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@svenb That's pretty cool! Don't want a stick pack in it though, but red cells could be great Is that your Surikarn?

Nice car! I too have a love/hate relationship with the TA03(F). My first TA03F was a drift car for me, about 15 years ago, when I didn't have the money (or knowledge) to maintain it well. It would always break and wasn't very good to drive. I got rid of it in favor of a TB02 which was much better at the time and have hated the TA03F since. But I absolutely love all other cars in the TA0x series and would one day love to have a TA03 in full Tech Racing options. Maybe this thread will convince me to finally get another.

Couple months have passed, but I've been collecting bits for on and next to this car. While I'm waiting for the FF01 parts to come in, here's a little update on the TB evo 3. I finally found a red TRF tool set a couple months ago and it arrived last week from Japan (and an extra TRF2002 ESC). In the meantime since the last post I've also scored an original Surikarn box locally and there's another box + manual + stickers on the way from Japan. This called for a photoshoot in my new photobooth. Unfortunately I couldn't find my red setup board for the picture, but I'll get it in next time. What do you think? Apparently there's also a red chassis stand I had never seen before. A friend has offered his to me, so I'm considering buying it from him soon. Need to make the collection complete. Red turnbuckles and front bodyposts next?

This only works for sensorless motors by the way. If it's sensored, the sensor won't pick up the signal properly and it won't work. There are ways to reverse some cables in the sensor, but you are better off just reversing it through the programming.

One long upperdeck going from the gearbox to the rear shocktower would be cool. It will look less like a FF01 and more like a modern frontie, but it does give you a lot more room for all the components.

Haha! Well it already looks the part I'll see what I can do about the scans. I'm waiting now for parts to come in from RCmart so I might be able to pull the FF01 apart next time I'm at my workshop. I'll also scan the tub chassis FRP bits. There's a small FRP plate to hold the servo in place too by the way. Not sure if you can see it well in my pictures. Are you planning on creating a more modern version of it too? I'd love something that looks vintage, but actually works well with shorty lipo's and brushless.

Any tracks in that area? My family is from there (Kuhardt, Germersheim) and it would be cool to bring a car next time I visit

Ooh boy I need to keep my eyes open for those parts coming by then Love to have a sneak peak at these kinds of projects

That's so typical German indeed All of the secondhand cars I used to buy locally had the same kind of electronics too.

Here we go! Quickly testfitted all the printed parts to the carbon fibre. I already noticed I need some more screw options as I dont have the correct lenghts for it all. I'll put in an order to re-stock my stainless screw supply Last week one of my collected orders from Yahoo Auctions came in and included was this Eagle Racing aluminium rear suspension mount. The front one + motor guard is included in the next box that should arrive this week. It was quick and easy to assemble the rear bulkheads too I did notice the upper plate wasn't sitting level. I played around with flipping the rear mount upside down, but that also didn't sit level. It could be because I'm using a non-Tamiya chassis that the sizes are just slightly off, so I'll just add some small shims to fix it later on. Does look good though! On to the front! As clearly mentioned in the product description for this front tower, the original fixed upper arms do not fit. I'll need to order myself some ballends and turnbuckles for this chassis. Next problem however was that when I put the Civic body back on (with factory drilled holes) it didn't sit right. The body was pushed backwards in relation to the chassis. I then figured the Eagle Racing mount might be off, as I have had bad experiences with newer Eagle Racing stuff in the past. I swapped it out for the original plastic mount. It didn't change anything, so I fitted the body to my other FF01 which has stock towers and suspension to see if it was sitting right. It was. Also noticed my other FF01 has the stereotypical FF01 front shocktower issue... A cracked damper mount. And it was even sitting off the floor and still cracked. Sad times! But I have a carbon tower for this one too in the future so no worries. After some careful measuring and comparing stock parts vs. the newly fitted parts I found the new front shocktower moved the mounting points for the upperarms, dampers and bodyposts ~3mm backwards. Luckilly it's designed in such a way that one can fit spacers between the printed mount and the carbon tower, so I did. I added 3mm thick spacers and tested the fitment again. It worked! It's sitting much better now. The body is not sitting level in the pictures, but with the rear end a bit to low. When sitting level the wheels sit in the center of the wheelwells though. I didn't touch the rear end at all, it was all in the front tower it seems. As a bonus, when flipped around the front upperarms now do fit as well. So here it is, the FF01 as it's sits at the moment. Waiting for the correct screws and some other bits and pieces to make adjustable upper arms. Bonus pictures! This is my third FF01 that's disassembled. It's brand new and never used and includes some upgrades as you can see. There's also a cool Tekin ESC that I might put in something else sometime. Let's see. And this Cross Racing (?) delrin suspension for TA02 also came in together with the Eagle Racing rear mount. I might put this on the FF01. Not sure yet. It's a very cool rare upgrade though! Now I have a 3mm bigger mount already being printed at Shapeways and the option of only moving the bodyposts forward (not the rest of the tower) thanks to @ThunderDragonCy who has been so kind to alter his designs slightly for me to perfect this build. Stay tuned for that!

