I Got My First NEW Nitro RC Car!
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- This is a Nitro RC Drift / Street Car from FTX could be perfect for Beginners. The FTX Banzai Nitro is 95% Ready to Run (RTR) and is the Cheapest Nitro RC Car (Road) currently in the UK (I think)
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Hey man, I'm a nitro nerd.. Especially for the vintage and early 2000s stuff. Love how you explain why you don't prefer nitro and still showed much respect. Much love from upstate NY!
Thanks dude. Appreciate it
I’ve got an OG 4 tec that was put away dirty 20 years ago, only ran it maybe 6 times. Any chance I’ll be able to get it up and running?
@@laughterandcarwashes1191 they are pretty simple engines, unless it corroded inside it might be fine.
Great to see those friendly comments from the drifting facebook group, no gatekeeping there at all :')
Haha, they love me over there
Blew my engine up already! Run it in fast….
Why am I not surprise to read that…😂
LOL Kevvie, the captain obvious award goes to, dun dun DAHHHHH hahha.....Dude, you'd break a titanium hammer in the first 30 minutes of using it hahahha You're getting as bad as stempy!!!
You should have taken your mates course….Mike Cradock isn’t it? 😅
Kevs running in process was ,errrrrr, slightly different shall we say..🤣😄😀
Haha! You idiot! Stick to the electric versions - they are much easier for the beginner. You'll thank me later dude! You noobs make me bloody laugh I tell ya - bet you didn't even read the instruction manual properly and just thought you knew it all. Ha, you'll learn matey boy
I've always been a mechanic, still am for a major US airline. I love my nitro cars, have plenty of Electric as well. Nitro always strikes a cord being an actual little engine.
Be sure to turn the flywheel to bottom dead centre after each heat cycle, so it cools with the piston at the bottom. Also, get a nice bit of filter oil. Love the content as always Tomley, thanks for giving Nitro some love, we need all the help we can get. Power to you! Also make sure you can always see the blue smoke of unburnt oil, which is needed to lube the piston.
Thanks for the tips dude
@@TomleyRC I know you knew that, but if it helps one dude, it's worth a comment. Plus it feeds the algorithm :)
Never had a nitro before. Ain't gonna get one anytime soon, but I love how you tune it up and video you've done. Just watching and listening, my ears are screaming too. Hahaha. A great video 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I wanted to make one so others could see what it takes to run a Nitro
Seems like nitro is having a bit of a comeback on UA-cam, love it! I got caught up in it and even bought a couple nitro cars. It's been fun to come back to it after abandoning it for brushless motors and lipos many years ago.
I’ve certainly seen a few more videos dotted about
These morning video releases are a gem as a teacher, have my coffee after dropping kids off their school, watch some Tomley and then teach some robotics haha cheers sir.
Haha, awesome
Hi Tony Alex back at you giving Nitro a chance most people forget dead Niceville is part of the RC world and it's been around for a long time and I'm glad to see that you would not afraid to bring it back on your Channel thank you and you have a good day I love watching your video because you're from England and it's good to see other UA-cam people from other countries thank you Besitos to getting into Nitro🙏👍
Nice. The sound and the smoke is what it's all about. Battery stuff is SO boring. Tinkering is part of the fun. Don't lean it out too much, it will overheat and destroy the engine. I have to drive over 30 miles to a place where I can run my off road buggy. You'd need a truckload of charged batteries to get much run time out of a battery powered one. With nitro you can run it for hours, no batteries, no chargers. Just have several filters with you. In the sand they get dirty fast.
Those Force engines are really really good.. HPI & a lot of other big name manufacturers use them.!.. Rebranded of course.! 😉
Seems decent 👌
Not the strongest engines out there, but relatively reliable and easy to tune, aswell as cheap. So imho perfect RTR nitro engine.
@@xXYannuschXxI'm putting one my old mt2 18ss engine in my carnage soon
Just got into the hobby and loving your content went and got electric and nitro love how easy electric cars are and how fast they are now but nitro the sound of it round a track is fantastic. Again keep up the great work 👏
I remember trying Nitro with an OFNA 1/8 buggy. Never got it started, the hobby shop couldn't get it running. They even put a brand new engine that was much nicer than the RTR and it wouldn't start. Finally after tinkering with it for about a week and the shop not having any luck, it was returned. I took that money and bought RC10T4 RTR. That experience was enough to turn me off from trying nitro again. With that said, I think it would be a ton of fun to try again.
