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07-13-2010, 06:17 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto
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|  Nitro King happy fun times
I bought 2 of these as they were next to nothing cost-wise. They're almost exact to the wheely king except they're nitro powered. I am going to make an attempt at crawling with this beastie. I've already placed orders for some linkage and rear axle straights etc. Does anyone here know who still makes steel tranny gears? One of the vendors here has alloy which I'm going to grab but still I want steel. Pics to follow.... |
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07-14-2010, 07:13 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa
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I can't wait to see this I have wanted to turn one into a crawler sense I first saw one good luck!  . Who make the alloy gears I need some?
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07-15-2010, 07:44 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto
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a couple pics, 1st add on is a set of alloy ax10 shocks, I'm awaiting products in the mail....   the alloy gears are here... http://www.ckrccrawlers.com/wk-alumi...ars-p-922.html |
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07-16-2010, 12:05 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: norfolk
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Man I have been wanting one of those, Did it set up and run easy. I have never messed with Nitro before, but this thing looks fun. You got any Vids??
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07-16-2010, 12:07 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: norfolk
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I thought the front tires were plastic??
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07-16-2010, 12:25 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto
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front tires out of the box are half'n'halfs I bought 2 kits. nitro is really easy once you do it a bunch at 1st it's got a bit of a learning curve. I have 11 Nitros now and I love them. This kit came with a drill starter which is nice, I hate pull starts and monster trucks don't work with bump boxes as the flywheel is usually inside a frame instead of peeking thru a chassis. I've just finished break in on the engine and really need to tune it but even at factory it pulls the front end up. I'm going to find a smaller clutch bell(pinion) and see if there's any pipes out there for low end I'm going to seriously try crawling with it so....... more pics real soon |
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07-16-2010, 12:28 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: norfolk
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How cheap did you get it??
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07-16-2010, 03:37 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto
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I got them for 119 each plus tax
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07-16-2010, 04:34 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: boise
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new?
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07-16-2010, 06:07 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto
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yeah they were discontinued, not popular enough I guess. alot of places were clearing them out, a couple guys on another forum I'm on got them for 99 parts are no issue and .15 size engines are easily obtained.... |
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07-16-2010, 06:11 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Thomasville, NC
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| I see you dont have them on no more, But whats up with the stock front tires ?? |
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07-16-2010, 07:31 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Where the foams are always wet
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So what are you going to do about the no reverse dilemma? TOM |
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07-16-2010, 07:35 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto
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well as far as reverse goes I'm going to see if I can make it crawl forward at 1st. once that is achieved I can use an extra tranny I have from a savage with a reverse gear and see how that goes I also have a spare Tmaxx tranny with a reverse gear but I can't see how I'd make that fit at all |
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07-17-2010, 09:39 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: mahwah NJ
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care to share where you got them?.. and where the other guys got them for 99
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07-17-2010, 10:55 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pontoon Beach
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I got 2 of them locally for $119,they only had 3 I didnt want to be too stingy |
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07-18-2010, 04:08 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Houston
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Man it's weird how the nitro monster was supposed to be a big hit. There was a lot of hype I was reading about both in magazines and online...wonder why there was no huge demand. Pricing was a bit steep at first for just a .15 motor though...but then HPI dumped it so fast it was ridiculous! I thought the idea was pretty cool having a scale sized monster truck instead of your typical off scale Traxxas monster machine...I just didn't like the front tires on it. What was the deal with that it looked like it came off some Power Wheels tread design lol. |
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07-18-2010, 12:48 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: norfolk
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I believe the hard plastic on the tires was supposed to allow it to turn better  |
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09-29-2010, 07:19 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: hamilton on cananda
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i got one last week the front tires suck don't turn at speed at all i changed them to the ax10 tires and added lights also had to change the clutch bearings from needle bearings (wtf) to ball bearings a bought 3/4 threw first tank  |
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09-29-2010, 08:49 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Peoria,AZ
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i think the gears are different theb the wheely king. by looking at the manual's exploded view
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09-30-2010, 02:46 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ireland
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I bought two at that bargain rate as well and have since been trying to sell them on and make a few bob profit but no luck yet. As soon as anything is discontinued people don't want to touch it with a 6 foot pole.
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