marlinspike

I need the front gear case/uprights for a TA03-R/TA03R-S. I can find them, but only in Hong Kong and hoping not to wait that long/pay that much (once you factor in shipping).

Would not a proper race buggy like from AE or Yokomo not be much more durable than the TT-02? I ask because I am considering a basher buggy having never had a buggy but figured something like the RC10 would be more durable than say the BBX.

I was, but now that I managed 40mph with a superstock rz and 4wd, 2wd is not worth the trade of. Also, a testament to the superstock, I tried a Thrust B-Spec 8 turn and it just gave me 3mph more and a TON more heat.

Turns out I had put the idler pulley above the motor on backwards, so the belt kept slipping off then rubbing in the motor case. Fixed that, and with and with the tweaks I had done in the meantime to get speed back... I hit 40mph with 4wd!

Thanks for all the info. I in fact already put bearings in the super stock, though looking at the brushes I am starting to think one of the reasons I've lost as much as I did is the motor needs new ones. I managed to tinker my way back to 37mph (adjustment to toe, cleaning everything that rotates and relubing as appropriate, and surprisingly setting the rear wing on the PIAA Porsche body to create more downforce all helped a bit each. I just wanted to break 40 with a superstock, but I think it might be impossible - don't know that I'm devoted enough to start disassembling bearings. I could go back to RWD and with all my tuning I might get there, but as a RWD car it was unusable at these speeds.

Long story short - I have an old TA03R-S PIAA Porsche I built years back when I was a kid that I pulled back out to play with with my kids. Nowadays skyrc exists so ive become obsessed with tuning the speed. Back in the day I ran it as a RWD conversion, and with a new ball-bearing modded Super Stock RZ I was able to get 38 (once 39) mph out of it (the old 14 turn triple Mighty Motor I had died when I put the car away as a kid, so not able to get hard numbers but this is a lot faster than that was). Unforunately, as a RWD conversion this speed was just unmanageable (those old TA03R-S were great, but the steering is full of slop), especially on braking. So I converted it back to 4wd. This dropped my top speed all the way to 35mph. That seems like a big hit. Is this the amount of additional drag one would expect from going to 4wd? I wouldn't think the belt drive would cost that much, especially with all the bushings involved replaced with bearings.

Thanks guys. Shame, I love the bodies, but I have 0 access to smooth/prepped surfaces.

I have an old TA03R-S that is back on the road after 20+ years because my kids found it. This got me to tune and improve it, and now it is better than ever before. The downside is I've got it fast enough that for the steering to be delicate enough on my JR Python remote I have to turn down the dual rate quite a bit. An XS3 would be a cheap buy that would work with my receiver. Did those have a larger range in lock-to-lock on the steering knob so you can have fine steering without limiting your ultimate steering ability so much, is it that aspect essentially the same?

How do these Group C chassis cars compare on asphalt to car with independent suspension. I have a fairly well hopped up TA03R-S that is back on the road thanks to my kids finding it as my point of comparison, and it's got me back into this after 20+ years away. I love the 956 and this 787, but if it's a new car I'm buying I'd want something with a powerful brushless motor and a suspension that can keep up with it.