What, you don't want to save all the little bunnies and birdies? You are furthuring climate change with your love of arguably man's greatest invention so far!
Nitro is amazing. You don't need a video soundtrack to cover the bland sound of only tire noise on dirt... or the silence of asphalt. It is a mechanical machine that you have to learn. It isn't a record player, you know? It has an engine!
I had a nitro Rustler back in the early 2000's. It was really the only way to go back then because the electric models were slow. I'm so much happier now with electric and brushless
Pretty much same for me. Took too long to charge, very little run time and slow. I still have 4 nitro savages and a bunch of hpi nitro cars. Now the electric is so good it's hard to go back to dirty nitro. Thinking about doing an E conversion on my 5B.
Started running my nitro rustler at the track and it’s 2024 a few of the guys want one now 😂, you’ll be surprised how it can keep up with the modern cars easily it’s just lacking with its 20 year old suspension.
maybe the high end needle on carb is to lean on top and the two speed adjustment screw sounds like it might be set to light. If i can remember correctly the more you tighten the set screw in the two speed, the later the engagement. 🤙🏼
Phil!!! You need to prime the system before you fire it up it will start a whole lot faster. Remove the fuel hose off the exhaust and blow into it. You will see the fuel line from the tank to the carb fill up. You can also plug the exhaust hole with your finger while you pull the cord to prime the system.
If you get your traxxas 4tech running, the speed will blow your mind. They are like glass cars though, and imo the chassis is undersized, making the very difficult to control, and drive with aggression. Wonderful drift build, great video! Well done getting that glow engine running properly! They do take a fair bit of know how to run, and wont run right until they are up to temperature where yhe piston to sleave pinch area moves higher up the cylinder do to thermal expansion (above 180f and you can start to tune). It runs decent with that plastic pipe too. Ps we used to race our 4techs with the box lid ontop of them, it was hilarious to see 3 noisy 4tech boxes rolling around the parkinglot cone track 😆, with little puffs of smoke coming out from under the box.
Hi I ordered this..astrax Lightweight Small Fuel Filter Rebuildable, is that the correct stuff to use to oil the air filter? I am new to nitro so unsure if I got the correct stuff? Thanks
Can I put in a request, Phil? Use colour wheels when drifting because we can't see the black wheels turning opposite lock in your videos. It's like when a black dog has black eyes, it's all black dollop of fluff and you don't know where it's looking!
Nice video! I have some things to note :) To change the shift point of the 2-speed transmission - there is a hole near the second gear. There is a screw inside there, which adjusts the shift point. If you rotate it clockwise - the gearbox will shift later. If you rotate it counterclockwise - the gearbox will shift earlier. You shouldn’t rotate it more than 1/6 of a turn. Try to play with it for a bit, I’m sure you’ll get it perfect 💪 And secondly - PLEASE tell me where did you buy that body? I really want one SOOO MUCH! :D
Poke a bit wire down the exhaust nipple that goes to the tank it's probably got some solder or brazing weld blocking it so it's not pressurising the tank.
when you were cutting out the body to make room for the engine, the dremmel going through the plastic sounded like my cat when it's hungry. nice job on the paint btw since i'm the same and only use maybe 2 colors at most. see you in the next vid! cheers Phil.
That thumbnail is enticingly tasty. Didnt even get a chance to think about the vid just clicked it like "ooh". You got me to watch a vid abouy a nitro drift car...nice.
Nitros do have a steep learning curve. But it's actually not hard once getting a grip on how it works. But as you said, patience is needed, at least in the beginning.
Awesome noisy drift footage Phil 👌 Just had a sale email from Jadlam - they're plugging the bag saying "Tomleys got one in his new upload " bit of advertising for you there m8 😊
Yes, I enjoy it to a point… but when you spend half the time trying to get it running and then it just plays up..it can be a little disheartening. This one seems to run pretty good once it’s warmed up
Superb Phil I've only had one nitro ever. It took for ever to get going, it did not have a safety shut off once I finally got it running I lost signal and hit a kerb full on at full beans and destroyed it the insult was it landed in a lump and the piggin engine carried on running a complete gasgud
Nitros usually are easy to fire up, at least from my experience. If the engine don't fire up immediately, stop trying cause there's something wrong. Just as it did here with the new pipe, engine wasn't getting fuel.
