This was litterally my first Nitro RC I bought used from a neighbor when I was 13-14yrs old. Been looking at some old one for nostalgia memories. So cool you found one in like new condition. I remember burning through spur gears and Axles and LCA.
Thankfully this one has the slipper setup which helps a little bit but yes, I used to run through spur gears on these and my super nitro rally allll....theee...time. There's a guy on ebay who is reproducing the spur gears so at least the most common failure point is still replaceable
That’s a great find. The Box, manual and CVec pipe are the best parts for sure - To be safe, since you found loose screws, you may want to fully dissemble the truck and rebuild it as a kit. That was you know that everything is good before you run it I think you said you have had one before or is this your first HPI MT? You can still find parts and keeping them HPI would be nice Thanks for the vid 🩷
I spent a couple of hours with it today, besides the loose screws, the rear control arms were installed upside down, and both servos were gummed up and super slow. It now has the matching aluminum front control arms, front shock tower, center diff / slipper / spur mount and I also found that since they put aftermarket CV axles in the rear one of the longer rear axles made its way between the slipper clutch and the front differential causing it to bind, found the correct one in the box, and finished the install of all the rpm purple ball cups. Phwew, it was a bit of a job, more than I was expecting for sure. Hopefully I'll get it fired up this weekend and maybe I'll do a little video running it
I had one of those and it is a awesome truck you got a great deal for $200 and I see it has some hop ups find a oscvr 18 motor and it will haul ass 💨😮😎👍
I had a bunch of os 18cvrx motors in my tmaxxes back in the day, also have one in my super rs4 nitro rally. it was the most potent easy to tune motor i've ever owned. I have two stashed that are brand new. I'd 100% put it in this if the car wasn't so discontinued, I don't want to blow the drivetrain and not be able to source parts
I just got one coming from Japan brand new original MT 1 no fuel ran through box everything bagged and unpainted body. Was my first nitrogen when I was 13-14 also I wrecked it first day sat at my neighbors house then burned up in their home. I got it for nostalgia. Debating if I’ll run it or hang it haha
This was litterally my first Nitro RC I bought used from a neighbor when I was 13-14yrs old. Been looking at some old one for nostalgia memories. So cool you found one in like new condition. I remember burning through spur gears and Axles and LCA.
Thankfully this one has the slipper setup which helps a little bit but yes, I used to run through spur gears on these and my super nitro rally allll....theee...time. There's a guy on ebay who is reproducing the spur gears so at least the most common failure point is still replaceable
That thing looks awesome! Love the purple stuff
Glad you like it!
That’s a great find. The Box, manual and CVec pipe are the best parts for sure
- To be safe, since you found loose screws, you may want to fully dissemble the truck and rebuild it as a kit. That was you know that everything is good before you run it
I think you said you have had one before or is this your first HPI MT? You can still find parts and keeping them HPI would be nice
Thanks for the vid 🩷
I spent a couple of hours with it today, besides the loose screws, the rear control arms were installed upside down, and both servos were gummed up and super slow. It now has the matching aluminum front control arms, front shock tower, center diff / slipper / spur mount and I also found that since they put aftermarket CV axles in the rear one of the longer rear axles made its way between the slipper clutch and the front differential causing it to bind, found the correct one in the box, and finished the install of all the rpm purple ball cups. Phwew, it was a bit of a job, more than I was expecting for sure. Hopefully I'll get it fired up this weekend and maybe I'll do a little video running it
@@rcfixit9050 It is a good thing you went through it all‼
I had one of those and it is a awesome truck you got a great deal for $200 and I see it has some hop ups find a oscvr 18 motor and it will haul ass 💨😮😎👍
I had a bunch of os 18cvrx motors in my tmaxxes back in the day, also have one in my super rs4 nitro rally. it was the most potent easy to tune motor i've ever owned. I have two stashed that are brand new. I'd 100% put it in this if the car wasn't so discontinued, I don't want to blow the drivetrain and not be able to source parts
I just got one coming from Japan brand new original MT 1 no fuel ran through box everything bagged and unpainted body. Was my first nitrogen when I was 13-14 also I wrecked it first day sat at my neighbors house then burned up in their home. I got it for nostalgia. Debating if I’ll run it or hang it haha
That's super cool. I mean you can run it gently on grass and keep it scratch free but still get some enjoyment out of it
Its small as heck
It's a 10th scale r/c car, how big did you think it would be?
That was boring i thought you were gonna run it wasted 15 min
what?