HPI RS4 Sport 3
#436
Tech Rookie
I sold back to my hobby store. They sell slot of used vehicles. I got $150. In sure I could have gotten more on eBay. But it was just taking up room.
Nothing wrong. Front cvds replaced, 2 bodies. Was actually driving better. But I've got too many 1/10 touring cars. Hobby store gets a deal, money went as payment for something bigger.
Overall was disappointed in car. Did 44 runs with it. While I don't race I drive on road more then off. And this is now the 4 Hpi road car I've tried and sold. To me just didn't drive as well as my other cars.
Nothing wrong. Front cvds replaced, 2 bodies. Was actually driving better. But I've got too many 1/10 touring cars. Hobby store gets a deal, money went as payment for something bigger.
Overall was disappointed in car. Did 44 runs with it. While I don't race I drive on road more then off. And this is now the 4 Hpi road car I've tried and sold. To me just didn't drive as well as my other cars.
what would you recommend instead of the Sport 3 (cost wise) for someone wanting to do a bit of racing?
Thanks
#437
Tech Regular
Hi guys,
I'm new to RC (though being 35 I owed a couple of Tamiya kit RC's back in the late 80s and early 90s).
I'm thinking about buying a low cost electric Touring car so I can start racing at my local club. The HPI RS4 Sport Flux looks great but it looks like theres issues with the dog-bones??
Would the Sprint 2 Flux be up to the job of competing with "13.5T brushless blinky" Touring car class, or would I be taking a knife to a gun fight?
OR have the RS4 Sport Flux issues been sorted by HPI now and new stock is without the dog-bone issue?
Thanks in advance
Alex
I'm new to RC (though being 35 I owed a couple of Tamiya kit RC's back in the late 80s and early 90s).
I'm thinking about buying a low cost electric Touring car so I can start racing at my local club. The HPI RS4 Sport Flux looks great but it looks like theres issues with the dog-bones??
Would the Sprint 2 Flux be up to the job of competing with "13.5T brushless blinky" Touring car class, or would I be taking a knife to a gun fight?
OR have the RS4 Sport Flux issues been sorted by HPI now and new stock is without the dog-bone issue?
Thanks in advance
Alex
The Sprint 2 chassis is a very old and dated chassis. It's not great for TC competition, and never was out of the box, even when new. However, with some tweaks and upgrades (mostly to the steering and suspension) it can still compete. Although HPI has discontinued virtually all option parts for the Sprint 2 chassis, every upgrade you could want or need is available from Exotek or Yeah Racing.
Honestly, if you're looking to consistently win in TC meets, I'd go with something like Tamiya or Associated.
Just my 2 cents.
#438
Tech Rookie
I'm not exactly sure what rules and restrictions there are concerning your competition class (I'm not a TC racer), but replacing the dogbones with CVD's is a must to 100% guarantee the issue is resolved. The only other solutions are to go with a slightly longer dogbone or add o-rings or springs to the diff cup to take out the slop, but CVD's are much better. I honestly don't understand why anyone would use dogbones when CVD's are available unless they had to. To my understanding, HPI now provides a slightly longer dogbone for the fronts of the RS4 Sport 3, but I don't think it's a solid solution as CVD's are still superior. You would also need to swap out the non-adjustable links for adjustable turnbuckles. The fact HPI released the RS4 Sport 3 in 2015 with non-adjustable is mind boggling. It had to be purely a cost decision, but even the base model Sprint chassis had adjustable out of the box.
The Sprint 2 chassis is a very old and dated chassis. It's not great for TC competition, and never was out of the box, even when new. However, with some tweaks and upgrades (mostly to the steering and suspension) it can still compete. Although HPI has discontinued virtually all option parts for the Sprint 2 chassis, every upgrade you could want or need is available from Exotek or Yeah Racing.
Honestly, if you're looking to consistently win in TC meets, I'd go with something like Tamiya or Associated.
Just my 2 cents.
The Sprint 2 chassis is a very old and dated chassis. It's not great for TC competition, and never was out of the box, even when new. However, with some tweaks and upgrades (mostly to the steering and suspension) it can still compete. Although HPI has discontinued virtually all option parts for the Sprint 2 chassis, every upgrade you could want or need is available from Exotek or Yeah Racing.
Honestly, if you're looking to consistently win in TC meets, I'd go with something like Tamiya or Associated.
Just my 2 cents.
I'm certainly not looking to consistently win anything, just keep up!
