str8jailbird
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OK, well it got here today and after a 12 hour marathon rebuild it's almost ready for break in. My first impressions on the truck was "HOLY CRAP THIS THING IS HUGE!". I started with the engine to install the 28.5 and realized that the Rampage and the LST2 have one big thing in common, crappy screws. I stripped one out that mounts the engine from the bottom of the chassis. I though it would be easier to install the new piston and jug not to mention the kill switch with the engine off of the truck. That idea was a no go. I even tried to easy out the stripped bolt and just said the heck with it and left the engine cover mounted and took the rest if the engine off leaving that still attached. Everything else went pretty smoothly with the exception of the rear buffer pins. Same problem, stripped bolts. So the old ones are on until I figure how to get the darn bolts out. I fabbed the receiver box to display the LED for the kill switch so I wouldn't die trying to start it thinking the switch was on when it wasn't. I also made a notch for the HPI charge plug so the lid didn't have to be removed for charging. I sealed everything that I cut with shoe goo (love that stuff). What the heck kind of oil is in the stock diffs??? That stuff looks and feels just like the case lube I use reloading rifle shells
. I took it outside to see if I had everything hooked up right on the engine (coil gap, kill s, etc.) She fired on the third pull. I couldn't really run it de to the fact it was almost 1AM (no near neighbors). So all that is left now is the break in, the paint job and fine tuning the front end for tow-in and servo settings. This thing looks like a beast. After the new pipe I think a high quality screw kit is my next purchase. All in all I can't wait to tear up the dirt with it!
. I took it outside to see if I had everything hooked up right on the engine (coil gap, kill s, etc.) She fired on the third pull. I couldn't really run it de to the fact it was almost 1AM (no near neighbors). So all that is left now is the break in, the paint job and fine tuning the front end for tow-in and servo settings. This thing looks like a beast. After the new pipe I think a high quality screw kit is my next purchase. All in all I can't wait to tear up the dirt with it!
). I can't wait to see what a difference that makes. Anyway, she runs great. Little sluggish compared to the Baja but then again it is 4 wheel drive and 10lbs heavier. I had a small crowd of spectators while I was running it at the local shopping center. This thing is built like a tank, definately the LST2 of 1/5 scale. The CVD's performed great, the brakes on it are unbelievable. I compare those as well to the LST2. As a matter of fact I had to adjust them for less braking because I nailed the brakes and the truck ended up flipping and landing on the rear end. Now I am in the "glued body" club. Shoe goo and fiberglass cloth. Oh well, it was bound to happen sooner than later. I did have one issue though that I can't seem to figure out. The truck turns more to the right than it does to the left. I checked the EPA's, trims and everything else I could think of (running it with the JRXS3). I even recentered the horn and it still seems to be more biased to the right?!?!?!? 
