Turtle's Modified TB01

[DeaDShorT]

Maybe I'll just learn to drive and save the $$ for something else, like a mini-TT

[TURTLE]

The first race of the Colorado Rally Championship is this saturday.

Just about ready to go.






I have so many projects I am working on all at the same time, but I do have a couple updates coming this week.

[desertmaxx]

god you make good stuff. i want one.

[cameraman]

love the subaru bodies do you sell them or just build them for your self

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by desertmaxx

god you make good stuff. i want one.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by cameraman

love the subaru bodies do you sell them or just build them for your self

Thanks. I just paint them for myself. I still have all the bodies either hanging on my wall or on other rally cars I having sitting around.
The paint style is actually pretty simple. I did a write up on all the different technics I have used over the years.

Check it out!
Turtle's Splatterness

[cameraman]

cool thanks for the link i can paint a 1.1 and even hell of an air brush but these damn rc have been hell for me to get paint to work out the way i want it to even simple black doesnt work

if you decide you want to paint one for me let me know a price would love to have a dave mirra suby wagon replica or brian deegan fiesta

[ColquittCustom405]

I love the paint jobs....

[seabeejeep]

Any updates on this? I know, I know.... the DRX is the new hotness.

Lets see more photos of thhis sweet ride. Please! I you wanna get rid of it to pay for drx parts hit me up. LOL

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by seabeejeep

Any updates on this? I know, I know.... the DRX is the new hotness.

Lets see more photos of thhis sweet ride. Please! I you wanna get rid of it to pay for drx parts hit me up. LOL

I just cleaned a ton of dirt off of it this last week getting ready for our next race on Saturday. I love it and still drive it all the time, but the DRX and a few scale projects have been getting a lot of my time.

I don't know if I mentioned it before, but I did put full sway bars in this, it is in desperate need of a shock rebuild as well. I also learned from my good friend Rodney that the stock servo saver strips out over time, so I picked up a metal servo horn for the servo. Im going to try to take care of all this tomorrow and snap a few pictures as well.

[TURTLE]

Drivers!

Well one for now, the co drivers head is currently missing.


The drivers are attached to the underbody, the bodies are from team blue groove and the heads are vintage rally drivers.

[seabeejeep]

Looks awesome, I just picked one up. Cant wait for it to get here.

Which swaay bar kit are you guys using?
is the metal motor mount a must do?

I have a spare novak sport brushless esc lying around, what mnotor do you reccomend? 18.s or 21.5 on 2s lipo

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by seabeejeep

Looks awesome, I just picked one up. Cant wait for it to get here.

Which swaay bar kit are you guys using?
is the metal motor mount a must do?

I have a spare novak sport brushless esc lying around, what mnotor do you reccomend? 18.s or 21.5 on 2s lipo

Just the Tamiya kit, I believe it is labeled for the TG10, but considering these two share a lot of the same parts it bolts right up.

The metal motor mount in my book is a must do. Especially with a high power motor. One of the guys locally did not get the mount and cooked to spur gears pretty quickly. Everyone else with the mount has not had any issues yet.

Depending where and how you drive will determine what kind of motor you are running, but either would work, it just depends if you need that little extra kick of the 18.5 or you rather have a little more torque of the 21.5. I have never used either motor myself, so I'm not exactly sure how big the difference is between the two motors. I would start with the 18.5 with stock gearing and see if you like it and what your motor temperatures are at after 10 and 20 minutes. If it seems to be getting hot try the 21.5. Then you could always gear up the 21.5 a little to try and get a little more speed out of it and hopefully keep those motor temperatures down.

Good luck let us know how it goes.

[seabeejeep]

Thanks.

picked up a ballistic 18.5, if I dont like it I have a wraith motor

got the sway bar kit, aluminum motor mount, and a spare set of spider gears. picked up rally block tires and a 2008 subie body.

your threads been a big help.

please post up some vids of your rides.

[desertmaxx]

Your killing me smalls!!!!!!!!!! seriously, nice builds. all of them. everything is so clean, but dirty.

[toybuilder]

How is that CC 5700 motor working out for you? I just bought a TB-01 from C*H*U*D last night and need to get a motor and speed control for it.

I am looking at getting a Sidewinder V2 and 5700 motor combo.

[TURTLE]

Originally Posted by seabeejeep

Thanks.

picked up a ballistic 18.5, if I dont like it I have a wraith motor

got the sway bar kit, aluminum motor mount, and a spare set of spider gears. picked up rally block tires and a 2008 subie body.

your threads been a big help.

please post up some vids of your rides.

There is some videos in the Colorado section in the CRC thread (Colorado Rally Championship).

Originally Posted by desertmaxx

Your killing me smalls!!!!!!!!!! seriously, nice builds. all of them. everything is so clean, but dirty.

Thanks man.

Originally Posted by toybuilder

How is that CC 5700 motor working out for you? I just bought a TB-01 from C*H*U*D last night and need to get a motor and speed control for it.

I am looking at getting a Sidewinder V2 and 5700 motor combo.

I like the 5700, but it is pretty punchy, if I had to do it again I would go with the 4600KV motor instead, RPMJ has that motor in his and his car feels really good all the way through the power range, plus I have never once needed half the power I have. On top of that every time I let someone "test drive" my car they always ask "How the hell do you drive this thing?"

[MTHead]

Originally Posted by TURTLE

On top of that every time I let someone "test drive" my car they always ask "How the hell do you drive this thing?"

You just reply with "I'm Turtle don't you know?" right...

[stormridersp]

Following your advice, I just placed an order on a TB-01 Chassis!

[TURTLE]

My old body is toast so I had to paint up my last Tamiya 2004 Subaru Impreza STI. After this I have to move on to a different year of Impreza.

[freakofnature]

not to thread jack but since you seem to know a decent amount bout the rally cars whats your take on the hpi rs4 rally as a starter car? i have a chance to grab 1 dirt cheep?