Well, I've been burning the midnight oil on the four cars. The electric Rustler is a new beast. Fully re-powered with a Team Orion Formula SV2 10x1 motor, Novak Super Rooster ESC and two Team Orion 3300 Super Duty batts. All that for $155, all Christmas money! Everything has been re-plugged with Deans. I think I'm going to have to change the name from Rustler to Hustler. 
The Nitro Rustler is still going, but it seems every time I run it, something else breaks.
That's the deal I guess. What do you want for free? Had to put an Easy Start on it as the pull starter spring snapped. What a POS set up. Weighs a ton and the glow plug wire is a joke. No juice running through that thing. With a good glow igniter, the "system" works good for starting but, that's it. I'm trying to keep it alive with no money invested so, there you go. Easy start was in the box new so...
I took the purple CEN down to a bare chassis and found that the motor mount had only three of the four bolts in it. On it's last run-away into a curb, it managed to bend the one unattached corner of the motor mount up nearly 3/8 of an inch. Tried to scavenge one of the older CEN but, all the screw heads have been shaved off. So I pulled it straightened it out as best I could and put it back in. Actually lines up just fine down. Needs a glow plug and its RTR.
The older CEN is currently under transformation to a dirt oval car. I pulled the 4WD set up out, belts, gears, axels, all that in order to turn it into a 2WD roundy-round. Just need a body for it.
We've got a bunch of people headed down to Rescue, CA. this week to hit the track. I'm taking the camera in order to get some action shots (finally). A buddy of mine has no less the 6 (I think it's more like 8 or 9) brand new Nitro trucks, buggies and truggies that he is breaking in right now in order to get them ready for track day. Complete opposite from me as I'm out less than $50 on misc. items and cleaning supplies where as he is in nearly $15K.
The Nitro Rustler is still going, but it seems every time I run it, something else breaks.
That's the deal I guess. What do you want for free? Had to put an Easy Start on it as the pull starter spring snapped. What a POS set up. Weighs a ton and the glow plug wire is a joke. No juice running through that thing. With a good glow igniter, the "system" works good for starting but, that's it. I'm trying to keep it alive with no money invested so, there you go. Easy start was in the box new so...I took the purple CEN down to a bare chassis and found that the motor mount had only three of the four bolts in it. On it's last run-away into a curb, it managed to bend the one unattached corner of the motor mount up nearly 3/8 of an inch. Tried to scavenge one of the older CEN but, all the screw heads have been shaved off.
So I pulled it straightened it out as best I could and put it back in. Actually lines up just fine down. Needs a glow plug and its RTR.The older CEN is currently under transformation to a dirt oval car. I pulled the 4WD set up out, belts, gears, axels, all that in order to turn it into a 2WD roundy-round. Just need a body for it.
We've got a bunch of people headed down to Rescue, CA. this week to hit the track. I'm taking the camera in order to get some action shots (finally). A buddy of mine has no less the 6 (I think it's more like 8 or 9) brand new Nitro trucks, buggies and truggies that he is breaking in right now in order to get them ready for track day. Complete opposite from me as I'm out less than $50 on misc. items and cleaning supplies where as he is in nearly $15K.
I should have disconnected the electronics. By the way, the truck weighed a ton with all the mud on the tires and chassis. 
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