FormulaOfSpeed

Even on a track i think it could hold its own. The kyosho vid has Cody King driving it on a track, and its looks great

IROC-AR15

iTrader: (29)

Yeah, just need something to run around the house since people keep telling me I can't bash my Mugens if I plan on racing them. For the price for a 2.4ghz radio, .25 motor, and everything built I think its a good price. And did you read the engine features Kyosho's unique Zero-Loss pullstarter, so once the engine is started, there are no parts of the pullstarter left engaged with the engine, so there's no loss of performance. I'm sure it won't be near my .23 alpha but I'll bet it'll keep up with the way my truggy currently runs with its Losi 427 w/backplate installed.

rcsant24

My wife got this for me for Christmas cuz I wanted to get started again in RC trucks. I got it from Amain for 390 with free shipping. I used a coupon to get it down to that price. I took it to the track the first time last Friday and was very happy with it. Once you get it I would check all the bolts and screws as I had an incident with it while breaking the engine in. The left wheel nut came off due to vibration and the left wheel rolled off. Good thing I wasnt going really fast on it or else it would have been very bad. Over all its a good truggy and I like it. This probably dont say much since this is my first one and by all means have no experience with other truggys. Take it for what its worth but the truck has been performing well for me. I had alot of looks and some kids came by at my pit while I was tuning it and asked if it was the new truggy they saw in the rcdriver magazine. All of the guys at the track I went to were very helpful and showed me a few things about this truck and what I need to tune it. The truck comes with alot of toe and camber needs to be fine tuned. Overall a great truck for the time I've had it.

IROC-AR15

iTrader: (29)

Thanking for sharing your experience with it. Though it's my 4th or 5th truggy I feel it will serve me just well. I already have two Mugens that I'll be racing and I just want the Kyosho cause its RTR inexpensive and will allow me the chance to bash around my house so that I don't wear out my race truggies since they have all new running gear specifically for racing this season. How was the power on it? Have you ever had a non ps motor b4? I ask this cause I read on Kyosho that after the engine is started there are no moving parts that connects the pullstart to the crankshaft which should let the motor rev up quicker. Can you post some pics for me and possible give me that code if it's still active?

rcsant24

I think its great for bashing around and bringing it to a parking lot and letting it rip. Atleast thats what I did when I first got it... Power on it based on my own experience was pretty good. I was running it too rich at first due to the cold weather here in IL and I was trying to get the temps up to get it broken in. I wasnt really feeling the power of the motor or the speed of the car then but when I brought it to the track the guys there helped me and my friend tune the engine out. After that the car just flew and it had pretty good power on it. I've never had a non ps motor... by that do you mean non pull start? If that is it then my buddy has a buggy that is non ps and I find it that he revs the motor more when he starts it. Based on my experience and what I feel when starting it, it does rev up quicker and I dont have to pull the trigger as much than my buddy's non ps. Here's the new codes for this year

Code: CALPJAN1225

I will try to take some pictures when I get home.

pcfriend

iTrader: (6)

I have it and my son races it, we do not bash with it, it is a very good entry race truggy, as a matter of fact one won the main this past saturday, beating losi's, mugens etc. once the motor is tuned it runs well, I changed the pipe to increase mid to top as our track has a big straight. Overall I think it is a good vehicle, I run Mugen 6t and my lap times were just about identical when I rant the Kyosho.

pcfriend

iTrader: (6)

I forgot to mention this, you must go through the entire vehicle and tighten and thread lock where you can, if you dont, you will break something that is a guarantee, the bolts are not locked down good at all.

pcfriend

iTrader: (6)

My Mugen can go up for sale any time, Im picking up a Losi on Thursday and is going to stick with Losi from now on, my other three cars are Losi.

IROC-AR15

iTrader: (29)

Cool, thanks for the replies. I'm not looking to race it only bash and possible practice laps when I'm not running my Mugens. From what I'm hearing (pun) it sounds like this truggy will serve my needs just fine!
And yes buddy, non ps is a non pull start/backplate motor. Kyosho claims to have devised a starting system that once the motor is running no internal parts connect the ps to the crankshaft thus giving you a backplate type effect which should help the motor rev up quicker and reach higher rpms!
I def plan on getting this for my birthday in April!

IROC-AR15

iTrader: (29)

I would say sell it to me but since I run a 5T parts wouldn't be interchangeable anyway so I'm stick to grabbing this Kyosho. I like the fact it comes with everything I need for a good price!

pitpop

I agree with the other posts.. you really need to remove everything that screws into metal, and lock tight it. I would also take the clutch off and tighten down the clutch nut. Mine came loose. don't put loctite on it tho!

IROC-AR15

iTrader: (29)

It's alway a good idea to put lock tight on it a new vehicle no matter what level! And never lock tight the clutch bell that would be awful

rcsant24

The only thing I kinda find odd with this truggy is that I've searched all over the internet for reviews or experiences from guys that have used it and I have not found alot. There's not alot of info on this truggy... probably cuz its too new I guess? I hope at some point, if we get more guys to start using this truggy that maybe we can start its own thread to keep up with user experiences or just some news.

I have the pictures IROC but have not uploaded them here. I will try to post them here when I get home.

IROC-AR15

iTrader: (29)

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bpd964

Just ordered this truck. I'm waiting for it to show up. I just wanted a decent vehicle to bash around.

I'll post here as well when it shows up.