RLC Jato Sportsman Nitro Funny Car Kit User manual

When You Want To Go Fast
Instruction Manual
Part # 500,501 Jato Sportsman Nitro Funny Car Kit
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Read The Instruction Page 1
Here are "Tips and Tricks" that will make your installation quick and easy. Check the last page in this
instruction manual for your parts description.
1. Make sure all fuel is removed from the fuel tank in your Jato.
2. Remove all four tires.
3. Un olt and remove the rear attery hatch cover. If you have the attery in there, remove the attery and
disconnect it from the wiring harness. Leave the attery cover off.
4. Remove the engine and exhaust system.
5. Open the radio ox lid and unplug the steering servo wire from the receiver.
6. Remove the two front screws on the top plate closest to the shock tower.
7. Turn the truck upside down and remove all screws from the ottom side.
8. Remove the chassis plate.
9. Separate the front end from the mid section. Un olt the steering servo horn from the servo. Un olt the
steering servo and pull it completely out of the mid section. You are going to re-use the steering servo
screws.
10. Remove the stock front umper. Install the new front umper #4 that is supplied in the kit
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Remove
Remove Old Install New
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11. Take the new funny car chassis #5 and lay it flat with the ears up. Bolt on the new stand offs #6 to the
chassis using the two #12 counter sunk 3 mm x 10 mm screws supplied with kit. One is longer than the
other. The longer stand off gets olted to the receiver/exhaust side of the chassis, the shorter one gets
olted to the clutch side of the chassis. Next place the frontend shim #3 that is supplied with the kit on top
of the chassis plate and olt the frontend ack on top of the frontend shim #3.
12. Slide the chrome front umper/fuel cell #2 over the front ears on the chassis and olt it up using the four
#13 3 mm x 10 mm socket cap screws supplied in the kit.
13. Un olt the stock plastic anti-squat lock from the transmission. Install the new aluminum anti-squat lock
#15 that is supplied with the kit. (Warning) If you do not use the anti-squat lock supplied with the kit, the
tires will hit the ody. You must use the RLC Anti-Squat locks to keep this from happening.
14. Bolt the mid section and transmission onto the funny car chassis. Leave the transmission and screws
loose. Leave out the last 2 screws on the end of the chassis plate, they will get installed later. NOTE:
Leaving the transmission screws loose will help you install the motor easier when it comes time.
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#6 #5 #3
#13 Actual Size
3 mm x 10 mm Socket head cap screws
Stock Anti-Squat RLC Anti-Squat
#15
Leave these 6 screws loose
Leave these two screws loose
#12 Actual Size
3 mm x 10 mm Counter sink head screws
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15. Bolt the steering servo into the new aluminum top plate #7 supplied with the kit as shown. Use the
orginal screws that you removed from the Jato.
16. Take the top plate with the servo already olted in and place it on the chassis into postion. Use the four 3
mm x 10 mm utton head screws #11 supplied in the kit and hand tighten them down just a few threads.
Route the steering servo wire ack through where the antenna wire comes out of the radio ox. Plug the
steering wire ack into the receiver. Turn the receiver and radio on to make sure the steering servo is
working. If it is working you can install the radio ox lid and leave the radio and car receiver on.
17. Adjust the steering horn onto the steering servo for proper alignment. Once you get the proper alignment
and the steering is good, olt down the four top plate olts. Make sure your steering servo horn is tight.
18. Install the engine and exhaust system. Hook up all your linkages, fuel and pressure lines. NOTE: If you
are using an easy start system You Must Use Traxxas Part # 4979x Ez-start wiring harness ecause
the stock harness is to short.
19. Remove the rear transmission gear cover. Un olt the old attery ox and wheely ar assem ly from
the transmission rear cover.
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#11 Actual Size
3mm x 10 mm Button head screws
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20. Install the rear trans cover and tie ar onto the new wheely ar #14 supplied with the kit. Use a small drop
of red loc-tite on the olt that goes inside the trans case and olts to the lower wheely ar. This will insure
the olt does not vi rate out and ruin the gear set.
21. Bolt the wheely ar to the transmission case. Install the 2 screws left out earlier as this olts the trans
case gear cover to the trans.
22. Set your gear mesh and make sure all screws underneath are now tight.
23. Install the ody post mount #9 supplied with the kit. Push this through the lack ody mount on the funny
car ody. Next, olt it in with the screw supplied in the kit. NOTE: It is a little hard to push the ody post
through.
24. Install your 12 mm axal spacers #10 onto the rear axels. Install the pin through the axal then push the
plastic hex over the axal until it snaps on. You are now ready to install all four tires. Caution: You must use
these rear axal hu spacers or similar ones of the same width or wider or the tires will hit the ody.
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Tie Bar
Small drop of red loc tite
Install
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25. This is how the conversion looks when it is done. The ody mount is simple and easy. The ody post #9
slides into the slots on top of the wheely ar mount. Once firmly in the slots just lower the front of the
ody until it snaps into the front umper / fuel cell. To flip the ody up simply go underneath and pull the
plastic latch and pull up.
26. You are now ready to run and test your new funny car conversion kit. Please read the asic set up tips
as this will save you a lot of time and trou le.
Basic Set Up Tips
This will give you a good asic set up to get the car down the track. You can also visit our we site and
check out the tech section on the Jato Sportsman Funny Car Conversion Kit @ www.rlcho ies.com.
Check ack to the tech section from time to time for updates or call our tech experts @ [phone]
Hours: Mon-Fri 9 AM to 6 PM EST.
Frontend alignment camber: 0 -.5 negitive degrees.
Front toe In: 0 – 1 negitive degrees
Front s ocks springs: Green Oil: 30W Piston: 1.4
Rear s ock springs: Pink Oil: 30W 1.3 Piston
Front sway bar: White
Rear sway bar: White
Slipper:
Tighten slipper until the spring is ottom out. Then ack off 1 1/2 turns out. Run the car and see if it
slips to much or does not slip enough. The perfect adjustment is when you can not hear it shift into
second gear. You achieve this y having it tight and hearing it shift into second gear then ack off the
sliper nut small turns at a time. CAUTION: To loose of a slipper will cause your pads to get rittle and
reak and or melt your spur gear.
Battery Placement:
The est is to uy an after market attery that will fit up front in the front umper / fuel cell. There are
plenty out there that fit. If not, use a flat pack and install it in the mid section location. Add 2 oz. of
weight to the very front end. The 2 oz. is just a starting point. Depending on how light or heavy the
attery pack you put in the mid section will determin how much weight you will add to the front end.
This helps the car track straight 80 feet out and eyond.
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Part # Parts Description
1. 501 Funny Car Body
2. 6935 Front Bumper Fuel Cell Body Mount
3. 475RLC Front End Shim
4. 5535RLC Front Bumper
5. 450RLC Jato Sportsman Funny Car Chassis
6. 225RLC One Long And One Short Stand Offs For Top Plate
7. 476RLC Top Plate
8. 6975 2 Front Drag Tires
9. 229RLC Body Mount Post
10. 3654 2 Rear 12 mm Plastic Axal Spacers
11. Screws 4 3 mm x 10 mm Button Head Scews
12. Screws 2 3mm x 10 mm Counter Sunk Screws
13. Screws 4 3 mm x 10 mm Socket Head Cap Screws
14. 276RLC Sportsman Complete Wheely Bar
15 210RLC Anti Squat Block
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