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Last night I purchased two Tamiya Sport Tuned motors from Tower Hobbies. Here in the US, they have been a great company to deal with.

I have both cars geared for speed. 49T spur gear and 19T pinion gear.

I hope the motors increase the speed significantly. Should be fun.

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Nice cars. Good job with the resto. Good luck with repairs.

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Thank you so much. Email sent.

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How do I upload an avatar photo? I can't seem to shrink the picture small enough. 1kb?

Thanks.

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Thanks. I did save all of the parts. I believe your theory is correct. Makes sense.

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I also put re-re Frog tires and rims on it. I saved the You Gs that came with it though, as they are very cool. However, they are glued to the rims so they will never come apart. I'm not a fan of that, but I did not build it.

The builder did do a great paint job though.

Here are pics from the sale:

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And here are a few pics of the Silver Frog, #1. I got it for a great price on eBay but I had to do the following repairs:

Replace both rear arms. They were cracked.

Reroute all wiring.

Remove modded steering.

Reinstall servo in proper position.

Install ESC attached to right side of servo.

Reinstall original motor. Black motor that came with car was shot. Original motor was included in the sale.

The modded steering with center mounted servo was geometrically incorrect. The car could not be aligned and the steering was all over the place.

I have it aligned to the point where the trim is dead center and the car runs dead straight now.

Overall I am very happy with it.

Cracked suspension:

Incorrect steering:

Broken servo saver:

Repaired steering, ESC, and wiring:

Since the eBay seller did not disclose all of the issues in the ad, I was able to get a partial refund. Those funds paid for the parts I needed to put it back the way it should have been.

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Here are a few pics of the green Frog build, Frog #22.

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Cool. Sounds great.

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Thank you everyone. I'm really enjoying being back in the RC hobby. The green car was really fun to build. The silver car was purchased assembled but had lots of problems. I practically took it all apart and rebuilt it. After lots of tweaking it is good as new.

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I hope to become an active member here. These cars are great..!!!

[New Member - Tamiya Frog]

Hi everyone. I'm new here. Great site. I currently own two Tamiya Frog RC cars. They are both the re-released versions. I had an original Frog back in 1984 when I was a kid. The green Frog was bought new and I assembled it with my son. The silver one was purchased on eBay. It was already assembled but needed lots of work.