HPI Sprint Forum

[TRX250]

Good Job HPI, a RTR 4wd Touring Car that comes with battery pack, radio, charger, everything inluded to hit the track as soon as you open the box.:)

[spenzalii]

Yeah, it'll be stateside in a few weeks. Good for them it's not based on the Pro3. Hopefully its more than a warmed over Pro2

[Grifter]

I think it's based or closely related to the Sport 2.

It seems like a fun little Car, I wish it came in a Kit though.

[Cube]

What should I gear a 17t motor at? I race on a tight carpet track with 30 yard straight, if that matters any....

Thanks
Cube

[newracer]

Originally posted by Grifter
I think it's based or closely related to the Sport 2.

It seems like a fun little Car, I wish it came in a Kit though.

you want a kit? buy a sport 2 then. HPI has stated that the Sport 2 is better and has more hop up potential.

[spenzalii]

HPI has stated that the Sport 2 is better and has more hop up potential.
Where did they say that? True, the Sport/Pro2 has been out a lot longer, so there are plenty more parts for it. However, the design is wearing long in tooth. Besides, HPI mentioned the Sprint is the first in a new line of cars. I have a feeling HPI has more up its sleeve, ultimately replacing or updating a lot of its products. Otherwise, why have the Sprint and Sport2?

[AKS]

sorry...wrong thread.

[Drive4fun]

Hey Guys whad ups
Anyone racing their sprint ??
I am starting i go just for practice right now but im good at driving just need to gear up and add a few touches to my car i run on a novak dually and a p2k2 pro. The car runs great just need a few touches cant wait till carbon fiber comes out anyone got ideas of what i should at first to my car?? that i havent added already??! i want to start racing my car is just a bit to slow maybe gearing should i go for a 110/35 64p ??? its on carpet tight track what are good matched batts already assembled can side x side fit good in my car? or do i need to buy the packs i dont want to go saddle at least not yet ok please reply thx
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[Drive4fun]

Hey Guys whad ups
Anyone racing their sprint ??
I am starting i go just for practice right now but im good at driving just need to gear up and add a few touches to my car i run on a novak dually and a p2k2 pro. The car runs great just need a few touches cant wait till carbon fiber comes out anyone got ideas of what i should at first to my car?? that i havent added already??! i want to start racing my car is just a bit to slow maybe gearing should i go for a 110/35 64p ??? its on carpet tight track what are good matched batts already assembled can side x side fit good in my car? or do i need to buy the packs i dont want to go saddle at least not yet what shocks should i get what should i do?? please reply thx
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TELL ME ABOUT UR HPI SPRINT POST SOME PICS IF U CAN

[glacierdust38]

Just wanted to make sure we were talking out the HPI Sprint Porsche 911 GT2.

I darn obsessed with the thing, its just so hott! The only problem I have heard it has had from a driver for the RC Car Action mag. was that the Norsam speed controller was set for 50 percent brake and 50 percent reverse. Thus, when you applied hard braking, you went into reverse, and the belts skip, which in the long run... not good. Yeah, I would like to see some pics if anyone has a 911 :D

Here are some I found from the internet just to give you a look.. most of you have probably seen it before :p:

http://graphics.hobbypeople.net/gallery/261650.jpg
^^ normal Sprint w/Porsche body

http://graphics.hobbypeople.net/gallery/261651.jpg
^^ normal Sprint BUT w/Mercedes Benz body

Personally, I like the Porsche body better, what about you?

[Cube]

I personally like the Citron Saxo, extremely fast it is:)

Has anyone tried to fit a Mini Cooper body on it?

[minijosh]

the citroen is only made in the uk i think. the states only get rtr versions of the porche and benz. i hope i spelled those right. i race mine. why is there 2 threads for sprints? i am about to up the gearing in my car but unsure on how high i should go.

[Drive4fun]

Cmon guys this thread is too quite!! tell me about your sprints! im starting to race mine but i need some more tips here in us the sprint is not so well known as in europe tell me what is there to do best in this car for stock carpet racing!

[Drive4fun]

ttt

[minijosh]

well, i race my sprint over here in the UK. i have only changed my oil to 55 weight cause the 30 is a little too thin. i have 2 bodies to chose from to race. a dodge stratus and lotus. both unpainted so i don't know how the feel. i have carpet dragons too and they love the carpet. i have a p2k2 pro and i need to rebuild it. our hall just opened back up so i don't know how the gearing is on a bigger track. a small one was ok but i need more speed

[minijosh]

I run it in the novice stock class and I do well. I moved my rear shocks from the middle hole towards the center of the car. Lets just call that hole #3. I run the M1 tires, the ones that look like real tires, and I did really good last night. I don't have passing skills yet but they are getting there sort of. I took a 2nd place, 1 place, and another 2nd. Not bad for me I do say. The winner of the class has the rtr tc3 and that comes with a stock 19 turn motor. My p2k2 pro was cooking with grease. I need to learn how to do motor maintainence. Since this next friday is Valentines Day, I won't be racing for good reasons so I will have time to paint the dodge and lotus. Has anyone made a belt tensioner for the rear belt? Mine is kind of loose. Hmmmm?

[Drive4fun]

ttt

[minijosh]

I just bought 2 things to sort of help me go a little faster. 1 is a 31 tooth pinon and 2 is a monster of touring 19 double. Wicked hehe. That pinon takes my gearing up to 5.98. My friend with a stock motor just switched pinons to a 30 and he said WOW what a difference. The hall we race in now is larger so longer straights, more passing lanes, eaiser turns, more passing lanes, and more passing lanes. Wish me luck now. I am converting everything over to power poles.

[minijosh]

I just bought 2 things to sort of help me go a little faster. 1 is a 31 tooth pinon and 2 is a monster of touring 19 double. Wicked hehe. That pinon takes my gearing up to 5.98. My friend with a stock motor just switched pinons to a 30 and he said WOW what a difference. The hall we race in now is larger so longer straights, more passing lanes, eaiser turns, more passing lanes, and more passing lanes. Wish me luck now. I am converting everything over to power poles.

[minijosh]

I forgot to buy model paint. Stupid me.

[Drive4fun]

lol that sux well cool good luck remember not to tight not to loose :D just a bout perfect! aight all keep it up we need more people posting here!

[minijosh]

the car is painted and the stickers are stickered. is that good english? i dont care because it is done. all i have to do now is cut the wing and body and i will be racing the new lotus in tamiya green. I should have pictures soon i hope.

[Drive4fun]

Cool, im looking forward to the pictures and watch out for the cutting you dont want to mess up so take your time good luck!! and we need more postS!!!

[cavemn]

i just got 1 2day....good car

[Drive4fun]

Tower has every part for the sprint!

[minijosh]

if you need parts, you can go to www.hpiracing.com and even order parts for it if you need to. the lotus is finished so the racers at my track had better beware. i just switched all my batteries over to power poles. more juice for the motor now. even the motors have power poles. i just used my racing esc for it too. it has a no motor limit made by IPC. i think it is the digital pro sport. zoooooooooommmmmm with a 19 motor and 30 tooth pinon.

[minijosh]

if you need parts, you can go to www.hpiracing.com and even order parts for it if you need to. the lotus is finished so the racers at my track had better beware. i just switched all my batteries over to power poles. more juice for the motor now. even the motors have power poles. i just used my racing esc for it too. it has a no motor limit made by IPC. i think it is the digital pro sport. zoooooooooommmmmm with a 19 motor and 30 tooth pinon.

[glacierdust38]

Minijosh... didn't you buy the Sprint? Then don't you have three bodies then... including either the Porsche or Mercedes :confused:

[minijosh]

I bought my car off of a friend. What a great deal too. It came as a rolling chassie. The sprint is not sold overhere in the UK as a ready to run kit. They have more bodies to chose from also. Go to www.apexmodels.com and look at some of the HPI kits they sell there.

