Stampede Needed Love

[Arct1k]

Hi,

I've spent the last 4 months giving lots of love to my revo and working on new conversions Mugen MBX5 RSX, Jammin X1-CR, CRT .5 so I figured it was about time I take a look at the old pede where it all started for me.

Anyway there wasn't much left of the old pede once i started

Out with the old...


In with the new...
CF Chassis - With under chassis Battery tray
FLM Extended Arms Front & Rear
FLM C-Hubs
FLM Towers
Stock Trans with Steel Rim Diff and Top gear (FLM I found too heavy for me)
Nitro Front End
RPM Rear Bearing Carriers
CVD's
RPM bumper
Spektrum / MM / 4600 / 3s 5000Mah Maxamps
Z590 Servo - Need to get something faster...










Cheers!

[lincpimp]

What body is that? It sooo ugly, its cool!!!!

[glassdoctor]

I don't think that comes from anything r/c related... aka not supposed to be a body. lol

[Arct1k]

That my friends is car of StampedeProject! It is a lowes mini paint tray!

Costs all of $4 and 30 mins with a dremel and are light but solid! The amount of abuse they take is incredible.

I gave up on regular bodied after spending $25 on a traxxas body then flipping on my first run at about 40MPH - trashed the body!

I thought what is the point... These work great and are cool in there own way! :)

[MTBikerTim]

Are they the stock shock? My friend and I are going to need new shocks very soon. The Stampede I have is for the kid and I though stock would do but yesterday he had a WOT head on with the drain on the side of the road and the rear shock popped off and went down the drain. Why the rear shock popped off in a head on I do not know but it was a pain retrieving it from the drain. My mate just keeps blowing the tops off on big jumps.

[Arct1k]

That is a known fault with the plastic caps - They flex too much and can break the top of the shick off - You can rebuild them with the aliminium caps and plumbers tape which stops most issues.

This pede has Traxxas Aliminium big Bores all round so the only issue I get is bent shafts...

I popped in some stiffer blue springs in the back last night too after the photo was taken...

[Arct1k]

You can also add some fuel line on the shock shaft to absorb some of the impact

[MTBikerTim]

Originally Posted by Arct1k

That is a known fault with the plastic caps - They flex too much and can break the top of the shick off - You can rebuild them with the aliminium caps and plumbers tape which stops most issues.

This pede has Traxxas Aliminium big Bores all round so the only issue I get is bent shafts...

I popped in some stiffer blue springs in the back last night too after the photo was taken...

Thanks. I might give those a try. And that idea with the fuel tubing would probably work too. I doubt it's worth fixing the stock ones now as they have popped so many times the threads not looking too good.

[stampedeproject]

Glad you joined the club! The best body you can ever put on a bashing Stampede period. Mine is still going strong.

[Arct1k]

i'm on my third and it has a terminal crack but would never go back to a stock boy on my pede!

Thank you for the great tip!