mindwreck

~140-150. still no RTr. requires batteries and charger

pimpedarse

Thats so funny cause I just ordered the finished fxx body and I feel the same way, Im pretty sure Im going to be scared to drive it haha,

my old shell is the finished NSX and i dont care for it at all... mainly cause at some times I flip over and ride down a hill upside down haha.

pimpedarse

Yeah i have a TT-01 with the stock silvercan motor, just threw on new bearings, shaft, and ABS tires and I can drift like a champ haha...

but seriously you can drift with almost any engine.

mindwreck

wait til you drift on rubber tires with brushless. all the speed and powersliding fun til your tires explode

DaveInLA

I just noticed today that when I spin a rear wheel with my finger (battery unplugged), it'll spin 5+ revolutions before it stops, and it sounds very smooth. However, when I spin a front wheel with my finger, it'll only go 2 revolutions before it stops spinning, and the mechanical gear sound is very prominent. Does that mean that I need to grease the front differential some more? If so, do I grease the outside of the differential as well as the gear turned by the main driveshaft, or the gears INSIDE the differential?

mindwreck

most likely the gears inside the front diff. may have screwed the ring gear to the housing a wee bit tight. thats the mechanical sound. The spinning is fine, if its spins that freelyyou don't have enough grease. It lubicates the gears but its also sticky, which should stop your gears from spinning so freely...

same principle that goes into drifiting. the heavy oils or grease or whatever you to put in the diff to lock them. get what im saying?

pimpedarse

Hey every one, I just ordered new oil filled dampers and got the heaviest oil, I'll be racing but for fun I drift, I have Tamiya racing tires and ABS tires on seprate rims... what do you guys think the best spring and/or oil setup is for the dampers?

I heard that the harder your dampers are the better they are for competetive racing but what about for drifting?

I might be completely wrong about what I just said so feel free to correct me

Thanks in advance!

studysession

I run 30 wt oil in my shocks. I am using the aluminum thread blue shocks from a FT TC3 kit on my TT-01 for drifting. They work fine - not saying it's the best but it does work.

pimpedarse

so you dont know what kind of configuration of the dampers stiffness would work the best for drifting?

LiL Richy

Hi everyone, im new to onroad, is this a good car? http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXHWN0&P=7 And what motor and esc does it have? Also why does it need 2 servos?

studysession

It is a good choice. Comes with standard Tamiya stock ESC & Stock Motor. Maybe one of the others will know the specs.

lee172

you will only need one (for the steering) but on older models (that had MSC) you used one for throttle as well. the model you link to has an ESC.

mindwreck

suspension tuning has to be done on a car to car basis. in general you want soft front and hard rear springs. slightly lighter oil in front. harder in rear. gets weight to transfer to front more effectively and allow the rear to break traction easier.

much of this based on my driving style and tuning of 1:1 cars. experiment a bit to fit your driving style. also remember i drift on rubbers not abs or pvc, so technique and setup plays a much bigger role. on pvc or abs tires there so little grip that it makes only a marginally difference how your car is setup...

mindwreck

good car. got one for my friend to start RCing with. Its a standard tt-01 kit. comes with the 101bk esc and silver can motor. the body needs to be painted and decal-ed. comes with all the stock plastic parts, no bearings.

must be a typo, it only needs 1 servo for steering.

LiL Richy

ok cool, ill think about gettting that. Also can this drift?

studysession

Yes

be4life182

I FINALLY got my esc back from hitec, set up my car, and hit the pavement. I have to say I was very Impressed, very very impressed. I put in the aluminum drive shaft, bearings, 19t chameleon pre dyno, and proline rims w/ new radials. To my suprise it flew, and if im not mistaken it seemed just as fast as my Evader(nitro) but i doubt thats true, must be a eye trick. Ill get some pics up real soon and hopefully a video. Also, what are some good shocks for it? I heard the TRF ones but im not sure about them or where to get them, also TRF parts seem to be a little expensive sometimes.

mindwreck

any standard touring oil filled shock will do the tt-01 just fine. the TRF ones are expensive because its the factory shocks that are used on they're more expensive racing chassis. I recommended getting standard shocks and use your money on the rest of the car, those kinds of shocks will be wasted on such a car.

sanshu

I JUST GOT SOME SHOCK OIL BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT TO ME?

mindwreck

calm down first of all. 2nd. what shocks do you have? you unscrew the caps on the shocks and fill them up and wait for the bubbles to come out, then close them. nothing too it.

DaveInLA

Heh, unscrewing the top of a shock/damper sounds so easy, but I'm having a bear of a time with these guys I bought for a Tamiya GT-01 Tamtech Porsche.

http://cgi.ebay.com/3RACING-FOR-TAMI...QQcmdZViewItem

It says oil-filled, and I'm pretty sure there is already oil inside (it decompresses a bit after I remove the spring and squeeze it), but I can't get the top removed to change the oil. That middle blue piece only moves up and down when you rotate it on the body of the shock changing the tension of the spring. I've tried removing the spring and the bottom piece that it pushes against, but I think I'll have to remove the cap of the shock, and I don't know how to do that without breaking it. Any help with aftermarket dampers like this? Thanks

RCHEAVEN101

Hey guys i havent drove my tt-01 for ages cause it it constantly gliching i think its the esc but someone i know is getting me some pieces from his old ones that he gonna dig up so hopefully it will be working at some point.

Adam C.

i have those same shocks on my df03, the blue part on top is what unscrews. just hold the shock body tight and unscrew it with your hands. dont try to unscrew it from the black piece, that is held in there by the blue piece. and they do come with oil in them.

be4life182

Here is 2 newer pictures. Really fun car to drive. Also, I just got my esc back and it has deans now just so no one suggest's using them.

DaveInLA

I made a post yesterday that was deleted by the mods because of an ebay link

Anyway, I have these shocks, GT-09 for GT-01 chassis.
http://www.3racing.com.hk/x_descript...ducts_key=8991

I have trouble opening them up so I can change the oil. Adam C mentioned a couple posts up that he has a similar set for DF03, but I'm not sure if he was replying to my (now deleted) post or someone else's. I tried unscrewing the top blue part, but it doesn't budge. Anybody know for sure?