Tire Mounting… Ever wonder how the pros do it? Well, it’s time to find out. We headed over to local pro, Jarodd Goedel‘s shop (home of Canalside Racing Products) for a little demo on how he keeps his tires mounted to his wheels. Using these methods he claims he’s never had a tire blow out [...]
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Profressional Tire Gluing – Walk Through
May 12th, 2012 
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Tags: AKA, Canalside racing products, glue, gluing, mounting, rim, tire, wheel 
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Converting Your Front Hubs to Hex – Losi and Team Associated Short Course
February 13th, 2012 Matt While we are preparing our trucks for Motorama next week, we started to look at what tires we were going to run. While looking at tires, it became obvious our wheels needed to go. My Losi XXX-SCT and Kevin’s Team Associated SC10 were both still utilizing the stock hubs. These are the versions which require [...]
Posted in Pit Tips, Projects Tags: Hex Converison, Losi, proline, sc10, Team Associated, XXX-SCT Comments Off
JConcepts Hi Flow SCT Body Install
February 13th, 2012 Matt This week, RC Soup will be attending Motorama in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This is a very large motorsports event, with several different events all taking place at the same time. I needed a new body for my Losi XXX-SCT, and I’ve wanted to try the JConcepts High Flow body since it was released. Do I smell [...]
Posted in Pit Tips, Projects Tags: High Flow, Jconcepts, Losi XXX-SCT, Motorama, short course, vinyl7 2 Comments »
Bearing Cleaning Basics – R/C Car Maintenance
November 1st, 2011 Kevin A few weeks ago we had a practice night at our local track, Buddyboys R/C. When I wheeled my car around the track it didn’t seem as smooth, or as quiet as it had in the past. It sat all summer while outdoor season was going on. I hadn’t touched the car in months. I [...]
Spice up that Transmitter – Wraps and Grips
September 18th, 2011 Kevin Are you bored by your current radio? Does it seem dull? Tired of having the same looking radio as everyone else? I was.. I bought a used Spektrum DX3R transmitter a few months ago and love it. It already had a black anodized aluminum wheel from Dynamite on it. I think that was a great [...]
Killer Bee CNC Soldering Jig Review
August 12th, 2011 Kevin I first found this little gem on RC Tech’s For Sale forum. So glad I did too. What we have here is a soldering jig by a small CNC Operation in Georgia called Killer Bee CNC. The jig is CNC milled out of solid aluminum and has 3 clamping areas with thumb screws. There are [...]
How to: Remove Glued Tires – Baking
June 29th, 2011 Kevin Ever break a wheel or strip a hex and wish you could get that tire off to reuse it? Well here’s your answer. This trick will allow you to remove your tire from the rim. The rim should still be usable unless like in my case, the wheel is damaged and the reasoning behind debonding. [...]
Novak Ballistic motor- changing the stator
June 25th, 2011 Matt One of the really nice features about the Novak Ballistic 540 series of motors is the ability to change the wind of the motor, simply by changing the stator, You can go all the way from 21.5t to 3.5t with the same 540 motor. You’ll see the process below, as I change a 17.5t into [...]
Pro tire mounting trick
June 16th, 2011 Matt Ever mount a new tire on a rim, and run into an issue getting the bead to sit in the wheel flush? Well, you’re not alone. Here’s a quick tip that will help you mount tires like the pros. If your tires came with the foams already inside, take them out. Then, you want to [...]
Losi Ten SCTE Carbon Fiber shocktower install
May 19th, 2011 Matt On my first outing to the track with my new Losi TEN SCTE, I was involved in several wrecks. In one such wreck, I bent the rear shock tower. I was able to bend it back enough to finish the race, but it was still bent when I removed it today. I’ll be replacing it [...]
