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back to Fyrstormer's Garage Now that the Nitro RS4 3 has been officially discontinued and removed from the HPI website, I guess now is a good time to post this -- just in time to benefit nobody! Back in 2016 I built a Nitro RS4 3 that could go 65mph. It looked like this: It did what it was supposed to do, but the problem is, going fast in a straight line is boring to me. Also the Losi 3.4 engine is loud -- louder than the larger HPI F4.6 in my new Trophy Truggy, in fact -- so driving it anywhere near a residential area was just asking for someone to complain and ruin my day. So after I drove it at top speed a few times ([url=http://i.imgur.com/b1OXpRE.jpg]and crashed it very badly one time[/url]), it just sat on my RC shelf for the next few years. It was too dirty and scratched-up to be a shelf queen, so eventually I decided it was time to rebuild it into a car I could actually drive in my neighborhood. I already had my first Nitro RS4 3 Evo+ rally conversion as a template t...

back to Fyrstormer's Garage Man, raising a newborn sure takes up a lot of your time. I bought this truck in early 2018, months before my son was born, and I only just now finished the build. On the bright side, the year and a half that the truck sat on my RC shelf in various states of disassembly gave me lots of time to think about how to complete this build; I might've abandoned the project if I'd had more time to fret about the difficulties I encountered along the way. And there were plenty of difficulties, mainly "how do I fit an engine 50% larger than the stock engine, with double the displacement, into this truck???" Well, to start with, the engine itself required modification: For reasons that I will probably never understand, O.S. decided to release a truck engine with an 8mm crankshaft instead of spending a couple minutes per engine to grind-down the crankshaft diameter to 7mm so it could fit a standard flywheel collet. It's not like they don...

back to Fyrstormer's Garage Wow, it's been almost a year and a half since I wrote a "build complete" thread. Having a baby isn't especially difficult (or at least my baby isn't especially difficult), but it sure is a continuous effort. Weekends don't exist anymore; nowadays I sleep better on weekday mornings after my girlfriend takes our kid to daycare than I do at night on the weekends when they're both home. Anyway, at some point I found time to build a Nitro TC3. Why did I build a Nitro TC3 18 years after it was released and about 10 years after it was discontinued? Don't I have enough crap to worry about in my life these days? Yes, I do, but I still get bored from time to time, and apparently Me + Boredom = Questionable Decisions. To be honest, I would've been willing to get a newer nitro touring car, but the bottom dropped out of that market a while ago. It looks like the only nitro touring cars still being produced are eith...

back to Fyrstormer's Garage I've been waiting for months for this one to be delivered. Finally showed up on Friday evening. I can't really take credit for this build, but I did provide the initial specifications and most of the raw materials. There are still a few bugs to work out, but for a prototype build, it came out well. [QUOTE=55Guy;15332912]OK I never thought this would happen my wife asked me are there any new pictures of the baby on that RC site. I don't think she is starting to like RC cars just wanting a updated pic of your little one.[/QUOTE]LMAO, here you go, this should make her happy: [QUOTE=agusorgen;15409803]is it nitro or electric? it´s kinda obvious because crawlers arent usually nitro, but the least thing i could do is ask haha. also, this is going to be the longest build thread in the history of fyrstormers garage.[/QUOTE]LOL @ calling him a "crawler". Why did I never think of that? He's not quite there yet, though. A...