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Bholzz wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:54 pm

orangemazda wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:58 am Is this the set you’re looking for?
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I have this in my box but not sure if it’s for rc10/rc10t/rc10t2. Any ideas?

Do you have a picture? nevermind, found the picture

The R/C hobby has a long history to look back on of how tires can destroy racing. I have been through a couple of tire wars that all but killed the classes and in my opinion, open tire rules do not work for anybody.

That is what I love about the original Tamiya Mountaineer/hilux, all metal, almost IRL scale realism. It wasn't the halfassed plastic crap of today. I bought one at a garage sale, but, unfortunately, it was at the end of my RC time, so I sold it off with the rest of my gear. :( :x My buddy bought o...

Previously I posted my first intro to R/C cars but it was so expensive that it was almost mythical. About ten years later, a more realistic event occurred that set my path... In the late 70s or early 80s, my dad took me and some friends to the Score Show, a car show/trade show for off road enthusias...

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:05 pm That's huge money in the 1960's!

Yeah it was and I remember my dads gasp...but the 1/8scale gas cars were mechanical works of art back then...

It was the late 1960s and I was still in elementary school. My dad was a truck driver and had heard about a parking lot with people racing little cars by remote control from a coworker. Dad was a former drag racer and shared his love for racing with me. We would go watch slot cars, tethered race car...

I have some pics on my Flickr page and also posted on this forum...
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jcwrks wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 8:59 am Are you wrenching on this one still? My interest is piqued.


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Heck I probably have a set or two of those and the softer yellow springs..

notme wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:11 pm I sold a set of Yokomo copper springs on ebay for $100 about 4 years go, have those vanished now?

yeppers...

jcwrks wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:01 pm It turns out that the Orion battery is actually a RC-1700 (late '97) pack and not SCRC. Fortunately I had a spare pack of Trinity EXR178 Ex-Tech cells.

I ran those 1700 trinity cells in 96 too at the worlds...car is great as is but would be "more correct" with the red 1400 cells too

jcwrks wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:10 pm It's always nice to hear from people that have had a huge impact on the hobby.
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Good ol Richard...hopefully get down there to see him soon...

Yeah, glass filled is always stiffer...wasn't a big noticeable difference in use though...

jcwrks wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 7:24 am That tile looks familiar. I sent that exact set to a buddy since I had a nip spare set allocated for my recent CC RPM build.

LOL, yeah, I would have given photo credit but couldn't remember where I got the picture...getting old sucks!

Rarest RPM part...the unicorn "steering enhancement kit" for theRC10 Ultramold buggy and worlds front end kit. We never put this in the catalog, it was offered to a few dedicated support racers and the occasional customer calling in for set up advice for the buggy. steeringenhancementkit.j...

These won't look rare but they are...1 of 2 sets of test arms for a RC10T. They were made with a special blend of RPM and fiber filled nylons to see if they could hold up and still be covered under the RPM warranty. They did but never went into production...I have one NOS set and one set on my Ultra...