Giving the Hoonitruck the Power it Deserves

Today we upgrade the Hoonitruck to some serious power with a 3S Brushless System from Castle Creations. We also upgrade a few parts, like adding adjustable turnbuckles and sway bars for tuning aids. Is 3S Brushless too much power, or not enough? Watch to find out.
Hoonigan Cars:
Hoonitruck: www.amainhobbies.com/team-ass...
Hoonicorn: www.amainhobbies.com/team-ass...
3S Brushless System:
Castle Creations 3S System: www.amainhobbies.com/castle-c...
Tuning Aids:
Adjustable Turnbuckles: www.amainhobbies.com/team-ass...
Sway Bars: www.amainhobbies.com/team-ass...
Aluminum Shocks: www.amainhobbies.com/team-ass...
Other Essentials:
Hex Screw Driver Set: www.amainhobbies.com/protek-r...
Nut Driver Set: www.amainhobbies.com/protek-r...
Car Stand: www.amainhobbies.com/ecopower...
GPS Speed Meter: www.amainhobbies.com/skyrc-gp...
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[@johnclarke8180]

This is the way it should of come from stock!

[@RCDriftTok]

Great minds think alike! I’ve just done the same to mine 🤯

[@alaskanmusher7098]

Remember I asked you if you could change the bearings on the RC?😅

[@scaleworksRC]

Now that's a proper Hoonitruck. Ken would be proud!

[@mikecrystalrobert7898]

That’s sick it leaves little black marks on the ground👌

[@CoreyWhite-dr1xh]

I like how it still squats when he hits it even with it already sitting low in back, super cool, now let's see him let it rip..

[@PoweredByCastle]

We are familiar with the "tire marks" on the floor! :) Great video!

[@TR3-WC]

This is one of the best videos I seen on this channel. This hop up video is so well done that it should increase the sale of this RC. 👍

[@JrokkShenanigans]

Bro no Gyro at the end? I give you props on driving, it looked very Hoonitruck to me 👍

[@VS666]

she's a ripper now!!! that floor in the office is so perfect for drifting, reminds me i gotta put my drift car back together

[@highestcreations276]

This is crazy I thought that the set up using a lipo and upgrading the gears made those small cars a little ripper but this is next level

[@NathanStorer-RC]

4WD drifting is going to be difficult on an indoor track as they tend to be much faster and less precise than RWD drift cars. The truck probably would have been a ton of fun drifting on that larger carpet track with those hard Yokomo tires. This truck looks incredible with those upgrades, thinking about doing the same with my Hoonicorn 😊

[@OmniMan_Racing]

Love the noise from the castle electronics

[@Hellseeker1]

Ken Block approved now!! Sheiit 😎

[@harlyquin]

4:51 oh no, your in some big trouble now little fella

[@RoyFoust]

Now that's a Hoonitruck!!!! Great Video

[@matthewheitzman5993]

So we're just not going to talk about that VW Baja bug😱😱😱🥵

[@RcSteve46]

Man that thing looks good

[@SavvyICEMAN31]

Nice driving and cool action shots. Earned the thumbs up from me =)

[@CoreyWhite-dr1xh]

Finally somebody who's gone upgrade the hooni truck like it was supposed to be from the start, why used a brushed motor instead of brushless, smh how bout to get more money outta it, I get it, so what combo set up would be best, let's see what he comes up with...

[@basherz_den]

Good to see you man.. been missing the amain vids!

[@saturnfivehynrgrc581]

Like button energized. Good stuff my friend, have a good week.

[@Blimpus]

HooniBrett with the awesome Hoonitruck, this was fun to watch!

[@rgr4475]

Great video. Love Amain

[@RoyFoust]

I love this video.....wath it every f____ing day.......built mine exacly like it put it on shelf......... Car as well.....

