MIP ball diff all the way. Have one in my BF and Frog. Along with full bearings and the sport tuned motor. Not race ready, but still fun as heck all day. Reminds me of what i wanted them to be back in 87
Cool video fella! I'm a big fan of the monster beetle, and own 3 of them..... and a blackfoot, and mud blaster! As you say, a real fun car, and huge Tamiya icon. Yes, the MIP ball diff is essential! I run technigolds and superstock motors in them, probably went through at least 3 gearboxs in less than a year! The flex/warping of the metal diff plates result in the gears jumping about and chewing themselves up big time, a fault that dates right back to 86! Since fitting the MIP diff I've had no more issues.... from the gearbox anyway. Replaced the shocks with better aluminium ones, added a metal chassis brace where the rear body posts mount, limited the travel of the rear trailing arms(to stop it spitting out the rear shafts when driven hard), added headlights, added a high torque servo to reduce steering slop/torque steer and now running her on a superstock bz with 2s! Its now a whole heap of fun, pretty fast, and very reliable! If you fancy checking it out in action (and seeing many others) then check out our channel at Green Hawks RC. We even used it alongside a lunchbox to do an RC firework display in our last video! 😂 Hope your one is still going well fella, I bet those wing mirrors are now long gone! 😂 👍 👍 👍
Brilliant insight, thanks for sharing. It’s a wonderful car to have in the collection. I’ll certainly check out your videos. The mirrors are just about still there!
Sound's great ive ordered metal stearing arms etc for when i start my build and useing light grey chassis ss wanted the limited edition one but couldn't get so using that and having the original red and made up black edition replica body
@@SRG-HITMAN-11 Awesome man! The black edition is gorgeous.... I really wanted to get one, but couldn't justify buying a 4th monster beetle! 😂 😅 (yep, I think I have a problem!) The grey chassis really lifts the visual attraction of the car, makes it look far meaner, especially with the black body/livery. Black suits the monster beetle the best, my original 86 one is finished in gloss black, looks so cool with the gold wheels and yellow cva shocks! Those metal steering upgrades sound sweet..... I would highly recommend the Tamiya high torque servo saver upgrade as well. The standard steering has soooo much slop, which in turn creates a lot of torque steer /unintentional doughnuts..... the upgrade to the servo safer definitely helps! Good luck with the project going forward fella. 😊 👍 👍 👍
@@SRG-HITMAN-11 Wise move fella..... that should work a treat! Just stay away from the £5 Ebay special servos, l learnt the hard way, half of them don't even work straight out the pack! 😂 👍 👍 👍
Do they make a ball diff for the sand scorcher cos the Tamiya one is crap ..forever coming loose so no drive even with loctited to the nines I’ve tried all colours non lasts long .even used industrial cyanoacrylate nothing works ..even had the adjusting nut shear off ..waste of money and not cheap either ..
@@rctamiyaaddict4687 I got a reply from Ampro engineering .and MIP ain’t done one and aren’t going to .Tamiya seem to have stopped them due to lack of sales ..mostly likely because they’re garbage
@@rctamiyaaddict4687 Do you have other rc cars atl? Im just getting back into rc after 35yrs from when i was younger and had monster beetle as my first car im goin to build mine with mip diff and upgraded alloy parts + torque tuned motor and 2 bodies the red one and doing the black one also! As couldn't get the special edition kit so going to use a new frog chassis witch is same only light grey as cant get hold of the dark grey chassis
Just right from your headline I can confirm these upgrades as mandatory.😁
They sure are!
MIP ball diff all the way. Have one in my BF and Frog. Along with full bearings and the sport tuned motor. Not race ready, but still fun as heck all day. Reminds me of what i wanted them to be back in 87
Certainly an improvement. Thanks for watching and your comments
Cool video fella!
I'm a big fan of the monster beetle, and own 3 of them..... and a blackfoot, and mud blaster!
As you say, a real fun car, and huge Tamiya icon.
Yes, the MIP ball diff is essential!
I run technigolds and superstock motors in them, probably went through at least 3 gearboxs in less than a year!
