GasGod

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That car SUCKS---
in a good way!

tankmiester82

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Gday im looking at buying a tamiya f103 or a f104
can anyone one out there give me a insight as what would be the better
model to race competitive ive spoken to a few pepole about it and the word is
the f103 is better for racing but looking at both spec sheets i reckon the f104 sounds better any suggestions

gtfour93

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This would be perfect for GTP/LMP bodies. Nice product!

BadSign

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Unless you're behind it- then it blows.

Man, think of the front wing failurs behind that thing.

oldnwise

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Waste of money for an F1 car and brushless motor. My brushless is only mildly warm after 5 minutes of racing.

Agree with previous posts that it would look ugly on an F1.

oldnwise

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If you are racing check with the members at your local track what works best for the track. The weight distribution of the two cars is totally different and particularly for the F104 what works at one track may not work at another.

kneedeeppow

Here is some pictures of my Redbull Racing F1. Its a F103,unsure of what sort of body it is,iy came with a parts lot i bought.

prorace

The F103 was designed with rubber tyres and asphalt in mind.
The F104 with foams and carpet.

In my home track (large outdoor asphalt), my 103 runs as well if not better than the bunch of 104's of the other guys.

InspGadgt

That is the Benneton body

InspGadgt

Actually the F103 was designed with foam tires. The rubber tires did not come out for the F103 until several years after it was first introduced. Pan cars in general do better on a foam tire than on a rubber tire if given enough grip and both cars are a type of pan car.

InspGadgt

If the grip is high enough to run foam tires...the F103 being wider and shorter wheel base will be quicker through the corners. But if grip is low and rubber tires are being used than it could go either way. At our track the rubber tires made for the F104 get better grip so they generally do better than the F103 on rubber tires.

Sir Tamiyalot

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Hi, what brushless motor (turns) would you sugest for a controlled class? Is 17.5t too fast? We will be using f103's & f104's on asphelt with rubber tyres.
Thanks

InspGadgt

Depending on the size track a 17.5 may be fine...but to be a more controlled class maybe look at a 21.5 from the VTA series or a 25.5.

westy1969

We run a f1 17.5 competition, the speed is great. around 70kph.
The cars that we run are; F103, F104, TRG109, 3R-F109, HPI F10, Corally, Selfbuild.
The tires that we use are from Ride and TRG.

Here is a video i posted earlier;

+ YouTube Video

stefka

Hi, f103ers,
I just started out with Pancars and found a F103 together with this body:. Previous owner could not comment on it...

When searching I could only find the F103 with the Audi R8 Spyder type body(58247), not this Audi R8C closed body type.

Is it another brand in the end ?

I want to know what I got before I wreck it

ideas, anyone ?
cheers, Stefan