I have not been goofing with RC cars for a few years but I got the itch again. I bought a new Grasshopper and built it stock. Found the Ampro YouTube channel and loved the improved front end and threw that on with a Tamiya black motor and it's a ball to bash around. Still bounces around but it's so much better with the Ampro front end. Just going to leave the pogo sticks and drive the pee out of it. I really just wanted to see how the Bru-Lines looked on it. Not running with these... maybe in some soft dirt...
Nice! Had one as a kid and drove the crap out of it. Didn't know about the frontend mod... looks good.
Weight of the car is next to nothing so I goes as a bullit. But suspensionwise it's -let's say- adventurous
Doomed wrote: ↑Sun Apr 23, 2017 8:49 pm
I have not been goofing with RC cars for a few years but I got the itch again. I bought a new Grasshopper and built it stock. Found the Ampro YouTube channel and loved the improved front end and threw that on with a Tamiya black motor and it's a ball to bash around. Still bounces around but it's so much better with the Ampro front end. Just going to leave the pogo sticks and drive the pee out of it. I really just wanted to see how the Bru-Lines looked on it. Not running with these... maybe in some soft dirt...
Looks great! What exactly needs to be done here to run this wheel/tire config?
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I got this barely used Grasshopper from a co-worker for a good price. He aquired it from his uncle when he died and it has sat in his basement for the past 16 years. I told him I would gladly take it off his hands and give it a good...
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True, true, the old knobby tires were not all that realistic, but they just looked sweet on those old school buggies. Better looking than the crop of tires that followed in my opinion.
i've had a grasshopper on my amazon list forever. just for giggles.
well last week my aunt bought it for my b-day. shipped from japan (odd when there are tons of us sellers)
arrival was estimated late july to early august, yet it arrived yesterday...
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Just looking at those MonsterHoppers makes me feel the need to build one. I think it would be more fun than just getting a Mad Bull.
I picked this thing up the other day, it's not in the best condition, but it's an rc car and I can't pass them up when I see them. I'm pretty sure it's a grasshopper, but just want to confirm it.
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that front tower/shock setup is pretty rare. i haven't seen one in a very long time.
Or at least I think it is. I was searching through my stuff trying to find my old super champ and found no sign of it but I came across a chassis for a grasshopper.
Now I am contemplating the fate of this little critter. I have all the wheels for...
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Good to know. Probably will just put it back into storage. Its a back burner type thing to about 7 other projects any way. Wish I found my super champ instead. But sadly it seams some whow the super champ is long gone
HI!... Picked this Tamiya Grasshopper II up off Ebay. In pretty good shape. I'll be restoring this one to bone stock out of the box condition.
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HI!... Well my decals showed up today. :mrgreen: Still waiting on a NIP body to show up. Still having a hard time finding original GRASSHOPPER II front/rear wheels. This one came with some other cars wheels on it.
HI!... Well I had a Tamiya Grasshopper when I was 12 (1985). So I decided to get one of the re-releases. So today I picked up my brand new Grasshopper. Here's a few pics.
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HI!... Well this one already has full AVID ball bearings (sealed) in it. It's currently got the stock 380 motor in it. It's a shelf queen. If it ever gets run it will get one of the many new 540 Technigold motors I have and a lipo. :mrgreen:
I have been looking around and decided I would share one of my completed re-builds. I decided to give my old Grasshopper to my nephew last christmas but I couldn't just hand it over in the condition it was in so I decided to re-build it. In went a...
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Grasshoppers and hornets rock!
My buddy got a grasshopper, I convinced my parents to get me a hornet cause it was faster. My buddy got a black motor and soon I was begging for a bigger motor. Parents said no cause I got the car with the bigger...