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04-14-2011, 10:18 AM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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|  ~TSS~ TA05 MDF Drifter
i came across this old V1 TA05 kit on sale stupid cheap plus free shipping so i picked it up.  since i planed on keeping this car for a long time, i decided to go with genuine tamiya hopups over 3racing etc.  i also picked up a Fijon MDF kit off ebay  diffs built and starting on the MDF chassis  a little more done  although it doesnt look like much this next pic took me another whole evening. the belts were too tight for my taste, so i ended up tearing it down a million times and redoing it until i was happy. i completely removed the front tensioner and rotated the front diff cam all the way rearward. i moved the rear tensioner all the way forward, and i also swaped the tensioner and cross brace locations on the motor mount arches.  arms and knuckles on.  i was very impressed with the fijon kit. everything fit perfect and all the finishes are really nice. instructions were pretty decent too. more work to do... |
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04-19-2011, 06:46 PM
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shes a roller! i got the towers, shocks, steering links, body posts and bumper on. went with some softer Yeah Racing springs. but ive got a big issue. the car sits 1/2" off the ground. im not sure why. im going to have to address that first.   |
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04-19-2011, 07:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tuscaloosa
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Looks good man!  Can't wait to see what you do with the body. How do belts hold up on go fast stuff? I've really only messed with shaft drive.
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04-19-2011, 07:31 PM
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thanks ive got something cool in mind for the body. well drifters arent really fast. and mine are pretty mildly powered, but my hpi pro has the origonal belts on it from 15 years ago. and it had many high powered races under its "belt" (lol) before it was turned a drifter. most common mistake is running them too tight. |
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04-19-2011, 07:48 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tuscaloosa
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Thanks for the info. I wasn't thinking about the drifter part. In a way you would think that would be worse on the belts because of the constand rpm's. The reason I asked is because I am thinking about getting one of the new RC182's. I love my RC18R just kinda wondered why they went from shaft to belt drive. Its been a while since I've had a drifter. Might be time for another one.  |
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04-19-2011, 08:27 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Rehrersburg
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are you going to counter steer it or leave the gearing stock, love the fijon kit just wish i had more money
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04-20-2011, 06:56 AM
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most likely run 50/50. but may play with a very mild CS once i get the suspension dialed
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