Looking into 4wd MCD

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All the Fg's use a belt. The belts are a grooved belt design. The belt design allows the most consistent grip in all conditions. It was thought before the release there would be slipping issues but we have not heard any of the Fg owners having any issues.
THe more I think of why they may have not gone the shaft design way is to reduce gear failures found in the 4x4's we all know.
 
Which gears are prone to failure
the most. Internal dif gears,pininon
spur?

Also will a TS Reed case fit in a
MCD Baja 1000... have heard the
gas tank needs to be moved back.
This will throw a huge monkey
wrench in this project if that is true.
 
i run steel gears so at this point i have had no gear problems. i have however installed aluminum diff cases in the rear. one of my plastic ones wore down and was left wobly. get alloy gear carrier. none of my gears have gone out yet on any of my FG. but then again the most power that i have had in them is the o brothers full mod 27.2. so i don't know what size motor will do a number on the diff gears.
 
I am hoping to do a TS reed case
with a CY four bolt. I think it already
has a Alloy Gear carrier..I have plans for
to use a plastic gear somewhere to have
weak point..they are not to expensive
and may save me some cash in long run.
 
Every brand has it's haters and lovers. I don't think you will ever find one car that doesent come with all the stuff I'm reading above. Don't let it influence your decision. I personaly went out last year and bought an FG Baja 4wd and sold it 4 mounths later because I could'nt stand the dam thing (They break just as much as any other car) I now own an MCD RR and will never look back. I raced it at the last Hostile Bajafest all weekend full tilt and did not break a thing!!! I have now had it for almost half a year and still have not replaced a single thing. They also jump just fine, you just need to know how to aproach the jump and then controle it in the air. and if you really look into it the replacement arm parts and diff parts are no more expensive that hpi parts of FG. In fact I found the FG stuff to be really $$$.

For me I chose performance on a track and in my opinion the MCD handles it's own better than the FG's (I had the Baja and the Marder) and no Hpi can keep up to it when there are corners involved. They can only pass on the straight's and then lose as soon as they hit the next turn.
 
I am so gladd to have got the chance
to get an MCD B1000 for a great deal
Once I get it here I will get some pics
up.

I have a 5B, and have owned a clone or two.
My friend has a Fg Baja and my 5b kills it.
That is what really pushed me to the MCD.
Plus some of the great aftermarket goodies
for the MCD...from great companies.
 
I payed £899 for an MCD RR, it snapped axles every time out only running on flat grass area! every run some thing would break, I was told to hop up every thing, so £600 later and it still only lasted 10 minutes before a breakage, I sold it for £600 on eBay, MCD owe me £889.

MCD's are crap, go buy the Nutech Thunderbolt II, half the cost and it takes a beating all day with no problems.
 
I have had a thunder bolt for a few days. They are not as expensive
as MCD. I still busted it up pretty good and getting parts was nightmare.
Needless to say I sold it... it did convince me that I did need a 4wd
LSRC for sure.

All the LSRC even the good ones have flaws. Thats why we buy upgrades!

Thanks for the info!!! Cabbie
 
cabbie said:
I payed £899 for an MCD RR, it snapped axles every time out only running on flat grass area! every run some thing would break, I was told to hop up every thing, so £600 later and it still only lasted 10 minutes before a breakage, I sold it for £600 on eBay, MCD owe me £889.

MCD's are crap, go buy the Nutech Thunderbolt II, half the cost and it takes a beating all day with no problems.
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Sounds like you got a lemon:clown:

I would see it as impossible to snap an axle on flat grass with any car let alone having one snap every time out. Could it be that semething wasn't set up right?:nono:
 
malta rc said:
Sounds like you got a lemon:clown:

I would see it as impossible to snap an axle on flat grass with any car let alone having one snap every time out. Could it be that semething wasn't set up right?:nono:
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It was put together at the MCD factory!

Here's some of the damaged items, all this happened on flat short grass! several guys I know at the track had the same problems with their MCD's too

Snapped axles
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Shock forks ripping out the lower arms
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Turnbuckles ripping out the top arms
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Diffs self destructing
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And here's a vid from our track showing an MCD RR loosing a wheel (2.00 minutes in) due to a snapped axle!
 
