bbracer16valver
Active Member
This is my project between now and getting on the road while i sort my driving test out over the next few weeks...
Well found a RC car on a forum begin sold localish that the kiddy would drop off to mine for £30 came with all the parts he said (but not together as he had been messing with the 4WD to make it RWD only) came with the electrics aswell so bargin i thought!
How wrong was i :lol: there was loads missing, 1 step screw for the front hub, the part to hold the areial straight up also the to brackets to hold the battery in :lol: i should have known better i could off bought a complete car from town for £70 brand new but hey ho i didnt loose faith begin a big kid i cracked on and looked for parts.
I already bought a tamiya sport tuned motor off ebay ( £14.58 ) before i even got the RC car and after a quick look online i decided to go find a model shop local insted and ask if they had a set of step screws :lol:
And by chance after the kiddy had gone upstairs for 5mins leaving a empty antic :lol: he came back with four new screws and said have um mate, lovely ta, as i knew they used to stock all this 1/10 stuff i asked if maybe there was some old hop ups or shells of a retro nature hidden upstairs, he was like actually there may be
Five mins later he found me a CLK merc DTM shell bargin for a tenna!!
He also sold me a 2000mAh battery for £13
And a plastic holder for the areial £1.25
Pictures as always
As it was advertised
How i got it
Electrics as i got it - this will be changed for a ESC (electronic speed controler) so will be ditching the lot
Sport tuned motor (fitted 5mins after owning car - was happy untill i heard of brushless :twisted: )
CLK shell
I thought i had everything to make it drive now, again i was wrong the steering was not working it was making a noise but not moving, so after a strip down of the servo i found all the cogs to be stripped, so ordered one off ebay the upgraded version of what i had for £4.50.
Tried to get the piece off the old one that holds the steering arms on to have the screw super glued in! WFT WHY!! so i pulled that off and fitted it to another servo like the one that came out the car my mate gave me (hammered it on )
So after actually getting the bits to make it run I had a play
Now things hit a whole new level of playtime :roll::twisted:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnhf4eUjLk0"]YouTube - Test Run 2 Better Quality + Added Camera Takedown[/ame]
(yes it did hit my new phone :evil: )
So far total spent is £73.33
[BREAK=Things get serious]
Started looking into tuning it before i even had it running to be honest but i had some dollas to spend so i got some hop-ups :roll:
I bought
Some abec 9 metal race barings to replace the plastic ones :lol: (£7.80)
Blue alloy C hubs for the front (£7.99)
Blue alloy front & rear knuckles (£14.39)
Blue alloy front & rear lower wishbones (£16.16)
Complete adjustable set for front upper arm and rear upper arm and
adjustable steering arms (£11.99)
Blue alloy wheel hex (£3.20)
A 3700mAh battery (£6.15)
While i was waiting for this off ebay i took it apart down to nut and bolt (or screws and cogs
) and cleaned every part with some muk off
Rear end with plastic bush (dirty)
Front driveshaft side (dirty)
Front driveshaft side (clean)
And so on...
Well it stayed in parts for a week while i waited for the postman to start dropping my stuff through the door, stuff did start to arrive on the 9/2/2009 so let the fun begin..
Total spent so far £141.01
[BREAK=Rebuild part 1 - mild hop up style]
9/2/2009
The postie has brought a few items the 3700mAh battery and the metal race barings so like a kid in a sweet shop i set about the baring upgrade and a rebuild (for now as it will be coming apart again soon no doubt )
Plastic baring Vs the new metal abec 9's
Fitted to casing
Also fitted to the wheels and loadsa other places theres 24 fitted in total (well 20 on mine as four go on the prop and that has been left out for now)
12/2/2009
Today the postie brought me my front C hubs and alloy rear knuckles and brand new servo (for steering) so again like a kid in a sweet shop the car came apart again for more added bits to be fitted (why i cant wait to do it in one go i will never no :roll: )
Parts
Servo
Front C hubs
Rear knuckles
Old rear knuckle Vs the new alloy one (alloy one is upside down) the metal one is actually 2grams heavier aswell :x
Rear knuckle with both race barings fitted
Rear knuckle fitted
Didnt take a front pic till after the C hub was fitted as i had done both before i thought to take pics :lol:
Front C hub
[BREAK=More new bits]
17/2/2009
Postie dropped me off some more items today
From left to right
Alloy front hubs
Alloy hex
Alloy front wishbones (wings)
Alloy rear wishbones (wings)
Old plastic parts from front assembly
Metal setup complete
New front wishbone Vs old plastic
Front set up (without adjustable top arm)
Rear axle setup (no adjustable top arms fitted)
New Vs old wishbones (rear)
Underneath
thats it for now, did take it on a test run, 1st run lost a tyre!! 2nd run killed the BRAND new steering servo! stripped the gears! need to find one that has metal cogs i think..
