Best RC 2WD Prerunner? Kyosho Outlaw Rampage Pro.

[@drunkchicken8636]

I like the green paint job you have. I'm more 10th scale Kyosho, and Tamiya size cars. I have 2 RTR Outlaws, 1 came red, the other came golden. And 2 also have 2 kit trucks still in their boxes. I opened them to use stock metal plate as a template to make plates for the RTRs out of nonstick aluminum pans. I put 4 lights on the front, their not as fancy as yours but really bright. And I did buy a tail led rear bar that I haven't installed yet. Mine are both swapped to 3300kv brushless and probably go 35mph on 2s. I did run it on 3s, just once. It's too crazy to drive on the street more than a couple of rips. Lawn too tall to run at the park. Both have stock kyosho transmitter and receiver, then added a gyro to help control it. I took the foams out of the tires since the tires are so hard. I'm just upset that there are no optional upgrades for this truck. Where do you get the aluminum gears for $60.00. To protect your body use mesh tape with shoe goo to reinforce the sides to cab area back to the tail gate area. Nope it did not get quieter, once I took the gearbox apart and remeshed the pinion gears. I also have the 2 kits, thinking someone will come up with an aftermarket kit that you can mount the motor in the Chassis. Bought 2 Kyosho gyro radios for the kit cars from a store in Japan, and shipped to the states, for less than you can buy overpriced in america. I don't run Castle in anything. I would be broke if i did.

[@rcilluminati26]

I was wrong about the price of the metal gears, they are more like $110 Taking the foams out is a good idea, I will try that. I hear that using an Associated spur and Robinson pinion makes it quieter.

[@captainzaku1198]

@@rcilluminati26it does ^ you might have to sand the center bore of the associated spur to get it to fit (I did it with the one for mines and it’s super quiet now) I had bought the spur everyone was recommending and it really didn’t fit till I sanded it a bit and it runs amazing

[@JIPPERR_1]

Love my kyosho outlaw pro for sure! So much fun, always have been impressed with how well it drives. That metal front skid can bend if you hit it. I race mine around in the back yard and it's by far my favorite truck on that course, tight with some jumps and a decent 3ft drop. Cheers!

[@toeshifter]

Beautiful truck. I love what Kyosho is doing. Best in the body game in my opinion. I see they announced a drift car but the key takeaway is the body is clipless mounted. Maybe the days of body pins will start to fade with Kyosho. That in itself is amazing. Thanks for sharing this build. Amazing RC’s at affordable prices. 😎

[@toeshifter]

Another comment, my previous comment was posted before I finished the video. Do you still get the different drive modes using the XL5? So the set up is FWD/BRK/REV?

[@rcilluminati26]

Would love to see clipless on this truck

[@rcilluminati26]

Yes, you can still get all the drive modes

[@HERORC-h5y]

Yes sir, that is nice! Scale is my thing. But, I am new at it and that's one of the reasons I watch rc videos to learn.

[@toddsmith2632]

Awesome videos! Your video content and quality are so great! Thanks for the info and entertainment!

[@rcilluminati26]

Appreciate that! Glad you enjoy the content!

[@jjm2948]

I agree one of my favorite bathers it just does it right

[@PaulieD1122]

I just have to say it, Beautiful Paint job! It looks soo good man. Amazing Job.

[@rcilluminati26]

@@PaulieD1122 thanks! I’m kinda obsessed with this color now.

[@RobertHettinger-b5x]

Impressive build ! Thanks for posting

[@On_The_Bench-c3po]

love the green!!!..

[@robertowens7771]

Sweet jumps nice handling

[@kennyfrommodesto1]

Looks great, that color is fantastic.

[@rcilluminati26]

Thanks!

[@2XRC]

Quality built, scale RCs are so much FUN. You’re spot on… It doesn’t always have bash like a Kraton or an XMaxx to be “worthy” Today’s RCs are already so durable compared to OG Tamiyas that every modern day RC is enjoyable

[@aaroncarr5725]

I had an Outlaw Raider back in 92

[@DubVredneck]

Im building a prerunner in 1:24 scale here soon

[@rcilluminati26]

Cool, did you see the new FMS Chaser? Mini solid axle trophy truck, looks pretty good for a backyard baja course

[@DubVredneck]

@ yeah i always come up with the idea for sumtin and someone comes out with it b4 i get 1 built lol i can't remember is it a moa

[@secondhandrc7024]

Nice build!! Kyosho definitely hit it right on with looks!! I been eyeing one up. Secondhand of course!!😁🤙🏼👍🏼

[@scubaccasteve1902]

It looks awesome bro.👍😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@rcilluminati26]

Thanks!

