Carmine A 2046 Posted February 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, wtcc5 said: @Carmine A: Yes to all You just MADE MY NIGHT!!! 🎉🎉🎉🍻 I was really hoping that I had that right. I now wonder if THAT'S why I've had so much trouble finding the individual Alumininium Mounts.... This will be so much easier AND more economical. 😁 Thanks Mate!! 👊👍👍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtcc5 4687 Posted February 27, 2021 A body for the FF-03R After a long decision process, that then resulted in favor for the FF-01, the FF-03R still had no body. I wanted to put on a Honda Accord shell to make it an Aero Custom 1996. For me personally the most beautiful official FF-03 body. Tamiya even made a new sticker set for it, optimizing the head and tail lights. The whole box art composition of body, color, rims, mirrors and wing is really pleasing the eye. The Honda Accord body without all those sponsor decals has really nice lines and is just elegant. So I bought another Accord body, that again came with full PIAA decals. And again this circumstance let me think about making another PIAA Accord. This time my wish to make the Aero Custom was strong enough. The previous owner already cut the body. Except for two spots were he cut to deep, he did a very good job, hitting the marks on the wheel arches and sanding the edges. This saved a lot of time. Tamiya made extra holes to mount the front body posts in the FF-01 position. Also the holes on the FF-01 bodies are more narrow, but don’t worry! Tamiya added the needed shims. The chassis also got a trimmed bumper to fit underneath the short Accord front. Painting and applying the stickers was no problem and went on well: Too beautiful to drive 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderDragonCy 7777 Posted February 27, 2021 Oh man that looks sooooo scale. Fantastic. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carmine A 2046 Posted February 28, 2021 That is a fantastic, clean looking Body!! I'm glad to see this Body crossover between Chassis... Makes the decision to run a Mondeo on my FF-03 less scandalous!! 😜 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtcc5 4687 Posted June 26, 2021 On my first visit of the AMSC Augsburg this year, I learned about their strong going FF class. So for the second visit today, I made sure to have my KR-MF conversion with me. On its first indoor test drive, the car was a handful and suffered from accumulating dirt on the rear tires together with a bad oversteer. So this didn’t cause me to be optimistic regarding the performance. Fortunately the car was very good today. After enjoying the pure speed of the installed 13.5t outlaw motor, I reduced the throttle to 60% which then was exactly the speed of the 17.5t-Hobbywing combo the other guys drive. After some minor tweaks the rear was perfect for the track. Fast corners are definitely the strength of this chassis. I only suffered on slow hairpins. In hindsight, my conclusion is, that I have too much weight in front as the front axle seems to be overwhelmed with braking and steering. The chassis layout pretty much prevents a great weight shift. The only thing I can do is to move the rear dampers towards the rear axle. I also should go for 6* degree caster in front combined with less camber this is a way to gain traction. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderDragonCy 7777 Posted June 27, 2021 The shell looks great! I found 6 deg c hubs very much to my liking on my FF03 4GR. I see you have amount option to move the rear shocks to the back already? What about introducing some kickup at the front to promote weight transfer? I did some tests with my FF03 4GR on the street but results were inconclusive, but with the latest adjustable blocks you can flip the rear chips down and front up to get some kickup without changing the roll centre. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tizer 604 Posted June 29, 2021 Such a beautiful car! Makes me want to get my FF03 up and running. First the FF01 though. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtcc5 4687 Posted July 7, 2021 Today I worked a bit on the KR-MF. I moved the dampers to their rear position. I also changed the rear axles. I had these on my FF-01 runner, but found them to sophisticated on that chassis. But they are perfect for the KR-MF: 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicadraus 6130 Posted July 8, 2021 Hi Kevin! What made you move the rear damper? Was there wobbling with the long shaft or was it for adding weight at the rear? Looks better to me now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtcc5 4687 Posted July 8, 2021 @Nicadraus: It was for moving weight rearwards to reduce the load for the front tires. Even though the chassis has a middle motor, the f/r bias is that of a FF-03. Some spareparts arrived: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicadraus 6130 Posted July 9, 2021 15 hours ago, wtcc5 said: @Nicadraus: It was for moving weight rearwards to reduce the load for the front tires. Even though the chassis has a middle motor, the f/r bias is that of a FF-03. Some spareparts arrived: Nice! I have the same diff set up in my Pro-R and the XV. What oil weight are you using? Currently I'm using 30k but will try 100k. