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Hi everyone!


This is my first post on this forum and my first 1/5 scale car.


I purchased a Rampage XSC short course about a month ago


and have had so much fun with it I turned around and purchased


a Rampage DuneRunner also.


The XSC ran great right from the start, strong off the line and top end.


The DuneRunner needed a bit of fooling around with to get it to run the


way the XSC ran. It was a dog off the line but really started to wind up


after about 100 feet. For me I like the snappy feel off the line.


I installed a 990 carb on it but no improvement in my opinion, and with no


choke it was a bear to start in cold weather so back went the stock


carb on it.


I finally swapped the exhaust from the XSC to the DR and holy crap it was real


snappy off the line, just the way I like.


I ended up drilling another hole in the DR exhaust stock muffler and now it runs


quit good low and high end.


So for now I am happy but with probably be looking for a tuned exhaust for


the DR.


Any Recommendations?
 
Hi everyone. I also just got a Dune Runner and it too is a dog off the line. I have a HPI Baja which is running a stock can exhaust and it is a beast off the line but the two wheel drive makes it hard to handle. Any way, I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on gearing.
 
Welcome to the Forums!

An X-CAN cures the 100' blues also. I have one on my Dune Runner, with some silicon pipe stingers to keep the exhaust off the wing and I'm happy...

Until next Christmas. I'm asking Santa for a OBR engine and a CPI pipe. And a 2 speed tranny! :)
 
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Von said:
Hi everyone. I also just got a Dune Runner and it too is a dog off the line. I have a HPI Baja which is running a stock can exhaust and it is a beast off the line but the two wheel drive makes it hard to handle. Any way, I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on gearing.
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I was thinking of gearing change on the DR until I realized it was the stock exhaust that was the bottleneck. After drilling a 1 inch hole in the stock can, which basically makes it an X-Can but not as pretty I can now spin the tires taking off on cement.

jimmy
 
Picture of my Dune RunnerFirst thing I did was move the receiver on/off switch to the side. :)

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Nice job relocating the switch that's what I am wanting to do but I got mesh on the sides of mine!!! Looks good dude
 
leenanj said:
I was thinking of gearing change on the DR until I realized it was the stock exhaust that was the bottleneck. After drilling a 1 inch hole in the stock can, which basically makes it an X-Can but not as pretty I can now spin the tires taking off on cement.jimmy
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Do you have any pics of where you drilled the hole?
 
Welcome! Look'n good...

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