[@tankinfrankrc1087]

That candy apple looks so good!

[@rcilluminati26]

@@tankinfrankrc1087 I like it so much I’m painting two other trucks the same so I’ll have a race team soon. Lol

[@tankinfrankrc1087]

@@rcilluminati26 👍👍

[@rolexr]

@@rcilluminati26 ...what paint is it exactly my friend?

[@simonkubacki9823]

I love mine, it looks great. I used an amazon lexan interior from a Cherokee I believe. I just chopped off everything behind the rear seats.

[@rcilluminati26]

Good to know that fits, I'll check it out.

[@Thehobbymanashleyfigurecollect]

She is a awesome looking awesome rc truck

[@angrymelon]

I love mine! I have a 4600Kv Castle motor in mine. It goes over 40 mph and is WAY too fast. I'm going to switch out to a Holmes Retro Sport to simmer it down a bit. Awesome truck it looks great!

[@laurenzholzer2441]

Do you run the stock plastic gears i run mine on 2s and a brushless system and already striped gears once or twice?

[@angrymelon]

@@laurenzholzer2441 plastic gears so far, but I went through the rear axle and cleaned and regreased everything before I ran it. Also got the slipper set pretty conservative.

[@rcilluminati26]

Thanks! 40 sounds crazy for this truck, lol

[@DubVredneck]

Wow killer rig love the green 🤘🤘💯

[@zoridor16]

Very nice Kyosho truck! I'm in love with this body! I currently have a mad van and I plan to purchase another mad van. Go in yellow! It would be very interesting to see a top speed at 2s with that 12 turn titan engine I do about 22.5 mph with my mad van and the G14 Turns motor, which is also brushed at 2s! Thank you very much for sharing,You definitely don't have to go 30 mph to have fun! I also have a lot of fun with mibmad going at 22-23mph and would be absolutely happy with 25-26mph Excellent and detailed review.

[@rcilluminati26]

Thanks! I'm going to use the largest pinion that fits and check the speed

[@yonicozac]

What awesome paint job! With the lights and all it looks so good. I use HW 1060 and Holmes retro sport which is cheap and suit the car pretty well

[@dallaswillys]

The meus light look like they are a pretty close to identical scale copy of the full sized or 1:1 Baja Designs L6 pod lights that I run on my RZR and pre runner. The full sized version puts out an insane amount of light, I know people that just mount 1 in the middle of their bumper (or they use an L9 which is almost the same, just with 9 big LEDs in it instead of 6) and it shoots a beam of light that is so strong that you cannot outrun it in the dark, it reaches out there so far and powerful that you can see anything you are coming to or that is coming at you with more than enough time to react to it no matter how fast your going. 4 of them would be like almost daylight in front of you it would have so much light. So its kind of cool that they made a miniature version of it. It would be cooler if it was officially licensed though, especially because the MEUS version it is pretty much an exact miniature copy of the Baja Designs light all the way down to the 6 main LEDs arrangement and the shape of the can and the shape of the lens and how it extends back on either side of the light exposing the side peripheral "area" LEDs that are angled back on both sides of the main LED cluster. The side lights on the Baja Designs light illuminate the area around the front and side of the truck using amber/yellow lighting, and that's because the amber or yellow light helps see through dust unlike a strong white light which reflects off the dust and impairs visibility in dusty conditions, very useful in desert racing or any night time off road activity that involves driving through dusty environments with other people kicking up dust. Red and green light help see through dust as well (my dad uses red filters on his 1:1 rock buggies peripheral lighting for night wheeling), but yellow is the most common.

[@rcilluminati26]

Very cool. Would be nice if they were licensed but then prob twice the cost lol. These are def my favorite rc lights so far.

[@meirdeaph]

Holy Flawless ❤

[@DonaldBurns-we3wy]

I have been horribly dissatisfied with my Outlaw. Now I think my problem is over powering it. I have some Traxxas BL-2S systems lying around, think I will try one of those. Thanks for the video, you may have saved my Outlaw.

[@rcilluminati26]

That would be perfect, you def need to watch the power especially on 2wd. The law of diminishing returns... more is not better in this case

[@mitsuman5555]

What you did with your Beams kit makes me think about similarly spacing the wheels out on one of these Kyoshos and running a short course body. I used to have one and my biggest gripe was traction rolling on high grip surfaces, so being wider would help. They are cool trucks, will be watching to see what you do with yours. Edit: regarding the gear noise, changing to an Associated spur and a quality pinion fixes it. I used a Robinson Racing pinion. I don't have the specific part number handy for the spur but you can find posts online from others that have done it.