[cavemn]

this car is very fast!!!:D :D I was out the other day and it rips....excellent control

so anyone racin yet?

[minijosh]

I just put in another race last night. The first heat, I did not so good. I started first so that was a good sign. My motor keeps on slipping. I changed everything over to power poles and a new speed control without reverse. I feel weird driving forwards only. I ran into a corner and tried to reverse, didn't work, and I tried to bounce off the wall and wedged it in. That shook my motor and dropped it. I had a 205 second lap. I was crusin hehe. The second race, I started 6th and worked my way up to 3rd. The 2 guys that beat me were driving a yokomo mr4tc and tc3. I did alot better and ended up in 3rd with 23 laps. First place had 27 and second had 24. At the start of the 3rd race, I rammed the tc3 cause he slowed on the first corner and spun him. Oppps, I went thru and complete 26 laps and took second. I was flying trying to catch the leader. He beat me by 1 lap. I didn't know there was a 4th race so I went from 2400 batteries to a backup 1400. I let a friend drive the car and he was doing 9 second laps. I could only manage a 10.43 second lap. He almost had high 8's so this goes to show you that it can do really good. The batteries dumped when he was in the lead so he got lapped but stayed out the whole race. Came in last hehe. That is what I get for not having a charger with me. :(

[Drive4fun]

Ouch nice race you need another pack of batteries for sure and bring another charger heh where are you racing you got a link of the website i race here with my sprint www.willishobbies.com
aight cool heh

[minijosh]

hey all, has anyone bought the front one way or the tie rod set from tower yet? i was looking at being able to change the camber of my ride. are we able to swap parts with the pro 2 or pro 3? just wondering.

[minijosh]

hey all, has anyone bought the front one way or the tie rod set from tower yet? i was looking at being able to change the camber of my ride. are we able to swap parts with the pro 2 or pro 3? just wondering.

[Cube]

Would buying UJ's for the rear wheels be worth it?

[minijosh]

I am trying to add some photos but the files are way too big. How do I make them smaller?

[Drive4fun]

ttt

[minijosh]

don't just put ttt just because you read it. what hop ups have you done to your car? just give helpful info.

[Drive4fun]

Hehe i think i did already type what i have done to my car not much though i race carpet stock class here in new york. I have changed my gearing 116/36 64pitch i am still working on it, i got 3300 matched batts in a pack already, a p2k2 pro, and a novak dually speed control. I am looking forward to buy new shocks, new radio with reciever and servo, maybe ill change to graphite. I might get a new chassis for the sprint which will be coming out soon so what are your hop ups?!?

[minijosh]

I don't have any hop ups just yet but I do have the adjustable steering and camber coming in the mail from tower. I got a set of 3000 taging along too. There is a aluminum part I bought too. I know know what it is but it was on the sprint page. I am running a Monster of Touring 19 turn with a 30 tooth pinon with the stock 48 pitch gear so it comes out to be 6.18. I should have bought the 31 to make it 5.98. That is what I was told is a good gear ratio at my track. I am running M1 tires on my HPI rims too. Just bought a new set last night at the race. Have you tried Robinson Racing gears yet? They have alot of stuff for sale and I would like to try them.

[Drive4fun]

I have

HPI Spur Gear 116T 64P # LXN140

Robinson Racing Super Light Pinion Purple 64P 36T = # LXMG19

From Tower Hobbies

[minijosh]

I just put on my new sprint adjustable toe-in/camber rods and I tell you what, my fingers are killing me. Put them together, put them on, look at it, take it off, twist some more, put it back on, look, take it off, etc, etc, etc and it still isn't finished. I hope to be done by friday so I can go and race. I really need a micrometer to do the adjustments. I guess I will do my best and use my eye.

[Drive4fun]

HEhe yah im going racing on friday my car sounds good so i guess im off on friday to race

[RCPhan]

Hi all,

I have never been involved in on-road racing so please excuse my ignorance. I have seen the HPI Sprint GTI Saxo... nice car. Would this car race in the same class as say the XXX-s or TC3 cars would? I understand it is the standard 190mm width, but the chasis is shorter. If it does race in the same class, could it compete?

What about indoor carpet tracks? Could this car be run here?

Thanx!

[Drive4fun]

::::::::::::: RCPhan :::::::::::::

Im not sure about that i run the sprint chassis here in the U.S. In the U.S the Gti version did not come out yet so i dont know what to tell you i think you can if its a 1/10 scale you can at my indoor carpet tracks where i race we race the 1/10 scales on road electrics so hope i helped out a bit

[minijosh]

raced last night and I scored 78 points. YEAH for the rookie! My sprint ran 22 laps on the first heat and i got screwed by the wall on the main straight. I came around a little too wide and I clipped my driver side against the wall. My motor is connected to the esc by power poles and the wall grabbed that part and took it apart. The end was still stuck up inside the connector. :( . I had to take the car off and there was no quick fix. Solder or swap motors. I just got my p2k2 pro back from being skimmed and brushed. I was doing good I think until I died. I had to resort back to the 19 turn motor for the last race. So I completed heat one, broke half way thru heat 2 and finished 3rd in heat 3. Not bad for me hehe. My friend with the sprint broke his C hub on the passenger side in the next heat. His Carpet Dragons weren't hooking up so I gave him my new M1's on my HPI rims. Too much grip and he wasn't use to it so he slammed into the wall. Snap. There were at least 8 other people that broke parts to their car. Bad night for race fans.

[Drive4fun]

Damn man, heh sorry i havent been writing about my races the thing is that ive been having some personal problems and i havent racen my car for this whole month so once everything goes good ill be back for now just keep posting your races its good to hear that some of us enjoy racing our sprints and my back belt is skipping so i ordered a new one aight thx latere

[minijosh]

my rear belt is very loose and there is no way of tightening it from what i have seen. do you know something i missed???

[Drive4fun]

Nope i dont really get what you mean by is there something you missed there isnt really anything you missed just order a new belt aight man later

[minijosh]

after seeing the destruction of my friends sprint on friday night, i will be taking my TL01 as a back up car. I cannot afford to lose points due to someone's kid ramming me into the wall or i take out myself. I put the P2k2 pro back in it with new connectors. I hope the wall doesn't hurt me again.

[Drive4fun]

Heheh good luck im probably going this friday im going to pick up the rear belt and im off aight lataz

[microrcdude]

my sprint's on the way!!!

[minijosh]

i raced mine again but i had other problems this time. first, my 2400 back popped a battery in the pack so i was a turtle. the second heat, the motor dropped down so the pinon wasn't catching. i repaired that one and got 14 laps. DOH. the last race, i was up to 11 laps and i hit the wall and popped out the turn buckle in the left front so the wheel was stuck. :( bad night for me.

[Drive4fun]

Shiit i was practicing my laps and my fuqn batt holder broke off the left side **** now i have to order it i double sticked tape it so it stood there for a while aight i gtg lataz

[Drive4fun]

damn i cant seem to post pictures of my car anyone can help me out with it ill appriciate it it says that it is too big i cant seem to make the picture smaller any tips?! thank you
Cheers

[Drive4fun]

Anyone know where i can find the Hpi VVS SHOCKS?? for the cheapest price i live in new york, USA

[minijosh]

guess what i broke? the left front c hub. dang. i searched my local hobby stores and none of them carry hpi. it suck living overseas. my friend had the same bit broken last week and he got lucky and found one. there is a huge race tomorrow for more points and i can only go and watch now. :( oh well. does anyone have a extra c hub for this side? i can hook u up with other bits yall.

[Drive4fun]

Ouch man Sorry To hear that no you know what you should do order extra parts that you will usually brake always have spares i need to start doing that i broke one side of the battery holder somehow and now i need to order it but i dont think ill be braking that again i have broken my hubs and no sorry i got no extras aight man i got to run later sorry to hear that

[Drive4fun]

Here is my Hpi Sprint with the slicks i just came from bashing it on the streets i got the TRC tires for my carpet track So What You Think I broke my batt holder on the left side but i just double sticked the battery in so it stood there pretty good

[Drive4fun]

Another one

[minijosh]

did your spur gear come blue? mine is black. i looked at buying robinson spur gears. they are aluminum and lighter so that equals faster.

