burklewis76 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 need some help on this one please, my son picked this up at a carboot last weekend was told its a drift car, but we have no idea what its is, its a bit of mis match its got a schumacher race motor a traxxas radio receiver and looks like an old speed controller its a 4wd belt driven car but belt is missing so its only running 2wd from the back he was hoping to make it a drift car so any help would be very grateful lo how do i add pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burklewis76 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 need some help on this one please, my son picked this up at a carboot last weekend was told its a drift car, but we have no idea what its is, its a bit of mis match its got a schumacher race motor a traxxas radio receiver and looks like an old speed controller its a 4wd belt driven car but belt is missing so its only running 2wd from the back he was hoping to make it a drift car so any help would be very grateful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiza1208 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Looks abit like a old Tamiya TA model like a TA04 or similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burklewis76 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 think it my be a tamiya ta04??? Looks abit like a old Tamiya TA model like a TA04 or similar yes thats what we was thinking, are they any good use for drifting?? with a few upgrades ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capri-boy Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 No reason it won't drift - though I've never been much involved with the scene. I'd think your going to need to swap the mech speed control for an esc though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burklewis76 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 yes ive just ordered a new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamiyacowboy Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) TA-04 did have a tub like chassis, where this is a flat pan, could be an upgraded ie the TA-04 Pro , or a stock TA04 with some added extras. looking at your picture i would say the rear drive belt is also worn and has some stretch to it. your missing the front belt,so replace both of these. Drifting, any car will drift if it has a good torque pickup and is SET UP to drift. stock you will have the 4x4 style drift ( like a scoobie - mitsy none rally car) its the starting place to learn. once you have this skill trained ie throttle control and steering balance, you will want a more real like feel. to gain real like drive drifting you need what we call a 1.5 mod, we want the rear output to be 1.5 ratio, but the front drive to have a 1 ratio , here we change out the drive belt pullys to adjust the power ratio to the front and rear. we need a little drive on the front end but most from the rear so it lets go more easy. in NONE drift mode, you have a nice entry race chassis throw in a race legal 27 turn motor and a suitable battery and you can go racing. just a swap of tyres to something more sticky and less slippy. its not going to be a top of the range chassis, but it will teach a young driver control on throttle and steering and will take a good clout or two into the side rails. when he wants more power it is a motor upgrade to brushless and a upto 40% power boost. Radio system is fine but in a club you may get problems, it is a crystal handset so they do pick up a little interferance on 27mhz band, nothing to worry about as nearly everyone is running digital signal transmissions. should be fine for messing around with. Edited October 31, 2014 by Tamiyacowboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burklewis76 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 thanks for the help i had a sneaky feeling it was a ta04 but wasnt sure ,yeah its a crystal handset but will pick up better one soon just wanted him to hve something to learn with before we go out spending on the drift car he wants for xmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trans4Mation Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I'd say it's a clone looks abit like the ta04 but ta04 never had belt cover & never used the front arm set up like your there's used track rods . It looks like kyosho ish to me by the msc / resistor an the look of the plastic , front shocks look to be from a tamiya . Google imige old rc car I'm sure one will pop up. I've never seen one before in 35+ yrs in this hobby. Good luck getting it running. Take the msc out an see if you can see an name on it or if a k on the chassis anywhere. I know kyosho an the cheap brand bymco used that type of msc . Hobby co back in the day cloned few tamiya chassis styles but they used different grade plastic too an added one thing to make them look different . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burklewis76 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 I'd say it's a clone looks abit like the ta04 but ta04 never had belt cover & never used the front arm set up like your there's used track rods . It looks like kyosho ish to me by the msc / resistor an the look of the plastic , front shocks look to be from a tamiya . Google imige old rc car I'm sure one will pop up. I've never seen one before in 35+ yrs in this hobby. Good luck getting it running. Take the msc out an see if you can see an name on it or if a k on the chassis anywhere. I know kyosho an the cheap brand bymco used that type of msc . Hobby co back in the day cloned few tamiya chassis styles but they used different grade plastic too an added one thing to make them look different . it runs pretty quick to be fair just wanted to find out what it is and if i can get it set up to drift for my son Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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