UG0TB4NN3D

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I've got an X1 CRT and a Sportwerks .26 V2, and the motor won't fit on my pro mounts (I have the RTR [Fitting] mounts coming) without a roto-start or bump start backplate, and I was wanting to either get a bump start or roto start for it.


I can buy the rotostart (with backplate) for around $50, or I can buy the bump start, with the backplate, for around $90 to $100.

Which should I buy, and how much of a performance boost would I see from the bumpstart backplate?

{GBI}Harryball

Just my 2cents, I would go with the roto start. Its easier to move around and because of that reason it makes for faster restarts.

horeable

If you run at a track with a pit area, i vote starter box. no one way bearing to deal with, and it is much easier to start one handled.
So even with no performance increase it would probably be worth it to me.
Ofna makes a decent box for 50 and the backplate for that motor is pretty cheap.

qaiz

Id say bump start, more reliable than a roto start, less weight than a roto start.

HerrSavage

UGOTTB2NN4D, I would get the part number SKW8057.. That's what I got for my Mach 427, which I'm also gonna run in a truggy.. With the bumpstart backplate you get a few thousand more RPM's, and yeah, less stress cuz of not having a OWB..

That said, it IS IMO an inconvenience as far as having to carry more, bigger, and heavier stuff around.. At least for bashing.. Ideally, when I'm just going out for a few tanks with one truck, I can take everything in my backpack, plus the truck in one hand.. Not so I think with the box.. Won't fit in my backpack with the radio, tools, fuel, etc.. A rotostart is bad enough - a huge metal box that requires TWO batteries instead of one is like three times the size..(not to mention having to charge longer, etc..)

So I'd say it totally depends on your situation.. I've had a few rotostarts now, and pullstarts too(the convenience of which I was liking more and more..), but am ready to at least try a starterbox and see for myself if it really is worth the extra hassle.. Plus I eventch want to try out some higher end engines for my Muggy and Hyper ST, and most of them come bumpstart..(also I get a little added chassis stiffness with the bumpstart engine brace for the Muggy, but that's a Muggy-specific issue...)

Anyway, it's definitely not less weight than a rotostart. In fact, it's more than threet times the weight, and I don't know like 8 times the size..

UG0TB4NN3D

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What batteries would you recommend I get for the bump start box?

I get payed on the 21st, so I'll have enough to buy either, and another plate for my Wasp.

HerrSavage

Prob a 12 V car battery if you've got the wherewithall to get around with it... I just got 2x LRP 3000 stick packs, and hope that's enough to turn over a new Mach 427.. And possibly later an OS 28.. [:@]

cobra26

I guess I'm just a "klutz", but I've never mastered or had good luck with a starter box. I've been using a roto-start on a buggy and a truck for about 6 months now with no problems and it is a "joy" to use - much better than pull starts! I am in the process of converting the rest of my "fleet" to roto-start, and since I'm not a top competition, factory-sponsored driver, I doubt the added weight or loss of RPM's (if any) makes any difference in my performance times around the track. I might rethink the issue if I was one of the world's top drivers, but for now the roto-start is a God send!

UG0TB4NN3D

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Yeah, on my Wasp, I rigged it up with a drill, and the one-way bearing, something like a rotostart. Lol.

UG0TB4NN3D

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Also, would two 7.4V LiPos work?

madmax22

U got banned how do you do that? wont you get dirt into the backplate and mess everything up??????

qaiz

@ PatrickBW

lol your wife/mom let you use here kitchen scale.

Last time I tried to weigh my truggy she was about to throw a frying pan at me lol.

Her kitchen 'was' my work area

HerrSavage

No, I bought that scale precisely for important situations such as these..

Coopz

Bump start anyday, I've ued Rotostarts, they are better than a pullstart but a bump starter is sooo much better. Plus you can start the car with some throttle and it won't tear off when it fires up.

UG0TB4NN3D

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I didn't get any dirt in the backplate, and if there was any back there, I'd just spray it off with some nitro cleaner.

I guess I'll get a bump start.

chrobar

Yeah, I vote bump start too. They are much more convenient than roto starts because there is nothing added on the engine, and you just plop the car on the push down. I love pull starts for bashing though, but for racing, starter box is the only way to go.
Tom

BIGAIRBEN

ROTO BUMP USE ROTO BUT I WANT TO SWITCH TO BUMP[]

vnmsgt

always like rotostart but since I have used a bump box on my ST-RR I am liking it better than the rotostart. May switch all my cars over to it soon.