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serpentkilla1
10-10-2004, 12:52 AM
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anarchistchiken
10-10-2004, 01:02 AM
Seems like the footlong exhausts comin out the side of that AMG might slow it down a bit. How fast you gotten those bad boys up to? Lol.

Prodigy
10-10-2004, 01:56 AM
Looks to be the same car as mine, HPI Nitro RS4.
I've spent allot of time making my custom .21 big block HPI Savage enigine fit in the RS4-2.
It's well worth it!

Stock!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/MLEvo/Others/HPI20rs4-2.jpg


Saleen s7 body
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/MLEvo/Others/christyre.jpg


me - my friend's HPI Dash
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/MLEvo/Others/sidebyside.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/MLEvo/Others/facetoface.jpg


.15fe vs. .21 bb
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/MLEvo/Others/nodifference.jpg


AFTER .21 conversion

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/MLEvo/Others/DSC02227.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/MLEvo/Others/DSC02223.jpg







NOTE: I've added many more parts to the car so the pics aren't 100% up to date.


The hobby sure is a money pit.. I have well over $900 invested. The .21bb is a high torque offroad engine with approx. 6 times the horsepower as the stock .15fe.
Plenty of torque = GREAT drifter (no pvc required)

The .21 and the 2-speed gear ratio have enough power to whitesmoke the tires (belted x-patterns).

ENJOY!

serpentkilla1
10-10-2004, 02:25 AM
I have a super rs4 with a megatech sh-8 port turbo .21 engine. I know megatech is not the best but the car hawls ass. I also have a serpent centex clutch on it, yes on the rs4;) I love that s7 body. Oh i got the conversion kit from bruckner hobbies. I also have a big block .15 in the rs4, i'll take some more pics tomorrow. I spent 140.00 today on parts for those too. I want to sell em but i cant (wont) like em to much.

Prodigy
10-10-2004, 02:32 AM
AWESOME. I got my Wolfpack Radicals adjustable motor mounts from Bruckner Hobbies.

serpentkilla1
10-10-2004, 02:32 AM
Seems like the footlong exhausts comin out the side of that AMG might slow it down a bit. How fast you gotten those bad boys up to? Lol.It's a cevec pipe, I rode along side it doing 55. I'm not sure what the super is doing but if i had to guess id say about 60 or 65

serpentkilla1
10-10-2004, 02:37 AM
Whats funny is i bought a set of anodized motor mounts from tower hobbies for a nova .12. This was after a bought the mouts from bruckner for the .21. I had a big block .15 which is in a .21 case that i wanted to mount on the rs4, but i wasn't gonna pay another 55 bucks for some damn mounts. Anyways the mount i got from tower i turned it upside down and the big block was able to mount with those mounts from tower.

Prodigy
10-10-2004, 02:41 AM
Whats funny is i bought a set of anodized motor mounts from tower hobbies for a nova .12. This was after a bought the mouts from bruckner for the .21. I had a big block .15 which is in a .21 case that i wanted to mount on the rs4, but i wasn't gonna pay another 55 bucks for some damn mounts. Anyways the mount i got from tower i turned it upside down and the big block was able to mount with those mounts from tower.There was a guy on ebay who did the exact same method with the .12 mounts.

I'm out, ttyl.

serpentkilla1
10-10-2004, 02:59 AM
I boared, can u tell? here are some pics of the super

anarchistchiken
10-10-2004, 12:12 PM
Good lord man I thought it was a model! I need me one of those.

serpentkilla1
10-10-2004, 12:16 PM
LOL, it's alot of fun but expensive.

mazpro
10-10-2004, 12:19 PM
wow, those look hot. around how much is it to get one of those stock?? with the saleen S7 body??