22/2/2009
Acoms AS-17 servo for steering off ebay (£4.48 )
24/2/2009
More items of tamiya hop up flavor bought from ebay today
I bought
Tamiya speed tuned gear set (£6.24)
Tamiya G parts gear set (to run 4wd once more) (£10.48 )
Tamiya hollow carbon gear shafts (£8.24)
25/2/2009
My servo arrived but as Emma was moaning about 'car parts' in the kitchen again!! :lol: i threw away the old servo with to bits i needed to fit the new servo DOH!! no biggy as i need a ESC anyways i get to ditch the servo for speed control and i can rob the bits for the steering servo to fit from that.
So the new items off ebay that i have bought today are as follows
Tamiya electronic speed controller (£17.98 )
Tamiya ceramic grease 10g (£5.45)
Tamiya 23T AV pinion gear (£5.79)
Tamiya manta ray ball diff set (£14.79)
Tamiya high torque servo saver (£6)
26/02/2009
My adjustable turnbuckles turned up after a month from hong kong in kit form no instructions or owt reverse threads on all the metal parts and no threads in the plastic parts (i broke it put it that way £10 wasted)
I bought the tamiya version instead (£6.24) waiting on that now
bringing the grand total to date up to £226.79!!
[BREAK=Rebuild part 2 - mad hop up style]
27/02/2009
My 23t sprocket for the motor turned up also my manta ray ball diff set
there is a 22t sprocket aswell thats no use to me on so if anyone has another car/buggy/truck that requires one let me no
Size difference
The manta ray ball diff set
The part that the flash is on contained loadsa washers and other odd 'n' sods namely these tiny ball bearings some were a couple of mm the others looked sub 1mm :x i wish i knew what i was letting myself in for! well after a brew i built the diff using tweasers in the biggest bowl i could find as not to loose any bits.
No build up pics only of one complete as it was taking my full concentration :lol:
02/03/2009
Postie brought me a load of items i been waiting on today cracked on to get them fitted as i got nowt else on
first up were these speed tuned gear set
Next to the standard gear set
Next out the jiffy bag was these carbon shafts
Next to the standard shafts
Got the grease for the cogs aswell
Front end with hollow shafts and ball raced fully greased and complete for now i might add a front one way diff i dont no yet
Rear end fully complete with speed tuned gear set, ball raced hollow shafts and manta ray ball diff fully greased
Next up is the gear set, i only needed 1 cog out of this but i used both so i could run the 4WD again
4WD standard metal tamiya prop with new cogs and ball raced x4
Next to build was this hi torque servo saver and tamiya tie rods as i broke the crap ones i got from hong kong last week :x
Servo saver
Tamiya tie rod set
Didn't get any build pics but only one crappy blured pic of the completed servo saver and tie rods fitted to the servo
And one final shot for now of the front end setup with 4WD now so prop and driveshaft fitted
Bought a couple more things off ebay aswell today i bought
Tamiya metallic green paint (£5.62)
Tamiya quick release battery holder (£7.49)
Hard steel swing shaft 4pc set (£13.90)
Snap pin set (£4.49)
Tamiya upper arm set (£6.99)
Yokomo cross wrench tool (£4.15)
Lexan picture glue (£5.82)
BNIB!! UBER RARE!! as unicorn afterbirth TL-01 lightweight chassis plus a few sets of TL-01 B sets and escort cossie sticker kit (or should i say tlo1 mis-spelt on ebay bought only for the chassis but need some B parts) (£29.98 )
Bringing the total to £305.23
05/03/2009
Got my ESC yesterday but due to the excitement i got no fitting pictures only of one in the bag
Got it all fitted and went for a few blitz did take a vid but i head off into a kerb and we don't need to see that do we
06/03/2009
Got my hard steel swing shafts through the post today as well as the TL01 i have bought the Mrs so i robbed the battery holder off that so after all my bits were fitter i went for another blitz got a vid as well so check it
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7PJegj5pjg"]YouTube - TL01 modified[/ame]
Not happy with the speed of the motor i think its to slow so next is a no limit ESC and 19 turn drift sprc motor selling the brand new stuff of mine to the Mrs to fund my new bits but for now its nearly complete..
