Building a Vintage Racer

[66sprint6]

Lookin awesome so far! Bulding my first RC10 as we speak and love lookin thru all the vintage builds and OIN builds for inspiration. Keep it up!
Matt

[Charlie don't surf]

Thanks all for the nice comments, does wonders for the ego!
I will take some better quality pictures soon and add the electrics too.

It was Rit dye powder that I used - heated up on the stove using an old pan that my wife doesn't need anymore! The black dye covers up all the lilac, pale green and red wonderfully

. Couple of quick things for ya-
What length front shocks are those? They look like b4 which are too long-
Replace that battery cup with a solid one in front and redrill new holes for fittment or you'll destroy your servo case on.the first nose dive.
3 deg inboard mounts help handeling a ton if you can get them-
The.white slipper pads are junk, they glaze at first slip-

[DerbyDan]

Nice build.... I look forward to seeing it completed with electrics installed & body mounted & hearing how it goes compared with the other vintage runners at Caldicott, it almost seems a shame to run it

I agree with Reggie that your front shocks look too long for the tower that you are using, this will limit your suspension travel on the up-stroke

[peetbee]

Thanks for the comments guys,
Well spotted with the shocks, pulled the wrong ones out of my pitbox, will put the right ones on soon!
I've run the battery cup like that in previous cars with no problems, but will have a look as I think the chassis has the extra holes already.
Went for the 0 degree mounts as I have sooo much grip I've been grip rolling! (we run on carpet with schumacher yellow mini-pins)
I will admit to a slight cheat on this build in that I've been running the whole transmission on my Team car that I just retired and the slipper has been working great (despite me running the slipper way too loose at first) I'll keep an eye on it tho.

Next vintage race in a couple of week's Dan, will be running against XX, jrx2, CAT xls, Cougar 2 and a couple of other RC10's (have lent a graphite to someone else)

Will get some decent pictures up once everything's ready to roll

[REMJ666]

Gives me ideas for my modified A stamp chassis...

[jwscab]

anybody else having trouble seeing the images? all I see is 'Image' where a picture would be. noticed it on a couple different machines too, home and office.

[peetbee]

Strange they seem fine on my pc, ipad and cell phone - I can't see them at work but that's because they have blocked PhotoBucket who I'm using to host the pictures.

[knucklebuster]

Looks great. The chassis is screaming for old Novak electronics.

[REMJ666]

Very nice...Luv the orange and black theme

[Caine]

Lookin lovely Pete!

Chassis with the black plastic looks great.

Whoever did that chassis did a nice job, might have to get him to do a few for me!

[tagger]

Very cool. Now I know what scheme I want to do for my team car runner.

I just have to find somewhere that will do the powder coating where I live.

[250r]

Have you done the powder Coating before? How well.does it hold up to the dirt? I've got a PC machine from harbor freight I'm gonna give a chassis a try.

[Caine]

I did the chassis for Pete, I've done a few for myself but they've only ever been run indoors. They hold up fine but scuff just like anything else. As for how they hold up on dirt I'm unsure, maybe one of the many guys on here with pc tubs can give a bit more info.

[limestang]

Associated makes a chassis protective sheet (trim to fit) that you stick to the bottom of the RC10 (Mfg #9787). It does a great job of protecting the finish. If you go this route, I recommend making holes for the screws to allow for maintenance.

[peetbee]

Thanks for comments, I've finally finished it ready for it's first run this Friday Have the right shocks on it now, using Speed Passion speedo and 9.5 motor.
I've got some of the chassis protector, but never liked using it so will probably just run it as is and once it's looking really rough get Phil to repowder coat it!
At least I can let you know how hard wearing it is
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