???E-Racer

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I got lucky with my XX4. First off it has metal outdrives on the rear.
Second I bought some titanium outdrive savers and the front plastic ones
should last a long time!

???E-Racer

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Been a while since someone has posted in this thread.
I have signed potesions everywhere to bring the XX4 back.

All we need is time, as this car I have bonded with like I have my B44.
It's just that darn good of a car, even if it does have a bit of age to it.
Back when this car came out people ran 2000mah batteries with 9 turn
brushed motors. I imagine you only got 3 min of runtime with so low power.

I have flipped this car upside down on concrete, it doesnt look like Ill be
able to break it anytime soon. Everything on the car seems beefier than
some parts on my other 2 cars.

thecman26

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I finally got to run a few laps with mine tonight. Very impressive bugy!
I could get used to driving this thing! I only borke 1 arm! Pretty tough car!
For an "old" design it sure works great!

???E-Racer

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Yeah it's hard to break unless you hit something. If you do it will break.
It's defintly not a glass car like the XXX4 was. Shame on losi making
a older design better. The XXX4 just isnt that good.

annonymous

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+1 - prepare for the haters!

my opinion of on the XXX4 is it is a prototype that should have never seen production - a pro can make any car look good.
from what i have seen from the XX4 it many time better than many cars, including many newer ones

this thread has been especially slow lately

Briguy

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I have raced both for many years and still do . The only problem with the xxx-4 is the front pivots . Once you find the aluminum pivots the buggy is great ! Far as arms , caster blocks , and such , they all break if you keep hitting something .

Ejection

Hey guys I just put some new green belts in my XX4 and it feels like the rear belt has too much drag. I pulled all the rollers out (still had the black belts in it) and the front belt loosened up, but it is pretty noisy. Kinda like when you have the gear mesh set too tight (but its not, I set it like my XX and XXT and they don't sound like this). I'm running the "B" block for the rear diff, any ideas/suggestions? It wasn't like this before I changed the belts, although I think they were the original belts, so they were likely pretty loose.

XXXDad

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With alot of power the loose setting of the belts could make them skip teeth when giving full throtle... maby loosen the slipper some. Thats what I found, hope it helps.

Briguy

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Sounds like the rear belt is to tight . Depending on how tight it is you might want to loosen it or run it so it breaks in and should loosen a little .

Ejection

Well I'm using a Novak Tempest with a stock brushed motor, so I'm not really loaded with power.

How could I loosen it?

Briguy

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Using different bearing blocks and different positions depending which one you currently have and how they are put in .

Ejection

Hmm, I bought the car used so I only have the "B" block and no manual.


ETA: OK, I was reading oople and it looks like I could benefit from the "A" block.

7.5man

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Enjoy....

10 months of labour intensive love!

nrtv20

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Car looks awesome!!! Did you make or buy the graphit shock tower braces?

7.5man

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We purchased the the shock tower braces from the UK. A company called
Fibre-Lyte makes them. They were very reasonable and work excellent. My son hit a tree head on at about 50 Km's and never broke the front tower. If you want to send me your email, I'll send you some pics of the crash damage.
lol.