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#1
11-02-2004, 09:53 AM
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remote control truck motor size
I have recently purchased a remote control truck off of ebay, and the genius does not know anything about it. I was wondering if someone could tell me how to figure out what size the motor is and what the fuel mixture should be? Thanks for the help.
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11-02-2004, 11:24 AM
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Re: remote control truck motor size
What brand, what kind of truck?
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11-02-2004, 04:20 PM
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model of truck
the model of the truck is - HPI RS4 Nitro MT Racer . Thanks again for your help.
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#4
11-02-2004, 04:21 PM
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your hot rod
The hot rod looks great. Just can't wait to see it whenever you are through. How long have you been working on it?
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#5
11-02-2004, 07:22 PM
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The Nitro MT Racer kit does not come with a motor, but anything from a .12 to .18 will fit without modifications. I would have been somewhat suspicious of someone who has a racer kit but knows nothing about it.
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11-02-2004, 08:00 PM
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the truck is already assembled and has been driven. The motor has already been installed on it, and the guy stated that it was quick and ran fine. I began searching for accessories for it realizing that I needed the motor size and that is when I realized that he did not even state what size the motor was. I asked him about that and some other stuff and he did not the answer to any of my questions. (this was after I had already purchased it, so I guess it is just as much my fault as it is his) I was trying to figure out if there is any way to figure out exactly what size it is. Like on a cylinder, being able to see the diameter of the bore, but I am new at this end of engines, so I am not sure. Thanks for your help.
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11-02-2004, 11:23 PM
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Re: remote control truck motor size
Do you have a link to the thing on ebay, were there pics on there.
I Honnestly would not buy something like that from ebay, I hope you did not pay too much. If he dosen't know what kind of motor I seriously doubt he knew how to break it in properly.
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#8
11-03-2004, 01:06 AM
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You should be able to go to the ebay home page and type in the item number 5928888294 and it should pull up the truck.
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#9
11-03-2004, 02:32 AM
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I looked at the item you purchased. Just so you know, that is not the "racer" kit it's the RTR. It looks like the engine is the stock .15FE. It's not a bad motor in terms of reliability, but somewhat underpowered.
What sort of hop-ups are you looking to add to it?
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11-03-2004, 10:41 AM
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whenever you say underpowered, how bad is it? And as far as hop-ups go, I really do not know what I should start out by trying to get. I am going to wait until I get it and let him know about it not being a racer and also see what I can start doing to it.
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11-03-2004, 02:15 PM
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Underpowered as compared to some of the others available. The .15FE is rated at .56 hp. Most mid range engines (in price) are putting out around 1.0 hp. I wouldn't worry too much about it though. I ran my MT with a .15FE for a long time and had a blast. Since I was new to off-road at the time, it was plenty fast enough.
I would recommend fixing the front diff and running the car 4WD. Put a slipper clutch in it, if it doesn't already have one. Then drive it and get a feel for the car before spending on hop ups.
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