jato

[boogernissan]

just bough myself a secondhand jato,what do i need to know about these trucks,ive got a 1/10th petrol buggie at the moment so i do know about petrol engines,is there anything i should know about the jato in perticular??

[mikesr]

its FAST. And welcome to the club.

[boogernissan]

hahaha,i knew that much!!

[Maxbomb]

not to much. very simple and easy truck once u get to play around with it. theres no big kind of issue or anyting. just replace tires regularly as i do. Lots of wheel spin

[jatobandit]

make sure you can handle the speed

[RustlerRacer16]

just bough myself a secondhand jato,what do i need to know about these trucks,ive got a 1/10th petrol buggie at the moment so i do know about petrol engines,is there anything i should know about the jato in perticular??

Well for starters, it's not a petrol engine. It's a nitro engine.

[Switch_639]

it just wants to wheelie... its got crazy acceleration, make sure you have huge space to drive it... once you get use to the speed you can pretty much drive it anywhere, even in tight spaces... and give yourself about 45yards for braking... the brakes aint that great...

[Desert JATO]

If I were you I would download the users manual 1st
http://www.traxxas.com/products/nitr...ews.htm#manual
then because it’s a 2nd hand I would directly download the Troubleshooting from here
http://www.traxxas.com/support/kb_se...cat=175&id=553

anything else I would just ask members of this forum
this should be a good start .

[Switch_639]

have you started her up yet?

[boogernissan]

yet to pick it up,im picking it up tomorow,its still a fuel and fuel is petrol hehehe,more expensive then normal fuel anyways,i can handle the speed cos the one i got now goes hard and fast up and down my street,im excited about tomorow,ill chuck pics and vids up in a couple days!!!!!!!hopefully theres nuthin wrong with it

[Desert JATO]

for how much did pay 4 it ?
... b4 i forget .. good luck !

[Switch_639]

what car you have?

[boogernissan]

i got a hsp warhead,its been ported etc and its pretty quick for what it is,i just keep breaking driveshafts all the time,i paid 550 australian dollars for the jato and a hyper 7 clone!!

[Switch_639]

so... im guessing u not gona run Jato offroad cause u got the warhead?

[boogernissan]

ummmm,dont know hey,i wanna use the hyper 7 for racin,maybe,not sure yet,the warhead will be my thrash car at skateparks and sh*t and the jato probably be a thrash car but not as hardcore as the warhead,the sort of thing i can take out and say to every one "check this sh*t out" and spin em out cos how fast the thing is,i probably will take it off road,quite reguarly too me thinks

[Switch_639]

I dont have an onroad yet, so I am just using the Jato to show off onroad for now... but once I get onroad, will convert mine to offroad also...

[Desert JATO]

Looks as a nice deal boogernissan
Hyper 7 + jato3.3 for $ 476 is something fine imo.
I just hope that it’s all in a good condition

btw, if the hyper 7 is pbs, it will be even geart.

[boogernissan]

i pick em up today,im so excited,i hope theres also nuthin wrong with them,shouldnt be,the dude told me the hyper keeps stalling so i guess im gonna have to give it a good tune and maybe a rebuild but the jato he rekons he only used it for bout a month then put it in the cupboard and hasnt touched it since

[Switch_639]

just ask if he treated the Jato engine before packing it away...

[boogernissan]

ok so i got the jato and its got a aftermarket front end,the front swaybar has been removed because of it,all the parts are there for it to be converted back to stock,the wire for the glow heater on the electric start has been removed and its got an aftermarket head too,will post pics later,im gonna have a tinker with it today and see if ia can get it running!!

[Desert JATO]

i hope it does. there's a possibility that you might faces
some difficulties ( hope not ) i wish you'll by pass it.

you can zip tie the sawybar like this over the aftermarket front part

[Switch_639]

nice stuff booger... will be waiting for them pics...

