My Contribution to the 25yrs of the RC10 thread

[Charlie don't surf]

Looking good!!!! Who is doing the driving/testing?

[slotcarrod]

Nice! You have enough bearings in the box for that tranny?

[slotcarrod]

Looking good!!!! Who is doing the driving/testing?

It will be one driver. Pete Tozser, a local AE team driver, very fast and very consistent!

[vintage AE]

thanks guys!

Yeah, there are lots of bearings. Some in another bag, but so far they are all there.

Here are some tranny photos

cleaned tranny

loctite on the nut as per manual

SIN for my bearings...a synthetic lube

a weeee bit of CA glue on the underside of the screws, on the outside edge just in case it runs a little. NO glue in the bearing, lol

got to take a break, more to come tonight

[Charlie don't surf]

Looking good!!!! Who is doing the driving/testing?

It will be one driver. Pete Tozser, a local AE team driver, very fast and very consistent!

Very cool, can't wait to see the results.

[vintage AE]

I cant wait to see the results too. Maybe I will build one really shitty to see if he notices

Just kidding Rod, if they are all built shitty, then he will never be able to tell

Anyway, second one down. A quick note Rod, there was a felt seal missing, so I installed the one on the left side and put the felt retainer aside for you. The retainer I did use, I had to put a drop of CA glue on it to keep it in place. This car turned out really nice and smooth all round.

[Charlie don't surf]

Again, too cool!! I especially like the side by side

[Charlie don't surf]

I was just sent a pic of AE and Rod, thought I would share-

[vintage AE]

looks like a pic of prep time before the big race

a couple more beer and I will be able to drive straight.

[Ruffy]

Very nice work vintage ae!

[slotcarrod]

That is fantastic VAE!

You been spying on us again Reg? How did you get that pic?

VAE, my only concern is the idler gears. I think we should use the black stronger type! Do you have any with you?

[vintage AE]

I completely forgot about you mentioning that...I was just thinking about the stealth trans, but make sense to switch them in the 6-gear as well. I don't have any at all. I can grab a couple from you when I come by. I can also grab the graphite car and the CE car too if you have the parts for them ready. I been avoiding calling work, but I think they will need me sometime next week.

[vintage AE]

Finally back at this project again. I grabbed the graphite and early CE cars from Rod a couple of days ago. Here is what they look like at the time. Hopefully in the next couple pf days I can get some work done to them. Since I am hoteling it for a few days in Calgary, I'm guessing that if it rains I will get a whole lot done, but if not I will likely be running my graphite runner at the track.

[vintage AE]

It did rain a little today, but there were just scattered showers. Luckily for you Rod, that means I got some work done today...but I also got to the track too. I had to stop when I broke a steering block, which broke when landing a jump awkwardly after my negative lead going to my battery came off. And luckily for me my steering block is a B4 one on my graphite runner

Anyway, here is what I got done...The graphite car is done with the exception of the tranny and it needs outer front hing pins and proper turnbuckles. The steering turnbuckles are a tad too short right now. I used my turnbuckles and rear outer pins I had in my travel pack to get it to the stage that it's currently at. The previous mentioned techniques were used to restore this one too. Polished shock shafts and pins, and rebuilt the shocks. Going to rebuild the tranny tomorrow.

[vintage AE]

Got all I could get done before leaving town Rod. The CE car needs the longer front shocks and appropriate front tower, hing pins (all of them), and a trans brace. I might dye all the white parts black, but we'll see. Also, that graphite car could use a proper set of tierods. Here are some photos

of course a side by side to date