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GoldRush wrote: on a side note...anyone popping ball cups?....is rpm ball cups in my future?

Yep. Kept popping outer steering ball cups - changed them out to RPM - still popped off twice (different sides, too). At least the RPM ball cups have a lot less slop than the stock parts.

What is "blinky" ? Also, would you recommend the X-Car ESC? Amazing price. I was about to order a Hobbywing Xerun 90a v2.1 Thanks. "Blinky" is what a zero timing, zero boost setup is called in the ESC. When set to this mode, the ESC will "blink" it's LED to show that i...

Update - I received my replacement top shaft yesterday in the mail. Took less than a week from my e-mail to receipt. I LOVE good customer service! I installed it last night while tearing down the car after a hard day at the track yesterday and indeed, it works perfectly, as it should. It still is a ...

We should rename this thread to "Geezer's Anonymous goes to the track". Makes sense that many of us are the same age (I'm 44) building these re-issues. I started racing in '86 with an original Gold Pan. I don't recall ever going to the wide arms in front but I did have an MIP tranny on it....

I built mine (well, my son's) last weekend and took it to the track. Had to ghetto-rig the top shaft, but it works. Running a Turnigy Track star 17.5 and HobbyKing X-Car 120A ESC. Build went OK aside from the shaft. Tranny loosened up quickly and ran as quiet as my B4.2 FT. Only issue was lack of da...