[@brentwhite1791]

Nice upgrade! I upgraded mine as well to a 4s brushless 3665 4500kv system. Added some small wheel extenders for better stability. Waiting for my 4s battery to come in to test it out…it’s a monster!!! lol

[@AMain_Hobbies]

Wheel extenders! We should have tried that, bet it looks cool too. Great idea! -Brett

[@gaeltoscano8742]

43 was the best top speed it could’ve landed on

[@The94gtmoose]

I couldn’t agree more that this model needed so go along with all the show. I think we need a video upgrading the reflex 14r. Same good looks with a turd of a power combo.

[@roel1967]

Nice review

[@tractorboi124]

Y'all need to build and test a kyosho turbo optima

[@TheAurabell]

Great 👍 video !

[@johnwayne666]

Pretty freaking cool dude...😎🤙🏼

[@88davidw]

Brett is awesome!

[@CoreyWhite-dr1xh]

One of them ones we hate to get all scuffed up, but we can never be to careful when having fun with a badass powerful rc , smh

[@christophermears7738]

I really feel associated and element have really dropped the ball. The resort to bushings and in the case of the unicorn car and truck both of which should have been brushless. Now I get they had to pay a licensing fee for the body but the price got increased and I find it very hard to believe that they can build drag cars for $200 and they are brushless but they couldn't be bothered to put bearings and a brushless setup in these. Not to mention associated socks seem to leak like a sieve. My brand new dr-10 I had to rebuild the shocks as they were all devoid of any oil and I had to clean the oil off the car new out of the box.

[@shuster1921]

Love me some high speed drifting!

[@Paul0088]

Awesome

[@FarmerFpv]

I have the same setup in my Honitruck I did change to aluminum wheels and some slicks. They handle much better than the MJX or UDI trucks and cars. Like a lot better. Even with the Gyro that the MJX and UDI come with the Hoonitruck is on rails with no gyro. That's what happens when you have an actual race team that designs the cars and not just a bunch of copies. I can't wait for the Team Associated SR7 Hoonicrorn 1/7 scale to come out. Have you heard any more news? Have you seen the chassis yet guys? If it is as good as their TC7.2 on a larger scale, it will be a beast!

[@Noah-lt3uo]

Nice

[@macmccartney5760]

Y'all need to do more videos on new releases. I like watching yours more than most others but you all don't put them out very often come on now man I need more videos from you

[@tflkwiz594]

That is a great video. Are you thinking of doing a video on the new Amain facility? I'm sure people would be interested in the new indoor, outdoor tracks, and the store.

[@AMain_Hobbies]

Yes, the next video! It will probably come out next week. -Brett

[@TheRyaninspokane]

Have you seen any upgrades for the gears? I am looking for upgraded diffs

[@bbyautographics7106]

Awesome!!!!

[@firedustman]

very good mods 😀😀

[@atdanylo]

Wow, what was that orange bug looking like thing? Its awesome!

[@AMain_Hobbies]

Wasn't that wild! It belongs to someone who came to use the r/c track. I'm not sure who it was but we need to find out! -Brett

[@deltazero3796]

Looks Performance Choose one.

[@teinspringz]

Hi, can you please try the drift tyres on the carpet track next time?

[@ZerotheWanderer]

Just like the real Hoonitruck, needs a new set of tires every 5 minutes.

[@justinpeterson6839]

But how long will the gears diffs and axles live for ?

[@angrymelon]

Amain should stock a bearing kit for the Apex2 Sport. Truck looks great with that power system and a lot of fun. Tires held up surprisingly well considered how much power sliding was involved :D

[@daveshank1921]

Amains Protek brand has all the bearings you would need.

[@angrymelon]

@@daveshank1921 true, but it would be a lot easier to have a complete bearing set without having to piece together one. Fast Eddy's sells a set, Amain just doesn't carry it currently.

[@NorgeSquad]

Can you do a review on the Radiomaster MT12 Radio?

[@daveshank1921]

That would be awsome. I ordered mine it should be here tomorrow. Can't wait.

[@user-vi4xu1gl4f]

Can you do more tamiya king hauler videos cause I gonna need some advice once I can afford one

[@CrawlerRuth]

When do we get a video of the new facilities.