[Drive4fun]

No first of all its not blue its purple... And no it did not come with the car . It came with a black one then i changed it to a black carbon fiber one and then i got this purple one from hpi
Robinson are #1 for spurs and pinions im pretty sure of that a lot of people run them at my tracks

[minijosh]

just a little color blind i am. how much was the carbon fiber one? would you sell it for a good price??? i found a hobby shop to order my parts from but it is up in scotland. my parts should be here on tuesday i hope. that is what they said. :)
do you have the adjustable toe in and camber? i like playing with those.

[Drive4fun]

Hpi Makes the Carbon Fiber spur gear
#6987 SPUR GEAR 87 TOOTH (48 PITCH/CARBON FIBER) $4.00
Yes i have gotten the adjustable just i dont got time :D

[minijosh]

i got my c hubs and now I ma ready to race again. I love the feeling of being able to lose in style instead of sitting by the wayside watching others make the mistakes you try to correct yourself. now i am looking at batteries. i bought 2 3000 but should i upgrade to 3300 or get new 2400? what do you use? and why are there only 2 of us on here hehe.

[Yakuza]

i just got this car i didnt do anyting on it yet cuz im a all out noob on r/c i like the car alot but i have no idea what to upgrade on my car have any ideas on what i can do i have only 70 $ to spend im thinking of getting the MVP motor but i dont know

[Drive4fun]

LOL minjosh no idea but its a good car i like it a lot

First will you be bashing (driving in parking lots streets etc) or will you be racing? thats the first thing you should ask about your self i personally to both but i know i shouldnt because i race time to time thats why im getting my nitro soon aight all i gtg school later

[minijosh]

If you are just bashing, you won't need to hop up the motor cause the rtr has a 20 turn motor right? I found a website that does a carbon fiber chassie and shock towers for the sprint. FINALLY! If you just want the car to look good, wheels and tires are a good combo or a new shell. If you race, get a stock motor like the p2k2 pro or revenge of the monster. Change the pinon too. Look at the chart you got with your sprint. Bigger means higher top end speed but you loose out in the punch from corners and off the line. I have a 31 in mine I think and I still pass others with ease. I just cannot handle the turns that good so there is my downfall. HEHE.

[Drive4fun]

Yes if you are just bashing stick with the motor until it dies out on you that you have to change the armature its a quick motor 23mph about and changing the gears will make it go even faster so you got to see what you are doing then change everything and whats the website for the graphite i know 2 of them already!

[Yakuza]

where are you guying finding all thses parts for the sprint at??? so far the only thing i got for the sprint is some 2400 batterys... need some help

[minijosh]

I get spares from tower hobbies or another store i found in the UK. Here is the site of the carbon fiber parts. www.invector.nu

[Yakuza]

great thx for the website im going to ask my dad to order the carbon fiber parts for me when they get there shipment

i was wondering what els should i get for my car so besaids the parts im getting the whole car is still stock any idea what i sould get?

[minijosh]

adjustable turn buckles from tower hobbies. maybe different pinons larger and smaller, depends on track, robinson spur gears are great from what I have heard. every little bit of lighter parts helps the over all performance. so what it takes of .17 grams, that is less your drivetrain has to push. you know the term there is no replacement for displacement right, if you leave your car bone stock, you are still carrying around all that excess weight. the lighter the car, the more % power goes to the overall car. why do you think little cars are so fast.

[Drive4fun]

Minjosh has said just about everything

[Yakuza]

oh man i saw the Nexus Mk. I and i want that kit for my sprint soo bad but theres no date when the kit is out ....

[Yakuza]

i need some help what adjustable turn buckles did you buy i have no idea which one i sould get plz reply

[minijosh]

Did you get my info on those adjustable bits?

[Yakuza]

no i didnt get the info on your adjustable bits

its cuz the trunbukles look differnet form the stock ones so i dont know which to get

[minijosh]

do you have websites? i want to see what you are talking about. i sent you a pm.

[minijosh]

I went to a huge race here in England. It is the STCC( Southern Touring Car Challenge) and I saw a few Sprints there. There was a kid with the full carbon fiber chassie and all. I was like WOW!!! Must be nice having a parent who likes to race too. I will hook up my kids when the time comes. No new mods the sprint yet but I just got a nitro rs4 for free.

[Yakuza]

i riped the rear belt on my sprint and i dont know how to take it a part to fix it theres this purple thing holding the part to gether and dont know if it can be pulled off i dont want to break it can anyone help

[minijosh]

I have no idea how to fix that part myself. Sorry. How tight was your belt? Mine is way too lose and I don't even know how to take it off and make it tighter. When you figure it out, tell us so I can fix mine. Does your motor and pinon slip often? Mine does about everyother race. No I don't have washers between the motor screws and that purple motor mount. Metal to metal should be the best connection. What is my problem?

[Yakuza]

i have no idea my gears dont come lose im just goinmg to bring my car in to mt lhs to let them fix it

oh yhae is there a way to put on a new motor with out solderin it on??

[minijosh]

the motor is easy. I use power pole connectors to connect my motor to my esc. It will make you do some soldering but once you make the switch, it is easy as 1 2 C. DOH! Just buy a cheap soldering iron and some solder and you are in business. You will have to change the lead from the esc to the motor too though.

[Yakuza]

yes i just got some upgrades

Im runing monster horepower stock pro
and Mtroniks Tempo ESC

[minijosh]

now all you have to do is this,
buy a soldering iron about $14.00
buy some solder about $3.00
buy connectors look into the most used local brand cheap too
buy wire cutters and that is it.
I power pole my batteries too. Better current flowing thru to esc and out to motor too.

[Yakuza]

power pole whats is that?? and sould i buy my own batterys and solder it my self or just buy one made??

[minijosh]

I too buy my batteries in stick packs. I don't like the saddles cause I have seen people blow up esc by putting the wrong connector on the wrong side. Power poles are like your white tamiya connector for your batteries except they are red and black. They have a better connection and will pass more power to your esc and motor. Look it up on ebay. There are others out there too like Kyosho, Tamiya, Deans. I just like power poles and that is just me.

[Yakuza]

I see what your talkin about

i have something that i dont understand on the gears the pion and spur (dont know how to spell them) how do you match them up i asked my friends they said they have no idea so far im still runing the stock gears can you help me out there?

[minijosh]

do you still have your instructions? they have the whole thing in the back. which spur gear to pinon ratio

[Yakuza]

my friend just got a tamya TT-01 he was wondering is there any ugrade parts he can get for it besides the normal one ?? he wanted shocks and can you change that block that has the servo ESC and recvers so it can be 3 def parts
and so on he didnt want to get the sprint as i told him to cuz he said shaft drive is better


think you can help minijosh

i got all my stuff on my sprint and it kicks

[minijosh]

well, I have not looked at the TT01 yet. I wanted one. I don't know which is better. Shaft or belt. Alot of people here race xxx-s's,tc3's, rs4 pro 3's, sprints, rc labs. and now alot are wanting and getting the team xray car. I will stick with my sprint for a little bit longer. You should ask the TT01 question on the TL01 website. They chat about that car too there. My racing last night was crap and something even worse happened, my switch for my speedo got caught between the carpet and my chassie and snap. Sad am I now cause I gotta fix it. Not too hard but I hate working on something that someone else broke. Oh yeah, I threw on the Lotus Elise body and I found out that there is no rear downforce and I was spinning like a top at all the corners unless I was going slow. Last time I use that POS shell. It looks good though but dang, people were like what is wrong with your car?

[Yakuza]

that sucks man

my sprint is going to the right how can i fix this

[Cube]

I'm pretty sure these cars don't really create alot of downforce...

