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Originally Posted by Manix
Only problem I have with that, apart from the motor messing up the suspension performance is the fact that if you break anything you need a whole new chassis rather than just replacing sock mounts or body posts.
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One problem i remember with the Hornet/Grasshopper family of cars (there are a few of them including the Lunchbox) is that stupid back axle.. not the actual drive itself, but the fact that when you hit the power - even if you are trying to be be gentle - the whole gearbox slams upwards on a pivot... there are some spring-pins (that look like opened out safety pins) to absorb the movement but the springs last about a day before the part that is against the pivot breaks off. Come on Tamiya, you've had over 25 years to sort this problem, get it fixed or just do away with the design & move on.
Also those gearboxes don't seem to handle much in the way of power.. so forget sticking a brushless in the car right now if that is your plan.. i remember i put a beefy (beefy in the 80's anyway) motor into a Grasshopper 2 (basically a hornet with a different shell & a 380 motor for the same price as a Hornet - man i got conned) & it wasn't anything powerful by todays standards, i think it was a "pink power" motor which if you bought one today was basically the same spec as a rebuildable 27t motor such as a Venom Fireball & don't get me wrong.. the car did go like stink, (although it did understeer a fair bit & wheelied quite nicely) it went well for a little while at least until it stopped because it completely smashed the gears to pieces & they just disintegrated, so on that basis i wouldn't trust anything more than a Tamiya sport tuned motor or one of those HPI Saturn or Ansmann Clash type uprated silvercan motors in those gearboxes to this day.