mc4798

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Well got my birthday present early, from myself

Havent got a chance to run it but figured I would post up some pics.

Gonna strip the electronics and install the 3900kv brushless system from the XXB. Hopefully get to run it wensday or thursday weather permitting.

Casper06

Good job it looks great. Are going to cut the body posts down?

sheograth

Nice looking. I haven't driven one but seems like an impressive car for the price.

Casper06

Could you tell me where you ordered the kit from? Thx

airmayle

MC picked it up from A-main for a really good price. A-main is discontinuing the Thunder Tiger line of RC but the reason is Tower will be carrying the full line of Thunder Tiger. I think Hobbic just got the distributing rights for Thunder Tiger so that's why Tower will have everything. A-main still has some with the drift setup and led light kit.

Smiff 24

Well done, we need to be good to ourselves on our Bday!
I really like the looks of the tire tread...sorta has a spider look to it !

mc4798

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Thanks everyone .

Airmayle is right, Picked it up from amain for like $140.00 shipped with a couple other items. Real good price considering .

Will cut the posts down before i run it. Thinking about tearing it down and taking some pics of the internals if anyone is interested. Beforei get it alldirty anyway.

Having a few moments to look at it it seems to have a solid axle in the front. From my experience makes corner entry a little tougher but makes for very aggresive exits

The tires have a nice feel for a rtr and should be fun for general bashing plus they look pretty good.

mc4798

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Well hopefully the wife understands

mc4798

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Ok ran it for the first time today using a ripper 40a esc and 3900kv motor. Geared 26/72 everything stayed nice and cool with room to gear up if you wanted to. That was on 2s.

Tires seemed ok. Put some gumballs on and it was better but they wont last long at this pace

The hpi xpatterns may be a better tire for pavement running.

Any input would be appreciated concerning a good tire for pavement driving.

The car:

Does have a locked diff in the front.
Rear diff looks the same as the xb/xt . It also unloads to quickly so gonna try about 3k fluid and see if that helps.

I like it. Will proably run it in a vta class this winter. Just for grins anyway.

Have to get rid of those fixed camber links.

Smiff 24

(Will proably run it in a vta class this winter. Just for grins anyway.)
Is that a stock class or mod. ?
reason why I ask is a track not too far from me runs indoor VTA and
I thought it would be a good class to start out in. I have an older TC3
I think they require an older model body too, like the challenger or camaro.

mc4798

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Most VTA classes I have run in require 27t brushed motor or 21.5t brushless, Using hpi vintage tires and wheels and of course the old school muscle era bodies

The TC3 is a great car for vta racing.

Smiff 24

Thanks mc4798, sounds like Im almost ready to race,
Ill check em out !

Haddi Taha

is it better than a tamiya tt01

mc4798

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LOL, Im not sticking my hand in that fire

Here is whatI will say about it.

Rear diffs are sealed and made of metal.
Front diff is a solid axle but you can drop a metal diff from the rear into it if you want. Im actually liking the solid axle for now.
Everything rides on bearings.
Accepts standard 48p/64p gearing
Adjustible droop
The 17t motor is rebuidable.
Steel cv axles with captured pins.
The wheels bolt on. A feature I like.

I would say that it will makea much better racer than a tt01 and out of the box has better parts / features than most tt01 kits
The parts are made of better quality plastic compared to the tt01 .
Does not have the part support that a tamiya does.

Haddi Taha

that ok if your not going to really beat the crap out of it like i do with my tt01, looks good might give it a try

mc4798

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Well got to run the car on the track today. Outdoor asphault.

Used a ez-run 35amp esc and 3900kv motor geared 28/72 and it had plenty of torque. used 18 degree timing and it would scream down the straight

Car is actually pretty fast and handles really nice for a mostly stock set up.

Changed the shock fluid to 40wt all around, ride height was bones level and added 5k diff fluid for the rear some shock angle changes along with the high grip ttr tires. Which are like the stock ones on the tc4.

I never new a solid axle in the front end made such a diffrence on braking. Wonder what it would do for a 4x4 offroad buggy ?

So far very happy with it.

Haddi Taha

nice so if u put the timing up, you get more speed? and probally more heat. I run 3s on my ezrun 9t for bashing because 2s is to slow, cant be bothered getting pinions so if i put 2s and timing on max would it go as fast as my 3s?

mc4798

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Proably not going to see the same kind of speed from a 2s battery as you do a 3s no matter what timing and gearing you use.

Im using the 3900kv motor from my sparrowhawk xxb, Its made by novatech im pretty sure.

Im seeing temperatures around 100degrees on the esc and 115 on the motor after a 20 minute run so it could be geared up some more or proably advance the timing some for more speed.

But to answer your question you do get more speed / heat from advancing the timing.

mc4798

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Finally got everything to put it back together. Really bad situation involving a church parking lot and a railroad tie

Added some diffrent toe blocks, aluminum tie rods and 31t pinion

Any help/tips on wiring would be appreciated also

mc4798

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Playing around on church parking lot. No grip but was still fun

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rtpfHYyLCQ[/youtube]

Also just noticed these VTA asphault tires on Tower , Are they new ?

Haddi Taha

very nice car and driving i am almost going to get one, once i complete some uncompleted projects.the drive train looks like the tc3

mc4798

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Thanks

I agree it looks like a tc3 and a few other shaft driven cars lol.

Another video I shot today. Have a few othersfrom a tad warmer weather that need some editing.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmKOUkhZwaA[/youtube]