[boogernissan]

its got the after market front arms aswell and theres no ball to clip the bar onto,not that it needs it cos the front wheels are in the air most of time!!
brakes are the little plastic arm needs replacing,and it has a bit of a flat spot down low,but it still hammers!!i cant believ how quick it is

Edited for language.

[boogernissan]

the old diff in the back aint bein lsd either,keeps spinning one wheel
how do i go bout fixing this,and is there a fix or aftermarket brake setup??
anyways heres a couple pics
front end

backend

and my new 1/8th buggie

ive also got the matching rear arms for the rpm blue stuff but i dont think ill put it on just yet cos that aint got a spot for the rear swaybar

[forbes]

get off the sway bar thing... the serve no purpose except as a sellling point

[sellinchevs]

I'm with Forbes on that too, don't waste a minute of your time with the stinking sway bars, on road or off road you just don't need them. Like he said, "selling point" they sound great, like they're gonna really turn your Jato into road holding go-cart, but they don't work worth a darn.

[Desert JATO]

the jato appears in a very good condition the ofna hyper 7 comes in lower level.
good for you .. your jato already upgraded with nova cooling head, the best all around
worth something like 40 bucks new.

[boogernissan]

**** thing is quick,i did the brake mod last night so ill get it out today and see if it worked,be nice if i could stop the thing,the hyper has got 4 discs on it and it goes rather well for a single speed

[Desert JATO]

**** thing is quick,i did the brake mod last night so ill get it out today and see if it worked,be nice if i could stop the thing,the hyper has got 4 discs on it and it goes rather well for a single speed

watch out for what you're typing ( words with star signs ) means mods will penalty you warning points. always edited it fast.

[boogernissan]

whoopsy my bad

[boogernissan]

blew the enigne today,not sure what happened,iwas tuning and i brang it towards me and it died,wouldnt crank or nuthin,dissmantled it and found a broken conrod,it destroyed the piston and the sleeve,ill get a sleeve and piston plus a new rod and rebuild it i guess,so much for a sweet deal on a jato hey!!
heres a pic of sed damage
the little bits next to the rod ar bits of piston and a peiece of sleeve aswell


the piston,stuck in sleeve

[Desert JATO]

too bad . you just started enjoying it.

[boogernissan]

yeah i know,was going great,it kept bogging down at low speed then once it got past a certain point off it went,not sure what it was but inside the engine was quite black,im gonna get a sleev and piston,a new conrod and wrist pin and rebuild it,should hopefully only cost me bout 100 aussie dollars

[forbes]

do the ERP..... get a whole new engine, its only 120 bucks or something....

[Switch_639]

agree with that... add the 20 and do it...

[Desert JATO]

Forbes & Switch are pointing the bulls eye.. if you’re living in the states
Don’t waste time and money .. just go ahead for the erp and re enjoy it fast.

[Switch_639]

you guys are lucky there... I stay in SA "Desert JATO" stays in Arabia... we dont have that advantage... we got to order parts and wait till it gets here someday...

[Desert JATO]

yea Switch, if i didn't prefers the Traxxas products over the thunder tiger & HPI's it was going to be easier to me to get parts.
These days i'm looking for those rims hubs and getting annoyed because i can't get them while i'm not sure + mistakes during order not acceptable .

[boogernissan]

sadly,im in australia and i didnt get a receipt with the car,i dont have the standard cooling head to go back with it aswell so the replacement plan is kinda outta the question for me,i already looked into it,100 bucks aint to bad to cough up,it will still basically be almost a new engine,im guessing i'll have to do the break in process again just with new piston and sleeve??

[deepsouth]

i didnt read the thread so i dont know what happened or why u need to fix the motor.

but as of the last question yea.
if u cant do the ERP then you would be putting the piston and sleeve in and breakin it in. but i guees u dont have it but im pretty sure when u get the jato it comes with an extremely helpful book on what to do/ look for when replacing parts on the motor...get it?