Looking for a Tamiya touring car for carpark bashing/drifting

[rockthemonkees]

Guys, i have recently found a great place to run my bikes and now fancy a 4wd touring car just for bashing, no plans to race competitively.

but i do want to run brushless, so not thinking of a TLO1 or anything like that

I am really only a collector of old cars and totally lost touch with modern stuff.

is Tamiya the best option or maybe another brand, i fancy buying lots of Ali hopup parts and making a real nice chassis

What do u suggest that i can pickup cheap on Ebay that will run brushless and handle ok.

Can u turn a touring car into a drift car easily or are they two different setups, ie can i just change the wheels or is it a different chassis.

thanks

Chris

[speedy_w_beans]

I have an opinion.

- Don't go cheap and then add a lot of aluminum bling; compared to a mid-level kit or a high-end kit, it will cost you more over the long haul and it won't perform as well. As an example, don't buy a TT01 and then add a Yeah Racing aluminum conversion kit for another $200. It'll still be a plastic ABS tub TT01 with a lot of chassis flex and loose suspension arms.

- Don't go for an older car unless you know it has been successfully run with brushless motors by others and parts are still plentiful/cheap. I'd be careful about older designs, how much power they can handle, and availability of parts.

- DO go for a mid-level or upper-mid-level car like a TB03, TA05V2, or TA06. These vehicles all have better plastics, ball bearings, oil dampers, adjustable suspensions, gearing options, etc., as standard. If you like aluminum bling, consider the R (TB03/TA05V2), PRO (TA06), VDS (TB03), or VDF (TA05) variants of these chassis. They have good quality aluminum parts and dampers included in the kit, guaranteed to work as intended.

- Don't go for a top end TRF car like a TRF416 or TRF417; that's too much money for just some parking lot freestyling and drifting. The parts are more expensive and the carbon chassis will take a beating with debris.

Avoid old and cheap unless you really love hunting for parts and upgrading over a long period of time.

-Paul

[qatmix]

If you are just driving on tarmac and running a 9T brushless a TT01E will be fine as long as you pop in the hop up centre shaft and bearings. To make it a drifter you can just swap out tyres, put some AW grease in the rear diff, and put softer springs at the front. As mentioned above, its not worth buying anything else for the TT01 (apart from some oil shocks if you get a model without any) as the car is fine as a car park basher and even beginners racer. But it soon reaches its limit in handling finesse.

If you can get a TA05, they are a great car, you can make a CS drift car with one of these. Although some people will say that stones can be an issue in the drive train (I've never had that problem with my belt cars though).

It all depends how much you want to spend, and how fast / serious you want to go.

[Sayer]

What do u suggest that i can pickup cheap on Ebay that will run brushless and handle ok.

To be honest, you could pick up a TA01 and get all this (TL01 will also absolutely take brushless).

TA01:

TL01:

TA-Mark will have a longer list and more detail (Kv etc), but must have hop ups are an alloy motor mount, bearings, a steel pinion and an upgraded drive shaft. I've just purchased all those things for a "spares car" I'm trying to complete so all those things are still readily available.

[billg4]

TL01:

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TA-Mark will have a longer list and more detail (Kv etc), but must have hop ups are an alloy motor mount, bearings, a steel pinion and an upgraded drive shaft. I've just purchased all those things for a "spares car" I'm trying to complete so all those things are still readily available.

wow, tire destroyed that fast, big oopsie

[axemandavva]

For bashing I also think a TL01 isn`t a bad choice. The only thing you really need is a steel motor pinion and ball bearings and it`ll handle a brushless set up. There`s also lots of TL01 about and they tend to be cheap.

TA01 I find more fragile, you tend to need a steel pinion, stiffer prop shaft and metal motor mount as well bearings, and the ball diff in the rear (if fitted) might slip under a lot of brushless power.

TT01 I also think you need to upgrade the propshaft as well as fit a steel pinion and ball bearings.

Of course, depending on how silly you go with power, you may need better shocks and tyres to keep these cars driveable, and other parts will start to wear out quicker.

Old 1/10 schumacher, yokomo or similar belt drive race cars can also be a good choice as you can sometimes find them cheap, and they`ll way out perform and handle the Tamiya cars mentioned above. Parts may not be as easy to find, and a lot of these cars run ball diffs which can cause a problem with slipping if you`re going for lots of brushless power.