[@AMain_Hobbies]

Next week, it's the next video -Brett

[@Danny.fb6]

I was wondering when you were gonna upload again.. lol

[@user-im4hr1zu9b]

How are liking your new digs there on Fair St. ?

[@AMain_Hobbies]

So far so good! Getting the tracks installed has made it a lot better. The track crew have worked their butts off, putting in some long hours. Props to them. -Brett

[@jsefrcop.d.7103]

How you make the curves fantastic hahahaha. If you can make the wheels turn even more hahahaha I don't want to think about the continuity of drift on asphalt yes

[@MannyGunzz]

They need to make this body for the arrma 3s infraction I turned mine into a 4s and it's fast

[@FarmerFpv]

They have the Team Associated SR7 Honnicorn 1/7 scale RTR coming out soon. That body might fit since the Incfaction 3s is about the same size as a 1/8 scale. I know it will fit the 6s infraction. The ZD racing Hoonicorn clone body might fit. Or the Bitty Design Mustang body which is the same thing basically.

[@JonnyJetson754]

Bro it sound like the real thing

[@rickbrasche8781]

kinda bummed I need to spend so much for the base truck and then more for proper power. Ive been on the lookout for them to sell a roller chassis and licensed body so I can shove my own electrics in it

[@caitlanpousland3569]

9:30 in, your lipos wires look exposed from them being folded. careful there

[@policopaul7961]

Or change the spur and pinion and get 60mph stock

[@PigglyWigglyDeluxe]

Should have used a Mamba X

[@denihei]

mjx hyper go 14301 eat this easly, and its way cheaper 😂

[@kjflyte5088]

Get rid of that low powered controller and receiver that associated uses its rtr radio is garbage.

[@PigglyWigglyDeluxe]

You guys REALLY should protect those wires before you apply zip ties. Wrap them in velcro first THEN add a zip tie.

[@toolbaggers]

This vid proves that people that use gyros for drifting are just glorified backseat drivers.

[@mhrcracing]

Agreed, "rc drifting" as it's become is a joke and not even a scale recreation

[@NathanStorer-RC]

Gyro is not required for 4wd drifting, but damn near impossible with RWD. Yes, the gyro does a lot of the work, especially for RWD drifting, but to become good at it still requires skill. Not everyone who drifts RWD hits all the clipping points.

[@mhrcracing]

@NathanStorer-RC I would say that in chasing what could work to get a 2wd rc car to "drift" (e.g. gyros, miniscule slick tires, extreme non-scale steering locks), the community lost sight of recreating what a full scale street drift car is actually doing. There has to be a better solution

[@NathanStorer-RC]

@mhrcracing Not going to lie, when I first learned that RWD RC drifting used gyros, it took some of the glamor of it away for me. Nonetheless, it still requires skill to do it well. Higher grip tires and heavier vehicles would probably get you closer to that true to scale experience without a gyro. You would probably need a larger track as well. While these vehicles are "10th scale", they would realistically have to weigh 300lbs to truly be 10th scale and use real rubber tires replicate the handling characteristics of a full size vehicle. With the vehicles being as light as they are, and having super slick tires, they're too twitchy without a gyro. Heck, they're dang near impossible to drive in a straight line without a gyro, much less around a corner lol.

[@NFEzantiszar]

Sounds like a power slider comment 🤔 😂

[@rmb1]

Dumbest name in the business no thanks

[@FarmerFpv]

Not even close. Multiple world championships in every race category would equate to intelligence. You can't say that about any other brand. Losi and Yokomo are the only ones that come close. At least explain why you think they are the dumbest? Throwing wild claims like that without any evidence is pretty dumb in itself. 😉

[@Fly2kill1]

Brett, what tooth count would you recommend on this turn of motor?

[@AMain_Hobbies]

We just used the stock 20T pinion that came with the car. With 70°F ambient temps outside, overheating wasn't an issue. During the hot summer though... we'd probably need to gear down. I'd recommend trying the 20T and testing it. -Brett

[@beeawesome7140]

She's a ripper, great job!