Is this a HPI or Rovan baja?
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Looks like an HPI to me.
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Thanks a lot! I just bought it and am really impressed with its weight and dimensions, just like when I picked up the FG
It all looked so much smaller on the vids lol. I'll attach some pics once I get home
guy told me he removed the body as the new pipe wouldn't fit. It's got the original 23cc engine, maybe I will put in the extra 26cc engine I got. Finally got my hands on a baja
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It is still a great start to learn with an there is plenty of upgrades out there for it!..
Congrats on your new baja! Did you clean it up and get it running?
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Sadly not yet, it was 3rd in the row for getting repaired: my working bench was full of parts of other 1/10th nitros. One of them I did fix recently, the other one is waiting for parts I ordered. Now I've put it aside and finally got room for the baja.
But the clutch is binding with the crankshaft now, so when I turn the car, it turns the engine. I want to disassemble enough to get to the clutch but the screws are way too tight. I made it very hot, used wd40, and after bending my hex driver more than 90° I think I'll leave it to the HS
The front tires say Rovan, but the air filter and gear cover say HPI lol. Love the interchangeability I ordered a killswitch already and tested it with the new receiver, and everything works great, also the stock servos. I cleaned the car enough to remove all that grass and most of the dust by removing the fuel tank and electronics box.
But the clutch is binding with the crankshaft now, so when I turn the car, it turns the engine. I want to disassemble enough to get to the clutch but the screws are way too tight. I made it very hot, used wd40, and after bending my hex driver more than 90° I think I'll leave it to the HS
The front tires say Rovan, but the air filter and gear cover say HPI lol. Love the interchangeability
I ordered a killswitch already and tested it with the new receiver, and everything works great, also the stock servos. I cleaned the car enough to remove all that grass and most of the dust by removing the fuel tank and electronics box.Well that needs a trip to the ultrasonic cleaner.
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Did a whole lot of 1:10 nitro projects but finally back at it
Big thanks to the LHS which helped me a lot today by removing all the screws from the purple plate around the clutch housing. All of them were absolutely suffocated in loctite and needed a lot of heat, one of them had to be drilled out with a reverse thread bit.
They didn't want to mess with the screw which holds the clutchbell and gear though, so I'll try that on my own and if I can't do it I'll have to go to the local garage once again. Went there with my FG once and they're really friendly as well
Big thanks to the LHS which helped me a lot today by removing all the screws from the purple plate around the clutch housing. All of them were absolutely suffocated in loctite and needed a lot of heat, one of them had to be drilled out with a reverse thread bit.
They didn't want to mess with the screw which holds the clutchbell and gear though, so I'll try that on my own and if I can't do it I'll have to go to the local garage once again. Went there with my FG once and they're really friendly as well
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