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Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:33 pm
by Team Best Performance
RNO for some reason the pms I sent you seem to not have reached.Please send any additional scans and info on the Ryuz and other competition FF specials to [email protected](that also stands for anyone else who has info-I greatly appreciate it).Race coverage of races where FF buggies raced would be awesome too!

Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:58 am
by Mr. ED
Not a ryuz, but I heard team b. p. mention it before: the rabbit
(funny how it shares its name with the french fwd gas-buggy of the eighties)

Team, did you see the link to the racers report in the maxxum thread?

Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:09 am
by a01butal
Looks like something I dissected in biology class in high school.

Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:04 pm
by Mr. ED
retro rc an terry, this is for you guys ;)

Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:10 pm
by Mr. ED
and ofcourse I should stumble over the mugen just a couple seconds later:

Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:46 pm
by 59burst
Mr. ED wrote:retro rc an terry, this is for you guys ;)
can find NOS kits here in Korea

Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:32 pm
by Mr. ED
gatlin wrote:
Mr. ED wrote:retro rc an terry, this is for you guys ;)
can find NOS kits here in Korea
I' saw a specific note about this in a yahoo auction "not the korean version"
Any idea why it is seen as less valuable than the mugen version? Are there differences in material or finnish perhaps?

Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:16 pm
by terry.sc
Nice Mugen :lol:

It's interesting to get a good shot of the underside, those wishbones are well swept forwards and backwards which is almost pointless as the diffs are still hanging out past the wishbone mounts. I've not seen one in the flesh, they never made it over here, but those are the best pictures I've ever seen and it does look to have lots of interesting details on the chassis. Nice one Ed.

Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:12 pm
by Bormac
These cars were running at the 87 worlds at Romsey England. I used to race against one with my Optima and these cars didnt impress me at the time- :roll:

Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:59 pm
by Mr. ED
bormac wrote:... these cars didnt impress me at the time- :roll:
I don't think they impress anyone here even today, they're just curiosa.
interesting though to see how some good stuffs like the beltdrive could be mixed into such a toyish finish otherwise: I bet the design team had some internal conflicts :lol:

Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:39 pm
by R-NO
Team Best Performance wrote:RNO for some reason the pms I sent you seem to not have reached.Please send any additional scans and info on the Ryuz and other competition FF specials to [email protected](that also stands for anyone else who has info-I greatly appreciate it).Race coverage of races where FF buggies raced would be awesome too!
Hey,
here you go.
The first one (with KoPropo on wing) won the FF Class at the '92 Japanese nats.
You can see the 'Rabbit' posted by Ed in its original shape.
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Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:03 pm
by Team Best Performance
Oh man...This is really COOL.Thank you.Shall you find more in the future keep them coming.I know at least me and Mr ED would be very interested in seeing them.Thanks again,it is really appreciated.

Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:20 pm
by Bormac
Hell Yeah! This is awesome stuff! I love it!

Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:34 am
by 59burst
Mr. ED wrote:
gatlin wrote:
Mr. ED wrote:retro rc an terry, this is for you guys ;)
can find NOS kits here in Korea
I' saw a specific note about this in a yahoo auction "not the korean version"
Any idea why it is seen as less valuable than the mugen version? Are there differences in material or finnish perhaps?
both have noisy tranny. but the mugen version had better material.
sepecially, the shocks in Korean version are the worst.

Re: Ever seen a Ryuz???

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:08 pm
by terry.sc
Oh man, those FWDs almost make me want to start building something myself, after all I'm not short of spare Mid gearboxes :D