#439
Personally, I would look into something different for 13.5T touring car racing than either the sport or the sprint. Something like a Sakura XI Sport or the Sakura Zero S (now available as Turnigy TD 10 from Hobbyking) or see if you can get a good deal on a Durango DETC410 or something like that. IMHO you'll have more fun in racing one of these in the long term.
#440
Tech Initiate
Anyone know where to find a spur gear for this car? HPI just sent me a motor mount set because the gear keeps slipping and now the hex nut is nearly stripped from trying to adjust it. They are back ordered on spur gears so they can't even send me one. No matter what I do it always slips unless I move the spur gear really close and tighten it down which in that case it's too close and sounds terrible like it's grinding and really stressing the motor. So it's either slipping or grinding and I'm hoping installing a new spur gear and motor mount with some lock tight will solve this issue. I can post pictures if it would help. I'd really appreciate any help troubleshooting this thing.
So far this car has been nothing but trouble. I'm about to box it up and send it to HPI but even then they don't even have the parts to fix it!!
Since I've run it about a month ago I've gone through a motor, motor mount kit, dogbones (finally bough some Tamiya 44mm CVD's) and now it's looking like a spur gear. SMH...
So far this car has been nothing but trouble. I'm about to box it up and send it to HPI but even then they don't even have the parts to fix it!!
Since I've run it about a month ago I've gone through a motor, motor mount kit, dogbones (finally bough some Tamiya 44mm CVD's) and now it's looking like a spur gear. SMH...
#441
Tech Rookie
Personally, I would look into something different for 13.5T touring car racing than either the sport or the sprint. Something like a Sakura XI Sport or the Sakura Zero S (now available as Turnigy TD 10 from Hobbyking) or see if you can get a good deal on a Durango DETC410 or something like that. IMHO you'll have more fun in racing one of these in the long term.
#442
Tech Regular
Anyone know where to find a spur gear for this car? HPI just sent me a motor mount set because the gear keeps slipping and now the hex nut is nearly stripped from trying to adjust it. They are back ordered on spur gears so they can't even send me one. No matter what I do it always slips unless I move the spur gear really close and tighten it down which in that case it's too close and sounds terrible like it's grinding and really stressing the motor. So it's either slipping or grinding and I'm hoping installing a new spur gear and motor mount with some lock tight will solve this issue. I can post pictures if it would help. I'd really appreciate any help troubleshooting this thing.
So far this car has been nothing but trouble. I'm about to box it up and send it to HPI but even then they don't even have the parts to fix it!!
Since I've run it about a month ago I've gone through a motor, motor mount kit, dogbones (finally bough some Tamiya 44mm CVD's) and now it's looking like a spur gear. SMH...
So far this car has been nothing but trouble. I'm about to box it up and send it to HPI but even then they don't even have the parts to fix it!!
Since I've run it about a month ago I've gone through a motor, motor mount kit, dogbones (finally bough some Tamiya 44mm CVD's) and now it's looking like a spur gear. SMH...
#444
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I drive my Apex more then anything I own. 140 runs since June. Keep mine in basically out the box form for 2yrs before changing motor this summer. Thing just runs.
Tc4. Been around forever. Ball diffs can take little getting used to for maintance. But it's a solid vehicle.
Vaterra v-100. It's a tank. Price little high for it new. But I've bought 3 used.
#445
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I drive my Apex more then anything I own. 140 runs since June. Keep mine in basically out the box form for 2yrs before changing motor this summer. Thing just runs.
Tc4. Been around forever. Ball diffs can take little getting used to for maintance. But it's a solid vehicle.
Vaterra v-100. It's a tank. Price little high for it new. But I've bought 3 used.
For racing the TC4. I've never run at a track. But I know there are classes it can run. Plus it's lighter then the others I mentioned. I've got 2 vehicles from Sakura. But not the one you asked about. Been impressed by the two I have.
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Deleted. Accdenly triple posted.
#447
If you want to race
If racing is what you are after just go ahead and buy a Xray or Associated. You will wind up there anyway
#448
Tech Rookie
Will a 50mm shock like Yeah Racing Shock-Gear 50mm Damper Set for 1/10 RC Touring Car Blue #DSG-0050BU fit the sport 3 well? is that the right size? if not can someone link me to something that will work well for drifting on that car?
#449
Tech Regular
I have the Yeah Racing dampers on my Sprint 2 setup for drift and combined with MST drift springs work quite well, especially for the price. I have the 55mm on the S2...not sure what length the stock RS4 S3 are though. Tamiya TRF's with drift springs are a popular choice also, but are about 2-3x more than the YR.
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I got a really good deal on a used. But to most what I paid for used, they wouldn't pay for a brand new vehicle.