saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-ups

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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-u

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Thanks guys. I'm pretty happy with how it's coming out so far.

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Looks great indeed, I would get rid of the blue screws that are not really period correct and ditch teh front shock tower, replacing it with either a stock or long Jammin Jay one. Now we want to see that nice restored early MIP tranny back on it!
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Thanks. Yeah, I'm going to swap the screws out. As for the tower, its something I made many many years ago and is part of the history of this car. I know most of you guys probably don't like it, but as long as this car is on my shelf it will remain :wink:
Yes, next up is the MIP trans restoration and the shocks. I also contacted UltraHive about reproducing the label for the Trinity Joel Johnson 1987 World Championship motor, hopefully he'll be willing to do so.

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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-u

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Went through the MIP trans tonight. Disassembled and cleaned
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Thrust assembly. Note there is no compression spring, just two belville washers. Not much adjustability in there...
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Putting the thrust assembly back together...
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Ready for a little diff lube and reassembly
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The two case halves are held together by 4 screws that run through the Hot Trick motor plate
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And finally back on the car.
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Where does the esc get mounted at ? That little receiver mount u made , I've made them but could only fit a esc or rx .

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Actually I was going to put the esc in that mount and the receiver on the tower. The esc fits in there really nice.

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I have this old hot trick esc shelf that would be perfect for this if you want it!
Not sure why the pic keeps flipping upside down.
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Oooooo, cool, got pics, I've never seen one?

Oops, nevermind, didnt see the pic at first.
Where does it mount?

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It was mounted to a shock tower on a car I got along time ago I think you have to drill your own holes.

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Thats cool, I think it would be pretty neat on there. Let me know how much shipped to 92867.

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Its yours for free just pm me your address!

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Thanks man! Pm sent.

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You are welcome glad to help out!

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mikea96 wrote:Not sure why the pic keeps flipping upside down.
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Mike was in Astralia when he posted the pic. :lol:

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