Jpsonoma

Has anyone seen this yet?
Finally a new front wheel drive chassis! And it's not just a stretched and widened M05, it looks to be completely new.

There appears to be two versions; a Pro kit, and a regular kit with Castrol honda civic body.
[link=http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/coming_soon.php?sub-id=36250]http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/coming_soon.php?sub-id=36250[/link]

Willystylz

Nice! This has definitely caught my interest![sm=omg_smile.gif]

lee172

why am i not surprised!

i really didnt expect Tamiya to update this chassis, thought the FF was gone forever.. [sm=thumbs_up.gif]

Willystylz

Oh I appreciate a good chassis when I see one!

Jpsonoma

I've had an FF01 just sitting around because I'm affraid I might break something on it, and with those parts being so hard to find it doesn't get any use.
So I'm happy to see the FF chassis re-born, I've been waiting for a good FWD chassis that wasn't an M size.

lee172

the only thing i'm unsure about is the TB-03 front shock layout..

Spetz

I wonder how it'll compare to the FF01 as the FF02 was worse from what I hear.
I have an FF01 and I run it regularly.

Casper06

Wow Tamiya has been releasing some really cool stuff lately! Too bad they haven't done another front motor mounted 4WD car again like the TA03F though.

Willystylz

Since Tamiya has a knack for making some pretty scale bodies, I wonder if they'd ever make a body that has a front hood? Just imagine lifting the hood to see the electric motor sitting in the engine bay

Willystylz

lee, i'm still interested

interested in seeing some real pics too, something other than a CAD drawing...

Jpsonoma

This is all that I could find.
I also read somewhere that it will be coming out in June.

littleleon

The chassis is being shown at the Shizuoka Hobby Show in Mid-May, along with a list of optional hop-ups. Gotta go where the money is

Not sure about a release OS though.

Daholla77

That would be hella cool

Daholla77

Does anybody know the cost of the pro or rtr

Daholla77

Heres the competiton.
http://www.rc-mini.net/joomla/index.php

lomdel

I do hope Tamiya will establish a class for this FF03 in the Tamiya Cup series! That would make them actually selling the cars to racers. Otherwise it would just be a car to play with...

Haddi Taha

wow what class you guys think tamiya will put it into for tcs (The IFS could mean its for GT2) . Hope it doesn't understeer, any new about pricetag? Thanks

Jpsonoma

Well my FF03 finally showed up on my doorstep this past week. Haven't started building it yet just been a little too busy. But I'm planning on running a Tekin 17.5 system in it, and I'll be using a Tamiya Golf body until they release some more front wheel drive bodys.

Anybody else pick one up yet?

Willystylz

Very nice!! Looks like some quality components there!

lee172

its nice to see one in person [8D]

Jpsonoma

Got a little work done on it tonight, pretty straight forward build just like most Tamiya cars. So far I like it a lot, I'm just swapping out the philips head screws for stainless hex head hardware as I go.

Here's a few pictures, they pretty much explain themselves, lol.

Casper06

Wow that looks really nice! JP you always have the best stuff. [8D]

Spetz

Jpsonoma, do you have an FF01 to compare it to?

Jpsonoma

I do have an FF01, but I bought it used and fixed it up with new parts. It got expensive because parts were so hard to find for it, so I just built it but never really ran it. So I'm not sure if your looking for a performance comparison or just a general comparison, because I've never technically driven my FF01, lol.

Candre23

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Seems like it should be easy enough to do yourself. Cut out the hood, glue on two small strips of rubber or silicone for "hinges", and a small rare-earth magnet on a foam standoff directly over the motor could hold it closed.