Surely, it was bad luck but to be honest, I never knew about the break in procedures and likely would've ruined the buggy, so perhaps it was for the best at the time.
Those cheap Force engines can sometimes be absolute gems.
I have had both power systems and if you have the time and the place to run it, nitro is more rewarding, plus I like the fact that you do not have to buy more batteries if you want to go out and bash for hours, just bring some extra glow plugs and an extra C-battery or two.
I will say however, nitro RACING is very difficult because you need a pit-guy and one that actually knows how to tune on the fly, electric is so much less drama on race day.
Hey there Phil, never hold full throttle on a nitro, when you get to full throttle, back it off to half or so for a second or two then go up to full throttle for a wee second or two, then rinse and repeat and your engine will last for a long time, don’t forget to put after run oil in it when you’re finished driving it. Niiiiiiiiiiice video Phil, really enjoyed it.😊
Ps…..did I mention that I love nitros 😊
No
what are u talking about? There is absolutely nothing wrong about driving a nitro car like this with full throttle&rpm fully normally. even ten* second straight on a track does not kill engines like this. (ok ten seconds is lonh and not often you see that long straights on tracks but they dio exist. I mean go look proper competition races, no matter if its 1 or 2 speed gearbox, EVERYBODY will keep it pinned on the longest straight and it doesnt do any damage as long as your lubrication is working. co me on man..
Smell and sound is worth the trouble with nitro.. Nothing beats the smell of nitro in the morning.. 😊
I like Nitro because you have to do something like after run maintenance and stuff like that, and when you get the tune right its really satisfying to drive
I love my Nitros dude I never get sick of the sound LOL
Nice, it runs fine, and tuning is pretty decent. For “drifting” is good with the single speed, but in parking lots or track use for better speed and not ask constantly full rpm from the engine, the 2 speed conversion is a must have.
Is this car in the vid a 2 or 1 speed
Would love to see more nitro on your channel. Sure it has a steep learning curve but much more rewarding than electrics 🙂
Im literally was thinking of starting and after watching some videos im afraid as ill be lost haha
Never managed to get my nitro running well enough to install the bodyshell. So you're doing better than I did.
Did you follow the instructions?
Yes… how many videos have you watched and the Nitro has no body shell.. there a reason for that lol
That engine on the FTX offroad vehicles starts so easy as long as it's primed, it's always worth checking the idle gap as that is usually set a little on the slow side. Actually it's better to keep the engine warm when running in but not over heating. Your idle is a little low which is why it's trying to cut out
I increased the idle a little in the end. Works better now
@@TomleyRC nice it's pretty common on these, it's a very small tweak otherwise the engine runs very well without little tuning
Nitro really is awesome when it’s dialled in correctly, but boy can it be hell if not 😂
Fantastic 👍🏎️ thanks for bringing some nitro content and that car looked like some good fun 😊
Cheers dude
I love Nitro used for many years now. I like the look of this and that's a cheap price for what it is. May pick one up.
I've just got myself one of these today, it does now come with a hole for the exhaust and few little tweaks since this model. Just waiting for some air filter oil to arrive then going to run it in. Brucy bonus for me is I found an RC track just 5 minutes away from me at Shoreham airport. Looking forward to trying it out
I love nitro onroad cars. Welcome to the family 😄 you definitely need a notch to vent the exhaust fumes and definitely need cutouts for the engine to breathe.
I love playing "guess where Phil is today..." I'm going with Matalan and L.A Fitness :)
It's the skate parks that my lad wants me to figure out, as he wants to take his scooter there!!!
Another great vid buddy!
Well, not far off..... I was at a Gym today... and then a day at home editing and accounts 😅
Tuning depends lot on the fuel you're using, if you're using fuel with a high oil content like 18 or 20% (optifuel) then you need to tune for more smoke than fuel that has around 10%.
Type of oil is important too, synthetic doesn't give the same protection as castor oil. You want some castor oil in the fuel because it gives better high heat protection and leaves a slight varnish inside your engine which makes it live longer.
