Ok, so finally received mine since it was shipped to Mo (old address) instead of NY. Was excited like a little school girl when the box came in. One minor issue, the air pack shipping things failed and the box got a dent in it. No damage to the car whatsoever but I kind of wanted the box to save as my original box is looking pretty damn sad. Anywho, I was tempted to just put it in the corner as I don't have bearings for this thing yet. But then I figured what the hell, had my youngest boy (the 4yr old gearhead) by my side excited to see in this thing. So seals ripped and parts looked over. Chassis looks good, everything appears to be on the good side. So I figured I'd let him help me out. He didn't get past step one. Pulled out the chassis, nose and front body mount. Then he wanted all the parts bags to put his Hotwheels in. So I have some work in that department. I decided that I'm going to slowly put this together as I'm unsure which direction to go. I do believe this will get built in an offroad form and not Dirt Oval. Later I might just try to get this thing modernized or WOIN. I couldn't see myself putting on the stock steering as I've never liked it. I did have most of a vintage A&L steering and used some parts off an old Havoc to get the steering set up. I cleaned up the old bearings but it will need some in the future. Speaking of bearings, since I do not have the ones for the tranny, I am really considering putting a stealth in it since I have tons of those.
I was reading about that. Worse case scenario, I'll use some of the old stuff. We used to use dang near everything in the house to limit shocks for dirtoval racing.
Maybe I'm just used to Facebook, but I was like looking for the "Like" button. I have tons of stuff like that laying around. I think I watched too much MacGyver as a kid. I don't have a ton of money so I make stuff work. Had a Havoc 2.1 once and took out the gear diff. Then I figured I'd replace it with a ball diff from one of my B4 trans. Well needless to say the geardiff was much wider and the ball diff had so much play. But I was determined. So after shaving down two spur gears I put over the outdrives, it was BUTTER!!!
Well can't stay away from it. Been wrenching on my buddies stuff since he's one of those new age RC guys that doesn't know how to turn a wrench. Its funny I'm now putting old parts on a brand new car. A little weird.
The front steering tie rods are a little long. The A&L steering system was missing the two outside holes so I had to trim it up a little. But I think I found enough parts to run these tie rods.
Mocking up, gonna put a stealth in it. Have the white case soaking in cleaner right now. Will start the Hydrogen Peroxide bath tomorrow.
Actually a guy named Walt made these in class. He was going to do the other stealth transfer too. But I guess the teacher had an issue with the projects. A few people on here got them. I was lucky to get two aluminum ones and one delrin. They've been mounted in a couple other cars. Since many have talked about the stop of the run, I think I'll put it together tomorrow in Stock form. Well with a stealth in it. Wish I had white long arms for the front. Only have black. Maybe when I get tired of my dirt oval rc10s, I'll upgrade this re re.
Well its in roller form and starting to mount the body. Everything is stock out of the box FOR NOW with the following exceptions. Bearings, chrome rims, CVDs and soon too be a white stealth. Eventually I want this thing to resemble closely to my second RC10 I took over from my dad. When we started racing rc, he had a stealth goldie and me a Blackfoot. When I proved I could wheel better than him, he picked up a 6 gear for me. After the season I took over his and my 6 gear was traded off. So for now she'll be an off road shelf queen and eventually might turned into a dirt modified. Just need white wide arms...Unfortunately I have all black ones.
HI!... I see your front body mount was massively short as well. I used a longer one with a 1/4 inch spacer under it just to get it to come through the body.
Ok, so made it back to the states. I'm still waiting on my RC10 Classic to come in. They mailed it to an old address so awaiting Tower's correction. Should be next Friday they say. Meanwhile I'm trying to spend some time with the family but I can't...
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Ok, so let's edit this thing and make it a build thread. We'll start with the Late Graphite as that's the car I'm currently focused on. It was pretty good out of the box...literally how I picked it up off a buddy. Speed was off and I'm really lost...
Ok, I figured just to make a post here in the RC10 tech since I'm not building the other brands. lol. I figured as I run into a problem I'll post here as I plan on picking y'all's brains as much as possible. Ok, so for starters. On a recent pick up,...
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Reg...all on my fb. I'll get them up later. Car bounces like a lowrider so dont think I got the shocks right. 30wt with#2 pistons. Also picked up a spring kit used as I was having difficulties figuring the differences between silver and golds. I did...
I had a few days off work so took the opportunity get on with some of my R/C projects which included making a start on my new-build JRX2.
First, I dug out all of the parts that i've collected over the years. This collection was started following a...
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Sorry chaps! I've only just noticed that this thread got 'bumped up' - unfortunately JRX2 No.3 kinda stopped along with that last post about a year ago.... all the parts are residing in a box ready to be assembled into a car..... which probably...
Now I'm not a big fan of nib collections, I just don't see the point, never have done, until this arrived today. 8)
The fact that it's near perfect, 25 years old, and Senna's car, makes me want to keep it as it is, but that does kinda go...
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Hi - given the age of this thread this may be a long shot but I’d hugely appreciate scans of the manual if you happen to have it still, please? I finally retrieved my kit out of the storage unit it was in for many many years and all the parts are in...
Firstly, if this is i the wrong section, feel free to move it. :wink:
I've got back into RC fairly recently having raced an RC10 (among others) back in the 80's, so thought I'd buy re-re classic. I purchased a used classic that was a bit...
Last night I found some aluminum front shock towers, milled motor plate, and rear arm carriers made by GPM. Just google GPM RC10 original. They say they're all made for the original RC10. Not vintage parts, but still very cool.
Ok so a friend gave me his old A stamp car to get running. I would like to update it so that i can get parts that are more available. What i think i have as follows.
A stamp w/6 gear
Looks like Andys front a arms
Possibly stock rear a arms?
Nose...
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The Stealth tranny is absolutely the way to go with modern brushless setups. Heck, it's the way to go regardless. I used to race back in the late 80's with the 6 gear, and it sucked. Sucked then, and still sucks. Spur diff ball slippage will always...
Later I might just try to get this thing modernized or WOIN. I couldn't see myself putting on the stock steering as I've never liked it. I did have most of a vintage A&L steering and used some parts off an old Havoc to get the steering set up. I cleaned up the old bearings but it will need some in the future. Speaking of bearings, since I do not have the ones for the tranny, I am really considering putting a stealth in it since I have tons of those. 
I have tons of stuff like that laying around. I think I watched too much MacGyver as a kid. I don't have a ton of money so I make stuff work. Had a Havoc 2.1 once and took out the gear diff. Then I figured I'd replace it with a ball diff from one of my B4 trans. Well needless to say the geardiff was much wider and the ball diff had so much play. But I was determined. So after shaving down two spur gears I put over the outdrives, it was BUTTER!!!
