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Old 08-25-2008 | 02:48 AM
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Default RE: Tamiya TG-R

Awesome looking cars!
Especially the NSX, I love NSX's and Honda's in general!
Must be pretty fast and stable with that body yes?

I didn't expect overhang from a lexan body to do much difference to be honest as I always thought how important can a few grams be?? I never run the car without the body and can't really compare, though the STi has a fairly flat nose and thought that would hinder top speed substantially

With the springs and swaybars, I noticed the TGX swaybars have so much freeplay that they are only effective on the softest of setups, otherwise they do nothing. I've thought about custom making some swaybars (in different stifnesses) and making some custom mounts too so there is no freeplay but eventually I thought I'd just put stiffer springs if need be


So you noticed the cam 2speed clutch is better? As with my 2 speed it SOMETIMES shifts great but after a bit of running it slips from 2nd gear and the shift isn't clean (it goes back and forth before it stays in 2nd) and I am gonna buy a 18TZ today and thought that this might just make the problem worse?


I didn't quite understand though if the alloy suspension arms helped in handling? I've been told that they are only good once you have as much grip as you want, because they in reality take grip away?


I run HPI rims without the flanges and I will be buying some 23R HPI slicks as well, they are the softest slicks HPI made for the super nitro so I think they should grip well

Can you please post a pic of what you've done with the shock mounting and angle? I think I know what you mean, and in fact I've thought about doing this before myself but I needed some 100mm shocks or so which I didn't bother buying incase it didn't work at all, or didn't work well


I notice you have some SNRS4 shells there too? The corvette isn't it? I've though of using a corvette shell for bashing as they are cheap in comparison. And you don't have a 2001 STi? That is the shell my car came with but I no longer have it. I wish I had a spare but I can't even find that shell anymore