[@rcilluminati26]

@@mitsuman5555 awesome, good to know about the spur and pinion. I will def try that. Would be interesting to see a wide track setup on it.

[@accountabilityaudits]

Ordered mine today.

[@rcilluminati26]

Awesome, You're going to love it!

[@TheAmericanUhate]

One of those new Holmes stubby crawl master 3,000kv motors would be small and light enough to work good with that, plus it can take 4s

[@rcilluminati26]

That would be cool, the problem would be battery size

[@Epsonblade]

Color is a big hit!! Love it. I've been sitting on one of these kits for a long time. I got the pro kit. Never opened the seal. I have a bunch of different electronics. Wondering what servo you used, and also what motor and esc would you use if you went brushless. Motor specs please! I love this truck. Just waiting on the right time to build it.

[@rcilluminati26]

Get it going! I'm using a pretty basic Spektrum servo, S662. If I go brushless I will likely use a Hobbywing 10BL60 because I have one already, and a 4300kv motor. I'm going to try gearing first but I think brushless is the way to go just due to it being a sealed motor can. Theres a lot of dirt that gets flung into the motor area.

[@jasonweber5464]

need this!!!!!

[@RedLakeArchery]

Im disappointed with all RC companies with lexan bodies and the lack of effort and styles. Also hardbodies.. it seems like a money grab some of the lexan. We need more scale parts. Every lexan body except comp bodies, should have a molded grille, headlight buckets at minimum

[@rcilluminati26]

Agreed

[@alantaylor353]

Well done mate, that looks EPIC.!! It looks so cool driving around, especially in slo-mo.!! 👍 👍 I've almost bought one of these so many times, but I've heard bad things about the gears, specifically that they can't handle brushless power.. As far as I know there are no aftermarket gears available for it. I know everyone says these trucks are about the realistic handling & not speed... But I want handling & speed.! 😉 😉 😂 😁 👍👍 I still might get one, fit a mild 2S brushless system & just make sure I've got spare gears.! 😉 Stay safe out there mate & the very best wishes from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙏

[@rcilluminati26]

Hello Scotland! Get one! Really nice kit for the money. There are steel gears available but they are like $110. I think brushless on 2s will be fine if you keep the punch set low and don't drive like a basher.

[@alantaylor353]

@rcilluminati26 Thanks mate.!! 👍 👍 You might have just helped me decide to get myself one.! 😉 😉 Hopefully I'll turn out to be as pleasantly surprised as I was when I tried my first Tamiya, again, it was the plastic gears that put me off, it turns out they're as tough as nails.!!! Oh yeah, it's definitely not a basher.! I barely drive my actual bashers as bashers tbh.! 😉 😉 I aim to have as much fun with my RCs as I can & take them home in one piece. It's nice to know my Mojave 4S or MT8 can do double backflips 60 feet up in the air, but I won't be trying it.! I much prefer to drive in a more realistic way... Also, I can't drive that well.!! 😂 😁 Cheers mate..! Subbed & liked & the very best wishes from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙏

[@kravenkrawlhobby5438]

After watching this I have to get one. I’m really into scale crawlers but the look of this thing. I don’t know maybe it’s just how you have yours done up but I’m in bro.

[@rcilluminati26]

Do it! Its such a nice scale truck for the money. All it needs is basic electronics (recommend a gyro), some lights and a nice paint job.

[@6132-k1n]

I have the same truck, I designed and printed an interior roll cage as well as scale accessories like fuel tank, it looks proper scale now. I love this rig. I'm curious as to why you're not running it in cold weather? I've been running mine in sub 0F temperatures since I got it (I live in Canada) and it's a blast on packed snow. The truck has actually never seen above freezing temperatures.

[@rcilluminati26]

Awesome, It def needs an interior. Happy to hear it holds up well in cold. I've broken a lot of plastic parts in cold weather so I hesitate to run some of my trucks this time of year.

[@nodrogstacey7813]

I may have to get this. I've got an scx10ii conversion that I love but have nothing that can run against it lol

[@rcilluminati26]

Its a super nice kit for the money

[@kujonyanthawa594]

good job posting the links

[@FeralRC]

We recently got one of these and when I painted the body the paint delaminated. No idea why. Never had that problem. Ordered a new body and it came with everything for around $60 straight from Kyosho. I'd say that's a really good price for what you get. I wish they made 313mm crawler bodies.