Got my Fibrelyte bits aswell as my Tamico order today Fibrelyte carbon bits for the CTE FF01 conversion. More in the builds section of the forum. And now from Tamico the following: Tamiya NSX body for racing my TA04, TRF414 or something else.. we'll see! Protoform Spec6 body again for racing on one of my (vintage) touringcars. I have a Kawada Sigma II that could be great with this body Tamiya Esso Ultraflo Supra body. It's slightly different than the re-release TOM'S 2000 Supra and I need this particular one for an AMS decalset I have Bunch of TA01/2 bits for restorations and a new runner for racing to compare against my TA01 runner. It will get 3D printed M's Racing from Shapeways parts to install the TB03 front bumper and TRF418 rollbars onto the TA01/2 chassis

Finally got my Fibrelyte parts after they've send them to the wrong address in the first place. Two full sets of the CTE carbon bits. Will keep one set of the rear parts as spares because of the already installed aluminium rear end on the white car.

Love the Cross shocktowers and anti roll bars. Such a good upgrade! Need to get my hands on a set sometime.

Drew up a replacement bumper for my Kawada SV10 Alcyon from a used one that came on my second Alcyon And took some pictures of a couple of the new chassis that came in recently from the Japanese auctions

Nice work The white racing wheels suit it well. Are you going to add electronics?

Here's the @ThunderDragonCy printed parts layed out. 2x front shocktower (will probably put one on the other car too) but only 1 of the rear braces as I have the aluminium brace on the other car. I left the parts white for now, but will probably dye them black for the runner car to match with the other parts on it. I have a ton of other TA02/FF01 upgrades so let's see what will end up on this car. Yeah the SLS nylon is quite porous, so once you get some oil or other stains on it you can't fix it anymore. The clearcoat really helps and allows you to clean it. And thanks!

More than happy to borrow it to someone or scan it if a replica can be made :) It would also help me make extras for runner cars.

As mentioned a while ago I'm also jumping on the FF01 bandwagon. I've been a fan for years and I've had two FF01's so far. One completely standard (and brand new) and another with a HPI racing tub chassis, white suspension arm set and some aluminium bits around it. In August last year I received another one I bought a few months before in Japan with a HPI carbon fibre double deck chassis and some more upgrades. I took it out of the box for an unboxing video on my YouTube channel, took a few photo's and back in the box in went until now. When I saw the CTE carbon fibre + 3D printed parts for the front and rear shocktower and rear bulkhead I thought it would make for a great upgrade for my FF01's. Since I work at Shapeways the printing of the parts was easy as it didn't need to be shipped. Now I'm just waiting for the Fibrelyte parts to arrive. This is the car I'm going to upgrade in this build thread, my HPI Racing carbon fibre FF01. It is used, but in really good condition. The plastic parts are not cracked in the common area's like the front shocktowers etc. It also has a set of pink Tamiya dampers installed and a aluminium motor cooler. I haven't peaked inside the gearbox to see what gears and diff are in it. The body is in great condition without any cracks, but unfortunately the fluorescent paint has started flaking off. A common problem with PS fluorescent colours. Not sure what to do with the body yet. The wheels will go ofcourse as the tires are shot and the rims are scratched and cracked. And here's my other FF01 with the HPI Racing bathtub chassis, white bits and my own design toe-in rear knuckles printed in white SLS nylon (versatile plastic from Shapeways), polished and clearcoated to keep them nice and white. Picture was taken before I added the knuckles though

Nice! Nice collection of motors too

The second part of my Dancing Rider build

Just finished building mine and I really like it. Drove a couple before and they are pretty easy and a lot of fun to drive.

Nice work on the wheels! Did you create the shocktower and other FRP bits too? Looks good.

The black anodizing looks great!

All good with Fibrelyte Will give the printed parts some love in the Shapeways polisher too to see what finish I can get. Perks of working there I guess

Wild Dagger indeed uses TL01 uprights. The nice thing about that is that a LOT of Tamiya chassis share that part. Earlier Tamiya M03 and M04, FF02 and also all the WR02 versions. There's plenty of aluminium options available for any of those models.