Never run nitro, but I can see and hear the attraction especially with the shiny wheels... I have never said this to a man before, but I would love your old body... 🤣
There should be an access plug in the 2 speed and an allen screw to change the shift point.. also richen the high speed needle to get rid of that bog at high rpm.. im sure you know all this but i had to chime in.. i love nitros… the noise and smell is so cool👍
hey phil the 2 speed is usually adjusted where the 2 gears are there should be a hole that will line up with another hole and there should be a adjustment grub screw down in there
Hey Phil, when I first saw your high speed carb setting I thought that looks a little too lean. It probably only needed about an 1/8th to 1/4 turn anti-clockwise on the high speed needle. Sold nitro cars for 15 years and did some winter racing with them. No more nitro tuning these days, can't say I miss that part 😂. Only ever seen that once with an exhaust as someone else said something must be blocking it so just have a good poke around inside don't be scared to go deep 👀
You really should get and use a starter box for your nitro stuff. As a kid if i was hauling a nitro car on my bike that was even better as I would just flip it over and start it off the back tyre. Adjusting the two speed change points is also pretty simple. The driven gears low gear will be running a couple of clutch shoes that when they get to speed will throw out and engage. Usally a couple of adjusting screws in each shoe set the clearance and spring pressure to set rpm lockup. The driven gears drive through a 1 way bearing fo each. If your transmission isnt going into top 90% of the time its the bearing not working correctly.
Nice seeing you do nitro! I had and still have several for semi-professional racing along with some fun rigs. The Traxxas Jato 3.3 did 100+km/h about 15 years ago when I had one, so yeah, nitros can be pretty fast. And isn’t that sound and smell just wonderful?
That looks great with that body on. Sounds awesome too. Ive been trying to get a friends nitro buggy started for weeks, and no joy. Ive converted it to roto start, and that helps a bit. Not a fan. 🤷🏻♂️
i know on HPI 2 speed, on the transmission tunnel right beside gear mesh should be a hole where you can adjust when 2nd gear engages. maybe this ftx has the same design for adjustment?
When you wound the hsn in a bunch and then the engine sounded like an angry chewbacca after the wot runs, that was the engine telling you the top end is too lean. When you do slow mo, try to take the pitch shift out of the sound if your software can do it, it'll sound so much better 😉
Not sure if you know man but don't dry sand carbon fiber like that without proper good respiratory protection, becuase carbon dust is a killer. can do it under a small amount of water to help stop it.
Yes I know... I was holding it away from me and as you can see, I have the Dremel the correct way around so it was dropping away from the part I was 'sanding'.
The 2speed needs to be adjusted. There should be a set screw on cluch bell. On my nitro back in the day I put the air filter on a longer hose to stick out the body.. cold air intake 😂😂
Hey little tip if he wants to die on the top end, then he is to lean on the top I now that because I'm am a professional 1/8 buggy racer and I do races, last year I was youth state champion 😉
Good gains can be made by some simple mods inside the engine, bevel here; smoothing there , match porting the header, and you can have easily more hp and more revs
You and I both know that heating the head will assist you in starting it. Use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the head or even a head heater. Then you will get it firing up right away. lol I laugh watching people struggle, do the right steps.
She's a bit lean at the top end or something, struggling to get enough fuel at high speed. Could be an air leak or fuel cap seal, or even a clogged carb, but that's v unlikely given how little usage it's had. Did you store it with after run?
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Drifting with actual engine noise is RC perfection can't get that feeling with electric 👍
Absolutely 👌
What, you don't want to save all the little bunnies and birdies? You are furthuring climate change with your love of arguably man's greatest invention so far!
@@Tipman2OOO fantastic 👍
Hi unrelated question, have you tried using 4s batter on ZD Racing Pirates 2/3 truggy? If so is it ok to run and what speed you got with it?@TomleyRC
Nitro is amazing. You don't need a video soundtrack to cover the bland sound of only tire noise on dirt... or the silence of asphalt. It is a mechanical machine that you have to learn. It isn't a record player, you know? It has an engine!
The sound of nitro and gear changing is music too my ears 😁
Haha.. you’re welcome
so fcking true !!!!! and playtime also !!!!
I had a nitro Rustler back in the early 2000's. It was really the only way to go back then because the electric models were slow. I'm so much happier now with electric and brushless
Pretty much same for me. Took too long to charge, very little run time and slow. I still have 4 nitro savages and a bunch of hpi nitro cars. Now the electric is so good it's hard to go back to dirty nitro. Thinking about doing an E conversion on my 5B.
