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Hornet is a laugh to drive.. fun car.

I will try to get some photos of my cars uploaded soon

Curious about the photos!

Here's some of my G-Hopper. I fitted a Super Hornet suspension with oil shocks so it doesn't roll over that easy anymore :



And aluminium Hornet suspension in the rear :



Notice the custom protection plate.
It has proven to be functional already!

Thats a nice looking Grasshopper there,

Do the oil shocks on the front make a big difference?

What motor is that Edou?

Patto wrote:

Do the oil shocks on the front make a big difference?

They make a big difference. Together with the wider wheelbase that the Super Hornet arms bring.
The regular front shocks for a Grasshopper (and Hornet) are very basic as you know...
To keep the nose on an acceptable level I had to cut the springs quite short.
So there's not a lot of (upwards) stroke - but enough for it to work right.

Another advantage of this front suspension is that the shocks also work the other way.
When the nose starts to lift, the shocks will push the wheels down so contact with the surface will remain.

Makes it much more fun to bash around carefree of damage!
Btw - these parts can be fitted on a Hopper-Hornet in a non-destructive way for the chassis. They just fit!

Falcon#5 wrote:

What motor is that Edou?

It's an Ansmann Clash 23. Runs very nicely although it's quite generic.
The GH already had a Mabuchi 27T hop up in the eighties replacing the regular 360 motor.
This one I installed a while ago and it is certainly another upgrade from the Mabuchi.

It's next motor is in stock already too - a Lrp S10 23T standard.
Enough power for the G-Hopper since it won't be able to control much more without going a bit "loco" in handling it.

I would be interested in doing that mod to mine in the future i think,

Thanks for the pics:)

No problem of course - it's a pretty cool mod without destroying any vintage parts.

Don't forget to order the (longer) steering rods as well...