Recommended Rally Chassis?

[soulstice]

I'm looking for suggestions on the best rally chassis within tamiya line? I don't have any of the newer chassis but I do have the TB-01. I was wondering if there was anything better. Two things in particular that are important to me: 1.)aftermarket part availablity(hopups) and 2.a well sealed chassis.

If you have custom solutions please post pictures. Thanks.

[cianhanrahan]

I was going to suggest this : http://www.tamiyaclub.com/car.asp?id=636

But I doubt that's what you're really looking for?

[ChrisB]

I'd say you would hard pressed to beat the TB-01 fitted with the long arm suspension hopup. I have successfully modded a TL-01 to increase ground clearance, but the compnents don't have much dust protection.

The TB-01 is one of the few rally kits with the lexan dust shield.

For discussions on mods for rallying have a look at some of the posts by thesuper, CarKing and myself on the forums. Lots of pictures to give you some ideas of what is possible [].

I have to say if you are looking for RC cars with better rough terrain ability you might be better looking at one of the Academy / Kyosho rally kits based on a buggy chassis. The Academy RC10 (I think) based ones look good.

Cheers,

Chris

[DJTheo]

Unfortunately TB01 is still the best rally chassis from Tamiya, shame they didn't continue it with a TB02 rally.

Cheers

[CarKing]

I would definately agree that the TB-01 is the best WRC type car from Tamiya. The problem most people have when they say "rally" is they mean "off road". Rally doesn't mean it can do what say a TNX can do. If you have a dirt covered road with light gravel, a TB-01 would be great. However, looking to go off big jumps, climb hills, etc would be a job for a truck. The reason for the TL-01RA was to give a car that could do something inbetween. However, it is nothing more than a unscale looking car. They added longer suspension and HUGE wheels and tires to acheive the clearance rather than working on the suspension. I think the TB-01 is the most fun you can get with a "rally" car.

[soulstice]

quote:Originally posted by CarKing

I would definately agree that the TB-01 is the best WRC type car from Tamiya. The problem most people have when they say "rally" is they mean "off road". Rally doesn't mean it can do what say a TNX can do. If you have a dirt covered road with light gravel, a TB-01 would be great. However, looking to go off big jumps, climb hills, etc would be a job for a truck. The reason for the TL-01RA was to give a car that could do something inbetween. However, it is nothing more than a unscale looking car. They added longer suspension and HUGE wheels and tires to acheive the clearance rather than working on the suspension. I think the TB-01 is the most fun you can get with a "rally" car.

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I definitely agree with your definition of rally and I'g glad the TB-01 is still the best of this format. The thing I like about tamiya is the scale realism. If I want something grossly out of proportion there are plenty of other options.