The flex/warping of the metal diff plates result in the gears jumping about and chewing themselves up big time, a fault that dates right back to 86!
Since fitting the MIP diff I've had no more issues.... from the gearbox anyway.
Replaced the shocks with better aluminium ones, added a metal chassis brace where the rear body posts mount, limited the travel of the rear trailing arms(to stop it spitting out the rear shafts when driven hard), added headlights, added a high torque servo to reduce steering slop/torque steer and now running her on a superstock bz with 2s!
Its now a whole heap of fun, pretty fast, and very reliable!
If you fancy checking it out in action (and seeing many others) then check out our channel at Green Hawks RC.
We even used it alongside a lunchbox to do an RC firework display in our last video! 😂
Hope your one is still going well fella, I bet those wing mirrors are now long gone! 😂
👍 👍 👍
Brilliant insight, thanks for sharing. It’s a wonderful car to have in the collection. I’ll certainly check out your videos.
The mirrors are just about still there!
Sound's great ive ordered metal stearing arms etc for when i start my build and useing light grey chassis ss wanted the limited edition one but couldn't get so using that and having the original red and made up black edition replica body
@@SRG-HITMAN-11
Awesome man!
The black edition is gorgeous.... I really wanted to get one, but couldn't justify buying a 4th monster beetle!
😂 😅 (yep, I think I have a problem!)
The grey chassis really lifts the visual attraction of the car, makes it look far meaner, especially with the black body/livery.
Black suits the monster beetle the best, my original 86 one is finished in gloss black, looks so cool with the gold wheels and yellow cva shocks!
Those metal steering upgrades sound sweet..... I would highly recommend the Tamiya high torque servo saver upgrade as well.
The standard steering has soooo much slop, which in turn creates a lot of torque steer /unintentional doughnuts..... the upgrade to the servo safer definitely helps!
Good luck with the project going forward fella. 😊 👍 👍 👍
@@yodadarksideGreenHawksRC I bought a 15kg servo for mine too
@@SRG-HITMAN-11
Wise move fella..... that should work a treat!
Just stay away from the £5 Ebay special servos, l learnt the hard way, half of them don't even work straight out the pack! 😂
👍 👍 👍
Another thing you can do to pull the rear end down is to put spacers inside the shock body's. This stops that chatter this chassis is prone to.
Thank you for the advice. Always happy to get some more useful tips.
Definitely need to go brushless with these
Not ready to go brushless just yet! But I do have plans in mind.
I don't think anyone likes taking an orv gearbox apart! Haha.
Hopefully won’t have to do that again for a while. Thanks for watching.
Do they make a ball diff for the sand scorcher cos the Tamiya one is crap ..forever coming loose so no drive even with loctited to the nines I’ve tried all colours non lasts long .even used industrial cyanoacrylate nothing works ..even had the adjusting nut shear off ..waste of money and not cheap either ..
I haven't seen one from my supplier that I buy most of my stuff from, but that's not to say it ain't out there!
@@rctamiyaaddict4687 I got a reply from Ampro engineering .and MIP ain’t done one and aren’t going to .Tamiya seem to have stopped them due to lack of sales ..mostly likely because they’re garbage
Im putting a mip diff in mind and torque tuned motor and bearings when i start my build! Ehat transmitter do you use or recommend please?
I use the Absima SR2S transmitter with mine.
@@rctamiyaaddict4687 ive bought same lol
@@rctamiyaaddict4687 are you in UK
Yes I am.
@@rctamiyaaddict4687 Do you have other rc cars atl? Im just getting back into rc after 35yrs from when i was younger and had monster beetle as my first car im goin to build mine with mip diff and upgraded alloy parts + torque tuned motor and 2 bodies the red one and doing the black one also! As couldn't get the special edition kit so going to use a new frog chassis witch is same only light grey as cant get hold of the dark grey chassis
What battery are you using?
Just a nimh 7.2v 3300
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Yea $60 and no instructions 😡 way overpriced
Some basic instructions would have been good!
Just right from your headline I can confirm these upgrades as mandatory.😁