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  1. I have not checked the manual but you might be able to fix that by flipping one of the diffs.
  2. If you exclude TT-02 variants (and I assume also TT-01) and you like rally cars, I would have a look at XV-01 (I would prefer the non-TC version) and XV-02RS for parking lots. They are proper mid-range chassis with full adjustability, are really nice even without further hop-ups and they have pebble-proof drive trains. TA-08 would be the obvious touring car choice. But it has open belts and probably more important, open pinion and spur gear. You do not want to have small pebbles in between the gears. So whether that is an option depends on your parking lots and how clean or dirty they are, I guess. TC-01 has a rather complex layout (tight space for electronics, rocker arms for dampers). This complexity is required to make the Formula E body work but completely unnecessary if you want to put a normal touring car shell on it. On the plus side for parking lots: Enclosed gears.
  3. Oh, I did not even realise how exactly the EmbieRacing solution is mounted before you pointed it out. As I do not have an XV-02 (just an XV-01) I never looked into the details. Nice alternative you came up with.
  4. Nice and clean prototype! I do not want to ruin the fun you are having, but you are aware of this? https://www.ebay.com/itm/266019144440 Judging by the custom shock tower you might be or this is also a creation of yours?
  5. Too bad it's the 28mm version. I would like to see the 26mm variant four spring set (53440) in black after the all-white variant (47447) has been discontinued.
  6. Correct. 24mm touring car tires work as well, however.
  7. Depends on your expectations or requirements. I like Tamiya 50419 with hard 53156 inserts for driving my XV-01 on unprepared tarmac surfaces (e.g. parking lots). Definitely not suitable for competitive racing or getting lots of grip, but lots of fun on a tight track with sharp corners (think rally-style handbrake cornering) where having not too much grip is part of the fun for me. The hard inserts help with getting even tire wear. With the 53113 inserts I had too much wear where the tread surface meets the sidewalls, with a drifty driving style.
  8. If you're after body roll, the kit springs should be your thing. For my taste, it was a bit much and I installed sway bars and run harder springs on tarmac.
  9. I do not know where you are located, but there is this: https://tamico.de/?a=236167&lang=eng PS: That body looks great!
  10. According to RC-Kleinkram (Tamiya dealer in Germany) the answer is no. Source (statement starts ca. at the 6:30 mark, video is in German): https://youtu.be/LiZDhMJW3jw
  11. Servo power is provided by the ESC BEC. So, my understanding is that the receiver is irrelevant here, unless it is very power hungry itself, leaving not enough power for the servo. However, I never heard this about Sanwa receivers, TBH. Example search that gives me multiple BEC capacitor results: https://www.rc-kleinkram.de/en/search?sSearch=capacitor
  12. I can report that I never experienced any power issue running my Savöx 1251 with a Hobbywing 1060 ESC. This ESC's BEC is rather strong, rated for 3 A at 6 V (compared to e.g. the Tamiya TBLE-02S with just 1.5 A at 6 V). Even if you run into power issues, this should be solvable by getting a BEC buffer capacitor.
  13. So, how did it turn out this time? Is the body finished? If yes, I would love to see it!
  14. From what I read, the lower limit for touring cars is about 6 kg. So, for pavement 7 kg is probably fine. On the other hand, the XV-01 is heavy by touring car standards. I never ran less than 9 kg (Savöx 1251) in mine, so I do not have any first hand experience here, unfortunately. My recommendation would be to get a nice servo from the 50-60 € range (like Savöx 1251 or SRT 6012) and rather, for now, hold back on some of the other hop-ups you appear to be considering (e.g. carbon damper bridges). The XV-01 is a fine car already out of the box. I know that I would have more fun with a stock chassis with nice servo than with a hopped-up chassis with a servo that is slow, does not center properly, or has other deficiencies. But that is just me. 🙂
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