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Not to sound like a jerk. You still had the the plastic
suspension arms.. so I am sure that had something to with it.
Plastic is not all that tough. It looks like a sport not an
Ultimate. I to got the sport so I can upgrade to the
ultimate suspension parts and what not.
 
gottaclone said:
Not to sound like a jerk. You still had the the plastic
suspension arms.. so I am sure that had something to with it.
Plastic is not all that tough. It looks like a sport not an
Ultimate. I to got the sport so I can upgrade to the
ultimate suspension parts and what not.
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So why do MCD sell the race runner with plastic arms if they are shyte!

Yep you sound like a jerk, or as we say in the UK, a wanker.
 
To give guys a chance to get one cheaper then the Ultimate
for 1 and plastic is not bad just may be to weak for 2.

I have purchased a sport:celebrate: recentally if you read the thread, so
I am not bashing the sport. I would rather chose what alloy
I want.

And not near what a wanker would have said. Maybe to easily
offended...or Americans are to course LOL
 
well.....all this talk about MCD's falling apart made me want to get out. I just got back from beating the living piss out of my RR and an odd thing happened.... Nothing broke:D

just teasing. Take it easy guys...

Cabbie, you obviosly had a bit of bad luck with your MCD but I think it's no reason to bash them as hard as you are. I can put lots of pics of broken parts from my Hpi or my 2 Fg's that I had. They all break from time to time:crying:

In reality, the RR's have been available for some time now and have sold many units. If they are as bad as you are making them out to be MCD would have been out of buisness many years ago. The problems you listed all hapened to my FG's but I won't turn into an FG basher! I just say that they wern't for me and leave it at that. Now that I think about it, I realy miss my Marder!!!:crying:
 
+10 on that note

May have Threshold Compesation chambers for MCD soon.
I was on the phone with him and he seemed interested in
getting me a pair.... maybe he will produce some more for
the public:rock-on:.

I love the set I have now on my Baja so to add them to my
MCD will be great.
 
Threshold ressies for MCD??? That would be sick. I also love the set I have on my Baja. In fact, I was one of the first guys to get a set when he introduced them at the first Bajafest. JR is a good guy and makes some quality parts.
 
bajaraji said:
Well sperera, there are many good points that i failed to mention in my post. I'm quite sure that a lot of guys on here have enjoyed many hours of fun with their RR or 1000 and so on. All cars are gonna have their weak points, and their easy break points. Just that my personal experience was'nt a good one. I think if you go all alloy $$$$$$$$$$$$ yur chances of walkin away from flips and jumps unscaved will be greatly increased. The weight of that car and the arms just don't go together especially with the cart wheel flips that they are famouse for. hpis are like rectangular and mcds are like squares and so my simple lil flips turned into cart wheels. cart wheels turned into broken arm parts.
solid drive trane, solid chassis, solid diff and a couple of other things that escapes my mind right now.
My honest thoughts are that most guys here have put so much money into that emperors new suit of a car that they hate to exprees their buyers remorse. several of the major suppliers that we all buy parts from here on this forum will express to u later what i'm tellin you now. But only after u personally develop a good phone relationship with them.
If u do enjoy running on flatlands, truely enjoy not jumping and truely enjoy buying expensive parts then get it. i don't mind selling you mine. pm me.
I'm on my 3rd fg baja 4wd. They're not indistructable but it's damn sure not my MCD headaches.
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thanks for your honesty, much apprecitated. Ive decided to stay away from MCD for the time being and get either the TBII or the FG Baja 4WD.
 
I lost the internals or was the victim of sabotage from my
other half. JR and I chatted on the phone he is sending the
internals to me.
We got on the subject of me getting a MCD. He said at some point
someone was going to send him a MCD to use for mock up. They never came
through.
I am going to send him mine instead. They will be awesome on an MCD. That
and a guy here is going to help me with CF plates for a single steering servo.
This is going to be a great build. I hope to get Brice from BSW to do some
brake parts to use with Oddiefied brake pads and brakes.
TMR will most likely get to use the F-270 CY four bolt with a TS Reed Case
and a bigger carb and a PRO PIPE to boot.
 
hey sperea spoke to scott today at large scale rc. He said they have a v4 sample in and they just love the car. from what ia am hearing, rumor is MCD has given the v4 their best shot at making a bashable buggy that will go toe to toe with the 5b price wise and bashing wise. I must say the car looks bad ass and is cuzing me to consider mcd once again. have'nt seen a good clear picture of the supension upper and lower arms yet. but it appears that the v4 arms aren't made up of 10 different pieces. 900 bucks is not so bad for the sopposedly tuffer new comer.
 
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