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Old 05-24-2010, 08:41 AM
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Old 05-24-2010, 08:49 AM
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does top or another manufacturer make a composite or aluminum replacement spur gear/pulley set?
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Originally Posted by captain stacker
ok im going to ask a stupid generic question, but how does this car compare to say an xray?

I had an xray 009 and found it very very good and needed nothing in the 6months of owning it. It steered excellent, yet had heaps of traction at the same time.

is the photon a reliable car? does it need any aftermarket parts?
The car is great out of the box. The only weak point that I would replace it the steering bellcrank. I broke it enough times to finally get an aluminum one. The only other thing that I have broken is the the rear hub carriers. And those are now aluminum too. I did add the ceramic bearing and diff balls. But those are probably less necessary than the other things that I mentioned.

Just about every Xray owner I know is now on the TOP photon and loving it.
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OTHER THEN AMAIN WHERE CAN I GET TOP PARTS?
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Old 05-24-2010, 09:28 AM
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Is the aluminum steering bellcrank a TOP part or an aftermarket one? I don't see it on RC Market or A Main sites.
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Old 05-24-2010, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by MDawson
does top or another manufacturer make a composite or aluminum replacement spur gear/pulley set?
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Old 05-24-2010, 09:33 AM
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OTHER THEN AMAIN WHERE CAN I GET TOP PARTS?
www.rcmarket.com.hk

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Old 05-24-2010, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by MDawson
does top or another manufacturer make a composite or aluminum replacement spur gear/pulley set?
Mark, it's currently being tested. How did the builds go?
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Anyone have a good setup for rubber tire 13.5 low traction asphalt? What's the website where people are posting there Photon setups?
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Originally Posted by E.J. Evans
Mark, it's currently being tested. How did the builds go?
Would like to test that as well. What materials did you guys settle on?

I love the cars. It took your team of fairtrace and sheffler and other TOP guys to convince me -but I am glad to have made the switch.

Always had good power but now I have the right car to get it to the ground. Good luck to you and guys this weekend. Represent in Invite!
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Is the aluminum steering bellcrank a TOP part or an aftermarket one? I don't see it on RC Market or A Main sites.
The one I got is made by king headz and sold on Amain for 19.99. I will see if I can find the part number. Or you can wait for the one coming from TOP. Not sure if it will be different from this one or not.

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Old 05-24-2010, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Jerzy JayRO
OTHER THEN AMAIN WHERE CAN I GET TOP PARTS?
you can call TOP USA directly.
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Originally Posted by jdearhart
So, if you can run the HPI orings, how about the HPI shock shafts? The reason i ask is I'd like to run the shock on a pan car and I run a long shaft in my HPI's now. But, I'm always looking for something better. What is the length (in mm) of the Top shaft, and can you get longer ones? Right now I'm running a 36mm HPI.
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