Syholl
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So, after breaking yet another set of body mounts on my Midnight Pumpkin, I decided enough was enough. These mounts are just pathetic....!!!
I bought a set of lunchbox alloy mounts and decided to fit a Tamiya Mini body shell to it. I also had a set of lunchbox decals left over from my sons van, so I did a lunchbox tribute....
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I just bought a load of xt60 connectors. Didn't take very long to replace all my tamiya connectors, and they are quite cheap to buy.
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This is very helpful for me too. What sort of esc do people recommend to swap to lipo....? Something that will run a brushless motor too...
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I stupidly bought a couple of new Nimh batteries from HK. Charged one up and went out with the midnight pumpkin, it made it all the way to the corner of our street before starting to fade. By the time we got to the park it was dead....!!!!
In the 2 months of owning my MP I have yet to make it out and have a run without something going wrong.... It's becoming a bit of a joke now!!!!
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I don't think there is any paint that will stay on a wheel that gets used....!!! Those ones above probably live on a shelf somewhere warm....
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Hi, does anybody know where I can get some new body mounts for my MP....? I'm in the UK.
Managed to break all 4 in one crash tonight...!!!
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Interestingly, I did the 5th shock mod on mine and it wouldn't wheelie properly. I took it back off again, and am running without anything on the back. The two little springs broke a long time ago. The back is now all loose, but it wheelies for absolutely ages and is really controllable. Weird...!!!
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The standards MP set up is very basic, and the motor position affects the way the rear suspension moves. If you have a look at the way the axle moves in the 2 slots, where those little springs are located ( if you still have them) you will see that it is very uneven. This will affect how the thing wheelies.
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No idea, my son has a lunchbox that he has absolutely trashed. It has slammed into numerous kerbs, benches etc and hasn't broken anything apart from the windscreen. Mine breaks every time it hits something....!! The 3racing one I have fitted looks a million times better than the tamiya junk, we will see soon enough!!
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Ok, so the new ones have arrived from Hong Kong today. Must say that the 3 racing ones look the best, so this is what I have fitted. They have a built in spring system that absorbs any impacts and will hopefully prevent any more breakages.
The new ones arrived just in time, as I broke the 20 year old one today that I have been using for the past week or so....!!
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I found the best mods are the cva shocks and tyre foam inserts. Also gluing the tyres to the rim as the wheels were spinning inside the tyres when on a grippy surface.
I tried the 5th shock mod on my MP and my sons lunchbox, but wasn't impressed with the handling afterwards, so removed them again. Love these cars so much, even if the shells have been destroyed within a month of building them...!!!
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Thanks for the help, I have ordered some kimbrough ones and some 3Racing ones, oh and some tamiya hop-up ones too!!
Let's see what they are like, I'm liking the sound of the kimbrough ones if they are better made, as the standard tamiya ones seem very sloppy...!!
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Likewise. Once or twice I have lost the screw that keeps it attached to the servo, but even when racing every week on a track bordered by hard wooden battens, my Tamiya kit servo savers haven't broken. Is there perhaps something up with your suspension geometry that my be overstressing the servo saver?
Well it's a midnight pumpkin with standard geometry, but they are pretty big wheels connecting to the servo. The second time it broke, my son drove it into a kerb from a stationary start about 1 foot away. I was not very impressed when that little knock snapped it...!!!
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Also, his stick controller is very stiff and the throttle doesn't return to the middle, resulting in it being very tricky to drive. Is it possible to clean these up, or lubricate or something....?
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That looks like useful stuff. Just ordered some UK equivalent to give it a try....
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The M01 mini was bought about 20 years ago, and has sat in a box in the garage for probably 18 of those years.... It did get a lot of abuse for a couple of years though, and is still going. (Apart from missing a servo saver now!!)
I managed an hour of crashing and bashing my new pumpkin last night without breaking the 20 year old part, so I finally got to enjoy it!!!
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Yeah, it's had a lot of abuse I think....!! All 4 wheels fell off at one time or another. Most annoying...!!!
I'll have a go at pressing them back in with my vice and some strong thread lock glue. If this doesn't work I will tell his mum what to get... Cheers Kev
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Hi folks, my neighbours kid brought his RC car out today when he saw us playing with ours, apparently it's a sand scorcher
The front wheels kept coming off, something doesn't look right as they just seem to push in. Is there something missing...?
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Currently trying to make my sons lunchbox do wheelies. Did all the mods recommended on here, but not convinced about the 5th shock mod. Just seems to stop it doing wheelies, and that's about it.
Noticed that the wheels are turning, but the tyres aren't, so they are currently being glued in place to give better acceleration.
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The 2 that broke were both new ones from recent tamiya kits, I have nicked a 20 year old one off my M01 Mini Cooper. I hope this one was better made....!!!
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The bit where the screw goes through is snapping. So the screw stays in place, along with the smaller bit in the picture, but the big bit in the picture above is coming off....
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Managed to brake another one today, after 5 minutes of running. Not impressed with Tamiya so far....!!!
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Thanks for that, seems ironic that the servo saver costs more than a servo....!!!
Bought a couple from HK. Found a spare standard tamiya one for now, let's hope it lasts more than 3 minutes this time.
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