[@rcilluminati26]

Did you use polycarbonate specific paint?

[@Nickwillfixit]

I really like the look over all and as a kit at £245 UK, but I must admit liking it to drive and look scale I do not like the MOA set up, I suppose it would grow on me after all I run 5th gas so have to make allowance for not getting a full scale look as the intierior has a 50cc gas motor in it. I have a LOSI Superlaser new not used yet due to the weather and busy time of year for me, I also have a 30degree North Super Desert Truck, a TRAXXAS UDR. my favourite gas vehicles are my two Kraken RC Trophy Truck and the Ultra 4 buggy and the FID-RC Dragonhammer Class 1, then my HPI Baja 5SC and Kraken Class 1 body/cage conversion, and my LOSI 5ive-T which I used to race. I am like yourself the more scale the better and also get more pleasure building and modifying them, only have one crawler the Rlaarlo 1/7th Jeep, nothing I have is stock. Without sounding weird if I was not in the UK I would be out driving as you do, the down side here in the UK the number of people who like the Pre-Runner Trophy Truck etc is limited.

[@rcilluminati26]

Nice! Sounds like a hell of collection. I have to say, the Kyosho drives so nice with the MOA I can make an exception for how it looks.

[@laurenzholzer2441]

It would reqlly be interesting to see a axle swap with the transmition inside. I have one too and run it on brushless and the durability of the gears is really lacking. But if you convert it what type of transmission would one use?

[@rcilluminati26]

Good question, I wouldn't want to use a trans that very heavy so maybe an Axial 3 gear. Ive read that the stock setup is still the best handling so maybe its not even worth it.

[@laurenzholzer2441]

@@rcilluminati26 Yeah makes sense moa really helps the low center of gravity. I thought mine actually broke again right after i changed the gear set but after seeing your video i took it out again and seems to work. But the transmition does makes al lot of wierd noises. What metal gear set where you talking about thats 60$ the only one i can find is on amazon and is 115$

[@robertowens7771]

I like it !!!!!!! :)))

[@rcilluminati26]

Thanks man!

[@calebgilmore3327]

were the lights in the us on amazon or did they still come from china? i ordered off their site so they took a bit to get here

[@rcilluminati26]

I ordered off Amazon, got them in 3 days

[@captainzaku1198]

So I have had one for awhile but there’s no upgrades for it at all besides probably shocks or tires but besides that there’s really nothing I wish it had more options. I love the truck itself though ran a traxxas bl2s system on it. If anyone knows of any upgrades please let me know

[@rcilluminati26]

I guess if nothing has broken, it doesn't really need upgrades, lol. I know there are metal trans gears available but they are pricey, like $120

[@RedLakeArchery]

Ahhh.. just imagine the same kit with a mid chassis motor mount. So you can use whatever motor you want.

[@rcilluminati26]

I wish

[@TrokaRC]

Handles realistic, front suspension is awesome. Ruined the diff gears, converting to solid axle eventually...

[@928RENTALS]

seems to have alot of rear wheel hop vs the baja rey

[@rcilluminati26]

I think thats the trade off for the heavy rear axle setup. The stock tires are pretty stiff and the cold makes it even worse so I'm thinking a lot of that can be tuned out eventually

[@Subboxstoker]

I got one i put a proline vw bug body on it

[@rcilluminati26]

Cool, I love VW Bugs, I used to own a '78 convertible beetle. Wish I still had it

[@MrBumbles2]

hell proline can't even get there WB ##"S right. don't believe what they print . then can't return them. that looks awesome

[@Johnny6ex]

U know trophy rat. Wold u make something in the same style old rusted high off road or apocalyptic

[@STDriver92]

Best? More like ONLY 2WD Prerunner lol

[@rcilluminati26]

Haha, you're right about that. Winner by default, well at least unless you include the I beams kit build but we will see if its a match

[@1980VINZ]

Ah this car…. The gear noise absolutely RUINS this nice Kyosho one…

[@rcilluminati26]

I do wish it was quieter, I was hoping it breaks in a bit. Maybe the metal gears are better

[@1980VINZ]

@ They are all like this unfortunately Let’s hope new gears are a bit better…. Other than that you did an absolute GORGEOUS job on it

[@toddbertram6556]

So, not a kit. Got it

[@rcilluminati26]

sort of, you do need to add oil to shocks, paint the body etc... Its a half assed kit. Lol