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As you know
StampedeProject has
become way more than
just Stampede, Traxxas,
to now include other
RC brands, accessories,
and cars. I still don't sell
anything, I just
enthusiastically promote
those RC products I think
are great.
Take a look through
the above links.
I simply had too much
information for my
old site format.
More fun projects
coming...
- Tony
StampedeProject.com
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LOOKS/STYLE
You
DON'T have to use all the decals/stickers they give you - Man,
some
people, think they have to use every freaking sticker they get free.
Remember, less is more unless you actually have some artistic vision
about what your replica Baja racer should look like covered with the
hundreds of DIFFERENT sponsor decals, limit your use of decals. No one
needs to see the words Traxxas or RPM appear forty times on your
Stampede. And by the way, if you do have your ride covered with decals,
it better be one mean machine.
Custom
Cut Stock Tires - If you have a Dremal
tool with an appropriate cut off wheel and a 1/8" thick coarse disk
grinder bit this a no cost upgrade. One thing that really drove me
nuts about the Stock Stampede Tires was that they really allowed for
sideways sliding and 180s during turns way to easily. Following my
upgrade philosophy above, I just couldn't upgrade to those Pro-Line
Masher 2000 until the Stock tires had at least seen some good
wear. What I did was copy the a similar tread pattern by cutting
the tread with the Dremal cut of bit and them widening the outer cuts to
1/8" using the grinder bit. The results were amazing. After
cutting the tires, the Stampede actually turns and corners without
executing a side slide or a 180. After a couple of months of
testing the custom cut tires on everything from road, grass, snow, dirt,
and rock, I can say this was an outstanding upgrade. Masher 2000 ($36/4
tires) are still considerable better, however this will get you 70%-80%
there, add a tough look to your ride, and allow you to drop that same
$36 dollars on something really cool, say... a new motor.
RPM
Wide Bumper - What ever model you chose MSC or ESC, buy the
freaking $5 RPM wide bumper. The RPM bumper will save you a lot of
money. Even in stock form the
Stampede is a little faster than you would think and despite your best
efforts you WILL hammer the front of the Stampede into poles, the
garage, the curb, the wall, your friends, your car,...your get the
idea. When this happens without that huge RPM bumper you could
crack or break the body, the front shock tower, camber links, stripe
servo gears,... again you get the picture. A very wise investment indeed
that will pay for itself over and over. OK, maybe that huge RPM bumper
isn't cool looking, but is does protect all the cool stuff you have
added on your Stampede.
RPM Gear Cover for
Rustler/Stampede - The reason for this upgrade is that the stock
gear cover leaves this small gap near the axel and allows debris to get
into the gear box. Along with protection, the RPM cover also gives
the back end a rounder fatter look, than I think looks a little better.
The $5 RPM gear cover one provides complete coverage. If you are
all about color, your can get the RPM cover in a rainbow of colors. The
first time you pull a small twig or leaf into your gear box and shred a
spur gear you will wish you had bought one.
Floppy
Antenna Fix - A floppy antenna just does not look cool flopping
around, especially after you shred it. After flipping your Stampede a
couple of times you will start to notice that the extra 2-4" of
antenna wire flopping around and hanging out of the antenna rod is
taking quite a beating. Sooner or later if you don't secure it will get ground off and you will have to replace your antenna. One easy
fix is to spiral it down the rod and use a piece of electrical heat
shrink to secure it.
Multi-Compartment
Box - Nothing more irritating than looking for a part you swear
you have, but can't find. Also really un-cool to show up looking like a
bag lady. You have probably now have about three or ten zip lock bags full
of parts. Organize all your crap and buy a couple of clear
multi-compartment storage boxes with the separators you can move around to
divide up the box. They run about $2-$5 in various sizes, and you
can probably get your mom, girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse to buy them
for you under the assumption you will be more organized and neat.
Brushed
Stainless Steel Motor - Do yourself a favor and on your next motor
cleaning session and add
some cool to your stock Stinger motored ride. Yank the Stinger
Sticker off the motor, clean any sticker residue off with some Buddy Blast
and grab one of those green ScotchBrite pads from under the sink and brush
in the same direction going around the motor with the ScotchBrite
pad. Soak the entire motor with buggy blast, let dry. re-lube, and
enjoy the comments. If you perform the SuperCharge that Stocker
(under the links area) at the same time, everyone may think you actually
have a different motor. Also upgrade the power leads to 10 gauge with
Deans plugs for increased performance all around.
Baja Pede - Bodywork on the
Cheap
Yet another crazy on
the cheap project from Project Stampede.
I was cruising thorough Lowes the other day and this half sized black
plastic paint tray caught my eye. $1.49 I think it was, hey why not right.
Should be a perfect basher body, it measure 1-2 mil thick and is about 1-2
inches wider than a stock body, but can sit really low. Should be
pretty durable. Trim it
fit and it looks kind of military jeep ish. Throw on some spare decals and
I have a brand new body to break.
One of the other things I did nix the rear body support and mounted ala
Rusty, except I ground off the normal mount and screwed in a 1/2" body
mount stud to clear the shocks. The front I also went with h a front Rusty
body mount with low trimmed body posts. The stock body also still fits
other the than the need for an extra hole for the new center mount.
Gotta say this was the easiest
project I have ever done and probably one of the cheapest, No hot forming
was done, just trimmed the tray and attached it.
Weight? - About the same as the
stock body, maybe a little heavier.
Fit? - Yeah it just fit great like someone at the paint tray manufacturer
said, well we should also make it fit a Traxxas Stampede.
     
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