[BREAK=Rebuild part 3 - getting ready for drift hop up style]
10/02/2009
Got hold of a 19 turn motor a few days ago as i bought the Mrs a TL01 to mess around with
So stole that tried it on the tamiya ESC which shouldnt run this motor but it does just fine for now.. (the next week or so...) gone back to a 19 tooth sprocket on the motor for more torque... Got my quick realase battery holder fitted that aswell ummm then went for a few tares and boy does she fly for a lil car, raced a few real cars down the road in a 30zone as they came past nailed it from a standstill and gets infront impressed, got challanged to race my mates petrol car last night (to say the least he wasnt impressed!! :lol anyway got a vid of those antics
Vid (1:40ish )
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRrPkSJfYew&feature=channel_page"]YouTube - TL01 modified Vs nitro messabout[/ame]
Got my lightweight chassis today so full stripdown clean rebuild and regrease today
Pics
Standard before new chassis (black plastic)
Lightweight chassis (Grey)
Side
Back
11/03/2009
Today i bought
Tamiya carbon prop CF FTW (£15.90)
TT01 diff lock hub (£12.22)
Blue wheel lock nuts (£4.99)
TT01 diff input shafts (square fitting) (£7.14)
PS-1 Tamiya white polycarb spray (£6.49)
14/03/2009
Ripmax p-xtra quake no limit ESC (£45)
[BREAK=Rebuild part 3 - getting ready for drift hop up page 2]
15/03/2009
Took car out with new ESC on her she flies, keept throwing a front tyre off then the tyre ended up in two parts so that was game over, dog decided to jump on the radio gear aswell and broke the ariel so that was defo that! no biggy as the ariel is £5 and thats emma's problem now as im buying new kit next week...
I decided enough was enough and time to get it done without playing in between as i had no tyres to play on or radio gear!, that ment taking the ball diff out the rear and fitting it to the front, i put i new standard diff in empty for now and put it away in the cubard till parts start ariving monday... (no pictures of any of that as im sooo fast now :lol: )
18/03/2009
My TT01 square input shafts arrived..
My carbon fibre prop turned up
before (steel shaft)
In between (weighing)
Fitted
Next parcel i opened was my TT01 'square' locked diff locker part
(square make aftermarket parts for RC, the diff in my TL01 is the same as in the newer TT01 and instead of filling my diff with bluetac or glue or stones :lol: i opted for the stronger more expensive less known option of using TT01 parts which ment i had to search out the uber rare 'square' diff lock and input shafts :evil::evil: )
Standard insides of the TL01 diff (planet gears or spider gears - wherever your from)
Inside 'ASHY's TL01' diff (used a brand new diff i had spare)
Fitted
also got some blue locking wheel nutts!! :lol: and my ESC is blue aswell :lol:
Next is spending about £200 on tyres rims a new motor some shells a new radio set and a battery + charger/discharger
19/03/2009
Got a few videos from my 1st drift practice, changed the gearing after but dont really like it how it is so am going to change it back to how it was in these two vids...
Both in HQ aswell as always
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpgc88sXcIU"]YouTube - TL01 1st drift try[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trrq6WGVEYU"]YouTube - TL01 2nd drift try[/ame]
24/03/2009
Bought today
Adjustable oil filled alloy shocks (£17.99)
Hpi corsa wheels x4 (£11.94)
Hpi T-drift tyres x4 (£16.96)
29/3/2009
Lightweight kingpins (£5.59)
GPM foam bumper (£7.13)
[BREAK=Update +]
12/4/2009
Been busy lately, 5/4/2009 went to Bristol to meet up with some mates off another forum (D1RC) and Tom and Neal popped by aswell. Had a few race's checked out the other cars (very nice cars!) Tom and Neal both had a go on mine John who was there had a few cars and namely was this little FWD mini (tamiya M03) which i have been after for a while! so after a few asks he got it out and boy was she quick for a standard motor!
vid
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bK2V96c95E"]YouTube - MINI M03 (johns falken knock off )[/ame]
So i decided i wanted a mini :lol: so after a deal stuck with a friend (he knows who) i soon had a mini less than 24hours later.. also new redio gear and about £150 in hop ups!! :lol:
mini
radio gear
i ditched the alloy front knuckles cause they were ill fitting the step screw wouldnt go into a step like the plastic knuckle so back to plastic on the front. my drift wheels and tires arrived for my TL01 so i got them fitted aswell as the lightweight kingpins also my front foam bumper. I have also changed all the ball conectors and ball nuts to blue :lol: also in the C hubs were plastic bushings so after i seen a bearing in the mini (tamiya 850) fitted the C hubs perfect i ordered 10 (but used for so i will work out a price of 4) i also painted the shell real quick as i was bored of the see through ness (and the shell is fubared anyways...)
wheels, drift tires & foam bumper
ashy spec C hub bearing mod (also plastic knuckle, and blue ball nut in pic)
so i haven't added much lately just been fine tuning, lost a 3mm E clip so haven't even took it out on them wheels and tires, haven't checked the steering out either.. also still awaiting my GPM oil filled shocks (temp to get off air filled!!) and trying to get another futaba reciver and crystal so i can use both cars one or the other without swapping radio gear.
18x ball nuts and 18x ball conectors (£12 - used)
4x tamiya 850 race bearings (£2.80)
5x 3mm E clips (£3.41)
4x new BMW e30 tamiya wheels in white rare!! (£11)
2x new bronze HPI te37 0mm offset wheels (£5)
2x new bronze HPI te37 3mm offset wheels (£5)
how my stands now battered and half dead pen drawn on body :lol:
[BREAK=New stead to the fold M03 FWD chassis...]
right now some M03 talk
new tamiya M03 kit (£95)
20t & 21t pinon set (£5)
got it monday bout 9pm 6/4/2009 couldnt really resist buying hop ups in the day even before i got the car
bought
M03 chassis bearings set (£5.89)
M03 hollow carbon shaft set (£6.24)
M03 front & rear stabilizer set (£10.24)
M-chassis 11 spoke wheels (black) (£8.49) normal price deal done (£22.97)
GPM alloy C hubs (£5.99)
GPM alloy rear knuckles (£8.40)
GPM alloy hex (£5.39)
lightweight kingpins (£5.99)
M03 universal shaft set (£16.71)
M03 carbon rear plate (£25.72)
TA03 ball diff (£17.67)
CA cement (£3.88 )
10x black lock nuts for the black wheels (£4.55)
ps-24 (florescent orange) & ps-5 (black) (£12.93)
M03 square foam front bumper (£28.10) fits the M03m though mines a M03s :evil: bugger no biggy i will keep it and make another M03 one day or it will fit under another shell in the future just not the mini shell :evil:
well when i got it i couldnt wait to put it together, first i done the wheels, then was trying to hold out not to start the rest and wait for the race bearing but... no chance i started banging it together took me a while and didnt take many pics but i will put up what i do have (bad quality aswell :lol
body
standard minilite style wheels (soon to be ditched)
front half (no back end fitted)
front again (no back half)
front and back
front and back again
first outing, first go (never tried it with the plastic bushings)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMCqLvlPkto"]YouTube - MINI M03 first run[/ame]
first outing second go (more beans now the motor has been run abit)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYcpM1NZUpk&feature=channel"]YouTube - MINI M03 first run (part 2)[/ame]
now i knew it worked i wanted to spend time on my body and get it perfect as we all no preparation is the key to a good job (i hope! :lol: ) two hours of my time later we have \/ \/ \/
front of body cut and masked (needs to be trimmed and sanded after)
rear of body masked up
got my bearings the next day and got them fitted (7/4/2009), didnt recive my other parts (came from UK) untill satuarday (11/9/2009) fitted them straight away of course :lol:
parts
new wheels
new wheels F&R arbs fitted o and black wheel nuts (front)
new wheels F&R arbs fitted o and black wheel nuts (rear)
thats where im up to till today, cant paint it i reakon untill next weekend (18/4/2009) as i am working all next week so will be whacked after :cry: i havent run it after any mods yet cause the shell needs painting but hey ho check back soon, theres still more for the postie to bring me :lol:
14/4/2009
Sqaure cabon rear plate turned up
fitted
15/4/2009
My intercoolers turned up (for sumat else ) and the front UJ shafts turned up, no fitted pics though :lol:
[BREAK=Trying to paint (1st real go..)]
16/4/2009
My paints turned up LOL and of course i couldnt wait...
pics
first coat of flouresant orange! bright i reakon!
I should of used my common sence and at this point back it with white! but begin me i couldnt wait to take it out so i thought MEH! and backed it in black, big mistake its now a pearlesant brown to orange... :lol::?
after all that work i thought hummmm time to wreak it (not really the devil on the shoulder said it to me!) so i slapped in the 19 turn motor from the drift car and no limit ESC and went down to my testing/practice grounds...
vid...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwlV9Etr4CI&feature=channel_page"]YouTube - 15042009070[/ame]
18/4/2009
My alloy hex's came for the mini also a freebie with them (body cushons) and my GPM alloy oil filled shocks.. dont no what im going to fit them to but i will decide in a bit and let you all no, no doubt...
Total to date is now on the TL01 £496.79 (DRIFT CAR)
Total to date is now on the M03 £235.23 (GRIP)
i am going to do both cars in this one thread so there will be two running totals radio gear, tools and other odds and sods im not counting only parts bought/bought and fitted ...