Yakuza, Adjust your transmitter trim.

[Yakuza]

npoe still turns to the right

[minijosh]

unscrew your servo, adjust your trim to the center, turn on your radio, plug in the battery in the car, it should center the servo. i found out that my servo saver twists in the middle so i super glued it together hehe. now it turns on a dime.

[Yakuza]

thnx i got everything working fine i also got 2 new RC a Tamiya TL01 and a HPI micro both new still in box i dont think imma build any of them for a long time im planing to get the nexus kit for my sprint once it comes out


what sucks is that the closest track to me is 2 hr away.... and the closet micro trade is just 10 min away so i think imma put the sprint for a 1 month rest till the kit comes out


ps i already have the other carbom parts its really light and faster handling is like a dream after i got that servo thing fixed so far i only use the car to drift around my house its looks cool well ill post up what othering things imma do to my sprint and whats going up with my hobby

later
David

[minijosh]

what kind of tamiya cars did you get. that really sucks to hear how far a track is from you. i get a week off from racing because of good friday. whateva. racing is like life, with out it, i am dead.

[Yakuza]

i bot the Tamiya R/C Supra 2000 TL01 4WD i havent opened it cuz if i dont find a closer track i might sell it its not worth keeping the 1/10 if the track is 2 hrs away BUT ill alway keep my HPI Sprint i love this car and my micro ppl say i bout a low end car but with all the money im going to put on to it ill make it a winner

[filipinoguy]

Anyone know if they make a carbon fiber main chassie and/or upper deck ?

[minijosh]

I think the company is called invector. I have seen a full carbon fiber sprint at a race I went to a month ago. I found it. http://www.invector.nu/irc/HPISprint.asp

[SAVAGESAM]

Who makes the best steering servo for the Savage 21 for $75.-$100.?

[filipinoguy]

Thanks but I don't really need one for that price. Unless someone knows a place that sells them for cheaper.:cool:

[minijosh]

nope and sorry. that is the only place i have ever found until HPI comes out with their own and who knows how long that will be.

[bizaare69]

i just picked up my new hpi sprint im stoked to give her a go and i am going to a pavement track meet sunday im gonna talk to some guys and get some practise im not sure what i want to upgrade but im really hating that charger it rakes for ever for a little fun timeso since you have all had your sprints for a long time i was wondering what to upgrade first i hear i will need to change the tires soon stock ones suck and maybe the motor for better performance so keep me posted thanx:D

[filipinoguy]

Ohh good job on selecting the Sprint.:cool: Upgrade that charger, maybe get some turnbuckles (http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDHS0&P=7) , and your tires WILL get sliced on the inner side if you keep those tires long enough, so good tires wouldn't be a bad idea.;)

Oh yeah, Take out the pre-load C clips on the front shocks, and put the smallest ones on the rear; I got my Sprint to get 2 qaurters above the ground.:D I actually noticed it had slightly better cornering.:)

[bizaare69]

i woke up this morning battery charged and all i wanted to try out my new car only to fu*king realize it is raining i stopped raining now so i hope that it will dry up just thought i would post a new reply ok

Peace out:mad:

[filipinoguy]

When Its raining and I just have to run my Sprint I just do donuts and stuff inside my house! BTW did you do the suspension thing I mentioned in the above post? You should.;)

[minijosh]

I figured that out a while ago and so did one of my friends. I took first place in the C main. That has been the best finish I have ever had. I have been racing for only about a year now. Where I race, there are some really good racers that should compete but they don't. I get tons of help from them.

[bizaare69]

i went down to the races to day there was nobody there i dont live in a big city there is 2 lhs here and one was sponsoring it here there is alot of offroad people not to many onroad but i havent had a chance to switch the clips they make my car to low for bashing when i run my car when im first accelerating or going into reverse the car squeks a bit is that normal? weel i have to wait a bit for the next race i gotta find a track to hit up. i bought a new charger today a piranha cx-10 fast charger ac dc hookups and a new bat its another basher battery for now but im gonna upgrade slowly im wanting to change my tires i can see the wear in them starting my fav hobby shop was closed today so i went to the other one and the guy didnt know to much, i asked him if he had some x or v grooved tires he pointed out some rally tires im like no im on road touring so he was really rude i didnt get the turnbuckles yet what excatly do they do:confused: so keep on posting im a newbie so i need help so cya l8er.

[bizaare69]

i also lost 2 of the smaller heatsinks of the nosram tomahawk speed control im choked at that sh*t:mad:

[filipinoguy]

Does the ''squeek'' sound more like a ''beep'', If so, thats normal.

Turnbuckles allow you to adjust front and rear camber, and front toe-in. (camber is how straight up the wheel/tire is pointing, inward is negative / \, outward is positive\ /. Toe-in is where the wheels are pointing inward like this / \ from above.

As for the heatsinks, I lost 3 but I don't use that ESC anymore, good luck on finding a way to keep the rest on.:confused:

[bizaare69]

i can here the beep but it sounds like something is in the belts or something it sounds like they are slipping or something i talked to nosram about ym esc they said it doesnt matter for motors over 18 turn

[bizaare69]

what does camber give me more speed better handeling or what

[bizaare69]

i just went out side i figured why my car was squeeking i just broke a tooth on my spur gear i believe i dont know how it happened maybe because i slammed it into reverse to avoid a curb so im off to the lhs tomorrow do they have carbon rienforced gears and how much do they cost:confused:

[bizaare69]

also what gear setting should i get remmber i also still have the stock motor in it:confused:

[filipinoguy]

Allright I'll try to explain again:o Camber is the angle of the tires/wheels pointing upward, towards the sky. Negative looks like this / \, positive is like this \ /. People adjust camber to slightly negative to get more tire contact during hard cornering ect. and its easier to turn.

Now toe is the angle of the tires/wheels when pointing forward. Toe-in looks like this/ \ toe-out looks like this \ /. Get it yet?:confused: ;)

[minijosh]

just figure out the size you want, go to TOWER, type in robinson spur gear and poof, wicked products.

[bizaare69]

sorry about the camber stuff i understand nowi think ill go to my lhs for my spru i dont want to get anything of the net im also in canada si it would be easier to get my lhs they are based around rc cars so the will have lots of stuff
ok thanks again guys:D

[filipinoguy]

You might want to think about getting a larger spur because there is little room to fit a smaller 1.

[minijosh]

just make sure it is a robinson. They are the best out there. Look in the back of your sprint book and you can see the gear ratios of all the spur/pinon combos you can make. Don't forget you might over gear your motor and kablaam.

[orbitron]

Hey! I was thinking about getting into on-road. The Sprint sems to be a good deal. What is it's direct competition for m other manufacturers? When you do race, is it only against other 190mm chassis cars?

[bizaare69]

i was running my car today and hit some hard gravel and one of my bolts popped of the one holding the tie rod in and also my back belt is thinning and i think it got stuck on a rock and the rock chewed it up so right now im broke but as soon as i get some cash i can get back on the road:mad:

[filipinoguy]

Whats keeping you from running you Sprint right now? Did you lose the bolt connected to the camber tie rod on the front shock tower? If you did it doesn't matter.

Whats wrong with your rear belt? A replacement is only like 5 bucks. LOL are you saving up for 5 bucks.:p

[minijosh]

yes I race against other 190 and 200 mm cars. I would say another type of car that is like the sprint is the rtr xxx-s, xb TL01, rtr 4 tec, or almost anyother ready to run car. I got mine for a wicked deal and that is why I have one. I started out with a TL01 so it was time to move up to a big boys toy. The Sprint is a good step up from a beginners car. A TC3 suites alot of racers though. Get one of those if like to follow the croud. Mooo.

[filipinoguy]

http://www.members.aol.com/seanmicd/DCP_1285.JPG .

