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numbskull
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Originally posted by Captain Chaos
Movie:
So jonny gets a day at the lake, whilst chaos had to slum it in the pitch black & pissin rain'
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Slum it! running it in ya Swimmin pool!! feck off.
I need to double the power of this bad boy! and it aint got any spray rails, so a hull mod could be in order.
The 10cc glow motah in the garage could find it's way in there once the cheap n nasty bits start to give up. now that would go well.
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08-12-2005, 05:07 PM
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i wasnt in the swimming pool, i was fkin outside around the swimming pool!
I was having a good old rummage around my garage for me RC car stuff last night.........cant find it, mum must have boot saled it years back!
shame, a couple of techigolds would have got the chaoscat mooooovin!
so is it all mods permitted then?
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08-12-2005, 05:37 PM
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techigolds - that's geek speak innit?
And weren't they technigolds?
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08-12-2005, 06:07 PM
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Made by Tamiya weren't they ?
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08-12-2005, 10:49 PM
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numbskull
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Hey Captain, you gonna bring ya Cat at the weekend?
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08-12-2005, 10:55 PM
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hello
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Quote:
Originally posted by mike k
Made by Tamiya weren't they ?
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Its a modified 540 made by Mabuchi for Tamiya, I've got one 
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08-12-2005, 11:02 PM
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hello
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Johnny Boat Dude's RX-540VZ TECHNIGOLD motor
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08-12-2005, 11:05 PM
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hello
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jon Fuller
a replacement battery (7.2v 1800mah) is 40 bucks! cheaper to buy anuvver bote!
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Should be able to get em for about a tenner on ebay dude.
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08-12-2005, 11:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Johnny Boat Dude
Johnny Boat Dude's RX-540VZ TECHNIGOLD motor
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£40 a piece back in the day 
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08-12-2005, 11:09 PM
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The Doc
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i had a technigold to replace a 540 std in my optima pro when i was a kid.
I then replaced the technigold with a 15 double (whatevver the fck one of them is), twoz a bit of a crazy broomer then!
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08-12-2005, 11:13 PM
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Mine came as standard equipment in my Bigwig
With an 8.4v battery it whooped all my mates with their brown dot, red dot, 15 turn, mega blah blah blah tuned motors.
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08-12-2005, 11:15 PM
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hello
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Quote:
Originally posted by Captain Chaos
I then replaced the technigold with a 15 double (whatevver the fck one of them is), twoz a bit of a crazy broomer then!
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Did you wang it right round to the end stop on the adjustable timing thingy on the back? I did, makes a big difference.
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08-12-2005, 11:20 PM
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The Doc
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i dont know what i did i was 11! all i can tell you is a mate was mad on RC racing and he made my optima go bleedin fast and kept its 4wd.
BIGWIG - Allright Charley big potatos! what was wrong with a grasshoper llike the rest of us
great website
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09-12-2005, 10:41 AM
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numbskull
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Hey, JBD, I take it that fuzzy excuse for a photograph was taken on your 15 quid ebay special? 
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09-12-2005, 08:44 PM
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I could do with one of them in me drag boat . Along with a blower belt.
http://www.mikekerton.f2s.com/model/inside.jpg
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09-12-2005, 08:47 PM
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That looks cool!
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09-12-2005, 09:56 PM
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hello
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Quote:
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Hey, JBD, I take it that fuzzy excuse for a photograph was taken on your 15 quid ebay special?
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Yep and here it is 
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09-12-2005, 10:02 PM
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Been researching motors - seems the old technigold is, even now, fairly sought after
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09-12-2005, 10:34 PM
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hello
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Collectors item?
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09-12-2005, 10:53 PM
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Pretty much
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...collectors really love these motors because they were an authentic hop-up part for Tamiyas.
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