THE E-Firestorm Thread

[LifeofBrian]

How can I get rid of excessive play in the axles?

[collective itch]

new bearings ?

 

[Leo Best]

1 hour ago, LifeofBrian said:

How can I get rid of excessive play in the axles?

New bearings will help a bit. The most play will be in the rear bearing carriers and camber links. It will never be entirety free of play though since the e-firestorm is not the most precisely made of RC cars. 

[ostewart]

I managed to get rid of most of mine with shims 

[everclear1984]

I'm really finding it hard to feel enthusiastic about RC about the moment so yesterday I converted the Firestorm back to original trim and painted up a new body shell with the intention of selling. However, it now looks so good I think I'll give it another chance 

 

[ostewart]

Mine is up for sale again, keep losing interest too. I think I am still more of a crawler guy even though I don't have the best places to run one. Ideal number of RC's is 2 for me but I'm poor so only one at a time at the moment.

 

I like the more technical side of scaling, over the full blown fun of the E-Firestorm.

[evssv]

4 hours ago, ostewart said:

Mine is up for sale again, keep losing interest too. I think I am still more of a crawler guy even though I don't have the best places to run one. Ideal number of RC's is 2 for me but I'm poor so only one at a time at the moment.

 

I like the more technical side of scaling, over the full blown fun of the E-Firestorm.

yeah I keep looking at it.............

[stretch]

Love for my fs has been lost at the moment. Think I've run it once all year. Now I have the desertwolf it doesn't get a look in. Plus bashing has died near me so going back the to rock racing/crawling side.

[ostewart]

1 hour ago, evssv said:

yeah I keep looking at it.............

 

It's a though little cookie with good electrics and all in good nick with new diff internals spare

 

All it could use is new outdrives and maybe dogbones then you have a practically new and high spec E-Firestorm 

[evssv]

44 minutes ago, ostewart said:

 

It's a though little cookie with good electrics and all in good nick with new diff internals spare

 

All it could use is new outdrives and maybe dogbones then you have a practically new and high spec E-Firestorm 

yeah me boy had one....an I`m not sure if I need a 1/0th again but I was gonna make a bonkers 1/10th like my 8s savvy flux......and this looks perfect.....4/5/6s fs flux....

Edited October 19, 2017 by evssv

[evssv]

.....4/5/6s fs flux....

[everclear1984]

Does anyone run Badlands on their Firestorm?

[locky]

7 hours ago, everclear1984 said:

Does anyone run Badlands on their Firestorm?

 

Ran both shortcourse and larger size 1144, best when really wet/muddy as too much grip in dry for me.

[everclear1984]

41 minutes ago, locky said:

 

Ran both shortcourse and larger size 1144, best when really wet/muddy as too much grip in dry for me.

I went for the short course because I was worried that the truck ones would be too tall at over 5"! I ended up getting them at a great price from @stretch too  I run my Firestorm on loose hard pack and grass, hopefully I won't burn through them too quickly. I'm sure we won't be short of wet/muddy conditions over the next few months lol.

[collective itch]

9 hours ago, everclear1984 said:

Does anyone run Badlands on their Firestorm?

i tried them but found them to be to big and heavy for the firestorm imo. The gladiators are great on it though.

[everclear1984]

The Badlands SC's are here and I've started a little project with some friends using some fpv gear and the Firestorm. I'll update as I go, if I feel it's worth it I'll start my own thread.

 

[everclear1984]

New boots fitted

 

[EquinoxRC]

wow, Almost looks like a Tank. Those wheels look amazing, do you have a link for them?

Edited October 31, 2017 by EquinoxRC

[everclear1984]

44 minutes ago, EquinoxRC said:

wow, Almost looks like a Tank. Those wheels look amazing, do you have a link for them?

 

I bought the wheels from a member on here, the DE Borrego

 

http://www.deracing.net/store/index.php?route=product/category&path=174_175

[everclear1984]

First bash with the new wheels today and I love them! They're perfect for where I bash The new shell didn't hold up so well, cheap FTX crap but I thought the shoe goo would be enough to make it last a few bashes at least. Never mind, it was worth it

 

 

 

 

 

 

[collective itch]

looks like some fun was had there, how is that motor doing, was eyeing up one myself 

[everclear1984]

It's a solid motor, runs cool and smooth, definitely recommended

[bertberr]

Looks like one of those Turnigy cans from HK, guessing a 3650 size, what KV?

[everclear1984]

It's a Turnigy XK 5400kv. Geared 87/19 on 2s and running cool enough to gear up

[110rc]

Any idea how those Badlands compare to the Big Joe II's, the Firestorm is so hard to keep in a straight line, maybe that's just the Firestorm but I had Badlands years ago on a Slash 2WD and I loved 'em.

 

 

On 11/2/2017 at 13:29, everclear1984 said:

First bash with the new wheels today and I love them! They're perfect for where I bash The new shell didn't hold up so well, cheap FTX crap but I thought the shoe goo would be

enough to make it last a few bashes at least. Never mind, it was worth it