I pulled the trigger on a Dyna Storm a few weeks back!
It's had some light use with only a handful of minor scratches on the chassis, and came with some other goodies that I'll go through later. The body is unpainted and uncut, but has a few light scuffs on the outter shell. The only bummer is that there wasn't a decal sheet to go along with the uncut body so I'll have to try to hunt one down.
I haven't decided if I'll do a full restore back to shelfer status, or if I'll just clean it up. The bank account might be the deciding factor. Dyna Storm parts are made of gold!!!
Did u get it out of Portland? I sold mine way back in the day to a kid in Portland with a clear uncut body and a painted one too. I had only run it a couple times.
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- Duratrax Intellispeed 16T ESC
- Futaba 2PL radio
- 2 RS540 Sport Tuned motors (one in car, one unused in box)
- Unused Acto motor
- Uncut body
I paid a little more than I would have liked considering the cost of parts for a shelfer rebuild, but I couldn't resist. The Acto will go back in the car, but I suspect the rest might find it's way onto the chopping block at some point.
Its a fun restore, but yeah, spendy, a decal sheet is a pig to track down and yup, costly, i used a TBG shell and NIP decals with mine to save a bit, the TBG shell is spot on too TBH. I ended up fitting a load of Nimrod parts to mine, but eventually got the sprues i needed, then again, i do love the Nimrod carbon parts fitted. Did plan on restoring mine to run, but by the time i got into throwing tons of money into it, i chickened out and its stayed on the shelf since lol, hope they re re it in time!
rctenracer wrote:Why doesn't tamiya refine the dyna storm chassis to compete with the losi and rc10.
Probably because that would mean using aluminum, graphite, or carbon fiber--materials that were never really commonly used in Tamiya's manufacturing, probably because it's cost-prohibitive. It's much easier to make molds for plastic & nylon and the material cost is much less. I think Tamiya realized in the 80's that they couldn't make a serious run at competing in racing offroad cars, and just focused on doing other things better.
This is mostly my educated guess, but I don't think it's far from the truth.
Finally tracked down a complete decal sheet, and it's on the way!
I still need to track down a couple other items to replace existing scratched parts for the shelfer restore (lower chassis deck, bumper, rear motor guard).
But, the decal sheet was my biggest road block because they're so hard to find.
Picked up a lower chassis deck and disassembled the car to get things going.
While pulling things apart, I discovered that the rear suspension mount screws were seized to the retaining nuts, and one of the wing mount screws was also seized.
I was able to salvage the rear suspension mounts by drilling out the screw heads, but then realized that one of them had a small crack. So now the search for the nearly-impossible-to-find 'D' parts begins.
Here is my new biult dyna strom. What turn is the stock pink motor? Was this buggy very competitive in its day? Don't know if I will ever run it but just would like comments on its design. thanks dave
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You should do a search for nimrod : there 's a thread on the site here with a reference to tamiyaclubs forum.
Nimrod is a company that recently started developping excellent parts for the dynastorm (much better than their site ; hence the advise to...
If you have any interest in Dyna Storms whatsoever this is worth checking 8) scroll down the page to post 98, the whole thread is worth a look through, this chap is doing some nice DS stuff especially the chassis.
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I sold my DS a while back! Should have seen this page earlier! :cry:
After Restoring the Avante, Top Force Evolution and Top Force (Threads will follow) i felt the need for a 2WD Tamiya. I sourced this at the bay in pretty good condition. The car wasnt titled as Dynastorm so it came at a good price. Let the fun...
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This build is now finished (for now). Im not 100% satisfied because the body is a little to small in my optinion and the decals are are a little to big, especially on the rear wing. Also i think i used the wrong Tamiya paint (ps-23) for the...
I was wondering if anyone knew what is going on with Nimrod Racing and if they are still in business. I tried emailing them and got it kicked back. I'm interested in what that make (or made) for the Dyan Storm. Any help is appreciated.
Does anyone know if the DS Sleeved Dampers use the same seals as Tamiya's current CVA and/or TRF dampers?
Thanks!
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Pulled one of mine apart after getting home tonight. I measured the lower sleeved damper seals and they appear to be standard 6mm x 3mm (same as TRF damper and Team Associated gold and Team shocks... along with many others).