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texan_idiot25
10-01-2007, 05:21 PM
Pro-Pulse, duh. Get your minds out of the gutter..

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/texanidiot25/IMG_0676.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/texanidiot25/IMG_0674.jpg

Out to prove the haters wrong, I got it. And guess what, aside from my drive shaft gears failing, NOTHING HAS BROKEN :nod: Of course I was smart (different) and got the (ugly) truck, but at the same time it covers and protects the towers, which the buggy does not, thus thats why buggies tend to bust the towers. But, I have ran it body-less enough times now I should have broken something. Ive cart wheeled it like mad, its hit a few parked cars (wet roads = fun) and have many times ramped it of various peculiar looking ghetto ramps. Along with the given "hey kids, lay under the ramp while I jump it" type stuff.

And my neighbor, being a former owner of an RC18T a few years back, was highly impressed with it. Likes it more stock than the RC18.

Anyways, mods so far are fairly minimal. Currently trying to build a super locked diff for the rear, using the RC18 diff/drive shaft gears. Running one shock and one extra dampener per side on the rear, to cope with the extra weight of the dual motors (seems to help keep it a bit more stable). And yes, the insane asylum called the dual motor kit (with integy heat syncs). If it ever gets traction off the line it wheelies like mad. Quite fun racing the kids on the street. The torque is great.

And the TowerHobbies quick charger I got, the short run times with the dual motor kit are no issue.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/texan_idiot25/IMG_4035.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/texan_idiot25/IMG_4033.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/texan_idiot25/IMG_4039.jpg

Charger
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/texan_idiot25/IMG_4038.jpg

The super diff, RC18 gears, PP diff body, gorilla glue, will it hold? :-?
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/texan_idiot25/IMG_4036.jpg


Videos of when it was stock:
Test 1
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Test 2, the brother jump! 3.5 feet of run-up to the ramp, and one 8 year old bro to jump
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=4863857
Sweed
10-01-2007, 05:26 PM
3.5 feet? That's it? My brother's stampede has taken 7 foot jumps with only the shock caps popping off (**** plastic caps!), and drove away..

Looks pretty solid, but is the diffs from the AE a direct drop in?

Texan has a small pp. lol.
texan_idiot25
10-01-2007, 05:28 PM
3 and a half feet from start to the ramp, the run up, sweed.

The gear (yellow gear in the pic) is the only part I have now, and it fits fine, a bit tight it seems, but I cant remember how it was stock. The RC18 diff body seemed to fit ok, but it didnt have all the stuff inside, and kinda melted once the glue failed. I dunno in stock configuration if the diff fits, but I think it does from reading somewhere.
Stampedekid
10-01-2007, 06:19 PM
nice, how is the dual motor? i was thinking about getting it. i run my PP really hard. just 1 Q...when the motor gets hot on mine, it stalls out and doesnt run. it never had this prob before. is it the motor? but why do you have the body past the front bumper?
texan_idiot25
10-01-2007, 06:25 PM
Me? Never, and Im a -yank the trigger, F throttle control- kind of person when accelerating... But the thing goes to hell once the battery gets low, control wise. Otherwise, it runs basically 100% until the very end.

Dual motor, is kick ***. Its gonna kill the driveshaft gears if you havent killed them yet. Torque like no tomarrow, wheelies when it has traction. Take your time getting it all together, and get the mesh between the two motors and its gold. Also, its in your best interest to get a quick charger like mine. in 20 minutes the pack is ready to go on my charger. I just had to splice the propulse connecter to the spare connector my charger came with.
Stampedekid
10-01-2007, 06:28 PM
Me? Never, and Im a -yank the trigger, F throttle control- kind of person when accelerating... But the thing goes to hell once the battery gets low, control wise. Otherwise, it runs basically 100% until the very end.

Dual motor, is kick ***. Its gonna kill the driveshaft gears if you havent killed them yet. Torque like no tomarrow, wheelies when it has traction. Take your time getting it all together, and get the mesh between the two motors and its gold. Also, its in your best interest to get a quick charger like mine. in 20 minutes the pack is ready to go on my charger. I just had to splice the propulse connecter to the spare connector my charger came with.

well the guy at my rs has a 15 minute quick charger for his PP. it works fine. will it work on the PP battery though? and why when my motor heats up, it stalls out
texan_idiot25
10-01-2007, 06:31 PM
This is a real charger/discharger, and it works with other packs. Yes it works with the PP battery, Im using it.

Dunno about your motor, mine never has had that issue, and no one else I know of. The only time mine developes issues is at the very end of the battery life
xmodificationer
10-01-2007, 07:11 PM
hey texan do you have a link to that charger? i might buy one. 10 hour charging sucks
texan_idiot25
10-01-2007, 07:15 PM
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXJC34&P=ML

Cheapest real charger they had. All you have to do is wire the plug from the propulse charger, to this one, and it has an extra adapter, so you can just cut that up. Look in my pic of the charger, you can see my home-made adapter
snowboi1289
10-01-2007, 07:22 PM
nice video,and that looks like a nice truck..
RedSXmodder
10-01-2007, 07:47 PM
Hah, texan I see your PP!



It looks great, I just cannot stand that body...

Later,
RedSXmodder
Sweed
10-01-2007, 07:59 PM
It looks great, I just cannot stand that body...

Looks like your.. Well, nvermind..

Texan, do you drive it, at all? The body is still in one piece.. :-?
snowboi1289
10-01-2007, 08:23 PM
Looks like your.. Well, nvermind..

Texan, do you drive it, at all? The body is still in one piece.. :-?

look at the video,if he never drives it then he would drive it like he was in the video..
texan_idiot25
10-01-2007, 09:12 PM
Hah, texan I see your PP!:o

I agree about the body, the front looks like a ****ed of dodge ram, basically. But its the unispired rear that really kills it.


Sweed, maybe is because I can drive it with out the body landing on the ground?:lol:


Really because those are old pics and I havent driven it until last week when I finally got around to fixing it back to running condition.
xmodificationer
10-01-2007, 09:14 PM
nice PP, im taking your idea and painting my rims black too. hope this wont void the warranty.....
texan_idiot25
10-01-2007, 09:18 PM
Sharpie, my friend, sharpie. ;)
xmodificationer
10-01-2007, 09:19 PM
paint is better:D
texan_idiot25
10-01-2007, 09:22 PM
Cant tell the difference when its going really fast :p
lilskipro587
10-01-2007, 09:28 PM
Haha Texan's PP

I couldn't resist.
Stampedekid
10-01-2007, 09:38 PM
Sharpie, my friend, sharpie. ;)

w00t! im gonna sharpie my rims too
xmodificationer
10-01-2007, 09:39 PM
ehh sharpie....heres my painted ones i just did http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w285/carcrazycorey/Picture103-1.jpg
Stampedekid
10-01-2007, 09:41 PM
ehh sharpie....heres my painted ones i just did http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w285/carcrazycorey/Picture103-1.jpg

nice job!
xmodificationer
10-01-2007, 09:42 PM
thanks, i got 2 done already, just got 2 more to go. and they are very shiny!!!!:nod:
Stampedekid
10-01-2007, 09:59 PM
im a copy cat. i dont know how i managed to use it without it looking like this btw, its all black, the flash makes it look like it has other shades including white
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/xmodracer1/propulseblackedoutwheels.jpg
texan_idiot25
10-01-2007, 10:11 PM
OK, enough on yalls rims, make your threads ;)

lilskipro, stop talking about my PP, just because its got double the power of your normal PP.