I'm sure you also enjoy your new Nissan leaf 🤡
Started running my nitro rustler at the track and it’s 2024 a few of the guys want one now 😂, you’ll be surprised how it can keep up with the modern cars easily it’s just lacking with its 20 year old suspension.
After 350 electrics I rediscovered Nitro this year. Love my RS4s, Serpents, and Losis.
I still love my gen 2 4-tecs.
@@whatugonnadu Looking at a couple. Not looking for a builder. Going to pay up for a few nice ones.
@@AndrewSury I have quite a few and always try and get more from my local classifieds when they pop up.
@@AndrewSuryI’ve got a never used 2.5 that I might part with.
maybe the high end needle on carb is to lean on top and the two speed adjustment screw sounds like it might be set to light. If i can remember correctly the more you tighten the set screw in the two speed, the later the engagement. 🤙🏼
Cheers dude
Phil!!! You need to prime the system before you fire it up it will start a whole lot faster. Remove the fuel hose off the exhaust and blow into it. You will see the fuel line from the tank to the carb fill up. You can also plug the exhaust hole with your finger while you pull the cord to prime the system.
Not much into nitro or drift kits but that slow mo nitro footage was to die for!
It was good fun
Cool change of pace. You put a lot of work into that. Vid shots were so good, I had to watch it a second time right away. Enjoyed.
Cheers Lee, appreciate it
If you get your traxxas 4tech running, the speed will blow your mind. They are like glass cars though, and imo the chassis is undersized, making the very difficult to control, and drive with aggression. Wonderful drift build, great video! Well done getting that glow engine running properly! They do take a fair bit of know how to run, and wont run right until they are up to temperature where yhe piston to sleave pinch area moves higher up the cylinder do to thermal expansion (above 180f and you can start to tune). It runs decent with that plastic pipe too.
Ps we used to race our 4techs with the box lid ontop of them, it was hilarious to see 3 noisy 4tech boxes rolling around the parkinglot cone track 😆, with little puffs of smoke coming out from under the box.
The shots in the shop at the end...chefs kiss 😙🙌🔥
You are something else with those little jack stands😂😂
Straight to my want/don't need list.
I've ran nitro for 30 years. Definitely a learning curve. Well done. Looks great.
Hi I ordered this..astrax Lightweight Small Fuel Filter Rebuildable, is that the correct stuff to use to oil the air filter? I am new to nitro so unsure if I got the correct stuff? Thanks
Can I put in a request, Phil? Use colour wheels when drifting because we can't see the black wheels turning opposite lock in your videos. It's like when a black dog has black eyes, it's all black dollop of fluff and you don't know where it's looking!
That's an excellent point.
Yes, good shout. I actually had white ones at first, but they didn’t quite look right
You can turn the contrast up on your monitor though the system settings usuallu
Nice video!
I have some things to note :)
To change the shift point of the 2-speed transmission - there is a hole near the second gear. There is a screw inside there, which adjusts the shift point. If you rotate it clockwise - the gearbox will shift later. If you rotate it counterclockwise - the gearbox will shift earlier. You shouldn’t rotate it more than 1/6 of a turn. Try to play with it for a bit, I’m sure you’ll get it perfect 💪
And secondly - PLEASE tell me where did you buy that body? I really want one SOOO MUCH! :D
Man - that ground level drift footage at the end was amazing!
😀😀
Its impressive how you take those close up moving shots? Brilliant
Poke a bit wire down the exhaust nipple that goes to the tank it's probably got some solder or brazing weld blocking it so it's not pressurising the tank.
when you were cutting out the body to make room for the engine, the dremmel going through the plastic sounded like my cat when it's hungry. nice job on the paint btw since i'm the same and only use maybe 2 colors at most. see you in the next vid! cheers Phil.
That thumbnail is enticingly tasty. Didnt even get a chance to think about the vid just clicked it like "ooh". You got me to watch a vid abouy a nitro drift car...nice.
0:29 this actually got me laughing for a solid bit XD
I'll always have a soft spot for these nitro engines
Nitros do have a steep learning curve. But it's actually not hard once getting a grip on how it works. But as you said, patience is needed, at least in the beginning.
