Not this weekend. I'll be out of town most probably. Next weekend..

Sure 

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Hey  So its the Revo 3.3 !!!!! I was with jayanth until about 6.30 pm today. We did only about 2 tanks of break-in today. Rest will be done tomorrow and i can finally run my car  Right now i'm reading through the manual, and its booooring

COOL!!!!


you don't need the manual until something goes wrong

Hey Congrats man! I'm sure you'll love it to death! Good decision!

And contrary to what Gandhar said, read the manual till your eyes bleed! I'm sure he wants to sabotage you so that you go the brushless route For nitros manuals are the bible!!

@Gandhar: I love your signature man! lmao! If it wasn't blasphemy, I would've said Chuck Norris is the Rajni of the west

@gandhar: Thanks man. looking forward to meet you sometime soon.

@Tassem: Thanks. I am reading the "bible" right now. Its pretty good. Well written and explained with diagrams. If you can come to the track this weekend we can meet up. I'll be there this weekend. Would love to see the savage. Read a lot about it.

I don't think I'll be in town this weekend. But if it gets canceled I'll be sure to show up. Put up some pics of the Revo!!

@tassem: The car's with jayanth. Couldn't take the car today and since i had to carry it back tomorrow i left it at his place. Will try to pu up pics tomorrow.

Oh ok.. Is he running it in for you then? I'd suggest you be there when its being tuned. It's good to watch and learn as you will need to do it yourself eventually..

Tassem,you got a psychological degree or what?? Oh and brushless motors don't need to be broken in AND they are programmable(just kidding ).


Just joking with you man.I too read the manual the moment I got home.I liked my slash's manual.Quite clear.The exploded views help a lot.Saved me lots of trouble.


If possible,get some video of the break in and tuning.

lol.. I gotta be honest with you. If Brushless trucks sounded, smelt and had a smoke trail like nitro, I would choose it over nitro any day because I wont have to tune it or clean up the gunk

Brushless is easier to run, maintain and more powerful. But it just doesn't have the feel somehow. You know what I mean? There's something about a nitro rushing towards you bellowing smoke and the 2 stroker screaming its lungs out that makes a guy go weak in the knees

But my next car will be a brushless for sure. I don't think I'll go the LiPo route though. I find 40mph fast enough to excite me and keep the damages to a minimum at the same time I'll prolly buy a used nitro savage and get the conversion kit. That oughta keep costs down.

well........I find the sound of a sintered neodymium rotor spinning at 30,000 rpm heavenly.


Anyways,nitro is always fun.Never smelt it yet but it must be fun to run a nitro.I think there was something at HK that would recreate the sound of a nitro in an electric.

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9031


I would go for the machinegun sounds

Yup there's just nothing like a nitro truck, though electrics are faster, cleaner and easier on maintenance the feel of a nitro truck is completely different. Even if you are a mere spectator. Since we love the sound, smell and feel of a nitro, after-run maintenance is not a pain.

It sucks to sit and read through this manual after having bought the car. But anyway, less than 20 hrs before i can run it  

I was with him during break-in. I am proud to say that every time the truck stalled i re-started it with the glow plug will be present for the 3 tank break-in and the tuning to be done after it, tomorrow.

@Gandhar: How's the Slash doing ? Took it to the track yet ?

Its doing good.Its in hibernation.I'm sounding like a broken record but will take it to the track after exams.

Quote from: iamahuman on March 28, 2011, 10:03:36 PM
well........I find the sound of a sintered neodymium rotor spinning at 30,000 rpm heavenly.

Lol.. I'm sure you do.. It's something like a turbo spooling up? A nice whine.

Quote from: shashank on March 28, 2011, 10:12:00 PM
I was with him during break-in. I am proud to say that every time the truck stalled i re-started it with the glow plug will be present for the 3 tank break-in and the tuning to be done after it, tomorrow.

I'm happy for you. Though I don't think you've been reading the manual intently and that you're dreaming of the car while reading it. Else you would've known the difference between a glow plug and an Ez Starter

Get back to that manual now!

Oh yeah, try n grab some videos of the tuning process.

Better than a turbo spooling up.But nothing feels better when the turbo spools up when you're driving

Amen to that! But the lag is not something that I look forward to.

Yup.


Sorry to hijack your thread Shashank 

Man! You really do know how to guess what one's upto by reading a  few lines.
Its the very first manual i'm making a sincere attempt to finish reading. Damn! I didn't even read my D-SLR manual. Too bad i don't know the difference between the two. But actually i'm still reading that initial bit. Which explains carburator etc. I just flipped through the pages. ez-start is much later in the manual  

Absolutely no problem the ford figo has zero or no turbo lag at all. Wonder how it manages that. The brushless sounds something similar to the turbo spooling up.

The ritz diesel has very less lag too.Once it kicks in,you're kicked back in your seat.Damn its good. .


I really want a turbo on my dad's I20 but he won't stick one in.No mods .