Baja 5b

[traxxas_man_05]

aprx how fast is the 5b? where can i buy an upgraded motor? & how big is the best motor i can put in it?

[Rudukai13]

its a baja, you pronounce the j as an h.

my guess for the largest upgrade motor woul be 26cc, and i dont know how fast it goes. i dont trust anything i say myself...

[dabid]

I'd guess 40-45 for the stock setup, and like I keep saying, if HPI would offer an upgrade tuned pipe the speed would go up from there. I wonder if a Zenoah of the size or slightly larger would be more powerful compared to the HPI 23cc one....

[Rudukai13]

a tuned pipe would probably help the speed by at least 3 or 4 mph...but i dont think i would change the engine very quickly

[TheJANG]

Stock it tops out a tick under 30mph.

[Rudukai13]

ah...do you know if they make hopups that make it go faster?

[TheJANG]

http://www.teamgonads.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=T&Product_Code=4002hpi&Category_Code=RCEXH

Also, engine swaps.

[Rudukai13]

sounds good. do you think the baja 5b is a good deal at $1000?

[stampedefreak.]

Well Traxxas offers THEIR large buggy at the same price, so I'd say it's a great deal because the HPI is probably oodles better.

[TheJANG]

The Traxxas is much quicker & faster, but the HPI handles much better.

[offroadin'101]

According to R/C Driver, top speed was 29.01 MPH, but could be increased to around 35 with less conservative gearing. Also, removing the exaust extention gives you much better acceleration. These things look and sound awesome!

[Rudukai13]

well it sounds like the baja can be put at the same level as the traxxas buggy with a few minor mods, that wouldnt cost all that much...plus i think the baja looks more realaistic, which in turn equals SWEET

[offroadin'101]

You could definitely make this much better than the Traxxas in that it will have the same speed but will have MUCH better handling.

[Rudukai13]

yeah thats what i meant

[the_brat_jr]

I saw one at my lhs the other day, it was brand new, but pretty beat up already, I asked if it was fast for the money? He said not really, but you cant beat the fun of having it. But I think it would be a VERY cool toy to have lol.. 1/5.. wow.. lol

[traxxas_man_05]

thanks for all the input guys i think i will be saving up and getting one hopefully soon! i guess i will hold back on a Revo 3.3? ya prbly, i would get $500 and ba halve way there so i will save up $500 more even though it will take me a while to get the $ im tryin to get at Least $450 out of my 2 Jato's

[offroadin'101]

The thing is though, I don't think I would sell all my cars just for this. It is big and cool but not worth selling all the other stuff you know you have had fun with.

[traxxas_man_05]

and i know i would have fun with this! i think it would be worth it! the thing is awesome! does anyone know where to find more Large Scales ?i only know of the Grizley, the firehammer and the b5 i know i have seen a Truck large scale it was like a pre-runner looking one, mabe i seen it on new era site idk but ya LMK
Jeff

[offroadin'101]

In the other thread about 5B's, there is a link to a site with a lot of them.

[traxxas_man_05]

can you send me the link to the other thread? i dont see it..