i got a virus from my wife on our wedding anniversary
docter gave me some cream, said it should clear up in a week !!
seriously now.......got it beginning of april, just finished 2 1/2 gallons of
model technics 16% nitro and worn out the tyres it came with
running it in was a pain (isn't it always) but did 2 tank fulls on factory settings
(assuming out of the box was factory...it was running v.rich)
a further 2 tanks, leaning it slightly
it now runs very well, probably not fast enough to race with, but
fast enough for bashing
my local haunts are a very stoney beach....after a 2 hour bash i stripped a tooth in the steering servo...fair enough as i was hammering it with lots of high speed turns
and a bmx track with lots of big jumps..........here i've bent the rear shox, landed hard on front left wheel, sending top wishbone pin out and thru' the petrol tank and then broke me pullstart (now replaced with an electric start )
i take the car to pieces once a week and clean and check everything
i probably would have been better off with a truggy but this is great fun
still using the original plastic spur gear, no probs there, tho do expect to have to replace
at some point
brakes suffer from fade after an hour so will replace these as well
my only real gripe is the lack of choice of bodies for 1/8th buggies
i really want a vw beetle shell !!!!