This morning 3 of us decided to blow off some steam & run our
r/c 18R cars.
Here's a cool vid I took of us running.
I lost steering on my final lap & clipped the curb. - see video #-o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwysX12ec54
Sunday fun video included
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reaper
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Sunday fun video included
90 Astro Cargo V-8
90 Artro RS - V-8 Now running!
& a bunch of tractors
"there's nothing like a V-8 Polluting the Environment"
90 Artro RS - V-8 Now running!
& a bunch of tractors
"there's nothing like a V-8 Polluting the Environment"
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LiftedAWDAstro
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Re: Sunday fun video included
Looks like a lot of fun! 
Current rides:
2013 Toyota Tundra DC 4x4
2008 Dodge Nitro 4x4
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8S Special Edition
Mileage spreadsheet
Vans owned:
1986 Safari 2.5L 4 speed manual - scrapped
1995 Astro 2WD conversion 4.11 posi, shift kit, DHC rock rails - sold to Skippy
1998 Astro 4x4 D44, D60, NP231, full hydraulic system with 9k# Milemarker winch and snow plow - sold to Lockdoc
2003 Astro AWD all stock - traded for a 3/4 ton truck
2005 AWD, 4.10's - sold to skippy
2013 Toyota Tundra DC 4x4
2008 Dodge Nitro 4x4
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8S Special Edition
Mileage spreadsheet
Vans owned:
1986 Safari 2.5L 4 speed manual - scrapped
1995 Astro 2WD conversion 4.11 posi, shift kit, DHC rock rails - sold to Skippy
1998 Astro 4x4 D44, D60, NP231, full hydraulic system with 9k# Milemarker winch and snow plow - sold to Lockdoc
2003 Astro AWD all stock - traded for a 3/4 ton truck
2005 AWD, 4.10's - sold to skippy
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GEJ
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Re: Sunday fun video included
Takes me alittle bit of time to down load because of my dumb dial-up service,but I very much enjoyed it.Thanks for the post.
Btw:do you have any idea how fast these cars go??.Looks like they are really flying.
Btw:do you have any idea how fast these cars go??.Looks like they are really flying.
Call me Gary
1985 Astro-"Ole Yellar"
1994 LT Astro
1981 Winnebago-"Baby"
12'dual axle enclosed trailer
The vendor trailer
Lead with my heart & take the hits because of it like a man.
1985 Astro-"Ole Yellar"
1994 LT Astro
1981 Winnebago-"Baby"
12'dual axle enclosed trailer
The vendor trailer
Lead with my heart & take the hits because of it like a man.
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T.Low
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Re: Sunday fun video included
Great video Sanj. Thats some good stunt driving! Yeah, how fast in scale miles per hour are they going?
Re: Sunday fun video included
Nice cars. Nitro? or elec? gimme some specs
T-Low I wouldnèt be surprised at all if they are doing over 35 actual miles an hour. I have a nitro buggy that does 35 Mph ( real not scale) and it is probably alot heavier than those.
T-Low I wouldnèt be surprised at all if they are doing over 35 actual miles an hour. I have a nitro buggy that does 35 Mph ( real not scale) and it is probably alot heavier than those.
98 Safari RWD. Stock.Do you smell what Barack is cookin ?!?!
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reaper
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Re: Sunday fun video included
The cars are 1/18th scale & come ready to run out of the box.
They do about 25mph only,They look like they are faster thru video.
Last year we tried brushless power in them & due to there wheelbase
& being AWD they were impossible to control on the street,So we went back to
stock.Each car is the same speed within 1 mph of eachother which makes for
great racing,all of us in a 5 lap race will trade 1st place a handful of times.
The more cars in a race the crazier it gets.
Here's another vid of us racing,More like a demo derby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwd54VT3 ... re=related
Here's a couple of pics of the car & yes I do race for beer
They do about 25mph only,They look like they are faster thru video.
Last year we tried brushless power in them & due to there wheelbase
& being AWD they were impossible to control on the street,So we went back to
stock.Each car is the same speed within 1 mph of eachother which makes for
great racing,all of us in a 5 lap race will trade 1st place a handful of times.
The more cars in a race the crazier it gets.
Here's another vid of us racing,More like a demo derby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwd54VT3 ... re=related
Here's a couple of pics of the car & yes I do race for beer
90 Astro Cargo V-8
90 Artro RS - V-8 Now running!
& a bunch of tractors
"there's nothing like a V-8 Polluting the Environment"
90 Artro RS - V-8 Now running!
& a bunch of tractors
"there's nothing like a V-8 Polluting the Environment"
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kings-x59
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Re: Sunday fun video included
man we didn't have those back in the day....sound gray haired don't I?
we had HO slot cars. 25 mph full scale probably calcs out in scale to something like 500 mph at 1/25th
we had a 12 foot straight a way on our slot car track. the G cars we ran we timed at 400 mpg to scale.
If you didn't let off the trigger at the end, your car was a garage sale on the garage wall.
too cool. might havta get me one of those...
we had HO slot cars. 25 mph full scale probably calcs out in scale to something like 500 mph at 1/25th
we had a 12 foot straight a way on our slot car track. the G cars we ran we timed at 400 mpg to scale.
If you didn't let off the trigger at the end, your car was a garage sale on the garage wall.
too cool. might havta get me one of those...
'89 Astro, 4.3L, TBI. Minor intake and exhaust mods. Rebuilt 700R4 trans (by me). Corvette servo, 0.5" boost valve, police grade 1-2 accumulator spring (shifts fast and solid). B&M stacked plate trans cooler. Bilstein shocks. Belltech sway bars front and back. New head unit, speakers and subwoofer. Needs paint and a new headliner.
name's Steve
I can't remember all I've forgotten about that....
name's Steve
I can't remember all I've forgotten about that....