Well found a RC car on a forum begin sold localish that the kiddy would drop off to mine for £30 came with all the parts he said (but not together as he had been messing with the 4WD to make it RWD only) came with the electrics aswell so bargin i thought!
How wrong was i :lol: there was loads missing, 1 step screw for the front hub, the part to hold the areial straight up also the to brackets to hold the battery in :lol: i should have known better i could off bought a complete car from town for £70 brand new but hey ho i didnt loose faith begin a big kid i cracked on and looked for parts.
I already bought a tamiya sport tuned motor off ebay ( £14.58 ) before i even got the RC car and after a quick look online i decided to go find a model shop local insted and ask if they had a set of step screws :lol:
And by chance after the kiddy had gone upstairs for 5mins leaving a empty antic :lol: he came back with four new screws and said have um mate, lovely ta, as i knew they used to stock all this 1/10 stuff i asked if maybe there was some old hop ups or shells of a retro nature hidden upstairs, he was like actually there may be
Five mins later he found me a CLK merc DTM shell bargin for a tenna!!
He also sold me a 2000mAh battery for £13
And a plastic holder for the areial £1.25
Pictures as always
As it was advertised
How i got it
Electrics as i got it - this will be changed for a ESC (electronic speed controler) so will be ditching the lot
Sport tuned motor (fitted 5mins after owning car - was happy untill i heard of brushless :twisted: )
CLK shell
I thought i had everything to make it drive now, again i was wrong the steering was not working it was making a noise but not moving, so after a strip down of the servo i found all the cogs to be stripped, so ordered one off ebay the upgraded version of what i had for £4.50.
Tried to get the piece off the old one that holds the steering arms on to have the screw super glued in! WFT WHY!! so i pulled that off and fitted it to another servo like the one that came out the car my mate gave me (hammered it on
)So after actually getting the bits to make it run I had a play
Now things hit a whole new level of playtime :roll::twisted:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnhf4eUjLk0"]YouTube - Test Run 2 Better Quality + Added Camera Takedown[/ame]
(yes it did hit my new phone :evil: )
So far total spent is £73.33
[BREAK=Things get serious]
Started looking into tuning it before i even had it running to be honest but i had some dollas to spend so i got some hop-ups :roll:
I bought
Some abec 9 metal race barings to replace the plastic ones :lol: (£7.80)
Blue alloy C hubs for the front (£7.99)
Blue alloy front & rear knuckles (£14.39)
Blue alloy front & rear lower wishbones (£16.16)
Complete adjustable set for front upper arm and rear upper arm and
adjustable steering arms (£11.99)
Blue alloy wheel hex (£3.20)
A 3700mAh battery (£6.15)
While i was waiting for this off ebay i took it apart down to nut and bolt (or screws and cogs
) and cleaned every part with some muk offRear end with plastic bush (dirty)
Front driveshaft side (dirty)
Front driveshaft side (clean)
And so on...
Well it stayed in parts for a week while i waited for the postman to start dropping my stuff through the door, stuff did start to arrive on the 9/2/2009 so let the fun begin..
Total spent so far £141.01
[BREAK=Rebuild part 1 - mild hop up style]
9/2/2009
The postie has brought a few items the 3700mAh battery and the metal race barings so like a kid in a sweet shop i set about the baring upgrade and a rebuild (for now as it will be coming apart again soon no doubt
)Plastic baring Vs the new metal abec 9's
Fitted to casing
Also fitted to the wheels and loadsa other places theres 24 fitted in total (well 20 on mine as four go on the prop and that has been left out for now)
12/2/2009
Today the postie brought me my front C hubs and alloy rear knuckles and brand new servo (for steering) so again like a kid in a sweet shop the car came apart again for more added bits to be fitted (why i cant wait to do it in one go i will never no :roll: )
Parts
Servo
Front C hubs
Rear knuckles
Old rear knuckle Vs the new alloy one (alloy one is upside down) the metal one is actually 2grams heavier aswell :x
Rear knuckle with both race barings fitted
Rear knuckle fitted
Didnt take a front pic till after the C hub was fitted as i had done both before i thought to take pics :lol:
Front C hub
[BREAK=More new bits]
17/2/2009
Postie dropped me off some more items today
From left to right
Alloy front hubs
Alloy hex
Alloy front wishbones (wings)
Alloy rear wishbones (wings)
Old plastic parts from front assembly
Metal setup complete
New front wishbone Vs old plastic
Front set up (without adjustable top arm)
Rear axle setup (no adjustable top arms fitted)
New Vs old wishbones (rear)
Underneath
thats it for now, did take it on a test run, 1st run lost a tyre!! 2nd run killed the BRAND new steering servo! stripped the gears! need to find one that has metal cogs i think..
