martyn

My kind wife bought me a Tamiya Subaru R/C car for christmas. It is great fun but as in real life I am now looking to start up grading it.

Any info would be great. The model is a TL01 Subaru.

Cheers

Martyn

babber

Martyn,

I have the same car. Try :-

http://www.goldstarstockists.com/tam.../downloads.htm

or

http://www.goldstarstockists.com/

or

http://www.tamiya.com

Cheers Phill C

mega_stream

Hi M8

I'd start by getting a RC car magazine for contacts and part info.
A tuned sport motor, uprated battery and ballrace kit will get things moving faster though.

babber

Mega,

I know where your coming from mate. Been looking to do the same myself. Quite fast as standard. I've been practising in the Ice / Snow, fantastic fun!!!

Cheers Phill C

howardb

take a look at http://www.rcracenews.co.uk and ask the same question on their forums.

other sites to look at:
http://www.apexmodels.com
http://www.dms-racing.com
http://www.kevsracingbits.co.uk

Mr Footlong

iTrader: (7)

I bought the WRC99 Tamay, used it for 30 secs and didn't have the heart to wreck it, so it sits with pride of place in my living room!

I'll get my coat.....


Cheers,


Nick

babber

Mr Footlong,

That's a terrible waste!!! The kits are really robust, me and the girls had a massive ramp out the backdoor the other day, and was jumping a good 10 ft out and 3ft up in the air.

Don't have it on show, bloody use it, spare parts are available if you do smash it up

Cheers Phill C

cryptwalk

You can get upgraded motors from any proper model shop, also if you change the cog on the motor you can have faster aceloration(Sp?) or faster top end.

Been along time since i had a tamiya, but when i did i got a technigold motor different pinion gears and a 8.4 volt battery to speed mine up.

I have a kyosho scoob, but the gears cannot be upgraded.

Richard Askew

...typical scooby owner...own it a week then have to start modifying it
ps can ya mod the battery jobbies??

POC

I have just got a battery 2WD one from Halfords (c.£90), can u mod these, it needs to be FASTER!!!

Cheers

Paul

Scrappy2

Is it petrol or electric? I've just finished building my HPI super nitro rally, really pleased with the results, but already looking for more power, must wait till the engines run-in good and proper tho...

babber

Electric or battery I should say!!

Something I wanted to ask, has the glowfuel cars got a reverse gear on them ?

Cheers Phill C

DavidBrown

Get yerself a petrol/nitro powered 1/8th or 1/10th

Now THOSE things flippin fly (circa 50mph)

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Scrappy.. nice looking scooby. What size engine ? How much ?

[Edited by DavidBrown - 03/01/2002 10:39:06]

POC

Mine is a leccy job

Scrappy2

Thanks, it's got a 1.5 size engine, does about 40 out of the box, but with a few uprades can hit about 70!!

Kit was £280 inc engine. + starter bits & radio came to about £360

Most glow cars don't come with reverse, but some do (TMaxx I think)

DavidBrown

Looks sweet, where do you use it ? (or where will you be using it rather)

I've got a Bergonzoni Chrono with 3.5 race-spec engine and boy is it a screamer.. too loud + fast to be used around the streets.

What surprised me about it was how configurable it is, adjustable shocks, camber, toe-in etc. It's even got front + rear disc brakes, with adjustable bias etc. I just need to find somewhere that I can use the flipping thing !

Scrappy2

That sound's like a beast!
Got some disused ground near me thats got dirt, mud, small jumps, woods, tarmac, bit of everything really. Still running it in so cannot use full throttle yet. Still have to give it a bit of a squirt every so often tho' (Can't help it) It's not too noisy with the tuned pipe that comes with it, so hopefully no-one will complain when its on full chat.