FF01 PIAA Accord becomes Touge Civic Type R

[lantisdoc 10]

Hi everyone,

a few years ago I bought a bashed up FF01 PIAA Accord because I wanted to later teach my son the differences between different chassis concepts (FF, FR, RR....) and because i drooled over the FF01 cars in the ads as a kid. Still remember a Williams Clio that I found cool.

Well , my son was 1 at the time so I had to wait a few years ^^
This year, finally, I got it out of its box and immediately discarded the body as it was beyond saving. I got a replacement EG Civic body off a TT02D and decided to make this a JDM Touge kind of car.

The chassis itself was in ok-good condition. Already eqiipped with ball diff and shocks as well as partial ball bearings, it received a clean, completed set of bearings, new speed controller with a Sport Tuned motor. Still have to perform a rebuild of the shocks.

 

As for the body, it received a Spoon Sports inspired paint job:

The wheels were pretty bad, but have been refurbed by now. The chassis received CC01 CVDs and a steering upgrade.

And made an appropriate exhaust

Out on the track

As you can see, the rear wheel position is not great, as the wheelbase is a few mm off. A friend printed a set of new suspension arms but i couldnt fit them yet.
Also, i might have blown the diff on the last outing, so a complete rebuild might be in order.

That's it for now.

Chris

[Flexin5 13]

SICK spoon setup! muffler looks just like a spoon N1, what did you use to make it? if you painted the wheels flat black they would look really close to the spoon SW388s too. i'm waiting on another EG body in the mail and I was going to do the same thing but where did you find the spoon stickers in that scale? looks great. 

[lantisdoc 10]

Man, that's such a good idea, thanks! I actually painted them white without thinking much about it but black would be perfect. Will definitely do that!

I got the stickers off ebay, actually they are replacement stickers for Spoon/regamaster wheels. The muffler is basically a bit of pipe on a metal strip, you can see it here:

 

[rich_f 233]

On 10/22/2021 at 10:15 AM, lantisdoc said:

As you can see, the rear wheel position is not great, as the wheelbase is a few mm off. A friend printed a set of new suspension arms but i couldnt fit them yet

The EG Civic first appeared on the FF01 chassis so the wheelbase should be correct. Have you got the rear uprights the right way around? They have a letter R add L molded into them, but this is for the toe in setting, as used on the TA02.

The manual for the JACCS civic (and possibly other FF01 models) has the rear uprights opposite to this, giving tow out at the rear. If you have yours set up for toe in, this will have the effect of bring the wheels forward in the arches, which is what yours looks like. If you swap the rear uprights left to right, you might find the wheels sit better in the arches, without the need for new suspension arms. 

[lantisdoc 10]

Thanks for this tip! The rears have massive amonts of toe in and I assumed that this was supposed to increase stability in the FF setup but I always wanted to correct it. Didnt know that the uprights are side specific and will definitly follow your recommendation next time I have the chassis in my hands. As I didnt build it myself I dont know about these specifics, so it's really cool that I can learn about it here

[BruiseWayn 37]

On 10/24/2021 at 5:26 AM, rich_f said:

The EG Civic first appeared on the FF01 chassis so the wheelbase should be correct. Have you got the rear uprights the right way around? They have a letter R add L molded into them, but this is for the toe in setting, as used on the TA02.

The manual for the JACCS civic (and possibly other FF01 models) has the rear uprights opposite to this, giving tow out at the rear. If you have yours set up for toe in, this will have the effect of bring the wheels forward in the arches, which is what yours looks like. If you swap the rear uprights left to right, you might find the wheels sit better in the arches, without the need for new suspension arms. 

thank you for the education! I don't have a FF01 but, i guess you learned something new everyday! Was inclined to buy 1 but i hate ball diffs. So ended up with a modern Xpress FT1 instead. 
@lantisdoc love the build by the way. Spoon livery is very very nice.