I am researching the rc10 DS and I came across how convert the rc10ds to accept hex axles.
I am posting it up here as it disappeared from the rc10.com site
Converting Your RC10DS to Accept Standard Touring Car Wheels & Tires
Other Conversion...
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I am making a list of the parts necessary that may work and are still available.
Custom Works I am not sure if these are 1:1 drop in parts
Associated #7211 Kingpin ballstud 1 package $4.00
Custom Works RC ON CENTER KING PIN KIT
I'm trying to find foam tires for what is said to be a standard Associated wheel size. The place I'm getting the standard wheel size from, is according to the Mini-Mags ad:
A10-Fs fit RC10 and use standard size ASSOC. tires
The wheel...
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Went with these for the front.
For the Rear, TRC for RC10, Green Dot.
Probably try to find an old tire cutter, or make one, to trim these to the right widths, and ODs.
I'm really not interested is trying to make a faithful replica of anyone else's car, but the Dead Pool RC10 is a street based RC10 with my favorite Corvette body so I definitely need one as a runner (probably without real explosive charge, even...
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I forgot the cutouts in the chassis sidewalls to let me use the short wheelbase position, but some minor trimming took care of that. Now the wheelbase is a good match for the body. With the wide 7222 front axles installed, so is the front track...
I picked up 12e and I'm waiting for it to be shipped out.
Looking at the manual it seems pretty complete.
s-l1600.jpg s-l1600-1.jpg s-l1600-2.jpg s-l1600-3.jpg
Is there anything that is hard to find on this car from the pictures? I don't know...
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Body looks really good all polished up. Nice work ! ...But it isn't a 2048 Camao:
Your body is a Firebird/Trans Am. I don't recall who made the body back in the day but TBG is currently reproducing it:
info from Kent himself. was able to get the chassis direct from him how cool is that!!!
Kent Clausen
It was an enduro car, I probably raced it at the Thunderdrome and Whippoorwill. At AE we made a few custom quick change cars, then went to the...
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Man i remember seeing thos system way back and thinking it was awesome. Great peice to have!
Well, I'm pretty sure it is a 10L... I had always wanted one. This one came up on RC Crawler.com.. got it for $35 shipped, with a TON of vintage foam tires.
Will someone please tell me if this is an Associated front end, and if not, who...
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Wow! Not a pancar guy myself, but I can totally see the allure. So many goodies on this. Must be a screamer!
Thanks man --
I wasn't either, 'till I dipped my toe into carpet 12th scale. When a pancar is dialed, there is nothing else like it -...
Nothing CSI related, I'm just hoping someone out there can tell me which Associated body is used on the 10L box art? I want to know which Nissan that is.
I was given this in a haul from ex-Team Associated, team Reedy and Team Novak driver Jimmy Davis fairly recently. He let me have a heap of Novak parts including the elusive white/translucent Novak NES-1A servo as per the Kent Clausen 1982 World...
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I swear that is the same exact driver in my Kyosho Scorpion. Or maybe I’m just crossing a Scorpion and a 10b driver in my mind. Cool early stuff you have there
One question about flipping the gearbox around to do a mid motor. Isn't a reverse rotator motor needed, or a 0 degree timing motor that can be run reverse polarity for driving forward? I've always flipped the top shaft direction when I do a mid...
I think this is going to be a long term slow to build project. It was...
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I realized that I am using a servo mounting on this car I hadn't seen anyone else use yet.
The servo is hot glued to the chassis. I put down a generous about of hit glue from a glue gun and place the servo about in the right place.
Then I used a...
Hey there, I'm putting together an old Nitro DS that I picked up to relive my earlier RC days now that I have adult money lol.
Anyways, it came with an engine in it. Says TOP Engines on the carb body and has I think cs12 on the side of the block....
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Its been a while, but I finally got somewhat of a handle on this thing. Reducing the steering rate really helps tame the driving down along with tweaking the throttle linkage and getting used to it. The 2.5 has power to burn and is currently geared...
Starting off my Christmas vacation with another 10Lss build.🙂
- Composite Craft Ground Effects chassis, Aero lower pod plate, graphite upper plate, graphite t-bar and sway bar
- Wood Racing aluminum front end
- CRC aluminum bulkhead and collet-style...
Greetings all! I've been having fun lately with my recently resurrected Factory Team TC3 that I've had since it was new in '92 or so? I think the TC3 is a great car. Very adjustable, light, works great, etc, etc. Enjoyed it so much that I bought a...
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Well that's a bummer to find out. Still, I'd take Taiwan made any day over mainland China. Most of the high end gaming computer motherboards are sourced from Taiwan.
So I have been having a lot of fun with my ol' TC3 lately. So much so that I bought a second one for my son to run with me. My car currently has a Novak SS5800 brushless set up, and I'm running a new 6 cell 3300mAh Dynamite NiMh battery. I've got it...
