Posted on December 25th, 2009 by Jeff Hoy
Christmas has come and gone. The presents have been unwrapped with joyous glee. If you’re one of the lucky ones, then hopefully you unwrapped a nice, new radio controlled car or truck. Here’s some of my older articles about how to upgrade and hop-up your new R/C car. Did you get a Losi Highroller for Christmas? Then you might [...]
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Posted on August 15th, 2009 by Jeff Hoy
I just noticed that Losi has released a ball differential for the Highroller. If you’ve read some of my previous articles about my Highroller you’ll know that the stock gear differential is probably the biggest issue with the truck. So if you have a Highroller then get over to your local hobby shop and buy [...]
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Posted on March 16th, 2009 by Jeff Hoy
I’ve dumped the weak-sauce motor that comes with the Highroller. That motor is seriously underpowered for a 12-turn. So I dropped in a Team Orion Formula Pro BB 10-turn double modified and stepped up to a 15 tooth pinion gear from the stock 12 tooth. With the much more powerful motor, even geared more aggressively, [...]
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Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by Jeff Hoy
So you got a Tamiya Baja King for Christmas or you just bought one for yourself. Congratulations, it’s a great car. Welcome to the Baja King Owner’s Club. You may have assembled it already or you could be waiting until you have a little more free time. But if you’re anything like me you’re spending [...]
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Posted on November 11th, 2008 by Jeff Hoy
I spent some time today looking at my Baja King and trying to find ways to improve it. I’m not at all dissatisfied with it’s performance right now, it’s fast, somewhat agile, and a blast to drive. But I wanted more. But other than putting in a faster motor what else could I do to [...]
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Posted on November 21st, 2006 by Jeff Hoy
I’ve been playing with my Tamiya Baja King for a little over a year now (read my old review here). It’s been in a mildly modified form since the very beginning with things such as ball bearings and light weight, carbon fiber parts. I’ve decided that it’s been long over due for some massive upgrades. [...]
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