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cheers XV Pilot, thats a good way of looking at it, i really wasnt happy with the way this Shell turned out anyway, I'll definetly be getting 1 or 2 more shells of the E30 M3!

hey guys, i thought i'd finish the thread off with a video of how the bmw turned out with the new motor, i have to say its an absolute untamed BEAST with the speed passion triple M 10.5t 4000kv and 55t spur 25t pinion the top speed is scary, i have to put the power down very gradually otherwise things will go south very fast as you will see in the video unfortunately lol, i think i might try to soften the damping in the rear suspension to try stop it loosing traction so much, 2s lipo adds sooo much torque compared to nimh its great, anyone still using nimh power packs i'd highly recommend moving to a good reliable brand of lipo and learning how to take care of them safely it's definitely worth it!, unfortunately i lost control and drove the car into the kerb at 4:00, the car wouldnt respond after that, it was a pretty hard smack and when i took the body shell off the top section of the ESC had completly seperated from the base but i clipped it back on, disconnected and reconnected the battery and it was up and running again! 1:57 gives you an idea of the speed its capable of, thats not even top speed. some pictures of the damage from that days run, was worth it though! thanks folks <3

ah thanks Pilot!, i knew this loctite would come in handy for something lol, and yea i suppose it boils down to whatever works best for you regarding glue thickness, i'll give the loctite a whirl and see how it goes, thanks again guys!

thanks Chris! lol good tip about the gel glue also cheers!, just found some of this in a drawer, wondering if it would be ok to use i can get some proper gel stuff? It says Cyanoacrylate on the back which i guess means CA glue

ouch headaches are never good, i suppose i'd look a bit funny wearing a respirator while rcing lol, Oh nice, i didnt know there was a type S version of the drift chassis, those are some nice hop ups it comes with i'll definetly keep this one in mind cheers Pilot!, thanks for the kind words chewie!, haha yea thats a good point about making the TT rwd but im planning on getting an aftermarket subaru shell for it oh stop it you make me blush hahaha, but seriously i'm really not happy with the way the bmw turned out, i made a mess of the left front wing stickers and i could've done a much better job cutting out the body, i had a hard time seeing the line when using curved lexan scissors, i think on my next shell i will mark it out with a marker first before cutting!. one thing i'd like to ask is i tried gluing some tyres using this tamiya glue i let it dry for a couple of hours but it was easy to peel the tyre away from the wheel like u see here, one thing i didnt do was wash the tyres/wheels before hand, did i use the wrong type of glue?

ouch...well i like tinkering with stuff so i might give nitro or petrol a try in the near future, i'm gonna do alot more research first though, for now i think i'll stick with good ol' electric, i think its pretty impressive though that now you see electric car performance keeping up if not surpassing their nitro/petrol counterparts!. If those are the only differences with the TT02D chassis i might just go with that, thanks buddy!

Thanks Dave!, would you say nitro has a steeper learning curve than electric rc?, like is there lots of things you need to know about tuning and stuff to get it running good?, for the TT02 i've been looking at the Porsche Carrera RSR or the Lancia Delta, i probably wouldn't go with the box art though like i did with the previous two, I really like the look of the Toyota Supra too but it appears to only be available on the TT-02D chassis, im not sure how a drift chassis would perform as a normal a Touring car, i've been eyeing the Pandora Subaru 22b STI body shell too but i think it would need offset wheels for it to look right on the tt02.

haha yea i certainly dont wanna flip the car!, i'm planning on getting a new body for the tt01 just incase, i've been trying to calculate the theoretical speed, according to this calculator http://dhrc.rchomepage.com/RolloutCalc.htm it could reach 35+!! with a 55t spur, 25t pinion and a 4000kv motor which i think the speed passion 10.5t has but not im not sure. according to that calculator the 17.5t passion motor at stock spur (61t) with a 19t pinion will do around 20mph? does that seem about right to you guys? for now im just gonna try the 25/55 pinion/spur with the 17.5 motor and see if that makes a difference, dont get me wrong its fast as it is, i just want to see what a little tweaking can do hehe.

thanks XV!, is your TT pretty speedy with that motor gear ratio? do u know what kind of top speed you hit?, my future tamiya build is going to be a TT02 and an offroad buggy chassis i think, not sure which one yet, i know this is like blasphemy because i like tamiya so much but i really like the look of the HPI WR8 flux Fiesta too, ive been lookin at videos of it and boy does it fly with a 3s setup!!, i'd also like to have a nitro or petrol car too, i dont know if you have any experience with those cars?

welp they are finally finished guys! , i wanna thank everyone who has contributed to helping me in this thread, especially the likes of XV Pilot, TmaxxDave, TC, Chewie and Atom. i started out knowing literally nothing about electric hobby rc cars and with your help i was able to assemble these two! I took the TT01 out yesterday and im thrilled with it!, it was really stable and was off the line pretty quick with the Speedpassion motor!, the reverse speed seems to be a bit slow compared to the FF01 brushed motor though, dunno if its supposed to be like that or theres a setting for it somewhere. The FF-01 and TT-01 I'm using the stock steering assembly on the FF until the gpm arrives. The Matrixline Ford focus body on the FF-01 v i really wanna try a 10.5t motor in the TT01, i think thats the lowest that the TBLE-02s esc will support but tamiya suggests to use the tamiya TFU-01 Cooling fan unit, would this fan be able to plug into the receiver?, right now i'm using a 21t pinion with the stock 61t spur, would it be ok to try for example a 28t pinion with a smaller spur gear such as 55 tooth?, I'd like to gain some more top speed

just checked the instructions, you're right it does say that, what the hell hahaha, i didnt do that with the FF01 either and that was with a TBLE 02 also, albeit a different brand tx and brushed motor.

thanks XVPilot ill set the trim to nuetral and try adjusting the servo linkages first and see if that makes a difference, i'll take your word for it about the wires i have no idea...i dont know how i managed to do that since i made a note of which colour goes to which connector >.<...so now the tx is back to being "not reversed" for the want of a better word lol

that seems to have fixed it, took the motor out and put the wires in the correct place and then put it back in and rest the esc again, wow i really panicked there i hope nothing has been damaged from that. It sounds great, it bit more of a metal sound when everything turns compared to the FF01 guys i have noticed the front wheels are slightly to the left, not sure if you can tell from the picture, the plastic thing below in the picture with the arrow next to it, when i put that on the servo it wouldnt fit on straight up, it would be either a bit to the left or to the right, not sure why, would adjusting the tie rod fix that and straighten the wheels?

i will try that as soon as the new steering parts arrive thanks alot!

theres 3 letters on the motor, i remember now blue goes to A, yellow goes to B, and orange goes to the other letter i cant see because of the motor position, it looks like they are in the wrong holes