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Hi mates,

recently we wrote on the "General Discussion" section about the frailty of Tamiya transmission.
I answered with a joke as you can see:

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=74877

I slept over that silly idea this night and this morning i though "why not?".

I know a guy that has a very little factory that produces mechanic parts and components.
He made the wheel hubs of my single speed mountain bike and he works great.
I asked him about some mechanical parts for r/c cars and he was interested.
I could draw the parts, as we did for the bike hubs, and he could realize them.
This means that he can do almost what we need, gears included.
Obviously the prices for these parts will be not Hong Kong prices because these parts are made in little numbers but if we are more people interested in some particular parts and he must produce more than one piece the price could go down.
So, my idea is: let's make a list here of parts we need, than, if there's a decent number I'll contact him.
I'm speaking about some well known fragile parts like for example Astute A1 or Astute D1 or Thunder Shot A5 and so on. Or maybe some hop up that everybody wants and nobody produces, like Wild Dagger ball differential or TXT steel axle bevel gears, or Hot Shot One Way or something that is getting rare like Monster Beetle/Frog ball differential for example.

What do you think about? Is this a good idea or a silly idea?

If you are interested you can add your wanted part or add how many pieces you want of an already listed part.

I can start the list and then I can update it. If we rise a good number I can contact him and listen what he can do.

Max

THE LIST UPDATED AT 29 NOVEMBER 2014

Monster Beetle/Frog ball diff 6 pz

Lunchbox/Hornet ball diff 6 pz

Sand Rover/Holiday buggy gears with bearings 4 pz

Astute A1 3 pz

Astute/King Cab diff 2 pz

WR01/WR02 ball diff 1 pz

Sand Rover/Holiday buggy 540 motor mount 1 pz

TA02 C with increased caster angle 1 pz

Thunder Shot A5 1 pz

TopForce J parts 1 pz

M38 motorplate 1 pz

M38 Axle tubes 1 pz

959 Arms 1 pz

037 wheels 1 pz

Audi 4 Wheels 1 pz

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Planetary diff for kingcab/astute or billet housings for factory ball diff or bolt through type instead of spring washer.

For other people, I am fine :D

:EDIT:

Actually, a stronger diff for Marui (Big Bear in particular) would be popular! B)

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Striker ball differential? :P Applicable to Grasshopper, etc.!

The biggest advantage I can see here to this venture is probably the ability to produce gears, so I see this becoming quite popular if we have enough demand for ball differentials and the like.

I missed out on the .50-Calibre Customs O.R.V. rear arms, and would love to see a new improved rear trailing arm set for that chassis personally.

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Gears for vintage Sand Rover and Holiday Buggy would probably be quite popular, even better if the design could be modified to incorporate bearings.

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Hornet/Lunchbox is the same.

Max

Striker ball differential? :P Applicable to Grasshopper, etc.!

The biggest advantage I can see here to this venture is probably the ability to produce gears, so I see this becoming quite popular if we have enough demand for ball differentials and the like.

I missed out on the .50-Calibre Customs O.R.V. rear arms, and would love to see a new improved rear trailing arm set for that chassis personally.

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I updated the list.

C'mon people, write what you really want and not what you would like and in your opinion what other people would like.

Write the item you will pay for, the item you really need, you strongly need. This is the item that we will try to create.

No space here for dreams, opinions, wishes, suggestions and so on. ;)

What do you want?

Write it here, just a line.

Thanks

Max

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Copy of the TA02 genuine tamiya hop up C hubs, they reduce the caster but none of the aftermarket ones do. It makes a huge difference to the amount of front grip and genuine ones pull silly money.

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Increase or reduce? I remember they add one or two degrees of caster angle.

Max

Copy of the TA02 genuine tamiya hop up C hubs, they reduce the caster but none of the aftermarket ones do. It makes a huge difference to the amount of front grip and genuine ones pull silly money.

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I would like

astute a1

thunder shot a5

top force J parts

Ball diff for monster beetle

Super hornet / grasshoper Ball diff

Great thread and great idea Max if you need help let me know.

