My first SE - Page 2

rfnagel · #16 11-19-2004, 06:33 PM

Embarrassed? I think not LOL! -

Hehe, I'm 42 and still playing with my toys -

I read this somewhere on the Internet (refering to the age of the folks playing with ZipZaps), don't remember exactly from where... might have even been here:

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There's no way you are too old. I'm 29 and my buddy is a young 40! Remember, we were the ones pushing HotWheels around as a kid. Now that it's not as easy to bend down to push them on the floor, we can stand up (or kick back if you prefer) and play with our cars.

gtr2112 · #17 11-20-2004, 12:05 AM

this is what happens when you play with cars too much.

63'SE

Sdog · #18 11-20-2004, 09:30 AM

Weeds....I'm never embarrassed when I it the RS.

RNF....no problem....and yes, the bodies are interchangeable.

GTR....nice job lowering that vette. That is on an SE chassis??? Care to share your lowering technique with us? The wheels look like those kit racer wheels. BTW.....nice Tx wheel.

RNF1968 · #19 11-20-2004, 10:58 AM

I couldn’t help myself! I just went out and got the Ford GT so that I would have the latest and greatest generation. I tossed on my Boss 302 body with the purple motor and the red gears from my upgrade kit in it and the thing is so fast it’s almost uncontrollable! I was wondering though, is it normal for the car to back up slower than it goes forward? Just curious because my HotWheels RC goes the same speed forward and reverse.

mshkttck · #20 11-20-2004, 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by RNF1968
I couldn’t help myself! I just went out and got the Ford GT so that I would have the latest and greatest generation. I tossed on my Boss 302 body with the purple motor and the red gears from my upgrade kit in it and the thing is so fast it’s almost uncontrollable! I was wondering though, is it normal for the car to back up slower than it goes forward? Just curious because my HotWheels RC goes the same speed forward and reverse.

it's normal.

Sdog · #21 11-20-2004, 12:39 PM

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Originally posted by mshkttck
it's normal.

Yeah....what he said....that is par for the course with the SE.

gtr2112 · #22 11-20-2004, 01:08 PM

thnx Sdog. the 63 is very lowered. normally that body won't even fit on an SE. the chassie has been cut and sanded down on the top, sides, and in front of the back wheels. the board is pushed all the way back, and the wires folded and tucked down inside. the chassie is cut just below the top of the batts. the body has been lowered one and a half times stock tab height. i use a metal nail file for that. the tab slot in front is right under the nose. these 3rd gen. SE's are so fast, that even with it being this low it still flips. ZZ 3.4 with blue gears flies. i'd love to put a 4.2 high torque motor in this thing.

the Tx wheel is from one of my sons old toy cars that got destroyed.

i can't use the stock one very well. it's too small. here's another shot of the 63' and Tx.

mshkttck · #23 11-20-2004, 01:18 PM

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i'd love to put a 4.2 high torque motor in this thing.

I have heard of reliability problems with the 4.2s, and I really dont think that they would last very long with the new SEs. The ZZ 3.4s, the Bit 3.8s, and the r- spec motors are supposed to be the best. Anything over 4.0 is unlikely. Has anyone here tried the 4.2 perfections?

Sdog · #24 11-20-2004, 01:23 PM

Well that is a beautiful lowering job. It looks the way it should now. You would think RS would take a hint. What do you think about the size of the rear wheel wells on the '63 Vette?

RNF1968 · #25 11-20-2004, 01:33 PM

I probably should start a new thread for this question but the people reading this one seem very knowledgeable.

Has anyone fit a NON-SE body onto an SE? I bought the pink 2 Fast 2 Furious for my girlfriends daughter and I am trying to put it in on SE.

Thanks!!

mshkttck · #26 11-20-2004, 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by RNF1968
I probably should start a new thread for this question but the people reading this one seem very knowledgeable.

Has anyone fit a NON-SE body onto an SE? I bought the pink 2 Fast 2 Furious for my girlfriends daughter and I am trying to put it in on SE.

Thanks!!

yes, but the bodies for the reg ZZs are a bit longer than the SE bodies, but not by much. I have never seen the s2000 before, and they are convertibles, so they may be different.

RNF1968 · #27 11-20-2004, 02:23 PM

I think you're right about being convertibles. There doesn’t seem to be enough room inside to snap on completely. The other non-convertible that came with it fits. Oh well. Thanks!

RNF1968 · #28 11-20-2004, 02:23 PM

I think you're right about being convertibles. There doesn’t seem to be enough room inside to snap on completely. The other non-convertible that came with it fits. Oh well. Thanks!

gtr2112 · #29 11-20-2004, 02:27 PM

the 63' vette is a non SE body. that's why it was so hard to get it to fit. the body isn't even wide enough to fit on a stock SE chassie. this chassie has been cut and sanded down to the bare essentials. they did make the rear wheel wells way too big. that's why i used the bigger tires in the back so, they wouldn't be so noticable. are the rspec motors better than the ZZ 3.4's?

mshkttck · #30 11-20-2004, 09:40 PM

the rspecs are supposed to be faster and tourqier, but the ZZ motors last longer... I think.