Burridge

So I have one of these little things. Bought it new a few years ago as an ARTR kit that was old stock. Put it all together, gave it a fetching orange & pearl white paint job & bought some nice hitec servos but could I get it to run? Could I ***. Tried different fuels, plugs, mixtures, allsorts. Wouldn’t have it. It’s since been sat in my shed completely unused and abit of a bummer for me as it’s essentially been a total waste of money but it’s a really nice little car. So to not bother trying to track down another tiny Sirio 06 engine that won’t work, I’d like to convert it somehow, can anyone point me in the direction of where to start? I’ve been out of the RC game since about 2015 and I can guess quite abit has probably changed since! Thank you all in advance

So I’ve got a literal shed load of nitro cars that I haven’t touched in years, decided to get out the easiest one to start and mess about with which is the Traxxas Slayer Pro, stick some old fuel in it and put the EZ start battery in charge for abit. All was well, blasted it round the garden for a good half hour until it stopped suddenly. I’d messed with the fuelling as it was quite rich from running it in winter. Tried to start it to no avail, plug out and notice a load of aluminium bits on the plug. ***d it I thought. Engine out and crank plate thing off and one side of the piston skirt has shat itself The bore looks in good condition as does the con rod and everything else, but I don’t think I’d get away with just replacing the piston. New engines are over £200 on eBay which I can’t justify. So, is anyone selling a TRX 3.3 at all, or know of any alternatives? Thank you all in advance!

Woohoo I have a DT too!![emoji1] mines being neglected ATM currently, which year do you have?

When you thought Ted said your engines were in the Whitehouse, but were really at the warehouse.

I ordered a Savage SS in August, stock arrival was due October, waited to the date to see the arrival date change to December, at that point I cancelled and got a refund. Looks like it's gonna stay out of stock indefinitely

Made this awhile back, ended up ditching the grip tape as it was ruining chassis'

Unfortunately spare for these trucks are getting very rare now, I'd have a go at printing them providing you have all the correct measurements and gear pitches of them, before you commit to buying those.

That guys cat looked extremely tempted to bat it off the table :lol:

Cannot complain atall for the money!! You'd probably struggle to get a half decent toy grade from toys r us for that!! Bet he'll be chuffed to bits with it mate

Not RC but model related none the less, painted a Scalextric scoobie White as my dad kept complaining he didn't know which one he was

If only my yellow car had the same effect on people, maybe the different bumper has taken away the mini's natural smiley face... Good luck with the fundraiser dude, should be a lot of fun in the process too

The oil didn't work dude, messaged a guy on eBay who's selling one of these engines without the clutch and flywheel and asked if it has the same movement in the crank as mine and he said it doesn't which is making me believe even more that mine had a manufacturing defect, I bought it anyway for £25, providing the crank in this one is snug in the bearing I should be good to go, with a new top end from my other engine if I need it.

Tried starting the Mini Inferno again after taking advice of putting some light oil down the carb to try and get some seal on the bearing, still runs like crap and cuts out randomly. Said screw it and made an offer on an eBay engine, messages the seller beforehand and apparently his engine doesn't have the back and fourth movement in the crankshaft like mine does which I am thinking could be the problem here so we'll see.

Looks very smart mate, top job on the painting, and I hope Joe is glued on to stay, can't beat a dash of humour on a scaler

Depends what surface it's on as well as the gearing, if it's geared for high acceleration then it will struggle to put the power down and wheel spin.