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Mazda's First Nitro

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:21 pm
by Mazda787b
I have always wanted one of these, and always had an eye on my friend Andrew's. Well, it has sat at my other friend Josh's house for eight months now. I was going to buy ti before for around $50, but I didnt have enough cash. Now, with some wheeling and ealting with Josh on some Mini-T parts he had to off for the XXX-T i traded for from dcsk8terboy, I finally got it. I traded the XXX-T to Josh for the Mini-T parts, and for him to pay Andrew the $25 I offered him for the car. It is a Super Nitro Rally RS4. It has the stock NItro Star .15FE, RC10GT pipe, 1100mah nimh rx pack, futaba s3003 standard servos, RC18 Rx, iwaver Tx, and GH front aluminium arms. It also has a 2-speed optional tranny! We got it running last night, and it is fast as hell. It was really clean, but it started to sprinkle last night and we were running on gravel. I plan to get a CVEC pipe, HPI Stage 3 upgrade kit, new WRX body, Ti-Turnbuckles, GH rear Arms, and a few other odds and ends. I re-skinned and balooned the Rx pack, Balooned the Rx, and added new fuel line. I need to buy a new aair filter (probablaly for a .21 buggy), a fuel bottle,and a throttle linkage to get brakes working agian and I am set. I also have a green antenna tube for it in my box. Josh bought me a 1/2 gallon of Byron fuel because it was on sale and I saved him from getting ripped off. I also bought a mettered glow igniter with charger and nicd for $18. Heres the pic, more when I clean it up!

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Now that I am into nitro, I don't think I will be going back to electric.

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:35 am
by betty.k
tune in next week folks for another thrilling installment of the swapalot gang :smile:

will josh discover the truth about his painful past?

will andrew and dcksk8tertoy's evil plans come to fruition?

like sands through the hourglass......... :lol:


but seriously that should be lotsa fun. i'm a fan of hpi stuff, well built and engineered stuff. :cool:

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 2:12 pm
by Mazda787b
Hah betty, that was great.

Seriously though, its a great car. I need a servo saver for the throttle servo so I can use the brakes, but as long as I don't open it up much, it should be fine. I'm about to go get a Plug and a bottle. More pics will come when I have it cleaned up better.

:-)

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:29 pm
by sg219
Cool ride, but....

Mines faster than yours is............ :lol:

The GREEN antenna tube is the best part!!!

(Its green!!)

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:47 am
by Mazda787b
Psh, I lost my Green Antenna Tube. I bought a new one espically for it too. :-?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:32 am
by stagg
sg219 wrote:Cool ride, but....

Mines faster than yours is............ :lol:

The GREEN antenna tube is the best part!!!

(Its green!!)
O be quiet, you know my xmod with the NOS inside beats them all.

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:31 am
by sg219
I'll cruch it with my speed stickers. :driving:

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:36 pm
by Mazda787b
Don't worry, I plan on printing out a NOS sticker today, then noboby will be able to toutch it. 8-)

hummm

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:37 am
by ZzComputerKillerzZ
get yourself a rs4-3 18ss team that car will hold up and still go 65

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:27 pm
by Mazda787b
Meh, thanks anyway. This car is all but sold. I have finally begun my dream project.