Paint turned out nice. Cool little build
can you tell us how much of the bling is bling or an actual upgrade you get these guys that swap out everything
Fantastic work, Phil! Beautiful paint job! Nicely done!!! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Awesome noisy drift footage Phil 👌 Just had a sale email from Jadlam - they're plugging the bag saying "Tomleys got one in his new upload " bit of advertising for you there m8 😊
Haha.. it’s a great bag 😇👌
Not into Nitro myself, but always enjoy seeing others having a go 😁 The slo-mo were incredible ✌ I see you have the Hornet EVO 👀😉🤝
That blue paint is perfect.
N8tro is such a funny topic you either love it or hate it, but either way you can't beet a working engine (when it works) 👍👍👍👍
Yes, I enjoy it to a point… but when you spend half the time trying to get it running and then it just plays up..it can be a little disheartening. This one seems to run pretty good once it’s warmed up
Superb Phil I've only had one nitro ever. It took for ever to get going, it did not have a safety shut off once I finally got it running I lost signal and hit a kerb full on at full beans and destroyed it the insult was it landed in a lump and the piggin engine carried on running a complete gasgud
Oooo… nasty. That is a bigger risk with Nitro
@@TomleyRC yes the good thing about electric esc is that no signal instant shut down
I have a couple myself! I agree don't have the patience for them they're fun but just a big pain in the butt!
Nitros usually are easy to fire up, at least from my experience. If the engine don't fire up immediately, stop trying cause there's something wrong. Just as it did here with the new pipe, engine wasn't getting fuel.
Never run nitro, but I can see and hear the attraction especially with the shiny wheels... I have never said this to a man before, but I would love your old body... 🤣
I hear it all the time… but my body if not for sale 😅
There will be a grub screw some wear on the 2 speed gears in for a later change and out for a later change I think I could be wrong 9:27
There should be an access plug in the 2 speed and an allen screw to change the shift point.. also richen the high speed needle to get rid of that bog at high rpm.. im sure you know all this but i had to chime in.. i love nitros… the noise and smell is so cool👍
Love the lift music 😂😂 stick with leccy much better than an angry wasp 🐝 nice video
Haha cheers
hey phil the 2 speed is usually adjusted where the 2 gears are there should be a hole that will line up with another hole and there should be a adjustment grub screw down in there
I’ll take a look… could do with engaging a little later 👌
Great build… turned out nice
Cheers dude
The chrome wheels look great on it
If we could have the smoke and the noise with battery's that would be perfect. The smoke definitely adds to it. "How dare you!" 😅
Hey Phil, when I first saw your high speed carb setting I thought that looks a little too lean. It probably only needed about an 1/8th to 1/4 turn anti-clockwise on the high speed needle. Sold nitro cars for 15 years and did some winter racing with them. No more nitro tuning these days, can't say I miss that part 😂.
Only ever seen that once with an exhaust as someone else said something must be blocking it so just have a good poke around inside don't be scared to go deep 👀
always preferred nitro years ago but battery's are way better these days :) great job on the truck though , looks great 👍
1:50 . Sooo close to the Finger !!!
Just a PSA. If that's real carbon fiber it's really dangerous to grind without a mask. It can make you real sick.
Used to have great fun racing the nitro Great Vigor cars on the track in the 90s. Cheap fun.
Phil build Knight Rider or A Team van
That was awesome! Bring more nitro on the channel!
You really should get and use a starter box for your nitro stuff. As a kid if i was hauling a nitro car on my bike that was even better as I would just flip it over and start it off the back tyre.
Adjusting the two speed change points is also pretty simple. The driven gears low gear will be running a couple of clutch shoes that when they get to speed will throw out and engage. Usally a couple of adjusting screws in each shoe set the clearance and spring pressure to set rpm lockup. The driven gears drive through a 1 way bearing fo each. If your transmission isnt going into top 90% of the time its the bearing not working correctly.
Already approving of all the blue bling
Nice seeing you do nitro! I had and still have several for semi-professional racing along with some fun rigs. The Traxxas Jato 3.3 did 100+km/h about 15 years ago when I had one, so yeah, nitros can be pretty fast. And isn’t that sound and smell just wonderful?
it sounds amazing the body looks stunning
Tune the gears by tighten or loosening the hex inside the gear spurs
That looks great with that body on. Sounds awesome too. Ive been trying to get a friends nitro buggy started for weeks, and no joy. Ive converted it to roto start, and that helps a bit. Not a fan. 🤷🏻♂️
i know on HPI 2 speed, on the transmission tunnel right beside gear mesh should be a hole where you can adjust when 2nd gear engages. maybe this ftx has the same design for adjustment?
