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  1. Turns out, that it's not that limited - contrary to what manual says, it can fit a 25T pinion. And for some extra speed, it can be engaged into smaller part of the counter gear. People were able to break 100MPH barrier with it 😁 But yeah, it's not the greatest car.. but tail happy fits car that's originally RWD
  2. It depends on what hop-ups are you planning. M-07/8 already has ball bearings, CVDs and plastic oil shocks. XM-01 adds blue aluminium shocks and some other blue metal bits. If you want to hop up M-05/6 to a similar level to either, you might end up at a similar price. Btw why no one mentioned MF-01x? 😁
  3. Measure the overall hex thickness, standard MB-01 are 6mm. You can get longer front axles for XM-01 that would work with thicker hexes
  4. XM gearbox is compatible with gear diff, so it should work. Edit: now I noticed that the conversion kit's gearbox appears to be narrower.
  5. BBX diffs are same width as gear diffs, TRF201 diffs are narrower. FF-03 used the same design as TRF201, but there's only aluminium variant available, which is probably not good for a buggy.
  6. Looks like US post service is quite similar to the Czech one. No wonder the number worked 😁 Glad that you got the package.
  7. It looks great. For some reason, this reminded me of 70-80 US station wagons. 😁 Once I used a piece of paper tray as a hopup part, to cover ribs under the steering arms on my TB03. As most improvised temporary solutions, it became permanent.
  8. And this concludes this year's rally season. I've been putting a lot of effort into my other rally car, which took its toll. DNF due to drivetrain failure in the previous race has shown that the car is due to big overhaul. While it worked quite well in the last race, there are numerous issues that need to be addressed. Starting with the center diff, which didn't see any development since march. Luckily, MF-01M is nearing completion, so hopefully I'll be able to move forward with new developments for this chassis
  9. I found it: https://www.tamiya.com/japan/products/58696/index.html Wasn't there a similar thread a while ago? I think that Super Avante has similar issue as TC-01 - it's obviously intended to have a different body, but Tamiya, for some weird reason, is only keeping a release body, that's not very attractive. They made a new TC-01 kit 4 years after release. Let's see if they try same thing with TD-4. Either way, it seems more popular than DB-02 back in the day.
  10. https://www.tamiya.com/english/products/53671/index.html "02 TYPE-S Chassis / TT-02 TYPE-SR Chassis / TT-02 TYPE-SRX Chassis kit: Use with 53590." https://www.tamiya.com/english/products/53663/index.html "TT-02 TYPE-S Chassis / TT-02 TYPE-SR Chassis / TT-02 TYPE-SRX Chassis kit: Use with 53806."
  11. One idea, what if you converted the TB04 to "IFS" laydown shocks? That would free up the damper stay mount for some low profile solution.
  12. Like this? 😁 It's probably not low enough for F1s and group-C. But it's skinny and modular 😁 I'd need to get TC-01 to see if I'm able to make it work. But because I'm not sure if it would work, I'm not in a hurry to get one. Plus I already have several unfinished projects, including the one above. 😁
  13. That's how I saw TC-01 when they released first info (without rwd). But... ... Problem with TC-01 is, that it's not F202, because for whatever reason, Tamiya thought it would be good idea ti make it double as a TC chassis. Which wouldn't be that much of an issue, if it didn't take 4 years to release a TC body on it! So we only got a Formula E body with weird proportions... I still think they should left out this capability and make it proper F201 successor, 280mm WB chassis for formula, group C and similar bodies - that would definitely add some awesomeness factor.
  14. Is it possible that it shrunk and wouldn't fit around the ring on the transmission? It's quite tight fit, materials with more shrinkage may need additional adjustments. I send my conversion to someone who build Subaru Brat on it, they wished for slower gearing so it could drive off road. It could be also used on the original Mercedes and Jimmy kits.
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