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtcc5 4687 Posted July 9, 2021 @Nicadraus: I don’t know what Oil is in my diff I think it is 300k... But for the rebuild I will put in 100k for outdoor asphalt. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicadraus 6130 Posted July 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, wtcc5 said: @Nicadraus: I don’t know what Oil is in my diff I think it is 300k... But for the rebuild I will put in 100k for outdoor asphalt. How do you find the 300k in terms or cornering grip? Is it too aggressive on asphalt? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtcc5 4687 Posted July 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, Nicadraus said: How do you find the 300k in terms or cornering grip? Is it too aggressive on asphalt? Feels too much. The car won’t turn in that nice and has no advantage on accelerating. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtcc5 4687 Posted July 9, 2021 @Nicadraus: While we were discussing oil thickness, my friends in the Awe FX Whatsapp group had this topic going on, too. One of them now builds a 70k diff. I worked a bit on the KR-MF. Last time out, the diff teeth caught a stone. It managed to damage around 20% of the theeth. So it was no question to replace it. And while at it, I added the aluminium cover and 100k oil. The old oil looked like 300k: Blue always looks good: The gear „box“: For the weight distribution and to react to the 6 degree caster (shim added under front suspension mount) I put all shims behind the front arms: Black and blue The last step was to copy the setup of one of Germanys fastest fwd drivers. He has a weight distribution of 66/34 on his Awe. My KR-MF is now at 65.25/34.75. Now I am curious how it works on my chassis. Especially the small camber angles (-1 in front and -0.5 at the rear) are interesting. With body: 7 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicadraus 6130 Posted July 10, 2021 10 hours ago, wtcc5 said: @Nicadraus: While we were discussing oil thickness, my friends in the Awe FX Whatsapp group had this topic going on, too. One of them now builds a 70k diff. I worked a bit on the KR-MF. Last time out, the diff teeth caught a stone. It managed to damage around 20% of the theeth. So it was no question to replace it. And while at it, I added the aluminium cover and 100k oil. The old oil looked like 300k: Blue always looks good: The gear „box“: For the weight distribution and to react to the 6 degree caster (shim added under front suspension mount) I put all shims behind the front arms: Black and blue The last step was to copy the setup of one of Germanys fastest fwd drivers. He has a weight distribution of 66/34 on his Awe. My KR-MF is now at 65.25/34.75. Now I am curious how it works on my chassis. Especially the small camber angles (-1 in front and -0.5 at the rear) are interesting. With body: Seriously, this is the best FF car I have ever seen. The workmanship and the design alone speaks for itself. Thank you for sharing this Kevin. It is truly an inspiration to me and many others. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Room335 738 Posted February 25, 2022 On 7/9/2021 at 11:48 AM, wtcc5 said: Beautiful car @wtcc5. On an impulse I just bought an FF-03R NIB kit, with the gear diff. The FF chassis is completely new to me so I'm looking forward to reading your thread! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carmine A 2046 Posted February 27, 2022 Kevin... that is absolutely stunning!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GermanTA03Guy 1291 Posted February 28, 2022 ... And a beautiful iconic livery. Also especially tasteful with the black and red accents! Really Nice, suits the proportions awesomely well. Btw, Are those Tamiya decals? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtcc5 4687 Posted February 28, 2022 @GermanTA03Guy: Yes, they are. When the Calsonic decals were easily available for the R35, I bought some sets, to have less work making a beautiful body. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtcc5 4687 Posted February 28, 2022 The timing of @Room335 to bring this thread back up, was pretty good I was searching half a year for an Integra body and body parts and some weeks ago was lucky to get one. Thinking about how to paint it (not liking the Beams Integra box art), I remembered the livery a RCtech member called "rtypec" made more than a decade ago: At that time I really wished to live near the Tamiya Raceway to run some batteries with these guys every week. Now, I want to make a replica body. Rtypec used some now rare stickers, I had to check with MCI for the Esso (from Toyota GTone) and also for the Beams logos. The present Accord Aero body will move on to my FF-03 pro... 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtcc5 4687 Posted February 28, 2022 Started with swapping the Honda Accord body to the pro. And then preparing the new tires with decals: I forgot how good the FF-03R looks: 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carmine A 2046 Posted March 2, 2022 Kevin, that is absolutely fantastic! Beautiful FF! 😍 👍👍👌 Makes me want to start working on my FF03.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtcc5 4687 Posted March 8, 2022 @Carmine A: Thank you! Keep us updated I had to add another little detail, blue wheel nuts: Now it is perfect 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites