Originally Posted by toolman207

Are you able to tell me what size body fits the 3 racing advance 1/10 ? 190 or 200?

thanks

Originally Posted by toolman207

Hi everyone, I've recently just purchased the Sakura Advance Touring Car chassis kit (it's in transit as we speak) This will be my first on road RC car and my first real attempt at competing at some sort of comp level. For anyone reading this don't panic I do plan to crawl before I try and walk but i'm looking for some advice on a few things. I've read on this forum that the outdrive cups are a little fragile and that a good replacement would be from the Tam 417? would someone be able to give me a part number?

I've also seen a couple of people swapping out the spur gear, I assume this is to give better pinion/spur ratios? I've attached a link to the track I'll be primarily racing at bendigorccarclub.com/about-us/ I'm just wondering if someone could tell me by the footage and info if that's classed as a short or long track? and also maybe what spur and pinion would be worth testing?

I do plan to talk to the guys at the local club but I imagine some of you guys are quite competitive and possibly race at multiple locations, experience counts for everything and some of you no doubt if not all of you have the runs on the board.

I plan on doing a build video as there doesn't seem to be much footage on youtube at the moment.

thanks in advance and a big G'day to everyone on the forum.

Trav

Originally Posted by (0000000000)

That looks like a nice track in Aussie, where it is hot and warm right now.

Out of the box, the car will work great on asphalt. Setup tools are highly recommended, if you don't already have them.

I ran my Sakura xi with an FDR of 3.6 this past summer at my local asphalt track, and intend to start there again with this car. To get to 3.6, changing the spur gear was necessary.

417 outdrives are difficult to come by these days. But spare 3Racing outdrives are very easy to come by now - and very affordable.

If this is your first car, I recommend buying some arms, hubs, and knuckles, as the lightweight graphite ones will likely fail when you first test the boards.

Have fun and good luck!

I am certain that you will get plenty of pointers at the local track, but please keep in mind that the Sakura is followed by a black cloud over its head. People don't like hearing that a fully capable race car was purchased for $250 USD, when they have probably spent triple that amount on their own car.

Originally Posted by alphaqgti

Finally received my screws, nuts, and shims. Here it is after everything was swapped out:









The screws and the shims don't quite match exactly, but at least there is no more pink

Originally Posted by toolman207

Looks sweet, I also like your rims what sort are they?

Originally Posted by alphaqgti

Thanks! The wheels are Dynamite pre-mounted 10 spoke wheels with the spec Ride USGT tires (part# DYN7957). I use these for practice since the tires that are mounted are the same USGT Spec RIDE RIE24025 tires. These Dynamite wheels cost about $8-$10 less than the Gravity pre-mounted wheels. I use the actual Gravity wheels only on race days.

Originally Posted by toolman207

I just bought myself a set, I'll need something to use while im getting a feel for things. Do you get reasonable tire life when using just for practice?

Originally Posted by mooby64

The Ride tires hold up very well and stay pretty consistent through the life of the tire. You can easily run them bald and they still work.