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I stumbled across a brand new set of 3908 outdrives (both front and rear) for a very reasonable price so snagged them! That should buy me some time in the wear department. I'll take a close look at how the CV axle pins are wearing when I rebuild the...
I've been searching the threads here for some alternatives to TC3 outdrives. I actually have the Factory Team TC3, which came with the composite outdrives, part 3908. I guess the RTR and standard kits came with the steel outdrives , part 3912. But...
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Cruising around eBay, I happened to find a brand new set (both front and rear) of factory 3908 outdrives for a very reasonable price. Bought them in a heartbeat! So that will definitely buy me some time and I'll install these the next time I have...
Now that the Chevy DS project is coming to an end, I sat here today thinking of what a year 2020 has been. I started the Chevy DS started during quarantine when toilet paper and hand sanitizer became a...
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I believe the Ron Paris turbo pipes would be correct for that era but he also had the stiletto pipes for right and tenth scale cars and a smaller chambered pipe for tenth scale buggies that was used on the box art GT. The bigger pipe AL650 was...
Hi all. As you know, I entered my camel yellow electric RC10DS Lamborghini Murcielago in this this months BOTM. There, I mentioned i had a nitro version of a DS Lamborghini in the works. Well here is the start of the build page. Im starting out,...
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I prefer to have a nicely finished body come with it but my bargain hunting doesn't usually have that in my shopping budget. I'm surprised when nicely finished projects don't sell for much more than 'needs work' projects. I've seen that happen a few...
Will these be added to this section since they are now vintage ???? I think they are up to the TC6...
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Well, here we are another three years down the road since the last post. I just finished a total overhaul of my TC3 and nearly all of the parts I wanted to replace are discontinued by AE. eBay had some of them but some are simply NLA. So I would say...
I just finished a total overhaul on my TC3 touring car, including a brand new Kimbrough 72 tooth, 48 pitch spur gear to replace my damaged original. After only one run in a less than ideal parking lot, I sucked up some grit and mangled my brand new...
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Thanks for the replies guys. Yes, now I do recall seeing a document form Associated about the steering gear cover, will have to look that up again.
As for the gears, durability or strength is not what I'm after here. I thought the fine pitch of the...
My most wild creation yet trying to utilize modern (available) drivetrain and front mount servo (drag specific) for the ultimate is front weight bias, onroad models will have standard servo mount location.
Picked up the final piece of the puzzle...
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OH MAN :shock: , Your DS cars have attained a whole new level of performance! :mrgreen:
New here and just posted about a Goldpan I'm restoring. I'm also working on a DS and T2 ( found these in the basement after 20+ years etc) for the kids and myself to run together. It's been fun!
I'm having trouble getting my DS to return...
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Been enjoying the DS - perhaps a bit too much as I’m chewing through the original rear Road Hawgs.
I’m considering a hex conversion to open up my tire options. I’ve seen the detailed conversions, and may go that route eventually, but has anyone...
Hi Guys, just wondering what would be the best place to search for an rc12 preferably white plastic, Carbon chassis & dynamic strut front end.. NIB or as near to perfect as possible.
Thank
Jon
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ebay is your best bet. If you're a sucker for punishment then you could try Facebook...
I have a set of stock foam tires for the DS, but I'd like to set this up in a way it can take modern tires.
I'm looking to bash on pavement, maybe some light dirt if there is a flat enough area. The battery will be a Nimh but the motor is slated to...
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You just ream the hole to 1/8 . A couple of mine have them.
Ive used the axle/c-hubs from the associated SC10 4x4. And as Juicedcoupe mentioned, you ream the hinge pin hole to 1/8 in order to accommodate the larger diameter DS hinge pin.
I am in the making of an adapter for the old RC12l/LW/LS to mount the newer 3-bolt wheels. I know one is available from shapeways, but I want it made out of alloy. I just need the exact diameter of the 3-bolt circle. It is not very exact to...
I'm working on building a rc10 DS with a RPM grey transmission. My goal is to make it smooth. So far in my tear down it seems that very lightly oiled bearings with no shields spin the smoothest. There is a really significant spin time...
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Honestly if you aren't trying to run a stock class and looking for weight and friction reduction, and just running some high power motor, you won't see any appreciable different with any of your versions so far. Oil, no oil, seal no seal, screws...
I'm building a rc10 DS in one of the new 6001 gold pans.
I was considering replacing the GT style bell cranks with b2 style so I could free up some space to move the electronics forward.
Is this a bad idea?
Are there any ways to do this without...
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:( Argggg I want to click the pics for clarity but it won’t work…. Why does this happen sometimes !?!
