fg monster beetle upgrades

[Garethw1986]

hi ive just got a tatty looking beetle cheap and its a good car, just needs a clean,few dog bones and a new shell, whats the best upgrades for these ? are alloy arms and hubs ect essential ? will i need a wheelie bar? cheers:

 

[dwarfy]

hi ive just got a tatty looking beetle cheap and its a good car, just needs a clean,few dog bones and a new shell, whats the best upgrades for these ? are alloy arms and hubs ect essential ? will i need a wheelie bar? cheers:

Get some pics up! Ally arms & hubs are not essential as the FG plastics are very hard wearing provided you carry out routine maintenance after each run & make sure everything is tight. It wont need a wheelie bar unless its up on its back wheels every 2 mins. If it is you may want to up the gearing to keep the front end down rather than adding the bar.

Not sure what you have fitted but a few upgrades that will help to start with are:
Remote kill switch such as Killer Bee
Decent air filter (std FG or HPI are prob best)
Decent servos esp throttle / brake
Layshaft tuning brake & front cables or hydros
Tuned pipe
Ally radio tray or extra post mod to plastic tray will stop flex under braking
Ally shocks

 

[Garethw1986]

Thanks for reply I'll get some pics up soon, what gears should it run with monster wheels? It's running 16, 48 gears at the min cheers

 

[atom3624]

Get some pics up! Ally arms & hubs are not essential as the FG plastics are very hard wearing provided you carry out routine maintenance after each run & make sure everything is tight. It wont need a wheelie bar unless its up on its back wheels every 2 mins. If it is you may want to up the gearing to keep the front end down rather than adding the bar.

Not sure what you have fitted but a few upgrades that will help to start with are:
Remote kill switch such as Killer Bee
Decent air filter (std FG or HPI are prob best)
Decent servos esp throttle / brake
Layshaft tuning brake & front cables or hydros
Tuned pipe
Ally radio tray or extra post mod to plastic tray will stop flex under braking
Ally shocks

+1 on all of that.
I would consider the alloy diff mount - many mention the plastic mounts can flex, permitting poor meshing of the spur/pinion, resulting in replacements required quite quickly.
My MT's a tad OTT, but does get bashed and rolled - not too much, and comes back for more without problems.
Al.

 

[dwarfy]

Thanks for reply I'll get some pics up soon, what gears should it run with monster wheels? It's running 16, 48 gears at the min cheers

16/48 is stock gearing but you can up that to 18/46 with stock engine & pipe without losing too much acceleration. A tuned pipe will wake it up big time & you could even go to 20/44 with a decent pipe.

 

[hyper 78]

going upto 18/46 with stock pipe and engine with monster wheels does effect bottom end .