Grasshopper re-re vs original - any difference in chassis?

[Mad Ax]

Simple question - anyone know if the chassis component for a re-re Grasshopper is different to the original model?

I have an original grasshopper at home that suffered a major impact

back in 1997 that finished it off for good.  Looking at a possible

rebuild, I've noticed I can buy a new re-re chassis for less than £10

(and probably enough spare parts to fix any other damage I come

across.  I was thinking of selling it, but this could be quite a

fun project over the coming months.

According to the manual the original 'hopper could use hump-packs or racing packs - does the same apply to the later chassis?

Cheers []

[DJTheo]

The re-re chassis doesnt have the hump pack cut out on its whole length, so if you would want to use a hump pack you would need to do some cutting/dremeling. Old hump packs anyway don't work greatly after so many years and battery technology has advanced alot, so no sense imho in doing it.

Cheers

[Mad Ax]

cheers for the advice, seen some dirt cheap re-re chassis on ebay,

looks like there's enough there to rebuild most of the car with new

components!

Only thing I can't find is new tyres - anyone know of a place to try

for Grasshopper rear tyres?  Anything but those paddle wheels

won't look the same []

[DJTheo]

Do an international search on ebay for "tamiya 9805081" and you will find 2 ebay shops currently.

Cheers

[Mad Ax]

cheers, found []

Just gotta wait until he's back off holiday []  still no rush - got the Pumpkin to build first

[Bullitt3577]

You can also order the re-re tires from Tower, they also have the front tires, wheels and the screw bag with all the hardware to put the wheels together. Here is the link for the rear tires.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXLDX7&P=7

[caprinut]

The Hornet and the orginal Grasshopper use the same chassis.

A link to Tower. Never mind it says it is for the Grasshopper 2, it's a miss print

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXLDW0&P=7

Cheers!

 

 

[DCLXVI]

The newer diff casings are stronger, the bracing from the axles to the diff casing are larger, I have an original Grasshopper and Hornet and I compared it to my friends re-re Hornets and they had the bigger bracing...

[DJTheo]

I think the bigger ribs came already during production of original Hornet and Grasshopper (so there are 2 versions), also the LB/MP had them.

Cheers

[DCLXVI]

Oh? So I'm breaking *really* old parts...how insensitive of me [:$]

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