' was that the parts didn't work so hot.
That was exactly my thoughts when I acquired some Hot Trick aluminum control arms for the Optima. They looked hot indeed, but when I saw how they were manufactured, with the hinge pins retained by tiny screws and washers (instead of just having holes drilled through the aluminum, but that's just too logical), it was to laugh.
my Hot Trick 834B with RPS Rear Shocks tower & shocks.
the Hot Trick Swings Arms Plates and the front lower arms( Red ) still not put into the car.
enjoy the pics.
Wow very nice! I haven't seen that RPS rear shock mount setup before. I assume that came before the SE style rear hoop correct?
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Can't be...it's not red looks more like a Sassy on steroids
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Just wanted to show some fresh updates on my Hot Trick ride. Thanks to bscotti, I managed to fit it with a pair of nearly MINT front arms. I also replaced the front plate with a brand new one and put two cheap and funny Hot Trick options, the A...
After I spent 4 hours ripping apart.. its smooth as silk now... God. I can't wait to run it again.. (carpet track for sure:)) I bolts on my old Kyosho Lemans 240s motor. Back when Kyosho made em:)
As I mentioned in my other thread I got out my Yokomo collection last night and set about allocating bits to builds. Here is my 99% complete Hot Trick conversion (I just need a wing). The only thing's not new (apart from some duplicates) are the...
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worth the wait it certainly was ed superb example of yokomo rarity brother 8) 8)
Oh man, this brings back memories. Had their thin fiberglass chassis and trailing arms on my RC10 way back when before coming to my senses and getting a Composite Craft graphite chassis and A&L trailing arms. :lol:
Back in the days I had one Hot Trick car. My Tamiya Fox got a full Hot Trick conversion, resulting in a dramatic change of appearance, a debatable upgrade in driving characteristics - and confusion of threads in my screw box. Today I have several...
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The runner - made for vintage racing.
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Preliminary assembly to find the right shock set up. The relevant tracks require a ride height at +/- 20 mm. Ending up using 0.71 up front and 1.32 at the rear end.
Just picked this little beauty up at a local garage sale this morning. The guy who sold it to me said that it used to belong to his son and that it had not been used in many many years. You can see it still has bits of mud stuck to it from it's last...
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That looks sweeet! highwayracer.
I need to get on the ball regarding my RC10 Hot Trick build. It will probably get started in the fall or winter as I am very busy now.