"RACEY" Grasshoppers?

[j-sou]

i wasnt actually looking to do one of these mods to make the car run better but just to do something i wanted to do when i was a kid.

That's the motivation behind a lot of my projects

[kink]

I am now wondering what an RC10 graphite will look like with a Hornet body dropped on it

[Dirtdiver]

Nice grasshopper.

I'd like to see my local race track push grasshoppers for a new winter offroad class. Don't think it would go over, but it would be fun to race (maybe once). The hobby shop could also make a bunch of money on broken parts.

[kink]

Unmodified Hornets/Grasshoppers are useless. I once "raced" mine. It fell over at the first corner They only go in a striaght line up the street!

[GoMachV]

This one always intrigued me! RCCA Oct '89

[hondaman]

I did a rebuild of my old Hopper.. Is this "racey" enough?





Nothing too much but "Hopped" up a bit.. CRP front shock conversion, Hornet rear shock conversion, full bearings and Proline tires.. Added an ESC and a 540 silvercan motor for my nephew but I did run an old Trinity "Monster Horsepower" stock motor for a little bit before I "retired" my hopper until last year.. There are more pics at Tamiya base or in my photobucket..

Shawn

[Raman]

Take a TRF201 and mod the Grasshopper body on it. Will look impressive around the track until they look under the hood lol.

[kaiser]

the fx10 front end kit works much better then the alloy shock mount kit:

[hondaman]

the fx10 front end kit works much better then the alloy shock mount kit:

Yup but 20+ years ago it wasn't around.. I did that after I snapped off one of the old shock like towers when I was like 12 ish.. It was my first real modification ever on an RC..

Shawn

[Meakz1973]

Here's mine. Mostly cosmetic upgrades with some homemade alloy body panels.
I added nerf bars, front and rear shock upgrades, sport tuned and later on soem alloy wheels hubs.
The original wheels / tires shown pre decals are traxxas bullet.
Actually one of my cars that is going on the bay to fund other more expensive projects!

[twisted]

This one always intrigued me! RCCA Oct '89

ive thoguht about four linking the rear before. i never seen this article though.

[ra272]

A nice one:

http://www.time-tunnel.jp/02/articles/oldcarrun/20120429tonton.html/5/

[j-sou]

A nice one:

Wish I could find more pics/specs on that one! Looks awesome leaving the body stock too. Impressive car!

[kaiser]

that one is pushing it IMO, betcha there is a three gear trans back there.

pretty much just used part of the chassis and the body, still cool though.

[twisted]

A nice one:

http://www.time-tunnel.jp/02/articles/oldcarrun/20120429tonton.html/5/

that is cool.