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I had some time to kill so i model'd up a copy of the front bumper mount from the slightly rough one i got recently .


I don't have a picture but after removing the support material witch came off in one piece i tried sitting the genuine part onto the support and it fit perfectly

I recently had time to refit the 2speed gears and after using the instructions kindly supplied on the last page I now have it working as it should and wow does it work ! Hard to believe it was a brushed motor on 7.2v NiMH ! It was however getting the Trinity Monster Horsepower motor quite warm so I've fitted a 13.5 BL sensored motor that with the wick turned down a bit delivers the same sort of power with 2s lipo , I really only want longer runs no more speed !
This really is a great car I'm surprised its not more historically notable !

How are the brakes now you have the 2 speed set up properly? I still need to visit my 2 speed settings as there's no brakes to speak of.

No brakes at all , just not possible with the 2 speed , i guess that's why nobody raced with it even before it was banned but its great fun .

Hpi added a one way to the clutch portion which allowed brakes, but also caused it to shred every tooth off the spur if you ever tried to roll the car backwards. I bought a nova two speed a while back that advertises forward and reverse operation but haven’t investigated how they do it.