The Rampage twins at PhatDad's RC Ranch

[RampageHopUps]

Well, me and Phatdad had his buggy and my monster truck at his house for the day today. Tom was having a blast with the buggy and I was shooting video and pics. The buggy was doing great aroudn the track for a few tanks. Then, the rear started slipping, and the front was getting more power. We think it was a leaking diff. Phatdad will let us know over the weekend. Nothing else broke so far at least. The shock pistons definitely need some working over. We still need to dial in the shock fluid to get better rebound speed. But, as I found out, Phatdad is very knowledgeable about shocks and thier inner workings. He will have it figured out soon. One minor problem we had was one of he roll cage supports came loose and got lost. It is a plastic bar that must have gotten loose.


The Monster truck ran a few laps aroound the track, then we took it into the wash area he has for water retention. Got some great video of it blasting though a river bottom. It was great running up and down the hills on his property. I then wanted to re-tune for more power, and managed to lean seaze the 29cc kit. At least we thought it was that. I'll know Monday when I take the head off.


All in all, the buggy and truck took some beatings and some very hard hits. I was seriously suprised that nothing broke. The chassis and bumpers are very strong and the plastic seems over-designed. That may be where some of the extra weight is though!!


Videos on Monday night or Tuesday.

 

[Merlin]

Sounds like you guys had a great day. Looking forward to seeing them vids!! Escpecially the truck blasting through the river bottom.


I take it the truck had no diff issues? Intrested to hear what went wrong with the buggy.

 

[RampageHopUps]

No, the truck had no issues.

 

[RampageHopUps]

OK, I talked with Phatdad, all he broke was the dogbone pin came out. Easy fix. We didn't think it was that easy, or we would have kept filming.

 

[Merlin]

Thats certainly better than a leaky diff

 

[Diego]

Ohh i missed it!!!! next time i would like to get a call, so i can meet you too.


tom is just 20- 30 min from my house.

 

[RampageHopUps]

I snuck out from vacation with the family, so I didn't know when I would be there or for how long. Next time I will stay for a few days.

 

[H7cmb]

I got a chance to drive the buggy around Phats track. It corners like a 1/8 buggy. It felt like I was cheating compared to my baja. I might have to get one of these some day. Looking fwd to the video.

 

[PhatDad]

OK, I talked with Phatdad, all he broke was the dogbone pin came out. Easy fix. We didn't think it was that easy, or we would have kept filming.

The dowel pin fell out of the dog in the first couple mins of running the buggy. This was days before Rob came over. I thought the front wheels just pulled harder than the rears. The fix was easy. I just pressed in a new 4mmx20mm pin with some lock tight. WOW !!! that buggy was hauling around the track now.

 

[Merlin]

Do you think it would be worth while doing some preventative maintenance to the pins befre running then, or do you feel it was just a one off? Are any of the other pins loose at all?

 

[PhatDad]

Do you think it would be worth while doing some preventative maintenance to the pins befre running then, or do you feel it was just a one off? Are any of the other pins loose at all?

Honestly I believe it was a one off. The hole was over sized.

 

[Merlin]

Even better

 

[RampageHopUps]

Here are some quick pics.





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[PhatDad]

Here a couple pics of the buggy. Looking forward to Robs video even though the buggy was front wheel drive only. Actually it was pretty fun driving a front wheel drive buggy.

 

[RampageHopUps]

Here is one of the videos of the Monster Truck back in a wash area at PhatDad's.


Monster Truck at PhatDad's

 

[BOOTS]

Honestly I believe it was a one off. The hole was over sized.

no ways its a one off, every one i know with a rampage has lost a pin on at least one bone!

 

[RampageHopUps]

That was one of the first Rampages, and we thought it was a one off. We know better now.