[filipinoguy]

http://www.members.aol.com/seanmicd/DCP_1277.JPG

[filipinoguy]

The pic is a llittle blurry but you get the idea. On the left side is 2 quarters, on the right just 1.http://www.members.aol.com/seanmicd/DCP_1279.JPG

[filipinoguy]

http://www.members.aol.com/seanmicd/DCP_1281.JPG http://www.members.aol.com/seanmicd/DCP_1280.JPG

[orbitron]

Yeah, I am anti Mooo! I own an Evader St and I was looking for the equivalent in a touring car. Looks like this is the one. I'm just checking prices at my LHSes and maybe I'll even get one today!

[minijosh]

Do you want a rtr one or one where you add your own electronics? Over here in England, we get both. I can ship using regular post offices so there is no overseas charges. Just a perk for being military. If you want I can ask around for you. HPI did make a sprint by the name of GTI which is a shorter wheel base. Not too sure on what bodies fit it but it is more agile. Let me know LMK hehe ok.

[bizaare69]

about my scre it was to the tower on the rear tie rod im hoping to go in tomorow and get replacement parts there is a race this weekend and im gonna godepending on how smooth the track is ill probebly change the clips i can see that my tires are wearing down i dont have as good control as befor how much are v grooved or x grooved tires?

[minijosh]

I race indoors so my tire is different. There is a company called Venom that makes honeycombed tires. No insert needed. Like real formula 1 tires. I cannot find a magizine to get you the internet address, too lazy to leave computer. Nevermind here it is. Http://www.venom-racing.com .

[orbitron]

Minijosh - I ended up getting a Micro RS4 instead. Thanks for your posts.

[minijosh]

sell out. just kidding, I have both too. Good purchase.

[bizaare69]

i went to my lhs and bought a new spur i geared down a bit thats all he had i think its a 93 tooth and i got some replacement boltsow ya he didnt have any rear belts left they are on backorder so igotta wait im going to the race tomorrow i will have to go with my bad belt what can ya do

[trw]

ok i have a sprint RTR and i must say i love it for what it is. i have a Trinity P2K2 Pro 27-turn motor, HITEC Racing HFX-R reversing ESC that can handle 10 or more turns. Team Orion 3300 mAh Ni-Mh battery and V-grooved 26 mm HPI tires, everythign else is stock, what else should i do to my car?

[filipinoguy]

Get some adjustable/tie rods AKA turnbuckles (http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDHS0&P=7) for your Sprint. If you don't, your tires might eventually look like mine. (at the top of the page):eek:

[filipinoguy]

I'f your going like 30MPH or faster please post your setup, if you don't mind.:rolleyes:

[trw]

my sprint came with adjustable turnbuckles

[filipinoguy]

Originally posted by trw
my sprint came with adjustable turnbuckles
Really. Did you buy it used? My RTR came with fixed tie-rods.

[trw]

well i thought i did. i undid my shock, unscrewed my turnbuckle, and i tried to twist it lol nope the're fixed :(....NOOOO i have to buy more items lol, im guessign new titanium turn buckles are what $30.00? putting i ncost of new tires $28.00

[filipinoguy]

Forget titanium, get these (http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDHS0&P=7) . They're good enough for me.Only 5 bucks too!

[minijosh]

that would be cool. I will bring my HPI Sprint tomorrow. Hook it up Graham. Go Gram Go Gram its your birthday. Is there anything I can get you? I am getting ready to order from Tower.

[minijosh]

HAHA I sent the wrong message to you guys. My friend just put down his Spring and got a Pro 3. He increase his laps by almost 5. WOW!!! He is in love with his new car. I wonder how much I will have to sink into my to keep up?

[trw]

not really much, just a new pinion gear and some good tires and you should be able to keep up with his new car.

[trw]

and ofcourse a better motor then the 20-turn motor the sprint comes with. like i bought a Trinity P2K2 Pro 27-turn stock motor which is faster then the 20-turn i had in my sprint when i got it. A new motor like the one i got was $30.00 a modified 13 turn wow lol your looking at around $90.00, but i wouldnt want or need a 13 turn motor since my 27-turn is fast enough. but anyways a new pinion gear im guessing cause ive never bought one before but im guessing $4.00-$6.00 and some good tires like $28.00-$30.00. I use 26mm V-grooved HPI tires, those were $28.00, i want to get X-grooved though because they have way much more grip then V-grooved but i forgot how much X-grooved cost lol

[trw]

o filipinoguy, how did u lower ur car with stock suspension parts? cause it looks like u still have the stock shox on?

[bizaare69]

ya ive been procrastinating i havent got new tires yet but i need them for the weekend of june 22 so i hope to get enough money i might have a job coming up soon so ill see:(

[minijosh]

I ran my 27 paradox and p2k2 with the stock spur with either a 30 or 32 tooth pinon. I flew all the way around that track. Now I put the 19 in with the 30 tooth. I tried it outside. Zoom is such a underrated word. Trust me. hehe. Secret weapon. Off with the Ford truck body and slip back into the stratus. Like a glove. Beatdown paint and scars but lovely on the chassie. Now I need new tires. What spur/pinon combos do you guys run? I wanna upgrade my spur.

[filipinoguy]

Originally posted by trw
o filipinoguy, how did u lower ur car with stock suspension parts? cause it looks like u still have the stock shox on? Take out the pre-load C-clips on the rear, and take out the spring washer (not C-clip) on the front, then put the smallest C-clips in the front (If you don't it'll be basically scraping). The only thing wrong with this is the springs feels a lil too soft (no pre load). But its not like we're jumping off ramps or anything right. :p

[filipinoguy]

Last night I was bored so I decided to try to make my Sprint RWD. I was succesful.:) What I did was take out the front dogbones (I think thats what you call them) and thats it. RWD!( I also took out the front pulley cause I didn't need it). So I tried it out today and WOW! Its very fun to drive. It handles similar to a Mini-Z. I can do donuts with new tires, and stock 20T on the side walk without tape! Its very hard to keep it going straight though, but thats why its fun.:p Give it a try when ya feel like doing something different!;) :cool:

[bizaare69]

i dont understand about taking the springs of the back shocks do i leave both the big and little c clips in it im confused:confused:

[minijosh]

How did this happen? The e clips on my front shock some how broke thru the piston(that black thing with holes inside your shock) and now it is frozen. Kind of weird. Very weird. Has anyone else heard of this? I need to get a new spur also so your help will be nice yall.

[filipinoguy]

Originally posted by bizaare69
i dont understand about taking the springs of the back shocks do i leave both the big and little c clips in it im confused:confused: Take out the C-clips on the back. NOW for the front, remove the SPRING WASHER and C-clip (if its not already the smallest one), then put the smallest C-clip in front.

So there will be no C-clips in back, and the smallest ones in front (with the removed washer). Get it? BTW I don't always drive around with this setup.

The setup I run right now is the smallest C-clip in back, none in front. (with all the washers still there).

[bizaare69]

i just bought some battararies for my controller and im hoping to get new tires and rims before sunday so ill see im gonna charge my batteries tonight while im at work then tomorrow ill be good to go race on sunday also:D

[filipinoguy]

Hey guys, I just sanded down all those ugly purple parts with sandpaper and polished them. Now they're bare aluminum. I'll get pics up sometime soon.

[bizaare69]

today i went to my lhs and dropped 90$ on wheels tires and a belt i bought hpi 5 spoke chrome rims and hpi x grooved tires and there is a race to morrow so im ready i just finished doing doonuts in my empty room dounstairs took my old tires and put tape on the back tires and volla donuts that rear belt was a pain to put on had to take lots of sh*t off. ow ya sorry the 90$ is in canadian i wouldnt pay 90 american so im gonna clean my sprint up and ill be ready to roast the boys tomorrow:D

[minijosh]

Go get them!!! Charge!!!

[filipinoguy]

bizaare69, don't forget to lower your car like mine pictured on the other page.;)

BTW replacing the rear belt is not that painful (had to once), imagine BUILDING A KIT!:eek: Just playin man. BTW do you have adjustable turnbuckles?

