FTX Vantage Pro Race Buggy!

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11 ай бұрын

Mark gives his trusty FTX Vantage a serious upgrade fitting this car with all the necessary gadgets, gizmos and bling to blast around the grass track at the fantastic Gatwick raceway on the 6th August for this year’s popalong GP.
This car plus loads of other goodies including all vantage upgrades featured in this video are available at Rochester RC, use discount code: PopalongRC for a discount at the checkout : rochesterrc.uk/link/popalongrc
To book onto the Popalong GP click the link!
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@captainchaos3053 11 ай бұрын

Never a truer word, nobody likes a dry box! Good luck fella it looks awesome.

@davidhiscock1969 11 ай бұрын

When I did some maintenance on my Vantage I thought the same about that beige mess in the diffs. Last time I saw anything like it was when I changed my kids nappies when they were little 😅😅😅😅

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

😂, yeah weird stuff!

@davidhiscock1969 11 ай бұрын

@@PopalongRC I know a lot of things get recycled these days but ........ 🤣🤣🤣

@pennineraceway1172 11 ай бұрын

Great to listen why Your upgrading parts not just for show but how it helps the set up 👍👍

@SteveDavies-wv2mv 11 ай бұрын

Nice little project, I can't wait to see it racing.

@johnnyjumpup859 11 ай бұрын

Have the brush less vantage... probably the best car I've bought..and i started RC back in 87 with a mardave meteor.

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

I also had a mardave meteor, such a great basic racer back in the day, do you still have it?

@scannon3213 11 ай бұрын

What a great friend to give you a box of fun 🤩 score…🎉

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

What can I say

@petersmith7676 11 ай бұрын

I watched your videos on the vantage when your channel first started and went and got my first rc. I got the vantage looking at it now iv got two brushless vantage s and a brushed vantage building my first tamiya tt02 mercedes Amg love your channel helped a lot thanks popalong rc

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words Peter, good luck with your tt02, it’s actually a great racer

@johnnyhaberfield721 11 ай бұрын

It's like Rocket surgery when I go back to work on these cars too,after working on the eight/seven scale bashers. I now have various glasses for various scale cars.Maybe I should wear them when driving aswell..✌️

@Pablo668 11 ай бұрын

Nice work. I recently got given two HSP 4wd buggies. Been in a shed for years, rusty, covered in dust n crap. Took me a while but they've been cleaned repaired and restored. Not hopped up like your FTX unfortunately, maybe one day. But for now thney are good for letting my nieces and nephews use them. Good vid as always.

@RCCARGEEK 11 ай бұрын

exited to see it race looking good though

@kanenstuff 11 ай бұрын

Really enjoying the channel I'm a new sub and watching when I can,this build is a beast and I see you haven't got a Hakko FX888D yet.

@user-lv2kd6od6d 11 ай бұрын

The force is strong here it is………😎

@Fly2kill1 11 ай бұрын

I stuck a 4.5t hobbywing in a Xray 1/10 truggy. It’s taken a week of trial and error to get it to not thermal itself. I had to go all the way down to a 16t pinion. A bit disappointed in its overall speed but it’s fast enough off road.

@barrycheesemore2928 11 ай бұрын

Alloy c-hubs and steering knuckles are always useful, not so sure about lower wishbones though. And a 3.5 turn motor? Good luck😜😜

@SpeccyMan 11 ай бұрын

They are called slipper gaskets I believe. The "brown" stuff on my Vantage is peanut butter. I'm sure of it. lol Funny you mentioning the e clip on the steering. Mine disappeared a long time ago. No idea where it went. So I have replaced mine with the FTX hop-up steering. I've also put on the carbon top deck and a little of the blue bling. Still running it brushed for now but I do plan a brushless conversion in the future.

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Yes, that steering upgrade is essential

@alphawlff 11 ай бұрын

This car is very similar to a Kyosho Lazer ZX5

@chrispreddy4082 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark. What battery connectors do you use for your lipo? I have a new hobbywing to wire in so I have a blank canvas

@bradkalman2353 11 ай бұрын

How much is the ESC motor combo? In US dollars.

@paulrobinson9355 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video - this is going to be one cool buggy! Does the Vantage Brushless come with the steel spur already - do you know if it’s any different to the brushed Vantage aside from the brushless set up?

@petersmith7676 11 ай бұрын

My two brushless vantage s didont

@winstonwolfe9681 10 ай бұрын

The brushed/brushless versions are 100% identical apart from the ESC and motors.

@KevMacG 7 ай бұрын

Nice dude... Car looks awesome and bet it goes well! Can I ask... What size are the orings you used for the driveshaft? Thanks

@PopalongRC 6 ай бұрын

Check out the Popalong go video for race

@KevMacG 6 ай бұрын

@PopalongRC Okay, cool. Will do dude. I have already watched it, but must have missed it. All the best dude, Thanks 👍

@KevMacG 6 ай бұрын

@@PopalongRCI can't find that video. I thought it was the one at Gatwick, filmed after this one. Can you put a link to it please. Thanks

@mtb-schrauber6053 6 ай бұрын

Im just rebuilding my old kyosho zx5r and it looks very euqal is it a clone? 3.5 turns how long did it survive? :)

@andybtec 11 ай бұрын

I did a similar thing a few years ago with one of these just to show you don't have to spend a fortune to go club racing. My only real issue was lack of steering lock

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

That is a fair point, the track I’ll be racing on is luckily fairly large so hopefully should be ok👍

@winstonwolfe9681 10 ай бұрын

I fixed this by drilling (2.5mm bit) a new steering arm mount hole 6mm away from the inner hole on the steering knuckles. I ran a highly modded Vantage at my local astro track (Swindon) in the last winter season and it was surprisingly competitive against the best race bred 4WD buggies (

@PopalongRC 10 ай бұрын

@winstonwolfe9681 great info cheers for that

@andybtec 10 ай бұрын

@@PopalongRC I raced mine at Swindon before lock down and moving house

@carlbudd341 10 ай бұрын

The brown in gear box is water ingress mixed.i only use baby oil in shocks and gearboxes ?

@PopalongRC 10 ай бұрын

I used beard oil and olive oil sometimes

@chrisvda7277 11 ай бұрын

I'm new to rc and have The FTX Ramraider. What class of vehicles are eligible for the GP. Can't find any info on it as I haven't got Facebook. Was going to buy MT10 or SC10 pro 4 next.

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

Booking open for Popalong GP kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nZaBrLSE25muZXU.html

@PopalongRC 11 ай бұрын

There you go buddy👍