Gladiator price hike!!
02-06-2020 | 04:49 AM
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02-06-2020 | 06:25 AM
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Local boat here. Stunningly beautiful and very very well cared for. Jon is good people, he is on this site "poker face extreme ".
02-06-2020 | 06:38 AM
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This thread is right up ally. I bought a Gladiator, "on a deal" lol It had hurt motors...I spent some coin getting them right... both motors where fresh-up... 540's - Whipple over 700hp each... on the dyno
N O W ...
Its time to do the drives... Because its eating ZR's so upgrade time AGAIN...
IMCO new bad A$$ drives ... scx dual down shaft complete drives, helmet, reservoir, making the hydr steering work with new drives, tie bar.... etc etc
All the money that will cost, will not up the value of my boat... to what i will have in it... It will make the boat more dependable... but spending 40k for new drive set up will not make my boat worth 40 more thousand
But, as this tread started out .... still cheaper then buying a new boat...
I guess if i ever decide to part ways with my Gladiator... it would be more desirable with IMCO drives...
N O W ...
Its time to do the drives... Because its eating ZR's so upgrade time AGAIN...
IMCO new bad A$$ drives ... scx dual down shaft complete drives, helmet, reservoir, making the hydr steering work with new drives, tie bar.... etc etc
All the money that will cost, will not up the value of my boat... to what i will have in it... It will make the boat more dependable... but spending 40k for new drive set up will not make my boat worth 40 more thousand
But, as this tread started out .... still cheaper then buying a new boat...
I guess if i ever decide to part ways with my Gladiator... it would be more desirable with IMCO drives...
02-06-2020 | 08:31 AM
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02-06-2020 | 09:40 AM
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This thread is right up ally. I bought a Gladiator, "on a deal" lol It had hurt motors...I spent some coin getting them right... both motors where fresh-up... 540's - Whipple over 700hp each... on the dyno
N O W ...
Its time to do the drives... Because its eating ZR's so upgrade time AGAIN...
IMCO new bad A$$ drives ... scx dual down shaft complete drives, helmet, reservoir, making the hydr steering work with new drives, tie bar.... etc etc
All the money that will cost, will not up the value of my boat... to what i will have in it... It will make the boat more dependable... but spending 40k for new drive set up will not make my boat worth 40 more thousand
But, as this tread started out .... still cheaper then buying a new boat...
I guess if i ever decide to part ways with my Gladiator... it would be more desirable with IMCO drives...
N O W ...
Its time to do the drives... Because its eating ZR's so upgrade time AGAIN...
IMCO new bad A$$ drives ... scx dual down shaft complete drives, helmet, reservoir, making the hydr steering work with new drives, tie bar.... etc etc
All the money that will cost, will not up the value of my boat... to what i will have in it... It will make the boat more dependable... but spending 40k for new drive set up will not make my boat worth 40 more thousand
But, as this tread started out .... still cheaper then buying a new boat...
I guess if i ever decide to part ways with my Gladiator... it would be more desirable with IMCO drives...
- after 10 yrs- BUT I will say- The SCX upgrades I did was the best $$$ I ever put into it.Was eating XRs 2++ a year minimum. Since SCXs Not One. I even sent them back to Imco after 3 seasons and Fred said I could just reverse them and run a few more yrs- but since they were there he went through them to the tune of around Grand each if I remember correctly. Mine are not the Duel shafts as they were not available then.
And IF anybody really knows how to make $$ in this sport- besides dealers and mechanics lol- Please help a Brutha Out.
I am in it for the Fun and brotherhood.
And I am Far from easy on My Tub
Rock On 
02-06-2020 | 11:42 AM
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02-06-2020 | 11:50 AM
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I don't even want to let my Wife know what I have in my T\S - after 10 yrs- BUT I will say- The SCX upgrades I did was the best $$$ I ever put into it.
Was eating XRs 2++ a year minimum. Since SCXs Not One. I even sent them back to Imco after 3 seasons and Fred said I could just reverse them and run a few more yrs- but since they were there he went through them to the tune of around Grand each if I remember correctly. Mine are not the Duel shafts as they were not available then.
And IF anybody really knows how to make $$ in this sport- besides dealers and mechanics lol- Please help a Brutha Out.
I am in it for the Fun and brotherhood.
And I am Far from easy on My Tub Rock On
- after 10 yrs- BUT I will say- The SCX upgrades I did was the best $$$ I ever put into it.Was eating XRs 2++ a year minimum. Since SCXs Not One. I even sent them back to Imco after 3 seasons and Fred said I could just reverse them and run a few more yrs- but since they were there he went through them to the tune of around Grand each if I remember correctly. Mine are not the Duel shafts as they were not available then.
And IF anybody really knows how to make $$ in this sport- besides dealers and mechanics lol- Please help a Brutha Out.
I am in it for the Fun and brotherhood.
And I am Far from easy on My Tub
Rock On
02-06-2020 | 02:10 PM
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02-06-2020 | 04:26 PM
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