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Next up, I noticed on the Hot Trax '88 photo posted above that the gold rear bumper plate was in straight format, as per the later Pro Radiant, so i quizzed Steve Dunn about it pointing out that the mag review car still retained the rounded-off gold motor guard of the original Radiant. Steve told me...

Dadio wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 2:20 am

THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 7:52 pm Don't look at me, I voted for dinglem's avatar.

I think we should all be more respectful of Dinglems wife , well I think ......

Sounds like i need to pick a voteworthy avatar next time i enter BOTM.

I am pretty sure she would have voted for the pink car.

Next up, the finer details.... Firstly I have managed to source a set of the correct and unused original Radiant TG22 HI-SPORT tyres. I have always fancied some of these but never really had the need to get my hands on a nice set until I started on this build. 278300936_525638245639076_1207167581002...

Small bit of progress on the lightweight... as well as dropping the matching D&D Graphite front shock tower on, the unused NODIS gearbox is also now fitted, albeit without the motor plate which will be getting a little surgery pretty shortly before going on. What is apparent is that the large ho...

I have a few 16 Triples, and they all perform well. I think (based a little bit on nostalgia) that wind is probably my favorite overall. Back in around 1986/87 it was considered a must-have hot hot motor. I bought a Demon 16 Triple at that time and still have it. I generally see around 35,000rpm fro...

Yup, slot brushes.... harking back to the slot car origins of many of the RC motor builders. Quite a few motors can be found with modular endbell slot conversions - there were a few companies who offered them. I try to collect them whenever i come across them. I am waiting on delivery of an early Tr...

There is certainly a performance difference, hence why they began messing around with cut brushes later on to essentially achieve the same thing, and also Gil Losi Jr. won the '85 off road Worlds using a Kyosho-based Trinity motor with the slot brush modular endbell. That, and the looks, is why they...

My biggest surprise based on my own experiences is the vast chasm of performance difference between off-the-shelf motors and the proper full-blown team provided motors. I remember the whole time i was racing at club level the fastest motor i came across was (coincidentally) a 17turn Revolution motor...

Just for reference, here are two early pre-Yokomo endbells which have been converted to slot brushes. This service was offered by Checkpoint and sold through Bolink. slot igarashi.jpg I have located these two after much hunting but still haven't sealed the deal to get my hands on them yet....if anyb...

Lots of talk about slot brush conversions on here recently, so here is a review from Radio Race Car magazine discussing the offering from Intronics.

An interesting read.

There is a lot more history behind several of the well known RC motor builders, all originating from the 70's slot scene. I started delving into this and ended up buying an original Mick Goddard (MG) 550 slot car, fully hand made from brass bars and plates. Super cool. Mick was big in the slot scene...

coxbros1, not at all surprised by your findings. Small gains make a big difference. Have you checked the magnets for centering whilst rebuilding your motors? I have performed similar like for like comparisons, all with the same result. My goal would be to turn the timing back to achieve the same rev...

This is the look that has haunted me since I was a kid after re-reading this mag review over and over again. Flames were my signature paint scheme during my racing days, thanks largely to this car (and the Radio Race Car 870c mag review). I have just enough spares to build one more Pro Radiant, so i...

I have been looking for a safer way to store and display a few of my builds and have had a sneaky search for Oakley display cabinets going on in the background for a while now. We have three young kids, two of which are under 5 so they do tend to play with my RC cars like ''toys'' when they get thei...

Cool thread - always interested in Coyote mods!

We did the alloy motor mount mod with heatsink ribs/air flow grooves and it works well.