Last post I made with a couple pics the last one did this. I know I placed them all inline in the single post
I thought for sure I posted this car when I first built it but I can't find the thread. Anyway, I decided to change up a few things to make it more like a proper speed run car of the period.
These are the parts I added:
- Tecnacraft Aero-Trac &...
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BRAVO!!!!! ...That is a really awesome job you've done.
Just bought this heap off eBay cool part is it still has the original sales receipt from 1982. Any reason the tires would be covered in silicone?? Better traction?
Can anyone tell me the width of the front bulkhead where the inner hinge pin passes through? I trying to figure out if standard off road rc10 front arms would mount to this bulkhead. Thanks
I've been looking for one of these T.M. Racing ST-10 conversions for a few years and as luck would have it, several popped up for sale within about a week.
This one got the full purple Trinity treatment. Along with a fiberglass axle, Pure-Tech...
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It's just that in the ad pic there looks to be a standoff under the v-brace, in front of the battery slots, that's too long to fit under there. The brace is straight but seems like it should be bent up after the front arms. When I tried to do that...
I picked up this super rusty POS earlier this week, and have cluttered up a couple of other threads with posts about it, so to quit all that I started a thread for it on it's own.
Back story: An ad pops up on FBMP for a vintage oval car a couple of...
Here's a Power Pacing Products OM-10 conversion for the RC10L that I recently finished. There isn't much info out there on this one, and only one magazine article on the company's later MID conversion. This conversion uses a narrow lower rear pod...
So I'm reaching out to you Yokomo guys to see if you can ID the retaining rings on Masamai's RC10GX from back in 1989.
Any idea what makes or brand these are?
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Yes, their shipping is quite stupid, and your location probably compounded it.
But their shipping is the primary reason that I avoid them (and Rock Auto).
Name is Robb and just getting back into RC after about a 10+ year break, and have never run an onroad car before. But when a RC10L popped up on FB a couple of weeks ago, it reminded me of how much I loved these cars from afar while...
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Wow, seeing that lexan antenna holder brings back some memories.
I personally LOVE the lexan antenna extender! I put one on my Round Tracker, and tried one on the Top Fuel but it ended up so horizontal in the body that it was worthless, so went...
Why be in the middle of one build when you can be in the middle of four? It eats up all that time you sit around waiting for parts, and paint to dry, etc.
My inspiration behind this one was thinking that I was an AE guy back in the '90s and I had a...
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I like how your graphics turned out. The little dragster is especially cool.
I know it's not conducive to getting a good run with a scale-ish RC, but to my eye this beast is screaming for some rubber rear slicks that balloon up when the motor is...
remember when we were pillaging TC3 diff rebuild kits for our Stealth Cars? how the wheels have turned, eh ?!?! :lol:
I am rebuilding a TC3 atm to be a gentle runner. The car I bought came fully decked out with tons of blue (useless)...
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My suggestion would be to file in the flat spot into the diff halves instead it'd be easier and you'd only have to do it once and be able to use both types of diff rings.
Thanks for the suggestion I believe it would be more efficient indeed
Well, after some fun on carpet tracks and even on asphalt (it was really great), the original tires of my RC12LW are now dead and it's time to find a way to replace it.
First idea is to find tires that could fit the original AE wheels. A friend at...
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I'd really like to thank Incredible_Serious for sending to France some tires for my car, without taking advantage of the fact that these vintage part are hard to find.
That's incredibly cool. 8)
Back in June 2013 i purchased an Electric DS to run on the street. i dropped in a sidewinder 3 and topped it off with a freshly painted red and black HPI Mustang body. I didn't do much to the car when i got it but i did add the body and electrics....
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SO you can use RC4WD 1.9 wheels with tamiya tires?
I was loking at some that looked like Magnum 500's but they said 1.9 and I thought they'd be for Short course trucks or crawlers because they always picture them with larger tires.
This is an unboxing of the RC10 DS kit from Japan. This is the racer spec kit with teflon-coated shocks and full bearings. I think most Associated kits sold in Japan were all racing spec since parts and hop-ups were harder to come by. Mine didn't...
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...Mine didn't come with a body...is this normal or just missing? .
Yes, it's normal. Associated made variations of the kit. There were 4 associated bodies that were offered with the DS but the racer kit(the smallest of the boxes) lacked a body....
Hi curious about what can I use to replace missing front wheel plastic washers, I have a couple of cars that are missing them. And foam tire donuts, what to use on pargu wheels, or even vintage sees & technacraft??
Glad to see some people still...
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I am looking for some white bbs wheels from twinn k. I see 1.50 wide but my original rears are 2.00 ??? What gives, I like to buy a set but not sure what sizes to buy, twinn k ebay listing show taller o.d. and i.d. ??? What should I buy, I don't...
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