The world is about to war, playing rc makes me feel safe and forget all of those chaos.
Nice to see some nitro on these large channels!
Love the last wheels 👍🏻
It would be nice to see a review of the king motor blade 5th scale 🤞
When tuning to get maximum performance only adjust high very slightly like less than 1/8 inches increments or sometimes less!
So nice with the shiny rims at the end 😍
Yes, last minute decision to run it indoors for a few action shots 👌
Nice paint scheme!
When you wound the hsn in a bunch and then the engine sounded like an angry chewbacca after the wot runs, that was the engine telling you the top end is too lean. When you do slow mo, try to take the pitch shift out of the sound if your software can do it, it'll sound so much better 😉
Looks super fast
Not sure if you know man but don't dry sand carbon fiber like that without proper good respiratory protection, becuase carbon dust is a killer. can do it under a small amount of water to help stop it.
And on top of that it also is very good at conducting electricity, you don't want carbon dust anywhere near electronics (and your lungs of course).
Yes I know... I was holding it away from me and as you can see, I have the Dremel the correct way around so it was dropping away from the part I was 'sanding'.
The 2speed needs to be adjusted. There should be a set screw on cluch bell.
On my nitro back in the day I put the air filter on a longer hose to stick out the body.. cold air intake 😂😂
Hey little tip if he wants to die on the top end, then he is to lean on the top
I now that because I'm am a professional 1/8 buggy racer and I do races, last year I was youth state champion 😉
Great vid gain Phil. Can i ask what happened to the stadium blitzer vids and record attempt this year? Please don't tell me you sold the blitzer
..?
I'll just keep enjoying nitro RCs on youtube and stick with my ez mode lipos for myself 😆
Looks awesome and fast
Was good fun
Love this build i want a drift nitro now...
Cheers dude
nice to see you swap to nitro for a change mate :) great video
Yes, I do like to have a go now and again.
@@TomleyRC nicely done mate i only have nitro cars but like your channel very entertaining dude keep up the good work :)
When you've got a nitro running right it's the best thing ever, trouble is they never run right every time
Love the new vid. Keep it up
Cheers dude
Good gains can be made by some simple mods inside the engine, bevel here; smoothing there , match porting the header, and you can have easily more hp and more revs
Don't forget to cut holes for air flow
They seem cool, but I would never have the patience for nitro. Fully happy with electric.
Great paint scheme! Definitely need some patience with nitro. Tried it years back and it wasn't for me
Yeah, it’s a much longer day running nitro 😅
Could you make a video about shock absorbers, power steering, electronics? Which are the best manufacturers for each sector? ❤
You and I both know that heating the head will assist you in starting it. Use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the head or even a head heater. Then you will get it firing up right away. lol I laugh watching people struggle, do the right steps.
I did heat it... with a hot air gun. That whole section on me trying to start it was about 20% of the actual time it took me lol.
Centre the servo that's probably why it donuts in one direction
Yes maybe
this gives me a ide, i need to find a RC road car for the van body (mad van) i have. Nitro is awsome when it works but can be a pain
She's a bit lean at the top end or something, struggling to get enough fuel at high speed. Could be an air leak or fuel cap seal, or even a clogged carb, but that's v unlikely given how little usage it's had. Did you store it with after run?
Can you do a video guide on painting shells, you says your aint perfect but its perfect enough for me, id like to learn how to go about doing it.
I thought I was watch a dipyourcar video! Haha
Video idea… try using dip for a body
Can you post the parts list for this job ?
Prime that thing 😮
Bugger I miss my nitro, the smell and noise ❤
Awesome looking gas powered car I really like the custom work you did to it 👍👍👍👍🥓🥪🥤
You'll have to walk Kev through the nitro set up process lol
Make nitro great again 😅😅
So why did the sport exhaust not work
That’s from the clutch being on that side… why it won’t donut the other way..
That makes sense… although I did also notice the steering is restricted a little going 1 way.
@@TomleyRC oh… that’s probably what’s making that so severe…
Nice build
It's a pain to get them going... but when they do... 🤤
Agree
There should be a grub screw on the gears. That's how traxxus works
I’ll have a look
I have a question what motor is that
Pre heat and prime brother should start in 2-3 pulls
Boom 🎉 Infracjave
Haha.. love it
Whats cooler than a S15 Silvia?
I have axle stand envy. Weird non?
I'll get you some for Xmas :)