Starter box?
07-17-2004, 10:26 AM
#1
Starter box?
What is a starter box, and what does it do? do you have to have one for a nitro car? thanks
07-17-2004, 01:05 PM
#2
Here is a starter box 
This is the one I use for my 8th scale buggy it has very high torque. I use the Team Associated box for my NTC3. Its a very good box also. Starter boxes are worth the money. Pull starters are a pain in the neck. Especially when you have a new engine and the piston and sleeve still bind.
---Neil---
This is the one I use for my 8th scale buggy it has very high torque. I use the Team Associated box for my NTC3. Its a very good box also. Starter boxes are worth the money. Pull starters are a pain in the neck. Especially when you have a new engine and the piston and sleeve still bind.
---Neil---
07-17-2004, 04:32 PM
#3
are they sorta like an electric start system?
07-17-2004, 09:52 PM
#5
Yes its electric start. 
07-19-2004, 07:55 PM
#6
around how much will one of those run me, I just need it for bashing and what not.
07-19-2004, 08:02 PM
#7
I got that one in the picture off ebay brand new for 50 bucks plus 20 for a gel cell. If you do buy one make shure its made from stainless steel. They hold up better and look better longer than the painted ones.
---Neil---
---Neil---
07-20-2004, 03:16 PM
#8
whats a gel cell?
07-20-2004, 04:25 PM
#9
Originally posted by RebelRacer
whats a gel cell?
whats a gel cell?
It looks something like this.
07-23-2004, 10:15 PM
#10
Tech Addict
starter is a device shaped in a rectangular prism that contains motors and battery which spin a rubber wheel that protrudes out of the top of the starterbox. When coming in contact with the flywheel of an engine, it spins the flywheel which in turn, gets the piston moving, which starts the car.
It is not necessary to get a starter box if your engine has a pull start. (much like a law mower)
Hope this helps.
It is not necessary to get a starter box if your engine has a pull start. (much like a law mower)
Hope this helps.
07-25-2004, 07:08 AM
#11
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as Neil said...
This is the one I use for my 8th scale buggy it has very high torque.
STARTER BOX are actually to START a RACE engine. Because race engine has HIGH COMPRESSION on top of the piston thus making the piston VERY VERY hard to move up and down. Only STARTER BOX with HIGH TORQUE are able to move the race engine.
If you are using RTR, usually it comes with a PULL START engine. Pull Start engine doesnt have the HIGH COMPRESSION as high as race engine thus no need for a starter box to start it.
so........ in short. if you are using SPORT or RTR engine. No need a starter box.
if you are using a RACE engine.... STARTER BOX is definitely going to be in your SHOPPING LIST.
mop
This is the one I use for my 8th scale buggy it has very high torque.
If you are using RTR, usually it comes with a PULL START engine. Pull Start engine doesnt have the HIGH COMPRESSION as high as race engine thus no need for a starter box to start it.
so........ in short. if you are using SPORT or RTR engine. No need a starter box.
if you are using a RACE engine.... STARTER BOX is definitely going to be in your SHOPPING LIST.
mop
07-25-2004, 07:58 PM
#12
Or get one if you don't like pull starters.
07-29-2004, 09:55 AM
#13
hey man you don't have to put certain words in caps, i'm not an idiot.
but thanks for the help everyone.
but thanks for the help everyone.
07-30-2004, 12:58 AM
#14
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Originally posted by RebelRacer
hey man you don't have to put certain words in caps, i'm not an idiot.
but thanks for the help everyone.
hey man you don't have to put certain words in caps, i'm not an idiot.
but thanks for the help everyone.
oops...
ok
mop
07-30-2004, 09:20 AM
#15
A pull start is a good way to go if you don't want to spend the money for a box.