[bizaare69]

i knew i forgot to get something i didnt get turnbuckles well my race is on a parking lot so i cant go to low so i lowered them a bit the smallest i could go:mad:

[bizaare69]

ow yea it was raining today so it wasnt on so ill have to wait ill go talk to the guy see whats up and all :mad:

[filipinoguy]

Originally posted by filipinoguy
Hey guys, I just sanded down all those ugly purple parts with sandpaper and polished them. Now they're bare aluminum. I'll get pics up sometime soon. Here's the pics I promised!:) http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_1407.JPG This pic was taken with the light on and everything.:confused: Looks cool though.:D http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_1408.JPG Tell me what ya think. BTW in case your wondering how I did this; I just sanded it.

[bizaare69]

looks dope:D

[DASHer]

i just want to tell you about my experience in rc. i first begged my parents to get me an hpi sprint. about 2-3 yrs ago. and then when they came out with the 2003 dodge viper i became in love with it and immediatly bought it and painted it red. it looks too cool for words. but later the next year i worked at a farm bailing hay to make money to buy my Tamiya qd sports. then that same year i raced it at a friends house. he doesnt have pavement so i raced in the sand/dirt. it wasnt so much sand that it buried itself but it was sturdy enough to get around. it looked like a real rally car. it was cool. but when we raced it before i went home it wouldnt turn. so i listened and where the steering servo is i listned and it beeped but it didnt turn. so my steering servo was out and i couldnt use that. then i just looked at what i still had which was the dash and started to customize it. i got m compound radial tires and 5 spoke chrome wheels. it looked cool. and then last year i saved money to buy an hpi sprint and i had enough, but for some reason i didnt feel i knew enough about it so i put the money in the bank and went with out it. so this year comes around and i set my mind that i want it, i start mowing lawns to make the money and i work for it. then when i have about $90 my parents say they can buy it for my birthday ( in july) so that makes me happy so i ask them to take me to a hobby shop far away and i get some stuff. i am real big in to good looking cars and bodies, so i bought a Saleen s7r, and a lambo murcielago and some paint. then i bought a nice die-cast model of a blue 2003 concept viper. so i spent all my money. i have made money since then and bought other stuff. but my parents ordered my sprint early and it came today 7/2/03. now i'm going to buy new compound tires and 3mm chrome offset wheels for it. Second i want to buy a good body reamer. then lastly i want to buy more bodies, new motor, esc, and LED head lights and tail lights. and that is how far i am right now. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO WHOEVER READS THE WHOLE STORY;) :D

[trw]

lol your welcome..i read it..lol sounds like an interestign history you have there. My story goes...one day my dad came up to me and told me he owed me over $800.00 in allowance and im like :eek: geeze thats alota money, cause he hadnt paid me in a year ($10.00 every week :D ) so i think of what to do with the money and i remember i had no R/C cars and well i love R/C cars, so i went shopping around on websites and found..The HPI Sprint..immediatly fell in love with the car. Talked my dad into buying it. It came in a week later got the body trimmed and painted and decalled, then we went out the next few wednesdays to the race track and ran the car well after the second run my stock tires got worn prety bad so we then bought some 26mm V-grooved HPI Tires and some tire glue. but the tires on when i got back home and that thign shot off the first tiem i tested the new tires had supreme handling. Thne a few weeks later i was running my car and this guy came onto the track whith his TC3 and i watched his car it was really fast and it beat a nitro car and im like geeze i cant get my car to go that fast :( well when he was done i walked up to him and asked what motor he was running and he told me a Trinity Monter Motor 27-turns and i asked him how can i get my car to go that fast and he looked at my car and pointed out that my motor was only a production motor and it wasnt as fast as i thought so we went inside and looked aroudn at the motors and i decided to get a Trinity P2K2 Pro 27-turn stock motor and turns out the car was much faster once i installed it. Then later on we went and bought a new ESC cause the motor was acting up and we thought it was my old ESC turns out i had soldered the wires to wrong place on the motor so it wasnt the ESC but hey i got a high performance ESC outa that lol, we also bought a Team Orion Ni-Mh 3300 mAh battery pack and a new Delta Peak Charger that day too so basicly my car wasnow ready for real racing all it needed and still needs is a 29 tooth pinion gear and a person on a go kart would barely be able to keep up with it. And jsut recently I bought a Tamiya 4WD Shaft Driven Hum-V and right now thats where i stand. lol phew that was alot of typing.

[filipinoguy]

Lol good stories guys.:) Do you wanna hear mine.:( OK here goes:
2 years ago I got a Kyosho Alpha EP RTR, was cool for a couple of months but it had some problems which I later fixed, but I wasn't satisfied. Now its sitting in my closet and if I wanted to I could fix it up, and mak it worth driving , but I figured I start over and try something new. I don't know why but I ended up with a mini-Z. I liked it, bought a couple of parts for it then, the ESC fried.:mad: Wasn't too happy about that.

(the good stuff) So a couple of months later I saw the Sprint on HPI Europe, and was like ''man if only we had that in the US.'' Couple of monthes later, guesse what, they come out with the Sprint RTR in the states.:D I asked if I could get it for my B-day. Nope. Then just a couple of months ago (4 ) I asked my mom, she said ''you have to ask your dad.''I'm like no nevermind, he already said no. She later told my dad I wanted it, then my dad says ''if you want to waste your money, go ahead.'' I'm like @#%2 yes. So I bought the Sprint. I was soo exited. I couldn't wait for it to come from Tower. Then it finally came.:cool: I loved it. Thats around the time when I registered on here. I bought a Duratrax Shark, Team Orion Rush 17x2, Motor spray, and a 34T pinion, and 75T spur for about $50. lol I thought that those gears would take me 30 MPH, but just take a long time to get there.;) lol nope.:rolleyes: Then I buy a Daishin Silvia body, and paint it just like the real one. I was pretty happy. Then gusse what happens to me, my freakin' ESC gets fried.:mad: This is where my ''downfall'' starts. I have little money left and need an ESC. I wanted a cheap ESC but thought I'd go with a slightly higher end one. I went with a Duratrax Intellispeed 8T rev. along with a Rush 11x2, and adjustable tie-rods/turnbuckles, and a new rear belt for $102.00 It comes, and I'm not 100% satisfied with the motor. Its as slow as my stock Saturn 20T, I think from overgearing it and not breaking it in. Then my 17x2 pooped out (dunno what happened) on me too. So my fastest motor was my stock Saturn one.:( Then my Tamiya plugs got burnt, and my Sprint got slower and my steering was super weak. I ended up buying some Deans connectors, 6 pinions, and a spur. I took forever to install em. It wasn't fun., but it had to be done. So after I install the connectors, my steering is still weak, especially to the right. So I soldered the red servo wire to the red ESC wire like someone advised. I got enough speed and strength, but since then I had a steering/throttle problem that I still kinda have. Next my cousing gave me his wheels and tires and I gave him an old transitter, which was cool cause he helped me out a lot and I helped him just as much.:) So at this point my Sprint is kinda slow and has weird little servo problems. So the only thing I could do to have fun was drift aroung my house on hard wood floor.:cool: So I just did that for awhile, since it was emberassing to drive outside in front of ppl. (yes my Sprint was that slow) So I shop around for a motor and batteries, but guesse what, my Shark got fried, and my HPI 1500 has created a memory I think. So my best battery is my 2 year old Piranha 1500.:eek: So last tuesday (2 days ago) I went to this hobby shop about one hour away to check it out and get a motor and some batteries. I ended up with another Duratrax Shark (I'll take good care of this one;) )and a Speed Gems Pro 15x2, with an extra set of brushes. NOW, I'm going like 25 MPH, but I still have the servo problem.:( Yup, your crazy if you read this whole thing.:cool:

Short summary:

I got a Kyosho Alpha EP RTR, its in the closet now.
Then got a Mini-Z, ESC fried;closet
Sprint, LOTS of problems that happened, but they're allmost all gone. One day my Sprint will be done. One day. :rolleyes:

(BTW I think my post is bigger than both of yours DASHer and trw.:p )

[trw]

darn he beat us DASHer lol. My dad would have not been happy if i had that many problems fortunatly ive had very little problems cause when i go buy things from LHS thats only 30 minutes away i let them recommend stuff for me lol.