If the fuel has no castor oil in it I think you should always run the engine richer than fuel with castor oil even if there's more oil in the fully synthetic fuel
Nice bit of insite into the world of Nitro! I run electric myself, but good to learn a bit about nitro. I can definitely see why they appeal to people.
How good is it to see a review car come home in one piece. unlike some others surname begins with a T, wrecks his on the first run and doesnt believe in running the engines in properly.
Im just getting back into nitro after being away from it for many years and this looks like great lttle car to get back into the hobby.
A metal pipe with a two speed kit and that thing will be an absolute speed demon! Those force .18 engines are awesome little powerplants
Tinkering with nitro is fun, been out with 2 revos today, got the 4 tec I bought off you in for maintenance.
Another great vid Phil 👍🏻, very informative and helpful for a nitro RC noob such as myself coming back to the hobby after many years away, cheers 🍻! Got serious love for electric RC’s too 😎 However, I really need to be cautious from now on watching your review vids fella (of course I’m only messing) it’s just that you sir are a very extremely clever person that makes it so easy for a mere mortal like me to part ways with my hard-earned cash LOL !!! Basically what I’m saying is you are a complete danger to my bank account/wallet without even trying…but in a totally great way 😝😎👍🏻
Keep em coming geezer 👊🏻👌🏻
Little tip for first time engine startup, screw the glow plug on all the way but dont tighten it yet, prime the fuel to fill up the lines and carb, then back out the glow plug 1-2 turns before trying to start it. 0nce started tighten the glow plug on and your startups will be easier from then on.
Compression on a new engine is usually high, as the rings havent seated in yet, so it struggles to startup. After first startup rings seats in with that initial tank idle run in.
The air fuel ratio should be slightly rich so that you get that initial plume of smoke, but thins out. and for high speed you want to carry that same amount of smoke plume. Safer to runner it on the richer side than leaner side, as lean means less lubricant going in, and engine will runner hotter, and eventually warp the cylinder, seize rings or bearings.
Think I only really liked the smell when I briefly had a nitro. Electric all the way for me now!
Yeah, it’s good when it’s running… but nowhere near as electric
This nitro runs VERY well… Perfect car for a nitro beginner!!
Cool with a nitro these days. Though only 1/8 buggy cars and some monster trucks used nitro engines nowadays.
Man that thing runs good out of the box! 😳👌👍👊
The force 18 engines are bloody brilliant too
You got to love the sound of a nitro engine it’s amazing always wanted one but never been brave enough lol 😂
Now we getting one thanks to you thanks...
Rippin good. I have both. But now I have to be in a Nitro mood run nitro.
They made a rear exit exhaust back in the day I thinks by TAS, it cuts down on greasy look and adds to the coolness when the smoke exits in the rear
Great to see a nitro on your channel I'm currently getting my nitro usa-1 ready to break in
I've tried nitro a couple of times, and it's always ended in frustration. Watching this video makes me want to try again.
You're frustrated because you're impatient. Follow the instructions. 99% of your issues will be solved.
Way back in the day I ran a ton of cox .049 engines when I was a kid. Soon as you read the instructions ALL the problems were solved. Then I bought a kyosho nitro corvette. Couldn't get it started. Read the instructions, started on the third pull, and did everything right and it is still running great after 20 years.
First thing is make sure your ignitor is charged, and secondly, get the freaking wheels off the ground. I see KT firing them up with a foot holding the car down and the wheels on the ground then wonder why it won't start. That's like wondering why you can't walk with your legs tied together.
Next most important thing? Get the right fuel. Too much lube=it won't fire Not enough lube=it will burn up.
@Muskoka Mike I was totally impatient. I was also trying to run a car I bought used with zero documentation or experience. I've grown since then and would probably be more successful today.
Patience!
@@benbekemeier5545 oh crap, used? that means you don't even know if it was run in properly and even set up. That's going in completely blind.
I've never owned anything nitro, but it just looks like so much of a pain in the ass. This is coming from a car and drone guy that loves tuning betaflight.
Great video Phil , reminded me exactly why I can't be arsed with nitro ! 😂😂
Leaning the low needle will cure the annoying stall you get when touching the throttle.
