ThunderDragonCy 7881 Posted December 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Percymon said: I suspect part of your problem might be the ability of the NiMH packs to deliver sufficient instantaneous current. A switch to Lipo should make a big difference, or just a bigger capacity NiMH can often help (I ran a 17x2T motor in a Blitzer Beetle, which is only rwd and pretty lightweight but 3000mAh packs just cut out, a 5000mAh one soon had me smoothing out the rear tyres in no time at all ) You might be right, although I ran the exact same spec setup in my DT03 and it seemed to have much more pep. I run 8.4V nimh packs in my DT03 and Thunder Dragon now which gives them lots of grunt. I don't want the hassle of lipo. Getting an 8.4 in the DF01 is probably doable with a custom overlander pack as I have a carbon chassis on it. That said it's not exactly setting my world alight right now so thinking about moving it on to fund a new project. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian_Gsi16V 533 Posted December 18, 2017 Glad to see this project is generating some discussion on the old TA/DF platform I found with my Manta Ray that is really didn't handle a lot of power very well, I ran my last one with a 14 turn brushed motor and NiMH packs and the motor end bell melted away I can't remember what pinion I was using so maybe I was the cause of the problem. I do remember my old TA01 being quick enough with the pro stock and that was with 1400 Tamiya racing packs, quite interested to see how it runs with a LiPO @Jason1145 Where did you get your cossie shell from? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason1145 3986 Posted December 18, 2017 Yeah I'm hoping for more success with the TA01 than the DF01 platform I also remember having trouble with an alloy motor mount I bought because there was no markings for the pinion numbers or which way up to fit it lol.. I'm sure that rounded a spur or two trying to figure that one out. So do I need an alloy motor mount if I'm only running a Super Stock RZ motor (23t I think)? @Ian_Gsi16V I bought the TBG Cossie shell off Ebay ( repro) which I've done in black, but then bought a used Tamiya TA01 chassis with original Tamiya Cossie shell and box. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian_Gsi16V 533 Posted December 19, 2017 Bit of progress after work, motor fitted and runs Electronics need a little tidying up next 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian_Gsi16V 533 Posted December 28, 2017 Car is now a runner Rebuilt the ball diff, fixed the receiver and cleaned up the front gearbox. All that is left to do now is fit the ballraces on the front hubs then hopefully a little test run tomorrow I've given a little blast around the back room and no issues so far... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian_Gsi16V 533 Posted December 30, 2017 Today I cleaned up the front diff and fitted the ballraces on the front, it's now officially ready for a test drive I didn't think I was going to like the Focus shell but it actually looks pretty cool 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian_Gsi16V 533 Posted January 1, 2018 First drive today, everything was going well, chassis handling the speed, even on in a wet car park the car was turning and steering great and something I haven't had on any of my runners for a long time. I deduced all this in about 10 seconds as after that it seems as though a little stone or something embedded itself in the motor and it stopped dead. Removed the motor when I got home and I can't turn it at all by hand so I guess I'll strip it and see what has happened. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian_Gsi16V 533 Posted February 4, 2018 First decent run today, recently bought a vintage Yokomo Pro Stock 2 17 turn so got that fitted, i've replaced the rear ball diff as I wasn't happy with the noises it was making so I swapped it out for a basic planetary one, pretty happy with the performance off it The only things I really took away from today is that I need to adjust the steering and I need to glue the tyres 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
svenb 3778 Posted February 4, 2018 That goes well mate good speed Sven 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason1145 3986 Posted February 4, 2018 Yes that’s pretty rapid and tracks well... 2s lipo? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian_Gsi16V 533 Posted February 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, Jason1145 said: Yes that’s pretty rapid and tracks well... 2s lipo? Yep, want to try a 3S this year to check out the extra kick 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
87lc2 2666 Posted February 5, 2018 Nice car, love the TA series. 3S will be pretty crazy in that car except for speed runs. You will literally roast the tires in 1-2 full packs on 3S with that motor. I ran a TA02 on 3S with the stock silver can and it killed the tires within a few runs. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian_Gsi16V 533 Posted February 6, 2018 On 2/5/2018 at 4:23 AM, 87lc2 said: Nice car, love the TA series. 3S will be pretty crazy in that car except for speed runs. You will literally roast the tires in 1-2 full packs on 3S with that motor. I ran a TA02 on 3S with the stock silver can and it killed the tires within a few runs. I might give it miss then, i'm not looking for crazy power, I want to maintain some drive-ability, it's quite good fun playing around sliding it around Might have a play with pinion sizes, I'm running a 19T right now but i'm sure I could squeeze a bit more top end out of it with a bigger one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tizer 606 Posted February 6, 2018 If you haven't done it yet, you should reinforce the rear gearbox. There's 2 simple tricks you can do to keep the rear gearbox from breaking. The power from the motor pushes the idler gear up and will sometimes brend the gearbox lid or even crack it. I'll dig up some photo's from how I reinforced it on my Top Force Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Man1c M0nk3y 564 Posted February 6, 2018 13 minutes ago, Tizer said: If you haven't done it yet, you should reinforce the rear gearbox. There's 2 simple tricks you can do to keep the rear gearbox from breaking. The power from the motor pushes the idler gear up and will sometimes brend the gearbox lid or even crack it. I'll dig up some photo's from how I reinforced it on my Top Force 2 methods? I’ve seen 1 where you tap through the gear casing and use bolts. What’s the other? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thchen 0 Posted March 10, 2023 On 12/16/2017 at 6:45 AM, Jason1145 said: Found this on the forum from TA-Mark very useful "First 2 things you need on a TA-01 before anything else is a full bearing set and an alloy motor mount. Manta-Ray (DF-01) is the same bearing set, the motor mount fits TA-01, TA-02 and DF-01. Next replace the plastic drive hexes on the wheels with alloy clamp style ones. The plastic ones get hot while running and fold over the cross pin and drag on the bearing sheild slowing the car. This is exaggerated if you over-tighten the wheel nuts. Next Item to replace is the gearset. Use the TA-02 all plastic gearsets so it will remove any alloy gears from the driveline. The alloy is soft and wears fast, faster the more powerful motor you bolt in. Pinion for the motor is next, use STEEL only. RW Racing or Robinson Racing both make steel 0.6mm metric pinions. 21T pinion is suitable for 27 turn motors (kit motor), smaller pinion the lower the motor turn. 19 turn motor will need a 19T or 18T pinion depending on the motor spec (different brands have different power curves). Pull that MSC out, they damage TA-01 gearboxes as they can go forward<->reverse without first needing the car to stop (kills the idlers gears and pops the gear cover up). The ESC needs to be rated better than the motor you use. A 15 turn speed gem motor will have this chassis flying, powered with an 11 turn limit ESC. Similar price is go straight to one of the EZ-Run brushless systems. If you've read many of the brushless threads here, brushless is more about longer runtime and no maintainence than all out speed. Next in order is get rid of the 'coathanger' driveshaft for a Top-Force or aftermarket solid unit. The wire one will flex with powerful motors and slap on the upper battery cover slowing the car and eventually flex so far it spits out leaving you with a 2WD until you find where it flew to in the grass. I put the upgrades in order of importance." Thank was really helpful for a TA01 Hummer n00b like me. Thanks @TA-Mark. Not sure if you're still active on Tamiyaclub, but answered all the questions I've had since picking this up a few days ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtcc5 4896 Posted March 11, 2023 Better late, than never I learned something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian_Gsi16V 533 Posted March 11, 2023 Glad this thread is helping people, I'm sure this will be running again one day, just needs a battery as far as I can remember 🙂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites