Vintage Trans AM (VTA) - let's see them
 

VTA (Vintage Trans AM) is one of the fastest (if not the fastest) growing segment of R/C racing right now. The concept is simple. You must run a 4wd touring chassis, spec wheels and tires, a vintage Trans AM body (cuda, camaro, or mustang), stock 27 turn motor, and 4 cell battery. On the track, they look great and are only about a second and a half off the pace of the stock sedans (6 cell or lipo). Aside from the cool factor of watching a dozen of these cars going around the track, the best part is "outdated" equipment is just as competitive as the latest and greatest touring car. The Associated TC3 is one of the better chassis for this class. Personally, I'm running a Corally C4 that's well over a decade old, and it works just as good as the x-rays, TC5s, and JRX-S Type Rs.

Here are some pics of my resurrected racer (and yes, I had some fun with my vinyl cutter):


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Heres mine.:D
Tamiya TA05r.


Matt


http://webdrgraphics.com/onroad/vta.jpg

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Only 4 cells? On a 27T motor? They must be pretty slow?! But if they're all matched, I guess that's what counts.
I had a Camaro body for a while. Didn't race it, but they are pretty nice.
Cheers,
Skottoman

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Nice looking ride. They aren't doing anything like that around here, but I guess the appeal of it is sort of like the slash class, ie scale looking cars etc. I've never seen a mustang body that resembled the trans am cars? In fact I've seen nothing except the 65 or 66 looking ones. Who makes such a shell?

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These are the only bodies allowed in the class:

HPI part numbers:
17510 - 1970 Plymouth AAR 'Cuda
17519 - 1966 Ford Mustang GT
17508 - 1965 Ford Shelby GT-350
7494 - 1968 Chevrolet Camaro

Parma part numbers:
10143 - 1969 Z28 Camaro
10141 - 1970 Boss Mustang
10113 - 1970 'Cuda

Pegasus Hobbies part numbers:
PGH4001 - 1970 Camaro SS
PGH4002 - 1970 'Cuda
PGH4003 - 1970 Mustang

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http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/v...2091235011.jpg Here's my TC5 R VTA. I run a 21.5 Novak motor, an LRP TC speedo, IB 3800 35c Lipo, and a spektrum system through my M-8.

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Not quite the specs for vintage trans am...still cool. anyone got some body off pics?

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Every thing on my car is legal. All the way down to the gearing.

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oh, ok sorry my bad. didnt see brushless/lipo in the first post, and I dont know any other rules.

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heres a few of mine

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http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/v...121057_011.jpg Nice Camaro! I just did this one yesterday.

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Man I love those colors. That car looks to nice to race!

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Very cool, Itook aTC4 in on a trade and was wondering what to do with it. It has a Novak GTB and 3.5 motor but the ugly Honda looking 4 door body. Now I know what I want to do.

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Here are my cars. This is truly a great class for old and new racers. This class is sounds slow but it really not. It's all about corner speed and fine tuning your car.



Here our videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc


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The TC4 has a 190mm body if I'm not mistaken. Can I still use a 200mm body and change the wheels or tires to take up the difference?
Who makes the cool vintage looking rims? They look like Torq thrust d's.

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like the orange one. i am doing another trans am race today.

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zake, the first video was really cool...makes my want to get into VTA racing. only problem is the only track near me is 40+ minutes away and they don't do VTA. I already have a TB-02, so I would need tires, wheels a motor and a body. I had two 7-cell batteries, but one cell on each battery got ruined, so I could make 3 4-cell packs, which would be good. Maybe during the summer if I go to that track enough I could start a VTA class there.

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i won my racehttp://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f...sn/biggrin.gif

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i so need to get into this class or get a class at the track going. i only own 2 Fbodys lol

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Yes. Just line up the body post and mount it. The Camaro body fits really good

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I like the way you cut the front spoiler out on the blue one. I'm going to try that. We have very low rails at my track and that'll keep me from tearing it off again. Very cool cars!

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HPI makes the body, rims, and tires. Check out hpiracing.com

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The TB-02 is perfect for VTA. That's the beauty of the VTA, any chassis is competative. Just build one and practice at your local track and I bet you you'll have tons of interest. That's how I started the class at our local track and now it's the biggest class every week! You can't beat door to door, close racing and really cool bodies.

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Definitely do that with the next body. It's really makes the front stronger with the extra lexan.

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Man those are some really nice cars. I have been putting off going to any track and just run in parking lots but I'm going to see if the local track has any VTA class. Something I would definitely get into.