This seems really low geared - like 1st is in a 2 speed gearbox. I’d upgear it for sure. It should be capable of 40mph easy with the .18 motor. Great vid 👍
Oh put a nylon pipe on the exhaust outlet well clear of the bodywork, it will help stop the dirt build up 👍
It’s probably got 40 in it with some tweaking. I did put one on but it fell off 😅
@@TomleyRC yup been there!!
I’ve just got one of these best thing is is to use a glow starter with a external battery
Used to love nitro back in the day and I'm still nostalgic for them, but I think my neighbours are happy that I've gone electric...
I raced nitro, best thing I made was a engine heater and definitely get a starter box as them engines can be temperamental at times, weather temperatures dependent,
Also when racing I found MX Goggles very handy as when that nitro fumes got in the air my eyes would stream
Yes, all "fuel" engines should be run a little rich specially 2 strokes because the lube is in the fuel. More lube is better than less lube. PLUS the fuel is also used to cool the engine. Too lean and it will run too hot and while "heat is horsepower" too much heat is death.
Man the runtime and quick refuling makes it so that i whant one
Nice one Phil.,a timely video, i am deliberating the purchase of a Nitro, but still unsure of the all the "faffing around" the noise i'm not so bothered about, afterall my Kyosho Mad Van VE has to be noisiest RC i own, so Nitro in the immediate future, maybe🤔
Great informative video Phil, a very good review of this FTX Banzai nitro powered car, back in the day the nitro powered cars & trucks etc were so temperamental but i must say that you made this nitro car perform extremely well after the run in period.
FTX are producing some really great RCs, They look Awesome, Their prices are very reasonable & with a reviewer like yourself that will promote their products with your in depth reviews showing their quality & performance,
Keep up your great work Phil, you are a Legend in the RC world.
how far "back in the day"? I've been messing with nitro since the 60's and the issues? 99% user error.
People aren’t as mechanically minded as they were 20+ yrs ago
@@muskokamike127 was what I was goin to say. My airplanes and helicopters are all nitro. And I still have my tether cars I was racing in the 70's.
Nitro vehicles haven't changed for a long time, the FORCE engines are a nice user friendly engine though
@@brianellison3525 I never got into the tether cars, I've seen videos...those things are wicked fast........
My biggest issue with the .049 was I didn't put the cap on the fuel tight enough so all the fuel evaporated and left only the castor oil lol
Great video Phil!
Just thinking about run in and tuning the carb for whatever the barometric pressure is plus the smell of the burnt fuel my eyes are burning and I got a headache starting blech
Absolutely schweeT Tom😎
Can’t wait for you to want a 2speed but I’m happy here too💯🥳🥳
Nice1 Tom.
I’m gonna try the 2 speed I think
I really really do like that car even if Nitro is a bit more difficult with starting and everything , but there sound mmmmmman 👌😍
It’s certainly a different experience
A starter box is really valuable for nitros, I tuned one to run on straight methanol and got tons of runtime per tank compared to 20% nitro mixes.
So you're running your engine with no oil?
@@sharkey9 castor oil + meth, just no nitro
@@blubug768 Ah, I see.
Yeah that's what I did back in the days. Never used nitro, neither with planes nor with cars.
Although some model engines kind of "need" nitro to run and throttle smoothly.
@@sharkey9 ya, nitro def makes more power you got to take some head shims out to raise compression but 20% nitro would last like 5 min per tank and straight meth would last like 15 min... awww I miss nitro, all my local tracks are indoor/electric only 😢
All the nitro bashing is fair enough and I don’t use mine anymore because electric is easier, but, nitro offers something which electric cannot. It’s a real engine after all that makes noise and smells and exhaust smoke! If you haven’t tried it and you’re at all curious, then I recommend you try it. Even if you end up putting on a shelf afterwards.
I've got a nitro savage with the 4.6 big block, been sitting on a shelf for 5 years cuz it's a pain in the butt to operate lol im planning on getting it out and reviving it I'm just not that excited about it lol
I’ve heard they can bit really temperamental
Ha yeah I've got one too and it's been a real shitter to start ever since I've owned it, gone through a few glow plugs and have amassed no end of blisters trying to get it started, even with a starter box it still doesn't start that easy ????????😡😡😡😡
Thing looks like it's running perfectly!! I may try to get one 🤙
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Got a remote starter for mine it's an actual game changer😆
That little guy rips.
