romulus22 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2017 9:58 pm
Looks good Alex. I remember back in the day we talked about a Porsche DS. Glad to see you finally got around to it.
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by romulus22 "If you want a suggestion for a body if you don't have a direction on where to go yet. Something I always thought would be neat, was to put a Porsche body on the DS chassis because it's rear engine too like a Porsche. I really have no idea what is available or what would fit the chassis though."
Thanks Todd, Funny how time flies. For the project i almost went nitro....but it was the rear engine similarity you mentioned that changed the direction of the project.
Ha I don't know how you found that conversation. I don't even remember how it went I just know a Porsche body was of discussion somehow. Either way glad to see you pull it off.
Now slam that sucker to the ground for a couple pictures then raise it back up to driving height when your done
romulus22 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2017 5:45 pm
Ha I don't know how you found that conversation. I don't even remember how it went I just know a Porsche body was of discussion somehow. Either way glad tj. o see you pull it off.
Now slam that sucker to the ground for a couple pictures then raise it back up to driving height when your done
It was easy, the subject line was titled Porsche DS, lol.
You mentioned using Porsche body and I mentioned I had a Tamiya Porsche that was just a bit too small for the DS.
I'll take slammed stance photos soon. I just got my tripod replaced
Aren't you glad I didn't go with the pt cruiser body
LoboNYC wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2017 3:30 pm
Sorry about that lmw94002, I never mentioned them in the thread.
Those are GPM aluminum DS arms. They came with a roller i got from Canada a few years ago.
Unfortunately I haven't seen them for sale anywhere.
Im on the look out for a set of silver aluminum front arms so i can complete the set with the rears i have. The waiting continues
Thanks for the info...
I've got 3 DS rollers (and a bunch of parts) I've been holding for a project ... but I've never seen aluminum DS arms. I'd love to get a set of those for sure.
mk-Zero wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:17 am
OMG that's a good looking car!!!
Very well done man!!!
Thanks! It was a fun project. Always wanted to use that Tamiya body. It was awesome to use it on the DS, a rear engine car. It will keep handling similar to real Porsche.
I'm super happy i was able to bring the photos back into the thread.
I used that body on my nTC3 brushless rally conversion. Kept the Martini livery but just went white on the paint. It looked good, but yours is worlds apart.
mk-Zero wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2017 11:23 am
I used that body on my nTC3 brushless rally conversion. Kept the Martini livery but just went white on the paint. It looked good, but yours is worlds apart.
Looks great!!! You know i almost went for a white paint with red bumper area but then decided to keep it silver Like in the Tamiya ads.
I just found and finished uploading more build photos of the porsche to my flickr account.
Hey there Mr DS_King! I have Tamiya Porsche 934 Turbo RSR Vaillant-Kremer body and would love to use it on a DS but I have several questions for you:
- By how many mm is the DS chassis too long for this body? If possible I would like to shorten a regular RC10 chassis to get it to the correct wheelbase. The Tamiya Porsche wheelbase is 236mm where the DS is 260mm, correct? Which would mean I should shave off 24mm of a stock RC10 chassis?
- Has the Tamiya 934 body a wider stance that this one? If so by how many mm front and rear?
- Is there any other alternative chassis?
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The Tamiya 934 body is 230mm. The RSR body in this thread is 252mm. No clue on the wheelbase of the DS but you could always get GomachV to cut you a chassis that could correct the wheelbase.
Asso_man! wrote: ↑Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:43 am
Hey there Mr DS_King! I have Tamiya Porsche 934 Turbo RSR Vaillant-Kremer body and would love to use it on a DS but I have several questions for you:
- By how many mm is the DS chassis too long for this body? If possible I would like to shorten a regular RC10 chassis to get it to the correct wheelbase. The Tamiya Porsche wheelbase is 236mm where the DS is 260mm, correct? Which would mean I should shave off 24mm of a stock RC10 chassis?
- Has the Tamiya 934 body a wider stance that this one? If so by how many mm front and rear?
- Is there any other alternative chassis?
Hey Asso_man! The DS is 257mm to 260mm depending on where you place the rear axle spacer. shodog provided the body wheelbases. I've only delt with the Porsche body i used on this DS so i cant compare with the other tamiya body. Im not sure how you would shave off the 24mm but like shodog suggested, you may need to have one custom made/cut. i left chassis alone and worked on making the body fit the chassis rather than making the chassis fit the body. i want to keep option of using other bodies open.
shodog wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:27 pm
The Tamiya 934 body is 230mm. The RSR body in this thread is 252mm. No clue on the wheelbase of the DS but you could always get GomachV to cut you a chassis that could correct the wheelbase.
Thanks for the info on the chassis lengths and suggestion regarding chassis correction!
Hi folks,
I've come accross a NIB 1/10 Sanwa model today.
It's a kind of 1/10 pan car with alu chassis and a 380 moter and gear diff on the rear axle. It must be pretty old: it has a battery box for single cells, like the earliest Tamiyas.
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This car ran from 1976 on and won Le Mans 3 times in the hands of Jacky Ickx. For those who don't know: he's a belgian too)
sure noticed that, and actually found a miniscule text on one of the stickers saying 1976 also, But no J. Ickx
Happy to add this to my collection. Original owner started assembling in '77, gave up and put the lid back on the box, been sitting ever since. Pics are from the seller, he wished me luck in building it, said it was very frustrating!
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.
I saw this on Top Gear. The body is all carbon fiber and it weighs almost 500 pounds less. It's so nicely made it did remind me of aeiou and scr8p bitd..
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One of my favourites too. Chris Harris did a great video on them a few months back: