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OFNA/Jammin X1 CRT
Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:25AM
Despite the backorders of the new Jammin X1 CRT truggy, we have been fortunate enough to claim one of the few kits from our LHS. Take a look at what we have discovered about this first ever National Champion truggy. Click here now!
Our Thoughts:
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This is one bad-ass truggy. It's strong and it is capable of eating any track along side with any other truggy on the market.
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The stock chassis and other metal parts are a bit heavy. OFNA/Jammin' will surely have some option parts soon to lighten this ride up.
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We didn't have an engine any bigger than a .21 at the time of building so anything bigger will definately be better. Watch out monster trucks!
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The Pro-line tires are freakin' AWESOME!
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Some of the finish work could have been a tad cleaner. Although many parts are CNC-Alloy, they seemed, at first glance, to be cast. Well, they're not and this is one tough rig.
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We tore apart all the differentials to replace with fresh oil after our break-in period and only the center diff oil was broken down. The front and rear diff oils were in good shape for another run or two.
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We tore down the shocks as well to replace with fresh oil. Everything was in top notch shape. In fact, only the rear shocks were slightly broken down and dirty (slightly). The fronts looked perfect. So, the bladders and felt guards do work!
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The stock shock springs will get you on the track, but they didn't keep a consistent feel. In fact, after the break-in period, they had already lost much of their rebound ability. Upgrade to your favorite spring!
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We were surprised how easy this rig was to drive. So easy. Never traction rolled and rode the dirt like anything else on the track. A bit more track time and tuning and we'll have this thing turning on a dime.
RC Pro Series West Round 4
Tue Sep 6, 2005 3:11PM
I'm back from the 4th round of the RC Pro Series West. What a dramatic weekend it was for myself and a lot of other racers. Let's see if I can sum up most of the events accurately:
I arrived at the track Friday afternoon and began to warm up. Kyle Jones from NternationalNitro.com gave me a call about the OPS to make sure I was able to get that sucker working...after a few adjustments to the carb and some dramatic changes to the Werks clutch I had an engine that was most certainly overpowered on this flour-like dirt track. Yes, the dirt was almost like flour...so fine it went straight through most racers pre-filters and main filters. Everyone bumped up to superduty filters and some used pre-pre-filters.
I regret to say that my powerhouse "sucked dirt" and the conrod shattered. This track was not satisfied with it's OPS meal, hence, it downed over a dozen other engines as well. Many racers lost extremely high-priced engines from "sucking dirt." I was hoping to repair the engine with a new conrod but after inspecting the remains there isn't much I can do except use it as paper weight.
So I put in my backup RBmoded S7II to run for the race. Fortune wasn't smiling on me again...I lost this engine too. I ran out of receiver battery and the buggy ran away from me, flipped over and opened up full throttle before exploding.
Onto my third option. I purchased a new RB WS7II from another racer. With some help from other racers with the break-in and tuning I was back on the track. I didn't push the engine much which is probably why I did better than I usually would. I ended up qualifying for the C-main and bumping up into the B-main to finish in the 8th position (16th overall). Not bad seeing how I usually end up in the bottom of the D.
Wallpapers Added
Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:03PM
We've got some new wallpapers on the site! I bet you've never seen a site offer so many different resolutions either. We're dedicated to quality here ;)
To check them out, click here.
2005 Utah Offroad State Champs (post race)
Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:20PM
As you read in my previous post I am a bit frustrated with the results of my Utah Champs A-main run. First thing I did today was jump online and talk to Glen Hammond, the team driver for Nternational Nitro running the OPS engine. Before I could explain anything he told me that Kyle at Nternational was looking for my phone number to give me a follow up call on the engine I had purchased. Oh man, this is just what I needed.
I went through a few of my symptoms from the previous race with Glen and he couldn't understand why I would have such problems with the OPS. He told me to reset the engine to 4 1/2 turns out on the low speed needle and 2 out on the high speed needle and to switch to the OS P3 super hot plug as oppsed to the P6. I have yet to try this but looking at my setup I was set at 3 turns out on the low and 3 1/2 on the high needle. I've seen this common problem before where common engines get hot due to lean low end and rich high end. But the OPS is different, it runs cool almost no matter what so I had a hard time knowing what was going on.
Then this evening Kyle called me. He explained the same thing confirming what Glen had already told me to do. I have yet to try this but I'll post my results.
I started my disassembly of my kit to clean it and noticed one major problem which could be throwing off everything...my Werks clutch nut had come completely loose. This is wierd since usually it doesn't come loose, rather, it tightens down during races when the threadlock breaks free. So of course the engine would cut out when i'm upside down at idle. The clutch was engaged!!!
2005 Utah Offroad State Champs
Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:40AM
I just got back from the Utah Offroad State Champs. This year the fun event happend at the Black Sheep R/C Raceway in Spanish Fork, UT. Racing was clean, fun, and definately the smoothest event we've seen at this track. Thanks to all those who helped out with the dirt, track maintenance, timing system, announcing, sponsorships, etc.
I entered the 1/10 Gas Truck and 1/8 Pro Buggy classes. My gas truck was a joke. It's been 3 years since I've pulled that hunk of junk out of the closet and my truck just didn't run smooth at all. Parts broke, the engine ran horrible, and that class just wasn't any fun for me.
The 1/8 buggy class was where the racing was at. My Kyosho 777 ran like a champ for the qualifiers and my OPS engine had enough power and top end to make it happen. I also ran the Advantage Racing "Scrapes" tires and pulled fast consistent laps. These are the tires that Michael Sharwin pulled the fastest laps with at the RC Pro Series West Round 3 race in Hemet, CA. When it came down to the 30 minute A-Main my 777 didn't hold up well at all. Handling it was great, but my OPS engine just didn't hold a consistent tune for the duration of the race. After the first 10 minutes everytime the car flipped over it died. And it wasn't due to temperature. My pit man ran it back to the starterbox and it started right up everytime, but I had already lost a lap or two. I was so frustrated by the end of the race and I just didn't understand why things were so bad.
This year I was also able to convince my wife to run in the 1/8 sportsman class. I let her run my Kyosho MP 7.5 Kanai II loaded with Fioroni Option parts, Airtronics servos, the RB S7 II modified by RB Mods, and a new "girly" paint scheme. She qualified in the 6th position out of two heats of buggies (pretty good for her given she never races) and her buggy ran flawlessly for the 20 minute main.
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