22/2/2009
Acoms AS-17 servo for steering off ebay (£4.48 )
24/2/2009
More items of tamiya hop up flavor bought from ebay today
I bought
Tamiya speed tuned gear set (£6.24)
Tamiya G parts gear set (to run 4wd once more
) (£10.48 )Tamiya hollow carbon gear shafts (£8.24)
25/2/2009
My servo arrived but as Emma was moaning about 'car parts' in the kitchen again!! :lol: i threw away the old servo with to bits i needed to fit the new servo DOH!! no biggy as i need a ESC anyways i get to ditch the servo for speed control and i can rob the bits for the steering servo to fit from that.
So the new items off ebay that i have bought today are as follows
Tamiya electronic speed controller (£17.98 )
Tamiya ceramic grease 10g (£5.45)
Tamiya 23T AV pinion gear (£5.79)
Tamiya manta ray ball diff set (£14.79)
Tamiya high torque servo saver (£6)
26/02/2009
My adjustable turnbuckles turned up after a month from hong kong in kit form no instructions or owt reverse threads on all the metal parts and no threads in the plastic parts (i broke it put it that way £10 wasted)
I bought the tamiya version instead (£6.24) waiting on that now
bringing the grand total to date up to £226.79!!
[BREAK=Rebuild part 2 - mad hop up style]
27/02/2009
My 23t sprocket for the motor turned up also my manta ray ball diff set
there is a 22t sprocket aswell thats no use to me on so if anyone has another car/buggy/truck that requires one let me no
Size difference
The manta ray ball diff set
The part that the flash is on contained loadsa washers and other odd 'n' sods namely these tiny ball bearings some were a couple of mm the others looked sub 1mm :x i wish i knew what i was letting myself in for! well after a brew i built the diff using tweasers in the biggest bowl i could find as not to loose any bits.
No build up pics only of one complete as it was taking my full concentration :lol:
02/03/2009
Postie brought me a load of items i been waiting on today cracked on to get them fitted as i got nowt else on
first up were these speed tuned gear set
Next to the standard gear set
Next out the jiffy bag was these carbon shafts
Next to the standard shafts
Got the grease for the cogs aswell
Front end with hollow shafts and ball raced fully greased and complete for now i might add a front one way diff i dont no yet
Rear end fully complete with speed tuned gear set, ball raced hollow shafts and manta ray ball diff fully greased
Next up is the gear set, i only needed 1 cog out of this but i used both so i could run the 4WD again
4WD standard metal tamiya prop with new cogs and ball raced x4
Next to build was this hi torque servo saver and tamiya tie rods as i broke the crap ones i got from hong kong last week :x
Servo saver
Tamiya tie rod set
Didn't get any build pics but only one crappy blured pic of the completed servo saver and tie rods fitted to the servo
And one final shot for now of the front end setup with 4WD now so prop and driveshaft fitted
Bought a couple more things off ebay aswell today i bought
Tamiya metallic green paint (£5.62)
Tamiya quick release battery holder (£7.49)
Hard steel swing shaft 4pc set (£13.90)
Snap pin set (£4.49)
Tamiya upper arm set (£6.99)
Yokomo cross wrench tool (£4.15)
Lexan picture glue (£5.82)
BNIB!! UBER RARE!! as unicorn afterbirth TL-01 lightweight chassis plus a few sets of TL-01 B sets and escort cossie sticker kit (or should i say tlo1 mis-spelt on ebay bought only for the chassis but need some B parts) (£29.98 )
Bringing the total to £305.23
05/03/2009
Got my ESC yesterday but due to the excitement i got no fitting pictures
only of one in the bag
Got it all fitted and went for a few blitz did take a vid but i head off into a kerb and we don't need to see that do we
06/03/2009
Got my hard steel swing shafts through the post today as well as the TL01 i have bought the Mrs so i robbed the battery holder off that so after all my bits were fitter i went for another blitz got a vid as well so check it
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7PJegj5pjg"]YouTube - TL01 modified[/ame]
Not happy with the speed of the motor i think its to slow so next is a no limit ESC and 19 turn drift sprc motor selling the brand new stuff of mine to the Mrs to fund my new bits but for now its nearly complete..
[BREAK=Rebuild part 3 - getting ready for drift hop up style]
10/02/2009
Got hold of a 19 turn motor a few days ago as i bought the Mrs a TL01 to mess around with
So stole that tried it on the tamiya ESC which shouldnt run this motor but it does just fine for now.. (the next week or so...) gone back to a 19 tooth sprocket on the motor for more torque... Got my quick realase battery holder fitted that aswell ummm then went for a few tares and boy does she fly for a lil car, raced a few real cars down the road in a 30zone as they came past nailed it from a standstill and gets infront
impressed, got challanged to race my mates petrol car last night (to say the least he wasnt impressed!! :lol anyway got a vid of those antics Vid (1:40ish
)[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRrPkSJfYew&feature=channel_page"]YouTube - TL01 modified Vs nitro messabout[/ame]
Got my lightweight chassis today so full stripdown clean rebuild and regrease today
Pics
Standard before new chassis (black plastic)
Lightweight chassis (Grey)
Side
Back
11/03/2009
Today i bought
Tamiya carbon prop CF FTW
(£15.90)TT01 diff lock hub (£12.22)
Blue wheel lock nuts (£4.99)
TT01 diff input shafts (square fitting) (£7.14)
PS-1 Tamiya white polycarb spray (£6.49)
14/03/2009
Ripmax p-xtra quake no limit ESC (£45)
[BREAK=Rebuild part 3 - getting ready for drift hop up page 2]
15/03/2009
Took car out with new ESC on her she flies, keept throwing a front tyre off then the tyre ended up in two parts so that was game over, dog decided to jump on the radio gear aswell and broke the ariel so that was defo that! no biggy as the ariel is £5 and thats emma's problem now as im buying new kit next week...
I decided enough was enough and time to get it done without playing in between as i had no tyres to play on or radio gear!, that ment taking the ball diff out the rear and fitting it to the front, i put i new standard diff in empty for now
and put it away in the cubard till parts start ariving monday... (no pictures of any of that as im sooo fast now :lol: )18/03/2009
My TT01 square input shafts arrived..
My carbon fibre prop turned up
before (steel shaft)
In between (weighing)
Fitted
Next parcel i opened was my TT01 'square' locked diff locker part
(square make aftermarket parts for RC, the diff in my TL01 is the same as in the newer TT01 and instead of filling my diff with bluetac or glue or stones :lol: i opted for the stronger more expensive less known option of using TT01 parts which ment i had to search out the uber rare 'square' diff lock and input shafts :evil::evil: )
Standard insides of the TL01 diff (planet gears or spider gears - wherever your from
)
Inside 'ASHY's TL01' diff (used a brand new diff i had spare)
Fitted
also got some blue locking wheel nutts!! :lol: and my ESC is blue aswell :lol:
Next is spending about £200 on tyres rims a new motor some shells a new radio set and a battery + charger/discharger
19/03/2009
Got a few videos from my 1st drift practice, changed the gearing after but dont really like it how it is so am going to change it back to how it was in these two vids...
Both in HQ aswell as always
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpgc88sXcIU"]YouTube - TL01 1st drift try[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trrq6WGVEYU"]YouTube - TL01 2nd drift try[/ame]
24/03/2009
Bought today
Adjustable oil filled alloy shocks (£17.99)
Hpi corsa wheels x4 (£11.94)
Hpi T-drift tyres x4 (£16.96)
29/3/2009
Lightweight kingpins (£5.59)
GPM foam bumper (£7.13)
[BREAK=Update +
]12/4/2009
Been busy lately, 5/4/2009 went to Bristol to meet up with some mates off another forum (D1RC) and Tom and Neal popped by aswell. Had a few race's checked out the other cars (very nice cars!) Tom and Neal both had a go on mine
John who was there had a few cars and namely was this little FWD mini (tamiya M03) which i have been after for a while! so after a few asks he got it out and boy was she quick for a standard motor! vid
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bK2V96c95E"]YouTube - MINI M03 (johns falken knock off
)[/ame]So i decided i wanted a mini :lol: so after a deal stuck with a friend (he knows who) i soon had a mini less than 24hours later.. also new redio gear and about £150 in hop ups!!
:lol: mini
radio gear
i ditched the alloy front knuckles cause they were ill fitting the step screw wouldnt go into a step like the plastic knuckle so back to plastic on the front. my drift wheels and tires arrived for my TL01 so i got them fitted aswell as the lightweight kingpins also my front foam bumper. I have also changed all the ball conectors and ball nuts to blue :lol: also in the C hubs were plastic bushings so after i seen a bearing in the mini (tamiya 850) fitted the C hubs perfect i ordered 10 (but used for so i will work out a price of 4
) i also painted the shell real quick as i was bored of the see through ness (and the shell is fubared anyways...)wheels, drift tires & foam bumper
ashy spec C hub bearing mod (also plastic knuckle, and blue ball nut in pic)
so i haven't added much lately just been fine tuning, lost a 3mm E clip so haven't even took it out on them wheels and tires, haven't checked the steering out either.. also still awaiting my GPM oil filled shocks (temp to get off air filled!!) and trying to get another futaba reciver and crystal so i can use both cars one or the other without swapping radio gear.
18x ball nuts and 18x ball conectors (£12 - used)
4x tamiya 850 race bearings (£2.80)
5x 3mm E clips (£3.41)
4x new BMW e30 tamiya wheels in white rare!! (£11)
2x new bronze HPI te37 0mm offset wheels (£5)
2x new bronze HPI te37 3mm offset wheels (£5)
how my stands now battered and half dead pen drawn on body :lol:
[BREAK=New stead to the fold M03 FWD chassis...]
right now some M03 talk
new tamiya M03 kit (£95)
20t & 21t pinon set (£5)
got it monday bout 9pm 6/4/2009 couldnt really resist buying hop ups in the day even before i got the car
bought
M03 chassis bearings set (£5.89)
M03 hollow carbon shaft set (£6.24)
M03 front & rear stabilizer set (£10.24)
M-chassis 11 spoke wheels (black) (£8.49) normal price deal done (£22.97)
GPM alloy C hubs (£5.99)
GPM alloy rear knuckles (£8.40)
GPM alloy hex (£5.39)
lightweight kingpins (£5.99)
M03 universal shaft set (£16.71)
M03 carbon rear plate (£25.72)
TA03 ball diff (£17.67)
CA cement (£3.88 )
10x black lock nuts for the black wheels (£4.55)
ps-24 (florescent orange) & ps-5 (black) (£12.93)
M03 square foam front bumper (£28.10) fits the M03m though mines a M03s :evil: bugger no biggy i will keep it and make another M03 one day
or it will fit under another shell in the future just not the mini shell :evil:well when i got it i couldnt wait to put it together, first i done the wheels, then was trying to hold out not to start the rest and wait for the race bearing but... no chance i started banging it together took me a while and didnt take many pics but i will put up what i do have (bad quality aswell :lol
body
standard minilite style wheels (soon to be ditched)
front half (no back end fitted)
front again (no back half)
front and back
front and back again
first outing, first go (never tried it with the plastic bushings)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMCqLvlPkto"]YouTube - MINI M03 first run[/ame]
first outing second go (more beans now the motor has been run abit)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYcpM1NZUpk&feature=channel"]YouTube - MINI M03 first run (part 2)[/ame]
now i knew it worked i wanted to spend time on my body and get it perfect as we all no preparation is the key to a good job (i hope! :lol: ) two hours of my time later we have \/ \/ \/
front of body cut and masked (needs to be trimmed and sanded after)
rear of body masked up
got my bearings the next day and got them fitted (7/4/2009), didnt recive my other parts (came from UK) untill satuarday (11/9/2009) fitted them straight away of course :lol:
parts
new wheels
new wheels F&R arbs fitted o and black wheel nuts (front)
new wheels F&R arbs fitted o and black wheel nuts (rear)
thats where im up to till today, cant paint it i reakon untill next weekend (18/4/2009) as i am working all next week so will be whacked after :cry: i havent run it after any mods yet cause the shell needs painting but hey ho check back soon, theres still more for the postie to bring me :lol:
14/4/2009
Sqaure cabon rear plate turned up
fitted
15/4/2009
My intercoolers turned up (for sumat else
) and the front UJ shafts turned up, no fitted pics though :lol:[BREAK=Trying to paint (1st real go..)]
16/4/2009
My paints turned up LOL and of course i couldnt wait...
pics
first coat of flouresant orange! bright i reakon!
I should of used my common sence and at this point back it with white! but begin me i couldnt wait to take it out so i thought MEH! and backed it in black, big mistake its now a pearlesant brown to orange... :lol::?
after all that work i thought hummmm time to wreak it (not really the devil on the shoulder said it to me!) so i slapped in the 19 turn motor from the drift car and no limit ESC and went down to my testing/practice grounds...
vid...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwlV9Etr4CI&feature=channel_page"]YouTube - 15042009070[/ame]
18/4/2009
My alloy hex's came for the mini also a freebie with them (body cushons) and my GPM alloy oil filled shocks.. dont no what im going to fit them to but i will decide in a bit and let you all no, no doubt...
Total to date is now on the TL01 £496.79 (DRIFT CAR)
Total to date is now on the M03 £235.23 (GRIP)
i am going to do both cars in this one thread so there will be two running totals radio gear, tools and other odds and sods im not counting only parts bought/bought and fitted
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