HPI E Firestorm 10T

[Lowie]

official site of this car
I recently became the "proud owner" of this truck. It had to replace my Thundertiger Truck which is a copy of the older asso RC10T-truck ... but (IMHO) with cheaper parts and not so reliable.

I 'm planning to drive this electro truck in the EIR-competition in France next weekend.
This is a rather large indoor truck-circuit, on dirt, with BIG jumps. They used the same track for a nitro-competition this weekend.

Is there anybody who can give me some tips about tuning this truck?
I only have the shocks that came with the truck. Will they be ok or do I need sommore types of springs.
Are these shocks good quality?
I guess I could try to swap them for my Losishocks for which I have more springs.

Also, this car does not have bal-diff bit an (empty) gear differential. Can this be filled with silicone oil to yune the diff ...or is this not a good idea?

enfin, all tips are welcome

[Lowie]

Well, I raced it in Laon, France at the EuroIndoorRace this weekend.
The track was veeeeery slippery and had some major jumps, so it was not easy to ride, especially with a 2WD-car. I guess the 4WD-buggies had fun, sliding and drifting through the corners
The surface was concrete with some kind of layer of sand-dust-little rocks on top. Unfortunately, on some places, the layer of "gravel" was swepped away, and we were driving on the concrete.



I think almost all my mates had some parts broken, sometims more then once: A-arms, chassis, shocktowers ...

The E-Firestorm proved to be solid. I must admit I drove
securely, didn't take any too big risks, but I too had my share of tumblings and heavy contacts ... with the ground, concrete, and even the wall.
All I broke was an steering block, which after some studying the object seems very tiny and indeed broke on the smallest part.
I would certainly change this item for a metal one if I could find it, to prevent braking in future.





Now, all I would like to find, is a blanc setup-page, so that I can easely take note of the setup I used.
I got the car tuned not to bad in the end, but it still wasn't great. Other Trucks seemed to have more grip and better balance.

Anyone for a blanco setup-sheet?

[jimmy]

that looks like a cool race!
good photos also

[craigosh]

Looks like a clone of the t4

Looks to have potential though.

[thom.p]

There was one at the dutch rallycup on a offroad circuit.
The ''good'' drivers of the club said it did pretty good altough I didn't see it because i was in the same heat

[annie_himself]

I hear its a good truck. Did you replace the gear diff with a ball diff?

I didn't know they raced truck in Europe.

[Lowie]

here is a pic after qualif 2: heaps of dust



No, I didn't change the diff. I bought some diff-oil as used in nitro-diffs and will try these out.

[B44&501xRacerEX]

Thanks who ever you are.
yep this avatar looked very familiar.

OK he's running a GTB with lipo.
I figured I would try LRP's brushless system in it since I have not tried it yet.

One problem: It's unknown what color im getting since tower sends random colors to ya.
I'm hoping blue, but I may end up with red also.

[SHY]

Whoa!!! Let us know if it's red or blue once you get it! I can't sleep now with all this excitement!

[Mike Hudson]

Originally Posted by B44&501xRacerEX

Thanks who ever you are.
yep this avatar looked very familiar.

Really?

Originally Posted by B44&501xRacerEX

OK he's running a GTB with lipo.
I figured I would try LRP's brushless system in it since I have not tried it yet.

One problem: It's unknown what color im getting since tower sends random colors to ya.
I'm hoping blue, but I may end up with red also.

Not really a problem and you could have easily said which colour you wanted not that it matters, please don't colour this car in with your crayons

[B44&501xRacerEX]

Originally Posted by Mike Hudson

Really?

Not really a problem and you could have easily said which colour you wanted not that it matters, please don't colour this car in with your crayons

I like the rims because they are spoked and black.

[insanety]

I'm also running a E-firestorm, and after prowling the net I found some helpfull tips.
*swap the springs (frontsprings on rearshocks...)
* Rotate the rear arms. (longer wheel base and makes it handle little better...)

[B44&501xRacerEX]

Yeah I did that too it worked for me.
This one is helpful also:
Quote:
DarkWav's E-firestorm setup fom RCU
- Brushless system (because it's fun)
- T-Bone bumpers (rear bumper especially)
- Gear Diff Oil (if just for bashing than 30K or 60K is great because it doesn't seep out so quick)

If racing, also get:
- Pro-Line tires to match track surface conditions
- Softer springs
- 25 wt shock oil

Stiff springs in back good for bashing to support the heavier rear-end of the truck. But i've been told ...generally speaking... softer springs are better in back for racing, perhaps it is more for improving traction than anything else I'm guessing. I'm not much of a racing expert though, only been out a few times myself.
Quote:

[crayon]

Hi m8 what pinion gear you running

[B44&501xRacerEX]

I was running the stock pinon gear, the next time I drive it I'll stick
some more horsepower in it. 9.5 isnt fast enough for an 1/8 scale track.
I might try my 8.5 novak system instead.