What else can i do for my Jato?

[bajabloke]

ok so far i have done the following

Carbon front and rear arms ( Blue Alum front and rear on order )
Alum Steering assembly
RPM front Bumper
Alum Front C hubs
Alum steering knuckles
Alum shock tower
Proline wabash series 30 wheels
shocks and springs
Air filter

ok i want my Jato upgraded to the max! can anyone recommend some other cool hop ups?

[Jclay]

Lunsford turnbuckles
Maybe some type of engine upgrade like an modded 3.3 or .21TM

[ineedjatohelp]

a Hot Racing wing mount & shock tower & brakes & reinforcements & buku pipe & extended chassis there is a long list

[rjames]

I would not do the alum. arms as I have lived and learned on those. They are too stiff and have no give in them. One day I went to figure out why my rear tires were not sitting right and found that the alum. arm where the suspension pin go thru had bent and cracked. it was all i could do to get the pins out the had basically seized in there and when things need to pivot alum meshed with steel will eventually sieize. I would if I were you is to go with the RPM arms up front and out back. And with all this and I only had 1/2 gallon thru it at the time.

[oilfield_trash]

I like the looks of the Vantage pipe myself.

+1 on the RPM a-arms.

If you really want aluminum, I have some lightly used Integy blue arms you can buy.

Custom body perhaps.

[orph3o]

is it the stock pipe?
Could you take a pic on how you made it to the back?

Thanks!

[moe7404]

try a O.S. carb 11k(18tm) 21982000. is a straight bolt on. 3 adjustments. how ever it is aul. but that doesnt seam to hurt anything

[bajabloke]

yeah it is a stock pipe, just unscrew it a turn it upside down and use a zip tie to secure it on a turnbuckle.

anyway....

now done the upgraded turnbuckles, fuel filter and ordered a buku pipe im just going to throw upgrades at this thing until nones left lol

[RobF353]

Why are you upgrading it so much? Wait until you break something and then buy an upgraded part. Upgrading a perfectly fine truck makes no sense.

[bajabloke]

Why are you upgrading it so much? Wait until you break something and then buy an upgraded part. Upgrading a perfectly fine truck makes no sense.

good question however i do not have an answer, the parts i have taken off i am making a rustler/jato hybrid just experimenting really

[Jclay]

Why are you upgrading it so much? Wait until you break something and then buy an upgraded part. Upgrading a perfectly fine truck makes no sense.

He's got bitten by the bug

[RC-Crazy]

Why are you upgrading it so much? Wait until you break something and then buy an upgraded part. Upgrading a perfectly fine truck makes no sense.

Not totally agree.... some ppl just want to spend $$ on their RCs, that's what this hobby for. Believe or not, my bulletproof Jato cost me over $1k. I know, just like my screen name.........I'm a RC Crazy!

[rjames]

Me too! When I started my initial bill was 950.00 when I picked up my car. She asked if I had brought a truck to haul it all. Still spending. Even today I went for some anti squat pieces and ended up coming home with 2 new water proof servos,40&50 weight shock oil and clutch shoes.

[TraxManFan33]

i think one of my favorite upgrades that I've done has got to be my 0s .21 tm just dropped right in i even used the revo header!! might cost a little but worth every cent!!

[Jclay]

I'm almost done with my BB conversion and that alone I spend over $600 this hobby is quite addictive.

[moe7404]

isnt Bellevue where they put insane people. LOL

[ineedjatohelp]

isnt Bellevue where they put insane people. LOL

that is kind of random i doubt it though like you can obviosly see it means "good view" in french

[bajabloke]

got my alum arms on today and the turnbuckles, think i will leave it alone now , going to bash it hard on sunday....

[Jclay]

Does that air filter have foam inserted in it?

[bajabloke]

Does that air filter have foam inserted in it?

yeah mate, wouldnt have it any without!

do you know about jato roll cages? are they worth it and can you still use the body ?


thanks

[RC-Crazy]

Does that air filter have foam inserted in it?

I don't think so. is a K&N filter.... just like a real car air filter w/ no foam, my 1:1 Bimmer has it on.
http://cgi.ebay.com/K-N-Air-Filter-T...item1c1270113f

[bajabloke]

it didnt come with any foam, but i used a baja 5b air filter foam, cut it and placed it inside the air filter, works a treat

[Jclay]

yeah mate, wouldnt have it any without!

do you know about jato roll cages? are they worth it and can you still use the body ?


thanks

I don't know if they worth it or not. I guess if you do a lot of tumbling with your Jato it could be useful. Check this roll cage out!

http://www.neweramodels.com/item.cgi...=&part_id=3280

[TraxManFan33]

an OS.21 Tm that would be the icing on the cake!!

[a-x-l-e]

yeah mate, wouldnt have it any without!

do you know about jato roll cages? are they worth it and can you still use the body ?


thanks

I've got the HBZ cage on my Jato.....

http://www.hbzusa.com/hbz_jato_rollcage.php

It adds quite a bit of weight and if you look at the pic you will see the front end only fits to the stock bumper, if you have the RPM bumper you would need to figure out a solution for attaching it, I used zip ties and it seemed ok. The stock shell doesn't quite fit over it and the Pro- Line Crowd Pleazer 2.0 and F-150 shells don't fit. If you want to run with a shell over it which I did, I had to stick the cage in a vice and bend the sides in a bit, it worked fine and doesn't look any worse for it.

[moe7404]

the hbz cage makes it handle like a pig.