Crucial HPI Baja

[mark35]

Nice shakedown Lance, sounds like it had ran out of fuel by the end of the run ???

 

[crucialRC]

Nice shakedown Lance, sounds like it had ran out of fuel by the end of the run ???

Thanks Mark. Yup she was bone dry.

 

[crucialRC]

Went to take the baja with me to the drag races and it was missing 8 bolts throughout? I'm gonna have to remove the engine to reinstall the rear to front chassis bolts. 3 gone and 1 loose. 2 of the engine bolts was gone and the other 3 were loose. Only a 5min run and everything was loose?

 

[John Parks]

One thing that's a huge pain with bigbores. Make sure the threads are super clean though and the threads they are going into and it will help a bit. You will still likely lose some but should help you not lose that many.

 

[crucialRC]

Yeah I always clean my bolts but haven't cleaned the threads that the bolts thread into. I think the main reason the chassis came apart was because the screws werent all the way into the nylon portion of the nut. I just rec'd an order from Amazon of some longer screws so on to wrenching!

 

[crucialRC]

Update on this one. She's an animal Might be a bit much for a baja honestly. Thinking of ripping the rear end off and turning it into a RCK-5 hybrid

 

[crucialRC]

Update here. Engine and baja split and sold. Baja on the way to and engine sold to my buddy.