Sneaking into a ‘Vintage’ RC Car Race with a Modern 2wd Buggy! 

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Cheers dude 👌

No probs… although it was taught to me by a pro

Hahahaha

Thanks mate. I always try to get a driver figure if I can

Horses for courses my friend. Scale realism is awesome in a crawler or a show car. Hell last weekend at our club bash a guy brought out a 64 impala with working hydraulics and full leather interior. But I personally like speed and power. Even my tamiya tt02 is chopped up and modified to be fast. It hurt to chop the bumpers off a gt4 mustang body. Bottom line. Run what ya brung. If you're having fun you're doing it right. If you aren't having fun then you're the only person in the world who drives an RC car the "wrong way"

Cab forward is hideous to me too.

"A modern 'cab forward' buggy does absolutely nothing for me, *it resembles nought in the real world* " Someone's never heard of a prerunner buggy. Granted, cab-forward bodies still don't look _quite_ like real prerunner buggies, but then again "modern" cab-rearward bodies don't actually look that much like full-size sand rails or arena buggies either. I do agree with you on _some_ cab forward bodies, though. For me the body lines have to be right. Tekno's are as ugly as a buttock on a baboon, but the Losi 8ight 2.0's stock body had a more sweeping, half-teardrop shaped cab design that actually looks quite nice and fit in with the center-cab 1/8th scale buggies they ran alongside, rather than the chunky, angular designs we see today. Still, the whole reason for cab-forward has _NEVER_ been looks. High-bite tracks demand lots of downforce up front for better steering, and the positioning of the windshield actually makes a significant impact on that. If we were to see a switch back to looser track surfaces then maybe cab-rearward designs would make a comeback. I don't see that happening, though, because modern 1/10th scale racing drivers are obsessed with having THE BEST traction, they don't want to have to learn to race on loam or dusty hard pack.

It was awesome 🤘

I have one and I feel the steering is not good enough with those long thin arms going to the servo

@@channonsmith3157 yes so do I, and I completely agree, I was just wondering whether if it was modified with maybe wider front arms and improved steering angle and cg also better suspension would help, that it may be able to trundle around in reasonable times!

Would certainly be interesting to see!

@@TomleyRC yes, it could be called: "Sneaking into a 'modern' RC car race with a Vintage 2wd buggy!" Or: "modifying a useless buggy to beat the pros!" I spend too much time thinking of titles 😂

If I remember correctly, the grasshopper didn't have independent suspension at the rear! Would be a nightmare to race that! 😅

2 awesome buggies 👌

Cheers mate. Yeah, was a fun evening, even though I didn’t quite get up there with the leaders

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Cheers dude

Thank you. I try to keep it real, and although I do sometimes spend a fair bit, I am aware that not everyone is as lucky as me.

Yeah, we have fun haha. I’ll take a look at the dampers

Haha… he got some good shots

Yeah, Kevin did a great job!

Yes, definitely

Haha yes… although he wasn’t trying to also drive 😅

@@TomleyRC just poking fun Sir. Your videos are awesome.

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Yes… I’ve had it ready for ages. Just had to stick it in a queue

Awesome buggies 👌

@@TomleyRC yea even got the orgional brittle plastic steering knuckles lol and a 30+ year old Servo. Still fun on the sand though

It’s a Insta360 Go2

Haha… I try my best 😅

This one is just under 2hrs away from me. So not really local

Yes, Tamiya for the most part are still producing the same products they were 30yrs ago

@@TomleyRC Thanks for the reply. They seem to be quite popular on RU-vid. Is there something that I am missing?

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@@TomleyRC Just they seem to get narrower at the back as they get nearer the body was all. Maybe camera angle as didn’t affect your traction

yes that's one of the simplest ways to set up a slipper, you can also delete it entirely with a spool and just ensure your always using appropriate gearing too, but that's your call.

I think most people swap it out to a normal geared diff

@@TomleyRC it looks like the Tamiya 54471 Steel Gear Differential Unit Rear for the Ta06 is compatible. Do you think that’s a better upgrade than the slipper? Would you also need the slipper if you do the geared diff? I know you can play with thicker weight diff fluid with a gear diff.

Yeah, would need a bit of work to get done fitted

About $75 if you convert how much I paid