New toy... Wednesday night races?

[blackzx3_13]

If we ever got to a place where we had formal races, I think we would need to come up with formal mod rules. I think Tamiya M-chassis and one of the 2 Miata bodies would be a given. Beyond that, we could probably allow a handful of standard mods like bearings, tires, any Tamiya upgrade parts (Ball diff, oil filled shocks, lightweight parts, etc), pinion gears, and "stock" motor.

The company that makes that car (Tamiya) had a championship series for these cars, called the TCS. It has rules pretty close to what you've set here.

CLICK ME!!!

[Titus]

The company that makes that car (Tamiya) had a championship series for these cars, called the TCS. It has rules pretty close to what you've set here.

CLICK ME!!!

Very cool find! I like all of the rules except for the "silver can motor only (Mabuchi or Johnson)". Apparently a $30 stock class motor makes a huge difference in performance.

[Nexus Flux]

It's the differnce between a RadioShack slow R/C car and some thing like my Team Losi XX buggy. Even though it's 11 years old, it can still run circles around any Shack car.

Hell, I'll bring it tonight and we can race. Now if I can just find some tires that can get traction on a parking lot.....

[blackzx3_13]

Very cool find! I like all of the rules except for the "silver can motor only (Mabuchi or Johnson)". Apparently a $30 stock class motor makes a huge difference in performance.

Yeah, I have been planning on building a miata for that series (can't get enough racing as it is!) if I can ever get that F1 car sold.

[blackzx3_13]

Anybody pick one of these up? I think my F1 car might be sold so I did some shopping. Its the HPI NB. I just have the body now, but the car wont be far behind.

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Anybody pick one of these up? I think my F1 car might be sold so I did some shopping. Its the HPI NB. I just have the body now, but the car wont be far behind.

Cool... The Tamiya kit comes with a spacer that can lengthen the wheelbase if the HPI body is not the same length.

[blackzx3_13]

Cool... The Tamiya kit comes with a spacer that can lengthen the wheelbase if the HPI body is not the same length.

What is the wheelbase for the Tamiya one? The HPI NB is 225mm

[blackzx3_13]

Looks like these have been discontinued. Mine is in the mail.

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/ite...oduct-id=58325

[blackzx3_13]

Woo-hoo, got it in! painted up the NB too look like mine. The white one has the stripes that I want.

[Nexus Flux]

They look pretty good