ninjagaiden Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Guys So my "Tee Bee Oh Phwoar" arrived in double quick time from RCMart in HK today, together with a matrixline carbon printed Z4 shell from Wheelspin. The TB04 looks fab, whilst the shell is a bit meh... 40 years of Tamiyas. I got my first one in 1982!!! Hopup list - full BB set is included which I hadn't ascertained from my reading. Metric hex hardware too. Tonight's bedtime reading... Matrixline shell. Prepainted, but comes with overspray mask and paintable light buckets. What's that all about??!?? Rookie error - some Essex boy has only gone and carbon wrapped the windows too!!! Will have to do some custom cutout vinyl for the windows. I suspect I'll just get a Moore-speed shell in the end. Ah well - at least the slicks I ordered look okay... I've heard on the TB04 Pro v1 there were some alternative build guides that did things slightly differently to the Tamiya instruction book, mostly to do with the diff build I believe. If anyone has any experience I'd be most grateful for pointers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qatmix Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 The new manual should show you the right way to build the car, the first one you could build the bulkheads out of alignment. If you check my build on www.thercracer.com that is the correct way, and I think Tamiya has changed the manual to do it in that order now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjagaiden Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Thank you so much! I'll compare your build guide and the manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurcyP Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I just saw the price on rcmart They are practically giving em away!! Why's that... Makes me tempted to get one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjagaiden Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Exactly! I asked and they were very kind filling out the customs form and shipping was only 5 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjagaiden Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Some pics with the matrixline shell. I'm not happy with it but I've done what I can... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurcyP Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 wonder what the car is like in regards to torque steer and 13.5t boosted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipwell Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I wouldn't have thought it would be as bad as the old style shaft drives because the motor now sits the same way as it would on a belt drive car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjagaiden Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 When I get the electrics I'll be able to confirm this, but yes that's my understanding for a transverse mount motor. The driveshaft itself seems very light in terms of rotating mass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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