68LikesTamiya TA05 Touring Sedan
07-28-2005, 09:18 AM
#841
Supra66, look back maybe 2-4 posts. There is a post about suspension blocks, and I believe the Team Associated Ti Turnbuckles will fit, just use the tamiya ball cups..
07-28-2005, 09:31 AM
#842
Originally Posted by eeyan
(i'm just hoping i don't end up last... 
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I "should" have mine running this weekend with dual stock diffs. Yay!
07-28-2005, 09:58 AM
#843
Originally Posted by eeyan
Rod, let's run 23t this weekend... 
Time to get ready for that darn chumps thingy... 
(i'm just hoping i don't end up last... )
Time to get ready for that darn chumps thingy... (i'm just hoping i don't end up last... )Watched him race last sunday in our TCS running the nitro class.. all I can say is Daaaaaamn....
Can't wait for our finals in a couple weeks... should be fun!
07-28-2005, 10:11 AM
#844
Originally Posted by Supra66
While awaiting the kit to arrive, I am trying to order some parts so I can add them when I start building the kit. I have a few questions concerning the kit.
1) Does the kit plastic rear hub come with any toe built in?
2) Which 415 suspension mount do I need in order to set rear toe in for 2 or 2.5 deg. using the kit rear hub?
3) To replace the front suspension mount, I will need one 415 type A mount and a 415 type A bridge mount. Is that right?
4) Anyone has the measurement of the required turnbuckles in the kit?
1) Does the kit plastic rear hub come with any toe built in?
2) Which 415 suspension mount do I need in order to set rear toe in for 2 or 2.5 deg. using the kit rear hub?
3) To replace the front suspension mount, I will need one 415 type A mount and a 415 type A bridge mount. Is that right?
4) Anyone has the measurement of the required turnbuckles in the kit?
2 and 3) I guess you'll need Bridge-A front, and B rear, or anything with a 1-letter difference. The front mount on the rear end, and the rear mount on the front end have to be bridged, so A and Bridged-A will do for the front unless you want to go into the X mounts for a slightly shorter arm length.
4) They are: 4 3x28mm turnbuckles (camber), 2 3x23mm (steering), 1 3x32mm (Servo arm)
07-28-2005, 10:22 AM
#845
Tech Adept
Thanks again for the quick response. Is the kit wheel hub 4mm or 5mm?
07-28-2005, 03:26 PM
#849
If you could give me one good reason (can be more than one) of why you would buy the TA05 over the other cars, what would it be?
07-28-2005, 05:45 PM
#850
Originally Posted by vi3tishduy
If you could give me one good reason (can be more than one) of why you would buy the TA05 over the other cars, what would it be?
The JRXS is like a piece of art (depends, some hate it) has almost everything you need to race out of the box (Just add new alloy battery holder and front shocks mod) and I just love the center battery placement (just like the Yok YRF2, Kyosho KX-one and HPI Pro-3) tuff as a tank.
I would love to race this baby except for the fact that Losi spares where I live is quite lacking.
It'll also be a shame to scrape the lovely CF chassis on tarmac so I guess I'll only race her on Carpet.
The TA05 is loads cheaper, drivetrain is more free and just as tuff, I was quite surprised at how well balanced the fully loaded chassis is (with GP3300 cells) as compared with my other centrelined battery cars including the JRXS.
Wenching on the car is also easier due to the design.
Most importantly, Tamiya spares in my area is super duper available thus this would be the car I'll race with most often.
Cheers !
07-28-2005, 05:53 PM
#851
Thanks for the input.. It seems as if i'm totally opposite from you. The LHS in colorado only carry Losi, AE, and Traxxas... So I guess I should go with what ever lhs carry parts for... Although my lhs dont carry any parts for the JRXS yet. THey still have the TC3 and XXX-s.
07-29-2005, 02:42 PM
#852
Sorry guys, I think I made a boo boo on the Satoshi setup. I was reviewing the magazine and I noticed that the pictures didn't match the text. They labeled it wrong!! Anyways, the arm spacing for LW suspension is suppose to be like this... the numbers are the shims in mm.
Front /Arm/3/3/3/_____________/1/3/3/Arm/2/ Rear
Sorry...
Front /Arm/3/3/3/_____________/1/3/3/Arm/2/ Rear
Sorry...
07-31-2005, 02:36 PM
#854
ok, after a full weekend of racing this is how the 05 stacked up....
saturday, ran stock class in the winter champs, which is control rubber. qualified 6th in b final, finished 2nd
, last time went in a big stock race was lucky to get in the d final, so all good there.
sunday was the third round of a club chalenge we have, raced in 540 class as have all year, qualified 4th in A final but went backwards in finals to finish 5th
still one spot higher than best i could do with my x-ray fk04.
so all up very happy with this car and am looking forward to getting more setups to try on it.
oh the car was stock except alloy threaded shocks and a few spring sets, used kit setup and 40wt losi oil, blue tamiya springs all round. tried yellow all round but was a little soft for the track, did try 35wt in the rear for one round but lost too much steering, good if need more rear grip.
saturday, ran stock class in the winter champs, which is control rubber. qualified 6th in b final, finished 2nd
, last time went in a big stock race was lucky to get in the d final, so all good there.sunday was the third round of a club chalenge we have, raced in 540 class as have all year, qualified 4th in A final but went backwards in finals to finish 5th
still one spot higher than best i could do with my x-ray fk04.so all up very happy with this car and am looking forward to getting more setups to try on it.
oh the car was stock except alloy threaded shocks and a few spring sets, used kit setup and 40wt losi oil, blue tamiya springs all round. tried yellow all round but was a little soft for the track, did try 35wt in the rear for one round but lost too much steering, good if need more rear grip.
