Originally Posted by Racecrafter

Thanks Tech5!

My goal was to be on pace with the average of the 13.5 TC's with my 17.5 RCGT car. I was close I think I was .6-.7 seconds average a lap slower than they were. not bad for a car with "radial" tires on it.

Originally Posted by Timmie

Hey sell me your center one way and that can offset your cost on the spool
You will like the spool. In some ways I feel they make the car easier to drive for a lot of people. Yeah hop ups are addicting hehe. I think it is a lot of the fun in the hobby. With all the high end cars out there, you can't really do much to improve them. With the TB03, even though it is really good out of the box, there are hop ups available that make a performance improvement that don't cost a whole lot. I think that does a lot for the appeal of the car to a lot of people. It's fun to get that new hop up you have been waiting to buy, and being all excited about it Reminds me of the old days with my hpi's and bragging to my friends about the new carbon top plate for my NRS4...LOL!

Originally Posted by bluesxman

The only thing I can think of is a servo saver. The kit servo saver is junk. I assume you are good on springs, tires, and shock oil options?

Originally Posted by Timmie

Yes, they will perform the same. What tires are you planning to use? If you don't know what tires you will be using, just get some Much More aqua inserts. They work really well and are inexpensive to purchase. Your list looks good, but I would add a hex head screw kit to it as well. Trust me, the phillps head screws will drive you nuts! A friend that I recently converted to Tamiya...HEHHEHE.....bought a TA05 and got a nice stainless screw kit from Tony's screw kit or something. Worth checking out.

Originally Posted by tns

Pardon the noob question, but what exactly is the difference between a TC (touring car?) and a RCGT car? The impression I've been getting is that a RCGT car uses "realistic" body shells, rims and perhaps tires, whereas a TC would likely be 100% geared towards racing i.e. dish wheels, slicks, protoform bodies...

Anyway, for a car with 17.5T to clock so close a laptime to 13.5T cars sounds really impressive!

Originally Posted by Racecrafter

You hit that right on the head!! RCGT is a spec class and I call the UFO's that resemble nothing a TC (touring car)

Originally Posted by slakr

Hey... that would be me

It's not a SS screw kit, but Tony's Screws are good stuff.
This is the kit I got for TA05v2... http://www.tonysscrews.com/product.s...&categoryId=60
It's a 136 piece kit for the TA05.
There is also a 180 piece kit for the TA05MS... http://www.tonysscrews.com/product.s...&categoryId=60
I also have various RC Screwz SS screw kits from other models; so far I have been able to avoid using the phillips heads

Originally Posted by tns

Say, is that a photo of your tb03 up on the teamtrf website? The wing on the car looks significantly larger than the ones from tamiya racing wing kit for EP cars. Would there be any advantage to switching over from the smaller EP car wings to the larger ones for nitro cars (other than simply looking nicer with the larger wing )?

Originally Posted by CSaddict

My TB03 will not be here till Tuesday. Which screw kit will do the job? With the 136 piece kit have mostly everything? Do I need the 180 kit?

Originally Posted by Racecrafter

Yes, the wing on my R35 is one from another manufacturers body that I ran last year. Which is also the same body/wing combo that was legal at the Reedy Race of Champions in RCGT.

There has been some debate recently as to its legality now that I'm in the top 5 for points. I have many other options to chose from of which I have yet to try. The more that is debated, the more I will test and the faster I will become.

Jimmy W

Originally Posted by SKYFLAKES

Oh, I forgot the servo saver, thanks for reminding. I already have a bunch of springs from HPI and Associated, but I will try the milky whites from tamiya too. for oil I have a lot of muchmore oils ranging from 350 to 500.



Tim I will be mostly using the SOrex tires but maybe i will try also the muchmore tires because its cheaper.

Originally Posted by Hebiki

fast guys are always scrutinized

wait.. maybe thats why no one cares what i run.

Originally Posted by Racecrafter

I care what you run. (That is if you ever get out and run.... :P)


Jimmy W