nitro fanatic

since your just learning to tune and all. The best advice i can give you is to get a truck with some sort of electric start. the pull start will be a pain if your just learning to tune. thats why i got discouraged with the xxx nt sport and never fixed it

calvino

I do have an ancient (and I mean ancient) AE buggy (gold chasis...). It needs a new motor, radio... Electric is nice but the running time stinks (only complaint).

Dokioto

nitro fanatic was talking about a electric starter (for a nitro engine) not a electric car.

I have never had a problem with pull starts. And I would stay away form electric start since they get burned up fast. I would think that a roto start is very easy to use. This is a advantage to the Associated MGTs stock engine.. You can use a pull start or a roto start.

cheech4

my favorite nitro was the HPI Nitro MT racer, it was a kit and it was better and more beefed up then the regular MT. i had in it a OS .18 engine in it. that was when i thought Nitro was the coolest thing in the world.

nitro fanatic

i was just saying since he is new to nitro and will be learning how to tune. i think the pull start will be a pain in the *** with an engine thats out of tune. because the best way to get better at tuning is to expirement with it and it wont allways work out. i dont even have an electric starter anymore but it was great to have when i was learning how to tune

calvino

Sorry about the miss understanding, was tired and did not fully understand. I like the reliability and low cost of pull start. If you get a pull start then you do not have to puchase a battery and a charger (about maybe $20 to $40). Just my thought. On my buddies revo 3.3 he took out the "EZ-Start" and replaced it with a pull start. So I do have experence starting an engine with a pullstart (not hard at all). just a thought.

calvino

Dokioto, what is the most abuse that you have thrown on your MGT and it has still survived (aka, no internal damage even though the body may look horible). The advantages of the MGT are nice with the PS and the Drill Start, fuel bottle and glow heater. The low price means that you can upgrade w/ RPM A arms (really nice and cheap[8D]) Just currious as I am considering the newest HPI Savage X but am woried that my LHS may not have any parts in for it[>:] (not good). just currious.

nitro fanatic

well as long as your with your friend alot, and he helps you tune it than a pull start will be fine

calvino

yeah, the ps will start a well tuned engine in one to three (at the most) pulls. for a poorly tuned engine it can take 3+ pulls to get the engine started. I like the "electric start" and the pull start on the MGT (another advantage) which means if I need to tune the engine I could use the elec. start (at home when tuning) and then when at my bashing site (backyard or field close to my house) I could use the PS. Got all that, my opinion.

calvino

Great news, the poll now works. I had the deadline on but it was a date that had passed. So feel free to vote.[8D]

irockdude

If i owned it then i would say the Warhead EVO

Danju

calvino

But I want an Assocated MGT santa

calvino

I hear the EVO has a kindof weak motor[] and the reverse is built straight into the transmission, which means if the reverse dies, then you have to purchase a whole new transmission[&o] ($$$$$$$$$$$$)

calvino

And one last thing to ask, if you vote can you say what you voted on as I would like to know Thanks, Calvino

Danju

sure get a MGT...i just only suggested to get a savage (which i think is much better than the mgt)...actually, i think both cars rock but i just never heard much of the MGT.

calvino

what, it is made by Associated. The same co that makes the GT2 (the first car you told me to get). Personal opinion though, lower cost...

calvino

How dourable is the MGT aka jumps, offroad driving...

calvino

I just peeked at the review for it and people said that this thing is amazing. My only other question is, are the gears in the trannis and gearbox plastic[:@] or metal[sm=49_49.gif][sm=thumbup.gif][sm=shades_smile.gif][sm=teeth_smile.gif][sm=tongue_smile.gif][sm=wink_smile.gif][sm=cool.gif] Get the Idea, I love metal and hate plastic

calvino

Well, it looks like the MGT is in first place so far I think Irockdude voted for other (EVO) and danju voted for SX4.6 (savage X 4.6) Just guessing

calvino

is the voting tool working????

calvino

I guess it is

calvino

What vehicles that I have not metoned are you voting on????? it has the most votes

calvino

Man, what vehicles did I not post that everyone is voting on???? not mentioned is in first place.

calvino

Is the mgt 4.6 SE the same as the old MGT only with a bigger motor I guess????