Sorry guys. I'm away on business right now and won't be home till probably Friday night. Last time I'll be online till then!

A bigger mAh battery will do nothing for speed, only run time. To get more speed you need more volts (they are all 1.2volts I believe). When doing a dual battery, you need to run them in series. If you run them in parallel you get more amps, if you run them in series you get more voltage, but NOT both. I wish 1/2AAA fit, I can find those easy in ~600mAh and 1.5 volts!! Now that would run fairly fast and huge run times. 1/3AAA is the size you want, these are acutally used in some bigger RC battery packs. I still strongly believe in peak charging these cells for maximum power and run times.

About the groupbuy, what they are saying about no border fees is most surely bull. Unless they ship from within Canada the border police will tax you a certain percent on imports, especially asian parts! They can get around this in certain ways but none are secure (declaring they are worth less than you paid, but then you get nothing if they go 'missing') or quite legal. Too much trouble than it's worth for me when I can source most things up here.

I can get the magnets most likely, just need to know the diameter and thickness needed. I have a few mods I honestly think will improve the steering without the use of bigger magnets but they will make my system better (I believe some bits already use this system, not sure if maybe all of them do already or not..). I'll talk more about it when I get back Friday and maybe bounce a few ideas off you guys. I'm confident I can get 1/3AAA NiMH batts locally also saving more money (i've also heard of a few Calgary/Edmonton stores that sell microsizers and accessories also! score!!!). This will make buying parts from across the border not needed.

PS - enjoy school while you can. I hated school when I went but now I work in the oil patch and know what work is really about. Luckily I have the option to go back to college/university (already did 1 year of college) with everything paid for and plan to do so when I figure out what I want to do with my life.

cool you get some free time and you check out the boards hehehe i have been to school one day since hollidays ended(monday) and i have broken 2 computers but i fixed them today phew (teacher said something about vandalising school property so i used big technical words to confuse him untill i could fix them hehe).

hmmmmm i guess ur right about the cross boarder shipping then C_CRX.. i;'ll take a look around, see if i can find the dimensions of those magnets.. you got a source for the batts? that's great!

heh, gl with work ^_^

Ya i'm not sure about the duty charges. I'm just going off of what the guy from bitmod told me. The only reason i wanted to place a new order was to get a more torquey motor than tomy sells.

As for the batteries C_CRX, i would be really interested in getting a couple from you if you could find someone locally. I talked to a place in vancouver that said they could get them in but then went on telling me orders are usually a minimum of 500 cells. I'll have a lifetime supply of them at that quantity. I responded back saying aroudn 10 (assuming you guys wanted a cuople each) but i haven't got a response back yet.

C_CRX is correct about the voltage increasing speed and amperage increasing torque.

hmmm... as C_CRX said, those border charges mosty likely have to be there... maybe hidden inside the actual shipping charges themselves.... yeah, i heard that the 3.5 is a torque Monster... an absolutely huge group buy would solve that problem, but at most we have 3 people right now...

heh 500 batteries!!! :rolleyes: time for a 10 cell truck mod... lol

hmmm, well if they could send anything around 10, i'd pay up for a couple at least...

my friend said my gift got confiscated at customs.... :eek:
gotta be weed... or a bit with an illegal frequency.. plz plz plz plz plz..... hehe :D

Q. what would i do with 500 batteries?
A. buy 250 bits and clones:D

ok tommorow i should be getting some clones to chop up and mod test some ideas <evil grin>

PS do you like the new title (keep reading it over you'll eventually get it)

hoihoi, im in riverbend.. whoa, u live downtown?

how old are you? im 17 =P

i got a silver celica... exhaust and intercooled... got a 2.6, runs like a dream after some cycling, and a tire set... heh, got a good config for pretty much any floor.... i hope :p

what bits you got?

hmm i gotta run by my sister's house to pick up my 3.0 and gears... not gonna happen til saturday.. and i wont be able to race/meet up w/ u til about the end of the month... i got midterms man!! freakin stressin... but after that im all for meeting up and racing!

heh, pig i was gonna say something about that earlier 2day... it's Sweet!! :D :D how long did it take for you to figure out...?

i found this at www.majorgeeks.com and took me about 5 min straight staring at it to figure out. pretty funny hey (i think it's above some people though)

picked up a cyclona clone. The car sucks as it is poorly made and steers horribly. But the motor in it is very nice. Good torque and a high top speed. I picked the thing up fro 10 bucks so it was well worth the motor. Just a tip for anyone else :)

did C_CRX say he woudl be back friday too? Just wondering how the battery hunt is going.

Yeah, I'm finally home from many days away. I'll be around a lot more from now on hopefully. I'll look into the magnets and batteries shortly, answers should be less than a week away on both. Anything else?

hey heas back cool. where did you find the cyclonas for $10 can you say el chepo better than the $20 ones from wallmart (going today at around 5:00) so tell me where you found the cyclonas because they are better than $20 and cyclonas have higher quality than the wall mart ones.

hmmm cyclonas? what kinda box are they in...?

and wb C_CRX!! how did ur business go?

hmm im thinking the batteries and magnets are all that im after.. unless we can pick up like a really cheap price for an auto modellista set or something... im looking for another body/chassis, but im not sure what i really want..

I believe the Cyclonas I saw came in the standard 'bullet' clear casing. I saw them at Radio Shack but didn't see a price. They had very very few in stock here when I went!

Business went good, a bit longer than planned and a bit more expensive in some areas than thought. All in all a good trip!

I'm not planing on getting a Bit anytime soon anymore.. I figure for $40 I can have a clone run faster, further and better than the Bit's, at least that's what I hope! That's also my current project is to make the Ultimate Clone for less than the price of a bit.. Hoping my dual cell 2.2 beast will be done tonight or tomorrow. Might also go and see if I can get anymore KIT Racers tonight with the 2.6 engines and x-soft tires. mmm, more projects!! :D