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scollins wrote:Ha, just kidding...somebody might have done this before, but maybe not with as much grace!!!!!!! Enjoy my new Hybrid project!

Reminds me so much of Grahoos Project G
http://www.tam.ne.jp/nic/grh/grhnew.html

The LRP TCS system is portrayed in one of the pages of the 1993 RCCA worlds coverage article posted by kenooze: Any more details/photos of the system and its electronics?ANy info on the Hannson TCS that is just mentioned in this page? I have similar pictures from the UK magazines, but that is all t...

Would be great to read the editorial which must be describing vividly the controversy those cars caused ,as well as seeing more info on the 1987 Worlds whenever you feel like sharing with us :) I can scan the worlds reports and upload them, I have all the old worlds reports from the UK magazines an...

That's what I'm trying to accomplish like what Toymkr73 had mentioned; trying to use new sets of wheels and tires without changing the axles.... The HPI hex drives I use fit the 1/4" original axles, you don't need to change to B2 axles. You can then fit any wheels from Kyosho, Tamiya or HPI. T...

Gearing should be the same as the 2.2" wheels run lower profile tyres and the overall diameter is roughly the same as 2" wheels.

The original CATs used the same suspension at each end, so the front and rear arms are the same. Soon changed to a more common porper wishbone on the rear. Not much more information at hand. looking at the magazine picture it is a little clearer, the motor is under that bumper so in front of the axl...

FlyinGN wrote:thanks terrysc. What wheels are those? HPI I assume....

Yes, the old HPI Super Star wheels. HPI still make a variation of them for their Super Size cars, but they have less offset so the track will be narrower.

This is a picture of the German custom built front wheel drive cars. Suspension parts are from the Schumacher CAT.

To fit other wheels you usually do have to replace the rear axles.
I use the HPI adaptors to fit hex drive wheels to mine, any modern hex drive wheels will fit.

These adapters are available from Tower
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXN057&P=M

Why not just order an original cover
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LX2791&P=0

I have a had time believing that a front wheel drive car had such an advantage. I remember when my friend bought a front wheel drive Nichimo. It was the laughing stock of the shop. the minute you hit the throttle, the front wheels would just spin without grabbing much traction The Nichimos wheels m...

The gearboxes are the same on all Tamiyas TA01 and TA02 tourers, apart from the colour. Most of them are red. More usefully the same gearboxes are used in the Manta Ray in black, so to replace the gearboxes you need part numbers 0005375 and 9005318 which should be able to be ordered at any Tamiya de...

Front wheel drives were originally classed as 2wd, so could run in the 2wd class, but after the 87 worlds they were banned. The world champs were usually run on a hard surface to last the week of racing. The tyres at the time were much harder so on a hard clay surface front wheel drive had a huge st...

Radio Race Car in the UK had an exclusive on the RC10. They got hold of Gene Hustings personal preproduction RC10 and wrote an article on it. Notice the Rough Rider body, hand made shock mounts (front shocks upside down) and 7 cell pack. http://upload7.postimage.org/155381/GenesRC10.jpg http://uploa...

Yes, it's a TA02RS, the only one that came with black gearbox mouldings. The chassis has "RCC Civic" and "copyright 1993" because Tamiya marks the mould with the details of the first car that uses those chassis parts, which is the first car it is designed for, in this case the fw...