Hop-ups for holiday buggy/sand rover?

[rcracerpete]

I'm building a hopped up example of a Tamiya Holiday buggy but im keeping it oringal,so far i have:

Hop-up rear bumper

540 motor mount

Hop-up rear tyres

and thats about it[:I]

Are there any more hop-ups that you can buy?

Thanks for any replies.[]

[Sonic]

Hi,

I did a hopped up Hol bug a few years back, it run stick packs (had no holes in the sides though) and had a technigold fitted, full ball bearings, crp rear axles and modded front suspension and front bumper.

If i remember right a ball diff was available at one time but was quiet rare and i must say i've never seen one in the flesh yet. There was several ideas on adapting dampers to the rear suspension (some members did it i think) but in my opinion looked out of place.

In my opinion just fitting bearings and slappin in a 540 motor is enough because if you go to mad it's just so un-drivable trust me.

Lee.

[GRIGGY]

One of my favourite vintage tamiyas is also the Holiday Buggy. I ran a hopped up one at Kidderminster on Sunday. It's completely original but is fitted with 540 motor, full bearings, esc and 2000 cells running longways down the centre of the chassis. I have to turn the torque and the top speed down on the esc because as Sonic says its completely undriveable...but fun.

[BiggusDitchus]

On my runner Sand Rover I have a hop up TMS rear bumper, a Twinset lexan front bumper and a 540 mount apart from that it is stock.

I have one more TMS rear bumper should anyone want one, available at reasonable cost or trade.

[Mervyn]

Also available way back when were aluminum wheels. Not sure if they were from CRP or RCH(the latter I think?) Shodog would know for sure as he has some. [8D]

[BiggusDitchus]

Ah forgot to add I run Brat/Ranger wheels on mine too.

[kingeddie]

if you can find parts to fit, its well worth adapting the rear to coilovers as the difference is quite amazing. they don't drive well with 540 and stock suspension, if your running on fairly flat ground set it a bit lower so the drive shafts are horizontal to lose the neg camber as this improves stability.

[DJTheo]

You can hopup a HB very easily and cheaply, best hop up IMHO is softer coil springs back and front

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=14081&id=16

These make it much more stable on uneven road as you can see in this little video

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/moviecomment.asp?id=597&uid=16

Cheers

[LamboDave]

I am in the process of restoring a HB, which I'll play with. I am looking for a 540 motor mount. The one thing I've just complete is 'fully-ballracing' the gearbox. Yeah, I mean fully. The 'A' and 'B' gears now fit on 3mm shafts, and have 3x6mm flanged bearings inserted on each side. The rear axle and front wheels are also ballraced. I'd be interested in seeing how it goes with the 540 !!!

[lester]

what size ball bearings, and how many are needed? does anybody have a picture of crp rear axles? Where can I get these parts?

[mrlexan]

As always the best place for finding the axles is epay. I have not seen any in a while, but the show up every now and then. Be prepared to pay a descent price for them, they usually don't go for pennies. I have some and will dig them for a pic, then post it here when I am done.

Hope this helps.

Jay

[lester]

Cheers Jay, was there ever a hop-up rear bumper?

[racingdowantheM64]

Hi

Yes there was it was a TMS black rear bumper

also TMS produced a chassis cover for the sr/hb chassis

look at the pic

and i have one on the way

marcus

[lester]

Well done Marcus, was watching that myself[] Do you have any list of possible hop-ups?

[BiggusDitchus]

As previously said TMS do a bumper, not long taken it off mine due to my modification to suspension, it is available should anyone want it.

[racingdowantheM64]

hi lester

glad you liked it

i cant wait to fit it to my hop up sand rover

my sand rover should have brass/metal gears (dont know which make, tms rear bumper ( bought from biggusditchus, Thanks,twinset's front metal bumper, tms cover for chassis and motor, cul techs kc headlights and a few more i think

i would liketo get some crp rear axles

marcus

[lester]

btw, cheers for the 540 mount[8D] What are cul techs kc head lights?

quote:Originally posted by racingdowantheM64

hi lester

glad you liked it

i cant wait to fit it to my hop up sand rover

my sand rover should have brass/metal gears (dont know which make, tms rear bumper ( bought from biggusditchus, Thanks,twinset's front metal bumper, tms cover for chassis and motor, cul techs kc headlights and a few more i think

i would liketo get some crp rear axles

marcus

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[BiggusDitchus]

There is always option of own mods to improve the Sand Rover i.e

[racingdowantheM64]

woah that looks wicked biggus

these are the kc head lights http://www.tamiyaclub.com/trades_model.asp?cid=14456&id=2707

thanks

marcus

[lester]

Any body got a picture of the TMS rear bumper? was there ever a replacement for the front?

Lee

[terry.sc]

There is an advert for the TMS hop up parts in the TC media section. Try " target="_blank">http://www.tamiyaclub.com/getarticleimage....5133802_1.jpg"> here

The HB/SR rear bumper looks like just a flat piece of Kydex.

[racingdowantheM64]

Hi Lester

i havent got a pic of the tms rear bumper but i think biggus has

anyway i dont think there ever was a replacment for the front bumper but twinset's metal and lexan bumpers are very good quality

marcus 

[lester]

Are the "Twinsets" bumpers still available?

[BiggusDitchus]

having spoken to him, I know he has the alu ones. email him thru his showroom.

[Cul-Tech]

I just made an ali rollbar for Rothmans Racing Team for his Rover, once he polishes it up it will look sweet.[]

He also discovered that my reproduction Scorcher mirror fits perfectly

where the screw goes to mount the windshield, it looks like it was

designed to go there. Plus he is mounting a set of my functional KC's

on the front.

So I guess it shows that with some creativity one can really set their ride apart from the rest.[]

I am shipping the body back tomorrow so maybe he will have some photos up in a week or two.

Mike