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Definitely reduce Max! By about 4 degrees. The 12 degree kick up of the suspension arms from the manta ray front gearbox didn't work too well onroad.

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Interesting thread... 2 questions...

would your contact manufacture custom wheels?

and what sort of numbers do you need to make it commercial... 5? 10? 20? 50? 100?

I have a couple of ideas...

1st would be a re-worked motor plate for the original Wild Willy M38 / Wheeler / Audi / Original Lancia 037 which would allow you to use modern motors. Finding good condition 1980's motors is getting harder and harder.

2ndly would be accurate alloy wheels for the re-re Lancia 037... not proper-vintage but if there is a car that is crying out for better wheels than the awful chrome ones that come as standard, IMHO it is the Lancia.

Finally the suspension arms for the 959 / Celica that always break!

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+1 on the motorplate

and these

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or an hex conversion
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Any Astute parts, and a bullet proof (or brushless proof) complete transmission for the Blackfoot/Mosnster Beetle/Frog/Mud Blaster. Complete from side plates, gears, and differential.

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Yes you are right! I didn't think about the angled front arms.

Do you think that on rally set up is better use these Cs? Or is better the Manta Ray set up?

Max

Definitely reduce Max! By about 4 degrees. The 12 degree kick up of the suspension arms from the manta ray front gearbox didn't work too well onroad.

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This is the prefered way to write your list please.

Please add how many parts you want.

Example:

Astute A1 3pc

Honet ball diff 1pc

And so on. The correct number of wanted items is important and could make the difference to realized it or not.

Max

I would like
astute a1
thunder shot a5
top force J parts
Ball diff for monster beetle
Super hornet / grasshoper Ball diff

Great thread and great idea Max if you need help let me know.

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Hi neverfollow, please make a list part by part you need. I will add them to the final count.

Many thanks

Max

Any Astute parts, and a bullet proof (or brushless proof) complete transmission for the Blackfoot/Mosnster Beetle/Frog/Mud Blaster. Complete from side plates, gears, and differential.

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THE LIST UPDATED AT 27 NOVEMBER 2014

Monster Beele/Frog ball diff 3 pz

Lunchbox/Hornet ball diff 3 pz

Astute A1 3 pz

Astute/King Cab diff 2 pz

WR01/WR02 ball diff 1 pz

Sand Rover/Holiday buggy gears with bearings 1 pz

TA02 C with increased caster angle 1 pz

Thunder Shot A5 1 pz

TopForce J parts 1 pz

M38 motorplate 1 pz

M38 Axle tubes 1 pz

959 Arms 1 pz

037 wheels 1 pz

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I believe that 10 could be a good starting point. Obviously more the parts less the price.

Under 10 pieces I will not contact the machinist because is a non sense.

Max

Interesting thread... 2 questions...

would your contact manufacture custom wheels?

and what sort of numbers do you need to make it commercial... 5? 10? 20? 50? 100?

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Any Astute parts, and a bullet proof (or brushless proof) complete transmission for the Blackfoot/Mosnster Beetle/Frog/Mud Blaster. Complete from side plates, gears, and differential.

+1 on a Monster Beetle transmission that just works! I'd like several just in case.

i.e.:

Monster Beetle diff: 3pc

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THE LIST UPDATED AT 27 NOVEMBER 2014

Monster Beetle/Frog ball diff 6 pz

Lunchbox/Hornet ball diff 3 pz

Astute A1 3 pz

Astute/King Cab diff 2 pz

WR01/WR02 ball diff 1 pz

Sand Rover/Holiday buggy gears with bearings 1 pz

TA02 C with increased caster angle 1 pz

Thunder Shot A5 1 pz

TopForce J parts 1 pz

M38 motorplate 1 pz

M38 Axle tubes 1 pz

959 Arms 1 pz

037 wheels 1 pz

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Finally the suspension arms for the 959 / Celica that always break!

I was sure RC channel had these , as i got two sets some time ago .

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