Justin love the sound 👍👍👍
Love nitro and the video cheers mate
No probs dude
Sweeet video. I love nitro. My TRX4M is the first electric I bought since my 1985 Marui Galaxy RS lol
Cheers dude
A friend of mine just switched to Nitro.. constantly fixing stuff 😋
Yes.. you need to be prepared for that
this is the perfect rc when you intend to annoy your neighbors early in the morning.
I used to use a bit of two stroke oil on the filter never had a problem lol
I love that sound
Excellent video as always! Fun change from all electric!
I am with you though, electric is so much nicer for day to day use.
The sound is the only good thing about that car🤣...use to have lots of nitro cars back then, but in my opinion guys go gas or electric, much more fun and less problems, but i understand guys with nitro
Looks and sounds great 👍. Is it gonna be a keeper with more running vids or just something now n then to dabble with lol 😆
I may give it another go with a 2 speed
great little car !
From experience you NEVER touch the low speed from factory unless it's a very serious problem, you could spend hours if you get this even slightly wrong! Planes, Cars and Helis. Nitro rocks when it's in tune, if your going to commit spend £20 odd quid on a rotor start backplate and use a drill if you have one or buy a rotor starter. Pull starting is awful once it loses tune (and it will, a 10C temp change can be enough, especially for ease of starting)
I'm liking it alot.still not a big fan of the banzai body but it looked a lot a fun .great stuff mate👍
It was fun to drive for sure
@@TomleyRC looked like it..been thinking about getting a nitro for a while.maybe this is the one
Great Video! Short Update to my last ZD Racing mx07 comment 😃 I have received mine now and the max5 fits if you cut down the battery holders. Hence you have less space for the batteries, but still enough to fit a normal sized one. 😊 let’s see how mine performs 🤩
Noice…. It’s a beast of an RC Car
I thank you did a great job on the tune .. it’s sounds Sweeeet. I know your getting the two speed right? Man second gear ⚙️ mite get it moving! 👍
I haven't owned a nitro but this dose make me wanna buy one looks a lot of fun but I can also imagine it's a pain when they don't work right lol
Nitro is fun and fast don't get me wrong, but glowplugs and gas are expensive anymore. good video!
Plug and play is the way I prefer
Nitro do sound awesome but the work that goes into them I'm not about
Yeah, I’m a plug n play guy
Tomley! I want you and Kevin to do a collab! I know you two have some beef but I think it’ll be good for you both to spend a day of bashing rcs together.
Interesting how you can gauge the speed by how high it screams 😅 Great video as always Tomley!
Yes haha
My arm is still sore from 20 years ago. Thank you t-maxx gen 1
Yeah, I love the sound of Nitro Engine..
🔥NITRO🔥FOREVER🔥
Yeah nitro! Now we are in my comfort zone
Nice airmax's tom
Nice video!
Is there a 2 speed upgrade kit for this Bonzai Nitro?
Thank you sir!
We were drifting Nitro TC3s 20 years ago. Time Flies.....
COuld you please check if the body posts will line up with standard tamiya bodies? That is probably the first thing I will replace!
Sometimes I go out to the field of the helicopter club (more a bunch of friends) but most of them fly big nitro Helicopters, always go home with a bit of a headache because of the sound of the nitro engines.
Also I can do 3 flights with my electric Helicopters in the tune they started theirs.. lol
Yes… it’s hard in the ears
All of my stuff is electric. I would like to try out a nitro Rc car one day though. My only experience with nitro was with a couple of old Cox .049 motors from line control planes. The noise.....once I got them started I kinda wished I hadn't.
It’s certainly a different experience
Hi phil tell you wat i dont like about nitro is the mess they make of the car and the noise they make and lastly the way they rev on tick over so high
Yeah… even worse when you spill it all over the floor 😂
@@TomleyRC ooohh cant do that its like gold and its more expensive than fuel for yr car lol i prefer electric all day
totaly put me off getting a nitro, thank you! looks like an absolute ball ache
had mine a month, it works every time. runs longer than battery and is SWEET ASF
If i had bought an Electric car i would feel like a child
Thought your end tune was perfect mate .👌🏻
Is there to speed available?