TL-01 Advise
 

Ok so my TL-01 has come out of the attic and after many many years im thinking of getting back in to the cars :)

I have just ordered a new Esc and 17x2 motor but im struggling to find the right info i need on gears and pinions


What i would like to ask is this

* Do i need to upgrade the standard pinion that is on the 540 motor or just transfer it over?
* I understand there are only 3 pinion options on this chassis but what will work best on my 17x2 motor?
* Do the standard gears need changing at all?
*If i need to purchase a new pinion which size (not teeth amount) do i need? are they 0.6?

I also have a 12 turn motor, if this will go in on any of the 3 pinion sizes that would be great and i would use that instead of the 17x2 but again im unsure

only other mods are full ballrace kit which is fitted already

Many Thanks

Chris<br type="_moz" />

RE: TL-01 Advise
 

Subscribing as I have a TL-01 in the garage from about 10 years ago.

What size bodies fit the chassis btw?

RE: TL-01 Advise
 

any 190mm bodys will fit, 200mm will fit also but are wider, so it looks like you got narrow rims on it.

I went as far as a 15x2t motor with an unlimited esc just using the stock pinion options, without any problems, but a friend had suggested at the time that we dremel out the motor mount holes so we could use any pinion and motor. I never tried it tho.

I know this thread is basiclly dead,but....does anybody know where I could find a couple either high speed or stock gear sets......had a 9t reedy touring car motor w/one way front diff and man was that thing faaassst! But my neighbor decided to plow it into a curb and it ate a couple teeth. I just want to bring them (had one for chassis parts) back to a tamiya sport motor and stock or speed gearing and just cruise them around for fun. I have modern stuff I can break the sound barrier with/plow into walls (hpi e10).

Ebay.

Pretty much the only place you're likely to find anything like that. TL01's are discontinued, and for quite a while.....There may be some transferrable parts from another model, but you'll have to make a study of that. Look up models that might still be around, at the same period the TL01 was around (most likely none, but it's worth a try), and find parts with the same number. For instance - the TA03 ball diff is a straight drop-in for the M05 diff, though Tamiya has never acknowledged it, and neither manual states it.

Tamiya has a maddening habit of just arbitrarily discontinuing models for no apparent reason. It's why I now purchase as much spare parts I think I will possibly need, as I can, for any Tamiya model I buy, just so I know I won't ever be out of parts if it ever does get discontinued.

From Seattle, eh?
I'm across the peninsula, over on the northwest end, about 100 miles away! :)