How annoying and frustrating are they??? mine nearly ended up booted across the garden.

 

This is my story so far.

 

I bought a Menace 21 which was great, started first time everytime. I then blow the engine up. After reading forums about bigger engines thought i would try to fit a Picco monster in it (.26) this didn't go to well the engine is so difficult to get running. So i gave up.

 

I then bought a HPI Savage after a while got bored, i bought it as thinking it would be more of a monster truck but lacked power in my opinion so i then purchased the Hot Bodies big twin upgrade, this is a 2 engine modification 2x.26 tuned engines and pipes, longer shasie, bigger wheels. put it together easier enough but had big problems the mesh had to be perfect as it ripped the gears apart both the pinions and spur so i gave it to Snetterton to sort, they had it for weeks got it back with only one engine run in and working. The reason it went there was to set up the engines, run them in and do the meshing. Which they had only done the one engine well anyway the spur started to go again after about a week and was advised not to put metal ones in by snetterton but was so sick of it thought sod it so they are now in and the meshing is fine but still having engine problems one is fine but little bit un responsive but will do. The other one i can start but can't keep it going for long it just stalls and i dearant mess with the needles as last time i done that i blow up the original engine in the menace.

 

Also i thought i would put the original Savage engine in the menace which is a bodge but will do the job but for some reason i can't get the fuel in the engine i think this is down to the exhaust not being a perfect fit. That might sound stupid but i think how it works is that the pipe coming off the exhaust to the fuel bottle pushes the fuel through and as there isn't a perfect seal the compression isn't there.

 

 

Can anyone offer me any advice but keeping in mind i'm a novice??

if you go onto the RCcars owners club web site you will get loads of usefull info on there

wow have you seen these?

 

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFunction=ShowSpecification&ItemID=20830&View=BiggerPicture

Sounds to me, as a bit of a novice, that you have the mixture too lean.

 

You should be getting a god stream of smoke from the exaust along with a bit of oil. If it is too lean then it overheats and cuts out, if you are lucky, or it blows up.

 

You are right about the fuel and the exhaust.

 

If you think the savage 25 is too slow then man you one crazy dude, was it set up right and hitting second gear? Mine will do nearly 50 mph

oh right cool. i'll have another fiddle.

 

Yea pretty sure it was hitting second gear but it kept on getting stuck in grass and stuff so wanted more torque too.

 

I'll have to take some pics as it's huge now.

The Menace 21 is shite, I bought one. Its fast but too weak and brakes too easy.

 

I doubt you blew the engine up??? Probably running too lean and burnt the plug out. My boat used to do this all the time, eventhough it was water cooled and running on the coldest plug.

 

If you cant ge fuel to go down the line, take the foam filter off and whilst your turning over the engine, hold your finger over the air intake. This will choke it and suck fuel up the line. Once in it should start fire, obviously take your finger off so she can breathe.

The original Menace engine is blown for sure but got my savage engine in it now.

 

Yea it is fairly week but i've put all the alloy hopup suspension parts on. First night i used it i found that out by hitting a curb pretty much flat out.

Id say the savage 25 was plenty fast enough. and imagine its mental with the twin engines, thinkk ur brave goin for that though, one engine is bad enough to keep running. two stroke's are the way to go in the model car world, bit more industrial me thinks.

danny