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  1. It took a little while to find some time for test assembly but most of my measurements were correct. Everything fits together if a bit on the tight side. There is a little bit of refinement that I can do to the models to give better clearances but overall happy with how this version 1 came out. Right now the drive shaft rubs on the rear sway bar. Not a problem though if it was on a M03. The hubs are a lot lower than the standard setup so ride height is higher. It feel very much in the family of the older TB01 and TL01/FF02 Long Span kits, so design goal achieved. Dimensional accuracy though is disappointing with the print.
  2. Now not one to leave well enough alone, the 54606 One Piece arms I had laying around aren't going to cut it when the TL01 and FF02 are both long span spec. There is a long span kit but I am not a fan of aluminum arms. So time to draw up some of my own. Wouldn't be complete without toe choices for the rear. Unfortunately Tamiya didnt have anything I could find that would fit so I had to go with MST C carriers and hubs but they will work for M sized wheels if I get tired of the Boxter. I am waiting for the parts to arrive from my friend who printed them and we get to see how good of a job I did with the drawings! The plus is this should work for the M03 and possibly M05 as well. Now the hurry up and wait part.
  3. So my first Tamiya kit was a TL01 and I managed to get every hop-up for it back in the day. That era of monocoque chassis hold a special place in my heart. I've since happened to pick up a FF02 and M03 but was waiting for the right M04 to finish out the collection. Well, I stumbled across a well optioned secondhand kit and couldn't pass it up. On teardown it had full ball bearings and the carbon idler shafts on top of what was in the pictures, heat sink, CVDs and both sway bars! There is the elephant in the room of the rear shock tower. I have left over TA-07 towers from a project with an Evo IV and a little reaming out and it works like a charm. It was already so clean the rebuild was more of a quick inspection along with replacing a few things from later M development. Now the parts collection commences! I had the wheels already. I found a new body at the same time I found the M04 and it will be perfect to make a mini-me. Lastly I just bought the M Special Acto-Tuned for the heck of it.
  4. I thought this build looked familiar. I saw the post on the TL01 Owners Club about the Fibre-Lyte parts. Progress looks great! I would say check out the TA03 ball diffs instead of the Manta Ray. There is a rather extensive review on the weight difference between the two, 29g vs 44g, since it's the ultimate spec
  5. It’s definitely an option for the rear but it’s not as simple as the TA-07 mount. Plus I was looking to use two rear towers on my Evo to also move the front mounts over the front gearbox. That with the FF-03 bent posts should get me in the ballpark.
  6. That’s perfect! I don’t have a preference on which mount currently, I was just grabbing that diagram for illustration. Do you happen to know the part number of the kit that you went with?
  7. I am looking for the center to center measurement off a TA-07 shock tower for the mount holes. I’m trying to find shock towers with narrow body post mounting and about 28.5mm wide mounting holes to fit on my TB Evo IV so I can reuse some bodies. The TA-07 ones looked the closest but if there are any others I’d be open to suggestions. Thanks!
  8. Sorry to drag this back up but do you think you can re-upload the photo? I’m trying to figure out what I can do with my Evo IV.
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