Toyota Yaris Rally Gazoo

[Hypoxic 130]

Boom! There she is! (Song Boom by P.O.D - video lags but the song rules. This is the build theme song. Just look at the image and listen to the song: I never knew that a « KIT » like me….).

Begin the community Gazoo build.

I have the bearings and shims. Where to go from there? You decide.

 

 

[Hypoxic 130]

Something I saw in advance. I don’t understand the text, but the images state enough.

 

[skom25 1892]

18 minutes ago, Hypoxic said:

Begin the community Gazoo build.

This body is amazing! If I will not find Pre Painted version, I will probably go for it next year.

What is your plan for build? Any Hop Ups? 

[Hypoxic 130]

12 hours ago, skom25 said:

This body is amazing! If I will not find Pre Painted version, I will probably go for it next year.

What is your plan for build? Any Hop Ups? 

Community build. Up to you all.  Discuss and contemplate each phase. BTW, I’d like to make this a functional build, and not an all out ‘BLING’ build.

[Hypoxic 130]

15 hours ago, skom25 said:

This body is amazing! If I will not find Pre Painted version, I will probably go for it next year.

What is your plan for build? Any Hop Ups? 

Ok. So I’ve been window shopping and, yeah, probably will add hop ups. There’s some really cool stuff out there and rally cars ARE high performance, tricked out vehicles, right? 

[skom25 1892]

I definitely recommend to buy:

- Oil shocks + TRF pistons

- Aluminium steering

- Aluminium rear uprights

- Metal suspensions balls

- Wheel Hexes with screws

- Ball bearings

- Aluminium motor mount

- Machine screws

List is much, much longer.

Unfortunately, at this point it will be more expensive than XV-01, which is much better and has all mentioned upgrades ( or equivalents) straight from the box.

TT-02 is great chassis, but if you want to upgrade it, you will do this only for fun, because it does not make sense from economical point of view.

[alvinlwh 7052]

How deep is your wallet? 

[alvinlwh 7052]

1 hour ago, Hypoxic said:

rally cars ARE high performance, tricked out vehicles, right?

Wrong. 

 

It has been generally agreed that the limit is set at ~£250 for 2024.

[skom25 1892]

24 minutes ago, alvinlwh said:

Wrong. 

Real Rally Cars are very expensive, built using advanced technology. They look like "normal", because they have to be based on road cars.

[alvinlwh 7052]

38 minutes ago, skom25 said:

Real Rally Cars are very expensive, built using advanced technology. They look like "normal", because they have to be based on road cars.

Hang on, is this thread about building a real car or a RC car? 

[skom25 1892]

2 hours ago, Hypoxic said:

There’s some really cool stuff out there and rally cars ARE high performance, tricked out vehicles, right?

I am not sure if OP wrote about real cars or RC cars.

[Hypoxic 130]

2 hours ago, skom25 said:

I am not sure if OP wrote about real cars or RC cars.

Maybe I put that out there wrong. I was trying to say that since real rally cars are high performance machines, my little plastic machine should reflect that, best I can. 

[skom25 1892]

So my first thought was correct!

How much do you want to spend on Hop Ups?

[Hypoxic 130]

31 minutes ago, skom25 said:

So my first thought was correct!

How much do you want to spend on Hop Ups?

Looking at all of that right now. I see there’s a complete kit by Yeah Racing, but don’t think I need all of that. Maybe I’ll start with the obvious bits and slowly dig deeper as I learn the car. Then I can see the benefits of what I do and it’s more fun that way!

[Kowalski86 4076]

1 hour ago, Hypoxic said:

Looking at all of that right now. I see there’s a complete kit by Yeah Racing, but don’t think I need all of that.

If anything that YR kit is more detrimental to performance than anything else. If I were to make a TT02 into a rally car, I'd grab the following:

1. Metal dogbones/cups for the back, universals up front. Combine this with the taller CVA eyelets and some trimming and you'll gain more ground clearance.

