Difuser

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Glitching I thought it was 5 min brain fade you must me getting old if it's coming on at 1 lap now

haha

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Difuser

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Mark try 2 things with the front gear case

Replace the three 3x8mm screws with 3x12 and also add .1-.3mm shim between the crown and bearing to help tighten the lash

Peter is running no shim and needed a real good board tap to get the clicks I was running .3 and a light tap did it.

The main cause of failure is a board tap on high traction since most are running indoors or for those goldenchildren(Rod and Madjack) who live in SoCal then jumping the curbs at Tamiya America. It seems to be a freespin with a solid landing putting a big shock load through the drivetrain

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rtypec

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Damage report: Well, let's see...

The 414M2 suffered a broken chassis and suspension blocks when the screws tore through and out the rear end of the chassis. The rear toe block is bent and I'm missing a bunch of those magical shims. This is from a rear impact (plowing) by another car. Prior to this, I replaced the rear shock tower, diff halves, front rear block, and center oneway from a major shunt into a pole when the shock tower collapsed exiting a 180 causing the car to hook into the aluminum bat...errr pole. Lessons learned, give up on a high roll center setup and try to be quick with the suspension blocks as close to the chassis as possible. Two sets of new tires/wheels bent and mangled.

The Evo3 suffered a little bit less damage. The inner camber link screws (Ti) are bent on one side. One bent aluminum universal shaft, drivetrain REALLY clicking. The salvaged set of tires from the 414M2's fiasco are completely warped/cracked. And a bruised ego

Also, I vented a brand new set of really good UMH cells in my second qualifier.

Dan, I've been mostly cured from the 5 minute standing comas, however, there have been a few times when everything kinda feels foreign to me. You know you're up on the stand, and you begin the think to yourself: Is this how I hold my radio? Is this my radio? Why does my steering wheel feel so squishy and soft? Why does it feel like there's a 4 second lag between me and my car? Is this my car? Why can't i maintain a race line, why does my head feel so light? Why is everything getting fuzzy? Doh! I'm in a coma again!

Potato

rtypec,
Most people call that a stroke.

izzyracer

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My knees lock up when I'm in the stand, and my eyes start to flicker, my jaws seem to lock up too...what do you call that? a 5 minute seizure?

rayhuang

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Will the RW spur gearsfit and also will a 100 tooth spur fit? With a small modification of the top plate-can you make a 100 tooth fit?

weaponx

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you can run 108 with that small modification to the top plate. thats what I use is 108 tooth spur

rayhuang

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WeaponX-thanks!!! I needed some spare spurs gears for my TC3-so I thought I'd get some for my EVO as well!!! The kit ones for some reason look ....well not that good.

weaponx

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I have not used the RW spur gears but I dont see why they would not work. 108 tooth spur is the largest spur you can use with out the gear extending below the chassis.

izzyracer

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Another win for the TB EVO 3 at the Thailand International Touring Car Championship lead by SURIKARN CHAIDEJSURIYA


Follow this link for more info in Japanese...yikes!
http://www.tamiya.com/japan/rc/thailand/index.htm

Yokio

Hi guys,

Is there a transponder mount available from Tamiya for the TB EvoIII?

I need a part#.

izzyracer

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You can probably use one from the TA04 or 414M series or punch a hole on your car body.

Wilfred

Now that Team TRF are using evo3s, Hope they allow 414m2s to compete in TCS, or ban the evo3 on the TCS.

KINGZJ

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here in the U.S. they do allow the m2's to compete in the tcs races infact one just won the tcs race at my local track..........

Wilfred

Here in the Philippines they don't. Don't know why, they say its marketing strategy????? Donnu now that TRF drivers are using evo3s.