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For the handful of you that have Platinum shocks.... Several months ago, while working on my shocks, I had tried new white P4 orings. They turned out to have been too tight and have too much friction. The original orange Kyosho orings were somewhat leaky, and after reinstalling them they still tend...

Stick a

in it!...this one's done and "Fest" ready
Runs perfect 41mph so far but it was really windy, I couldn't hang the guts out of it...10% nitro...always starts on the 1st pull

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Dangeruss wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:00 pm That's gotta be the slickest nitro conversion to ever wear a Tamiya badge... if someone didn't know better they'd think it was factory.

Two thumbs up!

Now it was all worth it after that comment! thank you!

TRX-1-3 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:52 pm
THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:09 pm Test run.

Love the geartrain sounds at off-throttle. Very mechanical. Beast!

It's that steel 17t clutch against that steel 52 counter gear!

Dangeruss wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:55 pm
coxbros1 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:04 pm Now it was all worth it after that comment! thank you!
Always welcome!

TheDiamondOne wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:58 pm Now when are you gonna strap a rocket to that thing and get down to business?!?!
Ya know... I couldn't agree more! ...

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How do u guys do this stuff? I hate being a

with tech

The Coyote decal is perfectly suited to this project. Awesome! Helper spring? The reason for that spring, is I had to relocate the rear shock mount to clear the engine...so that shock only has about 3mm movement on the shaft..it was real soft on that location..this evened up the resistance now both...

Elkcycles wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:35 pm Thoughts on how this servo will deal with the heat from the pipe?
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Don't think is gonna be an issue..if it is 500 degree heat tape can be applied

Greatest post ever!

Thumbs came down, filled the tank with 10%....ran perfect, ran the entire tank....Thumbs can give u the blow by blow

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Me and the Diamond

One gonna pull the trigger.
Just enough booze to convince us!

Dangeruss wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 4:54 pm

Do I win!?

Yup, now who ever enters the highest

This is a replica I am doing using all vintage parts....it's replicating an Ultima the Diamond

One raced in the 80's....the chassis was a beat up pile I restored, along with the TrackMaster tranny...it will be a slow process, but here's the start

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This is a replica I am doing using all vintage parts....it's replicating an Ultima the Diamond 💎 One raced in the 80's....the chassis was a beat up pile I restored, along with the TrackMaster tranny...it will be a slow process, but here's the start 20240514_150703.jpg I like that transmission, such...

This is a replica I am doing using all vintage parts....it's replicating an Ultima the Diamond 💎 One raced in the 80's....the chassis was a beat up pile I restored, along with the TrackMaster tranny...it will be a slow process, but here's the start 20240514_150703.jpg I like that transmission, such...

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