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@OneBrickThick looks like we are gonna have to reschedule tomorrows crawl, few of us went out for some wheeling and the day didnt end ideally. Im beat, i some a cpl other guys are out

 

It's cool, thx for the update

 

What's a relatively cheap chassis that I could do this with? Body is 1/10. Just for fun, no racing. I think I'd be OK with 2wd, unless it makes it hard to control on the pavement.

 

Team associated TC4 comes assembled for 150, can get it for 140 with February coupon at amain

https://www.amainhobbies.com/team-a...-10-touring-car-kit-prebuilt-asc30101/p227233

If you want something thats RTR, check out the Vaterra or HPI Sprint cars.

RTR drift car

https://www.amainhobbies.com/hpi-e1...falken-tire-nissan-s13-body-hpi109291/p241256

Heres a 4tec with electronics, just needs body. Also Traxxas so you can get parts locally. This was one of my fav cars as a kid.

https://www.amainhobbies.com/traxxa...ouring-car-chassis-no-body-tra83024-4/p682535

 

Sure you didn't mean to say you have an xv for sale?

 

Long damper, cant put a body low enough to make it look like a street car. Id sell it though.

 

My carbon chassis for the xv should be here in a week or so

 

There's a lot of different cars for sale on the FB groups from time to time, so I just want to know what to look for. If I see a deal on a used chassis, maybe I'll jump on it. More time and effort will go into the scale details making the pop up headlights work and stuff, moreso than the performance.


Also, I'd be looking for brushless (not brushed) motors/electronics for a road car, right?

 

For brushed vs brushless, it really depends on the speed you are looking for. A brushed setup may top out around 35mph on 2s, which is plenty fast.

With brushless you can be in the 60-70mph on 3s.

On the chassis, all youre really looking for is 1/10 scale and 200mm width, wheel base is pretty much the same on 1/10 touring cars but range from 190-210mm width.

A car i forgot about is the tamiya TT-02, youll need to assemble it though. You can find them at hobby town for right around 100 bucks.

 

I saw someone else did a TT01 MK4 Supra build, but looks like Tamiya has since released a TT02? I think the ground up assembly would be fun, regardless of how long it took. Seems like 35mph would be fine, since I would just bring it out at car meets when I drive the Supra.

 

If you get the TT-02, i have a brand new brushed motor from my XV-01 build, just need a 30-50 dollar esc. I also have an extra servo that may still be good laying around. Also have a nice Sanwa MX-V radio laying around.

The build takes about 8-12 hours, Tamiya instructions are great. Make sure you have a good x-acto, will need to cut every part off a parts tree. The kit will come with all the fluids and greases you need so no worries there.

 

Cool, good to know what to look for. I need to get the body sometime soon, while it's still available. Once I have that I'll get more serious about what goes underneath it.

 

I'm working on my supra. Just need some spare time. Be cool to run 2 supra somewhere

 

What chassis are you running under that one?

 

Tamyia xv01 but not the long damper kit.

 

These would be great for some parking lot sprint racing

 

DAMMIT! There's like only 4 of these A70 bodies left in the world. The body is only about $35, but everyone wants another $30 for shipping.














Edit: only 3 left, now

 

Yeaaaaa budddddey

 

That just means I really have to take my time getting the body just right. Can't afford to screw up and need another body.

 

I had that problem trying to find a 93 celica body. Best I could find was a used for 70