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I have completely stripped down my Swift now. Its a very easy buggy to work on.
Am pleased to say that the diffs were properly shimmed, and the CVDs had flats machined on the pins.
My only complaint is the front shock tower upper arm pivot pin holes being oversized. Is this common or was I just unlucky?
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The complete strip down probably isn't necessary for the Swift2's as every bolt was extremely well thredlocked!
Tim
Am pleased to say that the diffs were properly shimmed, and the CVDs had flats machined on the pins.
My only complaint is the front shock tower upper arm pivot pin holes being oversized. Is this common or was I just unlucky?
Note
The complete strip down probably isn't necessary for the Swift2's as every bolt was extremely well thredlocked!
Tim
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Awesome to see the pics. I know you will be happy when you start racing. Your buggy will be the one to reckon with at the track.
Yet then, if we raced heh heh heh, MINE would be.
Enjoy your toy.
Time to go put a new piston and sleeve in my TMAXX.. Sirio tx-18 needs a tune up.
Yet then, if we raced heh heh heh, MINE would be.
Enjoy your toy.
Time to go put a new piston and sleeve in my TMAXX.. Sirio tx-18 needs a tune up.
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:smoke: i to you all swift owners....
My brother as a Swift and we are planing to transforming it into a "Truggy" just like the GS Sut an the new hot bodies....
Is it possible and what pieces should i buy to make it a truggy??
thnks for reading..
from Portugal!!
My brother as a Swift and we are planing to transforming it into a "Truggy" just like the GS Sut an the new hot bodies....
Is it possible and what pieces should i buy to make it a truggy??
thnks for reading..
from Portugal!!|CrowdPl€azer| said::smoke: i to you all swift owners....
My brother as a Swift and we are planing to transforming it into a "Truggy" just like the GS Sut an the new hot bodies....
Is it possible and what pieces should i buy to make it a truggy??
thnks for reading..
try contact this person...
http://www.rcpics.net/member/Snake-a-licious
and why you want to convert to TRUGGY?
is it good to convert?
mop |CrowdPl€azer|
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I mop!
I don't know if is good or not to convert. I'm converting it becoouse we are tired of buggys and want to try something diferent...
I see the pics od snake-a-licius car and thats great !!
i think its possible to make it like GS does the Sut (right from the Storm)
Just want to know if the swift can handle it too!!!
I love truggys!! heheh ! but i don't want to spend 650€ in one new! that's the price we pay for it here in Pt!!
a Conversion will bee much more cheaper... i think!!1 :|
thanks for reply
I don't know if is good or not to convert. I'm converting it becoouse we are tired of buggys and want to try something diferent...
I see the pics od snake-a-licius car and thats great !!
i think its possible to make it like GS does the Sut (right from the Storm)
Just want to know if the swift can handle it too!!!
I love truggys!! heheh ! but i don't want to spend 650€ in one new! that's the price we pay for it here in Pt!!
a Conversion will bee much more cheaper... i think!!1 :|
thanks for reply
pivot pin holes
about the pivot pin holes: are the pins turning in this hole or not ?
else one could put some varniss into the hole, till the right set is achived
what would you recomment as still necessary to look into with the swift2 ?
about the pivot pin holes: are the pins turning in this hole or not ?
else one could put some varniss into the hole, till the right set is achived
what would you recomment as still necessary to look into with the swift2 ?
From what I've seen, all the stamped shock towers have those holes oversized. I saw the prototypes, complained, and the plea went to deaf ears.
The upgrade parts were going to be black until Mario Hudy complained about "Chinese companies" ripping off his stuff. European and American companies never copy anything, of course. Apparently Hudy has a trademark on black anodizing with machined edges (<---joke!).
We just changed the upgrade parts to a copper color. The edges of those were supposed to be machined too.
The upgrade parts were going to be black until Mario Hudy complained about "Chinese companies" ripping off his stuff. European and American companies never copy anything, of course. Apparently Hudy has a trademark on black anodizing with machined edges (<---joke!).
We just changed the upgrade parts to a copper color. The edges of those were supposed to be machined too.
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Zoom Zoom Zoom
Nice to see ya posting Cams.
I can't wait 4 Sundays anymore. Can we have 2 Sundays a week. Lets get it on the next Election ballots.
Ima goin nutz. :hammer: :boxing: and yummy
Nice to see ya posting Cams.
I can't wait 4 Sundays anymore. Can we have 2 Sundays a week. Lets get it on the next Election ballots.
Ima goin nutz. :hammer: :boxing: and yummy
How about anodising the upgrade parts in (wait for it) purple!
Purple would go with both US silver/champagne colour & the UK purple,
but Hotbodies have kind of done purple, blues been done to death,
how about Green, those mini ipods look really good in green.
Actually the upgrade parts would look cool in green!
Tim.
Purple would go with both US silver/champagne colour & the UK purple,
but Hotbodies have kind of done purple, blues been done to death,
how about Green, those mini ipods look really good in green.
