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Well yeah me and my dad went out and bought a nitro R/C car

It's the Savage X 4.6 RTR and it's really cool - I'm running the engine in atm so its outside idling.

I was wondering if anyone had any expereince with Nitro cars - and if they could drop me some hints to keep it in good nick and stuff?

Thanks

I got an old R/C car lying around, it should be in good shape as I've kept it indoors and I haven't used it that much. It has a proper engine and all, but I remember having problems with it when I got it because I was a bit too young. Maybe I should try running it again



EDIT: Added image. I had a look at it just now and electronics are still go, responds to the remote like it should. Just need to get the engine started and it should be all good to go.

Haha yeah you should! It's the time of the year... I tell you what though, getting the engine started for the first time is a absolute bastard

I'm going to convert the pully to an electric one - I have no less than 4 blisters on 1 finger

how much?

£400 for the actual car, but then we had too buy nitro and the kit to convert it to electric etc. So we walked out £500 less

Oh and we bought a thingy for it, and it puts the brakes on if the car goes out of range, otherwise it'd carry on forever (or at least untill i ran out of petrol )

i never thought they were so expensive. then again i suppose it depends what you get. im assuming: you got a big monster truck thing so it'll cost more than a WRC car.

i want one though

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Originally posted by Nathan
I'm going to convert the pully to an electric one - I have no less than 4 blisters on 1 finger

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You mean getting an electrical starter for the fuel engine or getting an electric engine? And yeah, I remember my reason for not using it as much was the engine being hard to start, I always had to get my dad to start it for me.

btw, I don't remember mine being nearly as expensive as yours

Yeah, the petrol and nitro ones are more expensive than electric ones , and this is 3 channel - Forward, Backwards and Brake. So yeah it all adds up.

I still haven't driven it yet - it has to idle for a while to get the engine to run in

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Originally posted by Vilkku

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Originally posted by Nathan
I'm going to convert the pully to an electric one - I have no less than 4 blisters on 1 finger

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You mean getting an electrical starter for the fuel engine or getting an electric engine? And yeah, I remember my reason for not using it as much was the engine being hard to start, I always had to get my dad to start it for me.

btw, I don't remember mine being nearly as expensive as yours

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Well it's quite a big one, and it's pretty top notch according to reviews etc. (I dunno I went with dad and he asked for the best ) and yeh electric starter - aka. Rotastarter

vids

ive always wondered how they work actually. i might have to run to wiki...

The vids are pretty cool, they show it jumping about 40feet lol