Prodigy
10-10-2004, 12:59 PM
$300 stock for nitro ready to run (RTR)
Saleen s7 body for $20

serpentkilla1
10-10-2004, 09:58 PM
What he said. Which radio are you using? I'm using the airtronics M8 for the super and just the el cheapo futaba for the other one. The m8 was 300 alone but well worth it, it has abs along with a shit load of goddies.

fLyPiNoY7
10-10-2004, 11:07 PM
5 of my cars...tc3 and nrs4 3 with race and show bodies...i also have a micro rs4 that is not pictured...

t-maxx 2.5
hpi nitro rs4 3 type ss
traxxas rustler
team associated tc3
traxxas spirit
hpi micro rs4

serpentkilla1
10-11-2004, 12:22 PM
Nice

mazdaspeedpower
10-11-2004, 12:38 PM
hmm, good thread. I love these cars, and maybe someday I'll have the money to invest in one..they are so much fun..my friend has one, and it hauls ass

mazpro
10-11-2004, 05:15 PM
how fast can a stock one go? how about the one with the .21 bb?.
sorry a noob here, how about drifting, can you do it with the stock one??

Prodigy
10-11-2004, 06:58 PM
Futaba Magnum Sport AM
Mine went about 35mph stock with the .15fe.
Now it goes about 50mph with the .21bb. I can easily make it go 75+mph if I got an on-road .21 engine.... but then I wouldn't have a TON of torque to drift with rubber tires.
And yes, you can easily drift with the stock engine. All you have to do is purchase 2" PVC pipe and cut (4) 1" rings for tires. Wrap some electrical tape arounf the wheel and push the PVC tires on. Now you have a drifter!
To make your "drift set-up" better, get really hard springs in the rear and set the camber to negative on the front. So the front wheels will look like this / \

Enjoy

fLyPiNoY7
10-11-2004, 08:37 PM
serpent, have u checked out rccaraction.com?...they had this project where they got a super nrs4 to hit speeds around 120 or so...had some really crazy mods to keep it from collapsing on itself at those speeds...

serpentkilla1
10-11-2004, 08:55 PM
serpent, have u checked out rccaraction.com?...they had this project where they got a super nrs4 to hit speeds around 120 or so...had some really crazy mods to keep it from collapsing on itself at those speeds... I have that video clip actually, they hit over 100mph when the car flipped. I have that prob when i get around 60 or so the car just flips over. I don't have a wing on the alfa romero body but i just bought a porsch body hopfully that works. I could not find the toyota body.

serpentkilla1
10-11-2004, 09:01 PM
I ran the super yesterday, I finally got that stupid megatech .21 tuned, all i can say is wow. I wish the p5 took off like that. This car screams, it sounds like the mazda 787b at full rev. I want to get a diff clutch set up because i can't get diff gears for the one i have now. I want the largest spur gear and the smallest pinion gear. I want to see that thing do 100 for myself.

Prodigy
10-11-2004, 10:25 PM
I think they had Robinson Racing make custom gears for the 100mph Super RS4 Project.
R/C Car ction is an awesome magazine. I'm subscribed. =)

The reason why the car flips at those speeds is because air goes under the body and pushes it up not because it doesn't have enought downforce. If you made an underbody type thing for your car, I bet you'll be able to go faster without flipping

ANDYMP3
10-11-2004, 10:37 PM
Wow!! That's incredible. Any videos of these cars in action?? (uhm)

serpentkilla1
10-11-2004, 10:40 PM
Wow!! That's incredible. Any videos of these cars in action?? Go to rccaraction.com and check out the videos. I'll try to see if i can get some video footage this weekend.

Prodigy
10-11-2004, 10:49 PM
http://rcdrift.com/ good website
http://rcdrift.rs-scooby.com/rcdv3/videos.html best r/c drift videos to date online!
http://nitrorc.com/ decent nitro r/c website
http://rccaraction.com/ best 'zine website
http://www.radiocontrolzone.com/cars/video.asp various videos
http://www.towerhobbies.com/ best online 'catalog'

it goes on...

ANDYMP3
10-11-2004, 11:05 PM
http://rcdrift.com/ good website
http://rcdrift.rs-scooby.com/rcdv3/videos.html best r/c drift videos to date online!
http://nitrorc.com/ decent nitro r/c website
http://rccaraction.com/ best 'zine website
http://www.radiocontrolzone.com/cars/video.asp various videos
http://www.towerhobbies.com/ best online 'catalog'

it goes on...

Thank you .. That's exactly what I was looking for..!! (cool) (headbang)