Lone-wolf Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 I have ordered some parts to build a low budget 1/10th rally car, as i already have an F540 3300kv brushless motor with 60amp esc looking to be used all i had to do was find a suitable chassis and body plus paint, so i went for the HPI WRC Ford Focus shell, some core Metallic white paint and the fairly new out FTX touring builders chassis, not the best chassis option out there but reasonable ground clearance and as we know and love....parts are always available cheap as chips. Already having motor/esc/servo/RX means this has come out at about £130 including some white wheels with tyres from ebay 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshireman Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 I don't think that's a bad chassis for the money....certainly good enough if you're not racing! Keep thinking of getting one myself but can't decide what to build it into 🤔 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Yorkshireman said: I don't think that's a bad chassis for the money....certainly good enough if you're not racing! Keep thinking of getting one myself but can't decide what to build it into 🤔 Parts arrived this morning....Kudos to Modelsport, from what i have seen so far im very impressed, the FTX Chassis has lots more ground clearance than a TT02 or even the HPI RS4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 looking forward to seeing it come together mate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, Stormbringer said: looking forward to seeing it come together mate Making progress, found the brushless motor and fitted that with pinion, esc fitted, servo was a fail, figured i would use the stock one i pulled out of the Element Gatekeeper, but to say its new its a no go as the M3 screw that hold the horn is stuck fast and solid, so i have had to order an MG995, the body looks to be a nice fit, here is a pic of tomr`s one on HPI RS4 chassis, this was my inspiration for this build, i am going same colour scheme 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 that looks great dirty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshireman Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 4 hours ago, Lone-wolf said: Making progress, found the brushless motor and fitted that with pinion, esc fitted, servo was a fail, figured i would use the stock one i pulled out of the Element Gatekeeper, but to say its new its a no go as the M3 screw that hold the horn is stuck fast and solid, so i have had to order an MG995, the body looks to be a nice fit, here is a pic of tomr`s one on HPI RS4 chassis, this was my inspiration for this build, i am going same colour scheme What ever happened to tomr? Not seen him on here for ages! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Interested take, I was tempted to pick up the RS4 Creator Edition when that was on offer, this looks a suitable replacement. Good luck with it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 8 hours ago, Yorkshireman said: What ever happened to tomr? Not seen him on here for ages! He is still about but does not really post on here any more, what i do know he has really got into rc rally cars and seeing his Youtube he does some amazing builds 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonBluebird Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 I'm also interested in picking up something like this to get into RC rallying. Was also wondering if I wanted to take part in any competitions further along the line, do they have set rules on chassis, motors, batteries, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strugglecuddle7 Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago That looks great! thanks for reminding me to put my rally car up on the for sale page. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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