Actually the upgrade parts would look cool in green!
Tim.
you took the words out off my mouth , it should have been purple coloured :egad: .
now personally, I had enough off it, I decided not to purchase the swift buggy, too many mistakes are been made by the manufacturers :cross: :censored:
but congratulations to power-racing for their efforts :marshall:
it a real pity, it could have been a succes story
:nono:
now personally, I had enough off it, I decided not to purchase the swift buggy, too many mistakes are been made by the manufacturers :cross: :censored:
but congratulations to power-racing for their efforts :marshall:
it a real pity, it could have been a succes story
:nono:
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gdc02 said:you took the words out off my mouth , it should have been purple coloured :egad: .
now personally, I had enough off it, I decided not to purchase the swift buggy, too many mistakes are been made by the manufacturers :cross: :censored:
but congratulations to power-racing for their efforts :marshall:
it a real pity, it could have been a succes story
Mistakes are made on everything and anything regardless of the product. Now, pertaining to the swift,,,,,,, Yes there were some needed upgrades, and prp stepped up and made corrections where needed. Go get yourself a Mugen and pay through the nose for a buggy with NO engine and electronics. Add the missing parts and you have a buggy, THAT STILL HAS MISTAKES. I race against a couple on sundays and I see what I see. They are nice, yet costly.
Alot of breakage issues come from driver/pit crew error, and the manufactures take the hits. Look at ANY ANY ANY RC chat boards on various models and notice that 80% add hop ups to their Rc's. :argue:
:whack: :redbuggy: :redbuggy: :redbuggy: :wedgie:
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wanna see my SWIFT in action?
http://www.rcpics.net/member/mop_iko
just uploaded a couple of vidz... enjoy...
mop
http://www.rcpics.net/member/mop_iko
just uploaded a couple of vidz... enjoy...
mop Mistakes are made on everything and anything regardless of the product. Now, pertaining to the swift,,,,,,, Yes there were some needed upgrades, and prp stepped up and made corrections where needed. Go get yourself a Mugen and pay through the nose for a buggy with NO engine and electronics. Add the missing parts and you have a buggy, THAT STILL HAS MISTAKES. I race against a couple on sundays and I see what I see. They are nice, yet costly.
Alot of breakage issues come from driver/pit crew error, and the manufactures take the hits. Look at ANY ANY ANY RC chat boards on various models and notice that 80% add hop ups to their Rc's. :argue:
yes I understand , I myself find that there is a place for nice cheaper cars, I neither can normally spend 1800 dollars for a complete race car and I have 3 neightbourhood kids, age 13 to 17, who want me to find a nice car for their limited budget, but how do I explain that the frontsuspension is moving around on the chassis because a chinese worker made a hole to big on the shocktower and they will have to order a milled one or the 2, for 30 dollar each, but again these will be in a strange color you know ....... and before, I had to say also:the diffs will need to be opened and to be shimmed and the pins will come loose if we don't...
the mean raison of life, of a cheap car must be, that it is made robust in his standard form
I myself just love the swift , it's beautiful, with his 4 brakepads, the mugenfront, the carbon all around, now the diffs are shimmed, the driveshafts are upgraded but :shrug: the big hole is over the hill for me
I don't see another brand having these problems.... and in the case at the least, they would give a upgraded item in replacement for free
onder: or they wait and don't get it out for sale till the item is replaced
I know what problems you can have with the chinese, but you have to kick their asses right away, like that or not at all, it's the only way they will understa
question : has the fronttower of the first badge swift mkI have the hole right ?then one could use one of these
Alot of breakage issues come from driver/pit crew error, and the manufactures take the hits. Look at ANY ANY ANY RC chat boards on various models and notice that 80% add hop ups to their Rc's. :argue:
yes I understand , I myself find that there is a place for nice cheaper cars, I neither can normally spend 1800 dollars for a complete race car and I have 3 neightbourhood kids, age 13 to 17, who want me to find a nice car for their limited budget, but how do I explain that the frontsuspension is moving around on the chassis because a chinese worker made a hole to big on the shocktower and they will have to order a milled one or the 2, for 30 dollar each, but again these will be in a strange color you know ....... and before, I had to say also:the diffs will need to be opened and to be shimmed and the pins will come loose if we don't...
the mean raison of life, of a cheap car must be, that it is made robust in his standard form
I myself just love the swift , it's beautiful, with his 4 brakepads, the mugenfront, the carbon all around, now the diffs are shimmed, the driveshafts are upgraded but :shrug: the big hole is over the hill for me
I don't see another brand having these problems.... and in the case at the least, they would give a upgraded item in replacement for free
onder: or they wait and don't get it out for sale till the item is replacedI know what problems you can have with the chinese, but you have to kick their asses right away, like that or not at all, it's the only way they will understa
question : has the fronttower of the first badge swift mkI have the hole right ?then one could use one of these
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