2. Chassis cover, waterproof servo/esc (the Hobbywing 1060 is waterproof).

3. Basic CVA shocks with single hole pistons.

4. Spare o rings or foam donuts to protect the bodyshell.

5. Low friction metal suspension balls, the stock ones will gradually wear out in dirt.

6. Leave the driveshaft and steering stock, a decent servo and a glued kit servo saver will give you acceptable steering. The stock driveshaft can take some serious power before warping.

7. If you want more speed, buy a pinion gear set and a slider motor mount.

[Hypoxic 130]

1 hour ago, Kowalski86 said:

If anything that YR kit is more detrimental to performance than anything else. If I were to make a TT02 into a rally car, I'd grab the following:

1. Metal dogbones/cups for the back, universals up front. Combine this with the taller CVA eyelets and some trimming and you'll gain more ground clearance.

2. Chassis cover, waterproof servo/esc (the Hobbywing 1060 is waterproof).

3. Basic CVA shocks with single hole pistons.

4. Spare o rings or foam donuts to protect the bodyshell.

5. Low friction metal suspension balls, the stock ones will gradually wear out in dirt.

6. Leave the driveshaft and steering stock, a decent servo and a glued kit servo saver will give you acceptable steering. The stock driveshaft can take some serious power before warping.

7. If you want more speed, buy a pinion gear set and a slider motor mount.

Like the Tamiya 50519 shocks?

[alvinlwh 7052]

4 hours ago, Hypoxic said:

a complete kit by Yeah Racing

 

2 hours ago, Kowalski86 said:

If anything that YR kit is more detrimental to performance than anything else.

There are in fact two YR kits. CK-TT02 and TATT-S07. Getting both will gey you 8 dampers though. 

[Kowalski86 4076]

1 hour ago, Hypoxic said:

Like the Tamiya 50519 shocks?

I'd go with 54753 for shocks, that way you get four in a package for the same price instead of two.

[Pylon80 3422]

24 minutes ago, Kowalski86 said:

I'd go with 54753 for shocks, that way you get four in a package for the same price instead of two.

These actually come with very soft springs which you will need for rallying. 

I would use 3 hole pistons and 300 oil though, but let's not make it complex and costly just yet. They'll work great with the supplied oil.

[Hypoxic 130]

17 hours ago, Kowalski86 said:

If anything that YR kit is more detrimental to performance than anything else. If I were to make a TT02 into a rally car, I'd grab the following:

1. Metal dogbones/cups for the back, universals up front. Combine this with the taller CVA eyelets and some trimming and you'll gain more ground clearance. (Ordered the dogbones but the cups are harder to find. Need to research the universals some require extra parts that I haven’t found)

2. Chassis cover, waterproof servo/esc (the Hobbywing 1060 is waterproof). (Ordered the Tamiya 22023 cover)

3. Basic CVA shocks with single hole pistons. (Ordered)

4. Spare o rings or foam donuts to protect the bodyshell. (Will fabricate)

5. Low friction metal suspension balls, the stock ones will gradually wear out in dirt. (Ordered)

6. Leave the driveshaft and steering stock, a decent servo and a glued kit servo saver will give you acceptable steering. The stock driveshaft can take some serious power before warping. (Looking for a decent servo saver)

7. If you want more speed, buy a pinion gear set and a slider motor mount. (Ordered motor mount)

Still under 100€. I think it’s a good start!

[alvinlwh 7052]

Take a look at these. I pimped up my 01 with their parts and quite like it. They are cheap enough to not matter so much of you do not like them. 

https://www.asiatees.com/model?&pid=1&company=Team Raffee Co.&brand=Tamiya&model=TT-02&page=model

[Hypoxic 130]

I picked up these off amazon. I thought the red would fit better with the shell.

 

[skom25 1892]

Hmm, they are probably heavier, more expensive and do not provide any advantage over standard plastic parts. They also will wear faster. I am not sure if it was good choice.

Have you bought Ball Bearings?