Fire! Fire! Fire!!!!

[BULLDOG1027]

LOL, Ive had a ball today with my MT. I purchase this truck a couple of weeks ago new and took it completley apart because I cant keep anything stock, built the stock engine up, removed all the blue off the alum. I also upgraded the servors and radio. chromed the engine and put a bright red paint job on the body. So I finally got to run and break the engine in today. Once I got it fine tuned, I was smiling like a young boy in a strip club on his 21st birthday ( man its fast). I was making large rounds in a local school parking lot when I noticed smoke coming from the mid section of the body but didnt stop thinking it was the new burning off. No it was the brakes and I mean they caught fire but didnt cause no major damage. Just wanted to share this with everyone because it was pretty cool. Ive always had nitro's and never seen this. I must of installed the brakes wrong or something.

 

[mark '87 930]

got any pictures? Were they dragging?

 

[BULLDOG1027]

No pics, they had to be dragging but you couldnt any power decrease. Im getting them fixed as soon as possible. Im really loving this truck. Just wondering if theres a upgrade brake set up available

 

[PISTOL PETE]

i don't know of any upgrades but the stock ones will flip your truck on its roof if they are set up right with a good strong servo

 

[Obeast44]

Amen to that! The Rampage brakes are the $h!t unlike my other brand of buggy even with a 5755 on T/B

 

[DemonRC1]

Yup they must have been dragging. I've smoked a set of discs just like you did because when I put my throttle horn back on it was one spline off.


Also, like the other guys say, you don't need an upgrade because the stock brakes are plenty strong.

 

[Obeast44]

Yup they must have been dragging. I've smoked a set of discs just like you did because when I put my throttle horn back on it was one spline off.

I think I might still have those discs in my used parts container


They were torched! haha

 

[BULLDOG1027]

Thanks for the info guys