Hot Bodies Tornado RTR Nitro Touring Car

[StevePond]

Features:
2-speed; tuned-pipe; ball bearings, painted body, trimmed and mounted, assembled chassis w/radio, mounted & glued tires, fuel bottle, glow starter, AA batteries, plug wrench, racing-style suspension
Item# HB55100

[Saboteur]

Hmm....the cars setup looks very much like my neo tnt, except it doesnt come with the graphite upper deck, shock towers, centax clutch.

[dthomas07]

Has anyone got a good look at this car or seen it run? Have there been any reviews of it yet? I am interested to see how this car would be as a fun bashing car. :)

[Saboteur]

Im guessing the car will be great as the items you get in the package are really awesome. It looks like a great car to buy and maybe some neo tnt parts will fit.:)

[aspiringrcracer710]

Any word on a release date or something?

[atm92484_3]

They're out right now and go for between $280 and $300 RTR. I've seen one run and they are actually pretty fast.

[Saboteur]

BTW, all the pics are here. :)

http://www.dsi-int.com/tornado.htm

To bad they got rid of the pics of the Neo cars. :(

[Akina'sMtx-2]

Here is a pic..

http://www.teamakina.com/images/previews/chassis

[fezzy]

My LHS got one of these in last Friday when I was there, We both had a little look at it and we where both VERY impressed. It has alot of nice features for a RTR, 2-Speed, Pivot Ball Suspension, Belt Tensioner, Lightnened 3mm Chassis, Aluminium Upper Deck etc etc. The aluminium was really nicely milled and was very smooth at the edges, The plastics where also of a firm but flexible material and looked to have been molded very nicely. Fit and finish was fantastic on it and when he told me how cheap they where I could NOT believe him, They are an ABSOLUTE BARGAIN.

[Akina'sMtx-2]

Yep, I was surprise of the price and what it came with. I did a small review on it, it's not too great, but it give you a idea...

http://www.rc-x.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4232

[AENitro!]

Radio Control Nitro did a review of it in there April 2003 mag.

[dthomas07]

What did RC Nitro say about the car? Just an overview. :)

[sean68]

Ultimate Hobbies has the rtr for 209.95...WOW! i might have to pick one up at that price!

[puribong]

damn... that's really cheap...

[home-boy-162001]

Is there a website where they reviewed this car
ot are there any videos of this car in action

[mugenseike]

i'm afraid not, there are no review's only in nitro's april issue, by the way i'm getting this car tomorrow i'll see how it goes and if it's worth it, first thing i'll change are the spring's then the lock nut's and on... also the engine will be modded and i'll tell everyone how it work's out, i'm getting it for 299 with everything except fuel, 30 buck's and that's it and some additional cost getting the spring's, lock nut's, etc. :D
Dave

[puribong]

good luck with your car and let us know how it goes...

[faceman2k]

I just got one and can't wait to run it! I just need to do a little fine tuning on the suspension and swap out the radio and i'll be ready to go!

[Nitro~Freek!!!]

Any 1 still running there tornado:confused:

I just wanted to know if theres anyway you can get it up for the competition, as in hitting speeds in the 40-50mph range?

Any feedback appreciated,
thnx,

Nitro~Freek

[Nitro~Freek!!!]

No one running a tornado anymore??:(

[Nitro~Freek!!!]

oops my bad

[2K-SDIME]

i'm still runnin one. well, until the snow and cold came anyways.

[2 speed nitro]

where can i get this car from for the cheapest price?.....also what option parts are available for it? thanx

[nuespeed]

Bump from the dead..

Well is it still a good car I have 250 to spend it seems ok

[cbr74]

Tornado (http://www.carttonic.com/catalog/index.php?file=catalog&action=catalog_productinfo&uid=466&pi_id=23375&clist=0)

$229.99

;)

[nuespeed]

Any opinions on em?

[Toyotatogo]

do hpi transmisson gears fit (spurs, pinions) ?

[nuespeed]

RS42 or CEN racing.. Cen is the best bet

[faceman75]

Ultimate hobbies! $210

[X-MAXX]

this is the only hotbodies forum i have found here, i have a quetion about the hot bodies lightning street 1/7th scale on road car, does anyone know how fast it will go? will it keep up with a nitro 4tec 2.5 or 3.3 or tmaxx, if not for sure of speed can u compair it to another rc car emaxx, tc4 ect. thanks