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does anyone out there know of alternative wheels and tires for the Subaru brat? preferably something same size diameter or at least close. thanks for all your help in advance

thanks thats what i wanted to know and its also same person that i was going to order from

its automatic 2 speed supposed to be able to raise pinion gear 1.3 to 1.6 times what your actually using now so if you were running 10t you could go to 13t to 16t pinion gear

it is a 2 speed gearbox (by nova?) not the motor. i was just wondering if anyone has used this and if so whats your opinionwouldnt mind any info or opinions from any one

i have drift wheels with soft street tires on them

im from southeast iowa and i order from hong kong all the time. for some reason its usually cheaper . just check there ratings and if theres any questions about there status use your best judgment. shipping takes a while though so be patient

do any of you know what other pinion gears will fit the stock motor mount holes on the traxxas spirit i think the stock pinion is 19t 32p

king blackfoot with the gravedigger body the gears are stock as far as i know

i think speed is alright its getting it there that is the problem. it has no take off power at all. the current speed control is a old mechanical one from a traxxas spirit. im not sure what it has for gears.

the reason for needing this info- a few days ago my son and i were out running our trucks on our race track in the back yard and things were good till my son set his controller down and started crying. when i finally got him calm enough to tell me what was wrong all he would say is "my truck cant keep up with my eyes" then he went in side to his mom. so after thinking about that for a while i finally figured out he needs more speed/power. hopefully the new esc will make things better for a little while at least

will a 1/10 12turn esc work on a factory silver 540 motor but there are no markings on motor to know what it is esc specs: High-power FET (Field-Effect Transistor) control with proportional forward and reverse <LI>High-frequency design delivers smooth speed transition <LI>Push-button programming makes setup a breeze <LI>Designed to operate with stock motors (12 turns or higher) <LI>Thermal Overload Protection prevents damage due to overcurrent <LI>Pre-wired with Tamiya battery plug and bullet-style motor connectors <LI>Compatible with 4-cell 4.8V to 6-cell 7.2V NiMH battery packs and most lipo batteries 12T High-Power Forward/Reverse Electronic Speed Control (ESC) features a high-frequency design that delivers the smooth speed transition desired by electric RC racers. This ESC comes prewired with a Tamiya-style battery plug and bullet-style motor connectors.Forward: Yes Reverse: Yes Time Delay Brake: Yes Continuous Maximum Current: 250A Input Voltage: 4-cell (4.8 volts) to 6-cell (7.2 volts) DC and Lipo Batteries Input Connector Types: Tamiya Output Connector Types: Bullet-Style Momentary Peak Current: 1000A Length: 1.575 in (40mm) Width: 1.575 in (40mm) Height: 1.063 in (27mm) Weight: 1.87 oz (53 g) BEC Voltage: 5V DC, 1 amp max PWM Frequency: 1 kHz Overload Protection: Thermal Full On Resistance: 0.0014 Forward / 0.0028 Reverse (not an advertisement just the best info i could give minus the brand. it is one that i have purchased and and currently waiting to receive)

hello again to all who visit. I'm in need of some help or explaining of esc's. i was wanting to know what can be used with what? does the scale really matter with esc's such as can i use 1/10 12 turn esc with a 1/18 12 turn motor or a 1/8 esc with 1/10 scale motors? another example would be is a 300 amp 1/10 scale esc the same as a 300 amp 1/18 scale esc? does amps mean more power? what do i look for when buying an esc with out judging by the brand

I'm like 98% sure my sons gravedigger is a king Blackfoot but I'm not 100%. It was just one i got on ebay that was false advertised. I had bought a Blackfoot that was supposed to be in excellent condition and the now gravedigger was supposed to be for parts seller said "electronics turned on but nothing worked but still had lots of usable parts". The truck that was supposed to be in excellent condition showed up with broken front suspension arms and and junk body but after checking out the electronics of the "parts truck" i found that they had plugged in the servo and esc actually between the slots on the receiver so nothing was making connection. after properly plugging stuff back in to the receiver i charged the battery and wahooooo it rode wheelies on demand and it was pretty quick too. So i took it apart painted it put it back together as what is now my 4 year olds gravedigger. As for the Blackfoot i originally was after i fixed it from other spare parts and both trucks painted and back together was less than 70 US dollars so i never did complain about the broken suspension arms or junk body because that 70 bucks did include a new body from parma for my wifes Blackfoot and a new parma body for my sons grave digger so in the end i was satisfied with the purchase

i have a lunch box that im rebuilding for my older brother and only one side steers properly but i have double checked all steering linkage and components and cant find anything wrong also when you go in reverse both front tires point in all the way does someone out there know how to fix this i can post pictures of the front end if that would help

do any of you guys know of any good rc truck pulling web sites for parts and/or also pictures (preferably tamiya compatible)

hi guys im back with another question for you. i have a losi mini t that keeps blowing the out drives for the axle out of the gear box. can anyone tell me why and how to fix it? i have had it apart and cant see anything wrong with it but i could be over looking something. is there an aftermarket diff for this that is threaded or has a set screw or something else that might be someones secret(dont worry i wont tell anyone else) to hold the outdrives to prevent this?

I found a post or article some where possibly here that said to use shelf brackets the type that has the 2 tracks that you screw to the wall and what i did was screw the tracks to a piece of plywood with a leg on the back so it doesent have to be on the wall heres some pics

we were lucky enough to be able to get a very large back yard. we have about 4 acres so we have been building rc tracks for about any thing you can think of from oval tracks, drag strips(dirt), road course a truck pulling track (lots of weed killer and you no longer need a lawn mower) and off roading and rock crawling through a semi dry creek bed that is rock sand and clay and it doesn't really hold water just stays wet enough to be fun for the whole family. when we get board with that we have plywood ramps that we can move around to make things interesting. and now i showed my son what paddle tires are so now he thinks we need a sand pit but for some reason daddy always gets stuck asking mom

he's only 4 but he's a better driver than me. we have a 60 x150 area that we build tracks on and he runs em all day. he can run a 5 lap race on what we call our road course (based on a watkins glen road race track from a old nascar game but its dirt) without going out off the track when the rest of us are off road a few times per race and he has only been running for about 5-6 months.

project blackfoot for my son my quick drive pumpkin my traxxas my hsp drifter my sons blackfoot grave digger my mini t my raminator my sons mini t

thanks for the info and great web site i will be a new frequent viewer it got me interested in this TRF201 Chassis Kit it looks about same as my losi but my losi is 1/18 my b-day is coming up so im gonna have to start giving my wife some hints(maybe i will put a picture of it as her desktop wallpaper)

dude sweet frog! thanks for all the help guys i appreciate it. i am gonna go with those tires but is there set of dish wheels they fit on that fit a blackfoot/frog/brat? i have seen them for alot of other tamiyas but not for these

does any of you guys out there in Tamiyaland know if the blackfoot extreme wheels will fit the subaru brat rear axle/hubs preferably just by changing adapters or would they need to be modified to fit

dude thats awsome im working on the same idea with a blackfoot that has dual rear axles/diffs and twin motors but im just extending the truck bed another bed side length

back again with another question. i was wondering if anyone knows of a set of replacement or aftermarket buggie tires and wheels that will fit the blackfoot/frog/brat? what im looking for is something like this but i don't want the wheel for the brat or frog