Messing about with drainpipe drift tyres

[TWINSET]

Bit small but they work

Real technical this one, had to break out the serious tools

First off, to face the tyres off flat once cut, make a drill adaptor using a drive-cup thingy with the end cut off. (use a hacksaw, NOT a tenon saw )

I'm using HPI offset rims, which fit perfectly inside B&Q 53mm drainpipe (not in the plumbing section)

For these rims, I cut 4 x 30mm long rings, and jammed them on.

The rims have a 'taller' inner bead, so I butted the drainpipe up to that instead of cutting it off.

I just ran a bead of Araldite around the inner bead, but to be honest the pipe is a pretty good fit, so probably won't need it.

TO compensate for the lowered ride height, I fitted longer ends to the shocks, acheiving around 6mm clearance underneath

Lexan underguard, just to keep the junk out

Couple more purdy shots

[MadMax]

Very nice work Andy []

[mr_pushrod]

More than a little odd looking and strangely cool for it. Those tyres should work a treat, you set the suspension up to suit drifting at all?

[TWINSET]

you set the suspension up to suit drifting at all?

The shocks have oil in them []

[mr_pushrod]

Vegetable or olive?

[TWINSET]

Dunno, it was dripping out of a Land Rover

[Guest joelvardy]

wil we be getting a vid or did  overlook one?

[Mad Ax]

TWINSET - what are those wheels, where did you get them, where can I get some?

They look like just the thing I need for my drift project []

Currently I have some very tasty chrome rims, but they don't have a

wide enough offset and look a bit silly under the 200mm Parma shell

[MikeT]

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXKKV4&P=7?

[TWINSET]

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXKKV4&P=7?

Actually, to fit a wide shell, those are the wrong ones, you need the offset ones;

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFunction=...ring=6mm+offset

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXKKV7&P=7

[TWINSET]

 

 

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TWINSET - what are those wheels, where did you get them, where can I get some?

They look like just the thing I need for my drift project []

Currently I have some very tasty chrome rims, but they don't have a wide enough offset and look a bit silly under the 200mm Parma shell

 

Thinking about it, if you want to use your rims, you might want to see if TG-10 driveshafts will fit - what chassis do you have?

They fit stock TB01 and TL01 for sure (note the extra 'bit' under the '0' of TG-10)

Part number is 50808

[Mad Ax]

Cheers for the info Twinset, although I've ordered a set of wide offset

rims like yours but black - will suit my project very well

indeed.  I much prefer the look of the deep rims anyway []

I'll keep the chrome ones for regular racing.

[cianhanrahan]

Those HPI Classics rims will fit straight onto the stock axles. I'm surprised they are the same Diamater as regular TC wheels, I thought they were smaller!

[TWINSET]

I think there may be 1-2 mm difference in OD, certainly the Tamiya rim wouldn't even look at the tubing (original kit rims) but I'm not sure if that's just the outer bead lip being taller, or the whole bead diameter being bigger.