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back to Fyrstormer's Garage My Bullet is finished. I have a little 1/16-scale Turnigy Nitro Buggy, which is great fun, but eventually I found myself wanting a nitro-powered vehicle that could actually handle running off-road. I didn't want to go 1/8 scale because I have no space for a vehicle that large, but I knew a large wheel diameter was a requirement for running in grass. The Bullet presented a good compromise -- a 1/10-scale vehicle with 1/8-scale wheels, and 4WD too. I opted for the ST version, which really only differs from the MT version in that the ST body actually fits down onto the chassis properly, instead of being hoisted-up by extra-tall body posts. The Bullet comes from the factory with a .18 engine, and I used that engine for several months, but eventually I realized I couldn't tune it to produce enough power to run on grass without risking severe overheating on every run. I'm sure it would've been fine if I had a dirt track to run on, bu...

back to Fyrstormer's Garage My Savage XS is finally done. Well...saying it's *finally* done is a bit of an exaggeration, because for most of the time I owned it I was perfectly content to use it in stock form. Of all the vehicles I own, my Savage XS has been the most drama-free, requiring almost nothing in terms of maintenance. Almost all of the upgrades I did to it were done in the past two weeks, when I decided to upgrade a bunch of parts as long as I was giving the drivetrain an overhaul. Prior to that, the only upgrades it really *needed* were: CVDs for the wheel axles, because the dogbone stub-axles were starting to split apart; metal body posts, because the front plastic body post kept breaking; and new tires, because the stock tires were kind of slippery. Actually, the tires were the very first upgrade I made. I originally went with Pro-Line Gladiator 2 tires, which had great traction, but they wore down pretty fast. Pictured below are the other tires I originally...

(this thread is mirrored at RCTech.net and at RCCrawler.com ) After seeing someone else do it, I got the idea to assemble the list of RCs I've owned and the information about them into a single thread. Here's my garage, listed (approximately) in order of purchase. - - - To start with, an overview: - - - 2013 Losi Mini Desert Truck Status: Sold Role: My first hobby-grade RC, Mini RWD parking-lot racer Noteworthy Mods: Losi dual-disc slipper clutch; steel gears; ball diff; headlights and taillight; larger tires from Associated RC18MT; ceramic/stainless bearings Build Thread: http://fyrstormer-rc.blogspot.com/2021/01/losi-mini-desert-truck.html Reason For Selling: Outgrew it Helion Animus 18tr Status: Sold Role: My second hobby-grade RC, Mini 4WD parking lot racer Noteworthy Mods: Stronger diff parts from Duratrax Vendetta; GPM aluminum steering knuckles for Associated RC18T; GPM aluminum shocks; larger tires from HSP 1/18 monster truck; ceramic/stainl...