[minijosh]

do you want your mini z? i need bits to make mine run again. hehe.

[bizaare69]

i just went and bought some lights plugs and a soldering iron so i could make a discharger so i soldered it up and when i plugged it in one bulb fried but thats it im pleased with it so far my battaries have way more power in them there is a race sunday(tomorrow but i think i need to change my pinion i still got the stock one and i think i have a 93 tooth spur but i think i want a bit of acceleration because the track i race doesnt have alot of straight away so i wont make top speed if i gear for top speedso i only got aq bit of money left so how many tooth should i get for my pinoin?:confused:

[minijosh]

I am going to say look in the back of the book. The bigger spur you go, isn't it the smaller pinon that will make it start quicker and be punchy??? I still need a front shock for my sprint.

[KREATOR1]

hi there,minijosh

Did you use adjustable shock for the race?and whats the weight of ur silicon oil shocks?

[minijosh]

i use the original shocks that come with the kit. I normally used about 60 weight for front and back. not too shabby. i still need to order new shocks hehe. slacker!!!!!!!!!

[vols-std]

Hi,

are the belts supposed to rub on the motor?`??

GreeTz
Ben

[minijosh]

mine rubs right across the top of the motor can. i guess this is normal.

[vols-std]

Oh, oké.

why I'm asking is, because a friend of mine drives the HPI rally sprint with a 13t. It's a little overgeared so the motor is getting to warm too tuch, but still ok. Only problem is that the two belts, that are rubbing, are getting warm and extend. After they extend mostly the rear belt isn't tight enough and it slips. There's no tighter posision on that little adjuster thing possible. So what can we (he ) do???

Greetz
Ben

[minijosh]

my friend showed me how to tighten the rear belt but i don't remember how. i will ask him again

[filipinoguy]

vols-std, Yeah with certain gearing the rear belt will rub on the motor. Just tell your friend to get a new belt and maybe gearing that won't rub on the motor can so hard.;)

minijosh, the only way to adjust the stiffness of the rear belt are those 3 different slot positions on the motorplate. (the circle in on the black cover thing is not right in the middle, more in the opposite end of the slot, I hope you get what I'm saying.):confused:

[trw]

ok about the suspension height. I removed those clips on my dampers but the car sits just awfully too low when im driving in an emtpy parking lot pebbles n rocks tear up the chassis and the fenders on the car body. Is there sumthing not as thick as the stock clips that i cant replace the clips with?

[minijosh]

no there is a way. you have to disconnect the rear and twist it around. i will get the details.

[filipinoguy]

Really? I wanna know.:confused:

[filipinoguy]

trw, use different preload c clips. There's a whole bunch of different kinds on a parts tree; you still have both of those parts trees right.

[vols-std]

Originally posted by minijosh
no there is a way. you have to disconnect the rear and twist it around. i will get the details.

I want to know everything about that. give me all the details :D

GreeTz
Ben

[minijosh]

here is exactly what my friend said on how to tighten the rear
ok you need to remove the spur gear and motor....take the c clip off
the far end of the layshaft so you can slide it out taking care not
to lose the 3 roll pins that are in the shaft, now look at the inside
of the plastic bit that hold the layshaft in place on the alloy
holder thing...theres little nothches in it there should be 2 other
than the one which they are in now....remove the plastic cup holder
thing and it also has a notch on it just like the ti raycer does in
this months car action review ....if you rotateboth cup holder things
so the notch sits in the next notcg on the alloy thing this increases
the tightness of the rear belt as the cup thing is elliptical rather
than circular...

[filipinoguy]

Yeah, thats what I was talking about.;)

[minijosh]

at least we are on the same page hehe.

[vols-std]

dude, I thought you would tell me something new. We knew that like 5 minutes after he bought the car.

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But hey the problem wasn't the heat, tiny stones and sand were blocking the belt.


GreeTz
Ben

[filipinoguy]

My Porsche 911 is cooler than yours.:p http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_1439.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_1440.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_1441.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_1438.JPG

[DASHer]

hey guys it has been a while since i have talked here. but i just wanted to let u know about me and my sprint. my car has been kind of sick. i was driving it with new hpi chrome wheels and they kept coming off. then soon after the screw that held the 28t spur got stripped and it wouldnt hold the spur. i was so upset. BUT I AM BEING COMPLETLY HONEST. i prayed to GOD whole heartedly and i really believe he helped me fix the car today. i just felt like sharing that.:)

[filipinoguy]

I'm bored.http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_1791.JPG

[bizaare69]

i like those rims what kind are they? ill get some more pics of mine when im not to busy going fishin this weekend:D :D :D :D

[bizaare69]

and i must say my porsche 911 turbo is way way better than yours lol:D

[bizaare69]

We got to keep this thread alive so post whatever stories problems race rusluts anything is good!!!:)

[filipinoguy]

Originally posted by bizaare69
i like those rims what kind are they? ill get some more pics of mine when im not to busy going fishin this weekend:D :D :D :D Thanks, they're 4-Tec rims painted black. Too bad they're all scratched up.:rolleyes:

[filipinoguy]

Originally posted by bizaare69
and i must say my porsche 911 turbo is way way better than yours lol:D No its not, you DO have nice rims on yours though.:D

[bizaare69]

but thats about all thats nice im soooooo dam stock i hate it:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[bob the carrot]

i like the rally sprint more

[filipinoguy]

http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_1864.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_1876.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_1877.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_1879.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_1880.JPG

[microrcdude]

are those duratrax sfgp wheels??

[filipinoguy]

Sort of, I think they're are the same as the SFGP's but the ones I bought are packaged by Ofna. For just under 9 bucks for 8 you can't beat it. I got them from here. (http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXXE01&P=7)

[microrcdude]

cool. what tires are you guys running??

[filipinoguy]

Duratrax slicks.:p for 8 bucks for 4 you can't beat it.;)

Man this thread is dead.

Anyways I'm expcting a delivery from tower tomarro.

I ordered a Team Orion core stock, Nokak explorer II, 2 Piranha 1900's, a set of Team Orion yellow dishes and white dishes both on duratrax slicks, HPI purple wheel nuts, a new front bumper, and HPI's new Stratus.

So how are your guys' cars' (trw, DASHer, bizaare69)

[microrcdude]

What stiffness did you get the wheels as?

[filipinoguy]

They have different stiffnesses? :confused:

[microrcdude]

yep. soft, medium, and hard

[smiller]

Hi Guys

It's time to replace my belts any guidence on how this is done would be appreciated my lhs wants $25 to do this.

Thanks...........Stu

Also trying to keep this thread alive.

[filipinoguy]

Finally my Sprints back up and running.

Right now I'm running:

Stock radio (transmitter, reciever, servo)
Novak Explorer 2 ESC
Team Orion Core Stock
Duratrax Piranha 1900
HPI's new stratus
Team Orion dishes and Ofna rims(black ones) both on Duratrax slicks

http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_2203.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_2220.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_2171.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_2175.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_2198.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_2199.JPG

[microrcdude]

do duratrax's tires bite the track well??

[filipinoguy]

They grip ok, but they seem like they're gonna last forever.

[smiller]

I guess nobody reads this thread anymore and I guess nobody has ever changed belTs on a Sprint.

