Trying To Get The Old RC10 Going

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ericmaibach
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Trying To Get The Old RC10 Going

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I just decided to dig my old RC10 out of storage in the basement and try to get it going again. I had a blast racing this thing when I was a kid, and I am hoping to get this going and have some fun with it with my kids. I have a couple of questions though that I was hoping somebody could help me with. My questions are:

- Are there any tires that are currently sold that will fit on this? I don't want to run down the original tires, and currently it has on old Schumacher Cat tires that are wearing down very quickly when I run it on concrete. So I would like to get something that looks decent, will hold up on concrete, but still be decent on a dirt track. However I am not sure where I can get any tires that will fit on it.
- Any ideas on what area of RC10 this is. From what I have read I am thinking that it is a Edinger. I am basing this on the front tires that came with it, and on the fact that the shock towers seem to be milled and not pressed. Does this seem correct.
- It has a decent amount of scratches on the bottom of it, and some of the parts are no longer stock. So based on this I am guessing that this is not going to be a collector, so I should just run it and enjoy it with my kids. Does this seem correct?

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Re: Trying To Get The Old RC10 Going

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I'm not sure if JC Racing Products are still selling the wheels or not, but you could check with them.

Look for RC10 5 spoke wheels under the 1/10 off road vehicles product section. You can run today's assortment of modern tires that way.

Check out: http://www.jcracingproducts.co.uk

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    Here, take a look at this thread and probably all your questions will be answered. I looked at oem tire options and they can be had in the tamiya world. But honestly it's easier to just get the JC racing whelks and go modern.
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    If the Cat wheels are 2.0" you could try the Custom Works Street Trac tires for concrete.

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    - Chris
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    Re: Trying To Get The Old RC10 Going

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    Thank you for the replies. I did do a lot of searching before I posted, but for some reason could not figure out the tires. I just ordered the wheels from JC Racing, and am beginning the search for tires.

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