AC Racing nerfs install ?????????? [Archive]

ccdhowell

04-15-2009, 09:17 AM

I got my daughter a set of AC Racing nerfs for her Typhoon 90. Install is straight forward, but I don't know how the nerfs themselves are held on the steel frame extensions that go in where the old nerfs came out. Am I supposed to drill a hole through the nerfs and extension and put a bolt through it? The kit came with 4 5/16 inch bolts that don't go anywhere else, but I don't want to put that big of a hole in the nerfs or extensions.

What solutions have you guys come up with that works better?

Thanks,
Chris

smperformance

04-15-2009, 11:58 AM

use the orginal hardware that came with the orginal nerfs.
drill a small hole to lock them on.
fyi you will want to spray the bottom of the heal gards with a rubber spray coating like under coat cause the nerfs vibrate very bad

Ride1Rob

04-15-2009, 01:01 PM

Where did you order them from as I'm going to have to order a set soon as well.

ccdhowell

04-15-2009, 06:20 PM

R1Rob, I got them from a guy on this forum, his username is Chuck Dunn, easy to deal with.

smperf, I did use the stock hardware(4 bolts) to mount the extensions into the frame. The actual nerf bar needs to be fixed to the frame extensions. I guess I'll drill some 3/16" holes through the nerfs and extensions and put a grade 8 bolt to hold them on.

wolfpack91

04-16-2009, 03:22 AM

You don't have to bolt them to the extension. They can't go anywhere. As for the heel guards vibrating? We haven't had that problem and they've been our's for a year and a half.

ccdhowell

04-16-2009, 12:50 PM

I wanted to tell ya'll what I ended up doing and it worked great. I bought some 1/4 inch stainless bolts 3/4 inch long. I drilled and tapped a hole in each of the four main tubes through the nerf and into the extension. I loctited the four bolts in...end of worry. Now I know they aren't going anywhere and I didn't have to compromise the integrety of the extension by drilling all the way through it.

Only thing I found I don't like about these nerfs is that the inside of the nets don't attach to the frame. I like nerfs that go all the way to the frame, oh well, daughter loves them, so I'm happy.

Ride1Rob

04-16-2009, 01:08 PM

How much did you pay for the setup?

ccdhowell

04-16-2009, 06:27 PM

$125 shipped

pdracer440

04-16-2009, 09:49 PM

new or used?

ccdhowell

04-16-2009, 10:53 PM

They were new. Great price I must say, don't know if he has any more at that price, shot him a PM and check. His name and log on is "Chuck Dunn"

Ride1Rob

04-17-2009, 07:43 AM

He doens't actually sell them. He had a set that he was trying to get rid of is all. Checked AC's site and they don't make a set of nerfs for the Xtreme miniquad. Probably was a set off of something like a DRR or TRX or something that matched up to the Xtreme.

ccdhowell

04-17-2009, 01:36 PM

Originally posted by Ride1Rob
He doens't actually sell them. He had a set that he was trying to get rid of is all. Checked AC's site and they don't make a set of nerfs for the Xtreme miniquad. Probably was a set off of something like a DRR or TRX or something that matched up to the Xtreme.

From the Xtreme website: http://www.xtrememotorco.com/accessories/Default.aspx

Anyway he told me that he had a shop and had to close it down and was selling the stuff from home to get rid of it.

Ride1Rob

04-17-2009, 02:39 PM

Now that you post that I have seen those on the Xtreme site before. But I wonder why AC has nothing about the Xtreme on their site if the make them?

Hanksdad

04-18-2009, 07:52 AM

I almost bought those nerfs from Chuck a few months ago. They were brand new, and less than half price. Decided I didn't need them right then and now I regret it. I noticed the same thing though. It is very odd that I looked all over after reading an old article on the then new xtreme with the ac nerfs and couldn't find where ac sold or even made them. But right there on Xtreme's website was the set-up I had been looking for.

91gtig60

04-20-2009, 09:10 PM

will these work on a gpx engined kickstart only set up???? dont look like they leave room for kickstarter?? i had to modify the rear brake pedal to make it work with the gpx

Ride1Rob

04-21-2009, 09:06 AM

Originally posted by 91gtig60
will these work on a gpx engined kickstart only set up???? dont look like they leave room for kickstarter?? i had to modify the rear brake pedal to make it work with the gpx

Didn't have to modify anything when I intalled the GPX.

91gtig60

04-21-2009, 01:32 PM

i must have a differnt engine then??http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g311/tdub785/DSCF0900.jpg http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g311/tdub785/DSCF0901.jpg

Ride1Rob

04-21-2009, 05:41 PM

Different outer case cover. I didn't think about that lol.

91gtig60

04-22-2009, 07:58 AM

do you have a different engine or what??
Originally posted by Ride1Rob
Different outer case cover. I didn't think about that lol.

Ride1Rob

04-22-2009, 08:19 AM

Same motor (Jailing) just like the original Typhoon motor (Jailing) and just like your GPX (also a Jailing). Only difference, some companies get them and modify them with Inner Rotor Kit, Outter Rotor Kit, or lighten the stock flywheel. Some beef the parts up internally and then put their outer covers on them with their names. Looking at the outer covers they look different. You take the outer covers off and they're identical in terms of setup.

91gtig60

04-22-2009, 02:10 PM

is yours a manual trans then??? got mine from vince this is what i got?? would be nice if the lever fit
Originally posted by Ride1Rob
Same motor (Jailing) just like the original Typhoon motor (Jailing) and just like your GPX (also a Jailing). Only difference, some companies get them and modify them with Inner Rotor Kit, Outter Rotor Kit, or lighten the stock flywheel. Some beef the parts up internally and then put their outer covers on them with their names. Looking at the outer covers they look different. You take the outer covers off and they're identical in terms of setup.