SM :(

[filipinoguy]

Just wondering, but why do you need to change belts? Are they worn out at all, missing teethe, ect. Anyways, you need this.front belt (http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDHU6&P=7) rear belt (http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDHU7&P=7)

Changing belts is hella easy. Just: 1) take the old belts out, 2) put the new ones in. lol You'll figure it out.;)

[filipinoguy]

I relocated my reciever box and removed some other stuff. Here's the pics.

now
http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_2259.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_2260.JPG


''before''
http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_2220.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~seanmicd/DCP_2203.JPG

[smiller]

Pictures look good. You make it sound to easy to replace the belts, I just scared to do this incase I make an a** of it.

I need to change the rear for sure I got a stone caught in the belt and it ripped it to shreads. I thought it would be easier just to replace both while I was at it.

SM :cool:

[filipinoguy]

Save yourself the 8 dollars on the front belt If you don't really need to replace it. Its easy to replace them, its just time consuming. Find a nice good workspace, and just start taking that sucker apart. You should be ok.;)

[smiller]

I sure like the pictures of you Porsche how did you do the roll cage effect and the exhaust's that really adds more detail to the car. Actully I like all the pictures you post very clear.

[filipinoguy]

thanks, good luck with those belts.

[smiller]

Well are you going to tell me how you done the exhausts, and roll cage effect...........or is that a trade secret lol.......SM

[filipinoguy]

No secret.;) The exhausts were done only for that photoshoot, i just painted 2 marker caps with silver paint and taped it on to where it was barely hangin by a thread. The roll cages stay on my bodies, just grab a couple straws, paint them, then tape 'em to the body.:cool:

[smiller]

COOL ..............and thanks :)

[smiller]

Question........I got my Sprint for Christmas and love the car, but I have a problem with the car wanting to drift all the time.

I am only useing the car for parking lot bashing around but if I put it on full bore and try to turn, it drifts away to the side would this be normal.

My buddy has a 4Tec and his holds the road like crazy, we both have slicks on the cars. Am I doing something wrong.

SM

[microrcdude]

put the tires that are on the front on the back. Works on my cars. You should also try to keep your tires room temp.

[smiller]

I will give that a try ............thanks.

Funny how you see post's of people wanting to know a set up so they can get there car to drift, and I cant get mine to stop drifting.

SM :)

[rc man37689]

im getting a sprint and P2K2 Pro 27-turn stockfor my bday (3/14) YAY

[bizaare69]

Sweet have fun with it ..... what are u planning to do wiht your sprint bash or race i just use mine for bashing its fun im saving for a novak ss brushless it will be fun i havent upgraded my sprint much i havent even ran it in 2 months because of snow :(

[BUGDRY]

I just picked up my Spritn yesterday. I bought a new charger with it so the lhs threw in a free battery with it. iT looks so coll, can't wait to race it when I get home.

Just a question about parts that came with it. Are the parts on the black plastic sprues extra. Also I got a second spoiler(I presume) with two plastic plates too. Do the plastic plates get glued to the ends of the spoiler. LAstly there was a bag of misc parts with a manual for the speed control. I assume these are extra too.(I haven't opened that bag yet.)

I'm new to rc so any answers to te above questions would be greatly appreciated. Also if anyone has some advice for an rc noob with a new Sprint, I would also appreciate that too.

[microrcdude]

The parts that are in the bags are extra. Yes, those plates go on the side of the wing.

For driving tips, look here: http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/rc/basicdriver.html

[BUGDRY]

thanks alot

[nick51]

what should i gear my sprint for a cryptonite 9t and a p2k2 stock motor, where can i buy some good shocks

[bizaare69]

Sorry guys i havent been posting here much we sprint boys need to hang together i need $$$ bad so i can upgrade my sprint its acting up though. ok heres my problem when the front belt turns one full revolution or soo the belt tightens then loosens its wierd. the belt then makes a bit of a clicking noise?????? could it be the teeth on the front differential???? i hate going through belts. im a basher so small gravel and drifting is fun !!!!!! id show u guys a pic but then id be embarrased LOL.
http://www.villagephotos.com/viewpubimage.asp?id_=8175340

[nick51]

delete

[BUGDRY]

My car seems to stutter sometimes when I put in in reverse. Is this normal. The batteries are fresh, so I know that's not it....please help. I don't want to be doing damage to my car. I just got it a little over a week ago.

[microrcdude]

^^^ yes, thats normal. My rally does that too.

[BUGDRY]

I just setup my ESC a couple days ago. I din't even know I had to till i chanced across it on HPI's website. My kit didn't say anything in it about setting it up or even installing the heatsinks.(I did this just cause I figured that was where they went...lol).

How lond do the first set of bearings usually last? And when should I start checking out the motor, gears etc for maintenance? Also I noticed the other da that the main belt running the length of the car is sometimes slack and sometimes tight. Is this normal? Lastly that same belt seems to have some deep scratches across the un-toothed side. Anyone know what would have caused this?

[balmung]

Originally posted by BUGDRY
I just setup my ESC a couple days ago. I din't even know I had to till i chanced across it on HPI's website. My kit didn't say anything in it about setting it up or even installing the heatsinks.(I did this just cause I figured that was where they went...lol).

How lond do the first set of bearings usually last? And when should I start checking out the motor, gears etc for maintenance? Also I noticed the other da that the main belt running the length of the car is sometimes slack and sometimes tight. Is this normal? Lastly that same belt seems to have some deep scratches across the un-toothed side. Anyone know what would have caused this?

when i had my sprint i got the deep cuts into my belt too its, cause of this might be small rocks i know mines was just dont run it where theres alot of small rocks or rocks if one pops into it it will tear it up .

[BUGDRY]

cool, that's what i thought the cuts were from. did you have to replace the belt soon after?

[balmung]

Originally posted by BUGDRY
cool, that's what i thought the cuts were from. did you have to replace the belt soon after?

i replaced the belt about a week after(waiting for parts to come by mail) but it would be a good idea to change it. At the same time i got the adjustable tie rods? turnbukels? your going to take it apart anyways so just upgrade i dont think it cost much maybe 8 buks for the belt and 6 or 7 for the turnbukles

[BUGDRY]

Thanks alot for the advice.

[nick51]

anybody know what i should gear my sprint for a cryptonite 9t and a p2k2 stock motor, where can i buy some good shocks

[BUGDRY]

Anyone know a good way to keep the heatsinks for my ESC on? They keep coming loose and once or twice one of them has fallen off.

[nick51]

i had the same problem, I just took some plyers and pinched the ends of the heatsinks and then you have fit it on the esc

[bizaare69]

for my heatsinks i lost 3 now and i emailed nosram they said its fine if they arent on so i dont really care. i want to get a better esc neway. im thinkin of going brushless but thats money i dont have lol..

[microrcdude]

put a dab of CA on each heat sink.

[bizaare69]

Microdude your from vancouver thats cool im from kelowna any tracks around there to race your sprint there aint much here no indoor track and a couple of buddies set up a hertin track in a parkin lot and thats about it. but theres a cool off road electric track close to my house. too bad i dont have a off road buggy...

http://www.speedybones.com/images/content/Content963.jpg

[balmung]

any one knows if the pro 2 turnbuckle would work on the sprint i dont like the tie rod its hard to adjust any one know long the turnbuckle should be too

[BUGDRY]

anyone know if there are good places to use touring cars in the Kitchener, Ontario area??

[slash]

Any1 from the UK know how much a rolling chassis of the sprint would cost???

[bizaare69]

Hey i took some onboard video of my sprint on slicks but i need to find somewere to host it i need help!!!!!!!!! the video i took isnt that great but ill get more...thnx

[slash]

any1 from da uk who can tell me how much a rooling chassis is??

[nick51]

I race my hpi sprint. I have GP3300 saddle packs w/ deans plugs, speed gems pro 9t cryptonite and 17t amber, p2k2, front ball diff. rear stock, novak gt7, jr xr2i radio, adjustable tie rods for camber and toe in/out. And a dodge startus body!!!!!

[BUGDRY]

Nick51, got any pics?

Also does anyone know what the extra clips and little plastic gears are for that came with the kit?