What was the issue?

Question - I have two kits - one had the MA9 which is this little sheet of paper that goes in between the motor and motor mount. Its labeled the MOTOR PLATE and it seems like its not stocked anywhere. I was going to just make one out of gasket material or just not install it. Tamiya put it in for a reason but I cant figure out why? Does anyone know why and is this really needed? The only purpose I could think of was a thermal break between the hot motor and the plastic motor plate.

Used mostly as a thermal break as you surmised.

Its both a thermal break, and it prevents dust from making it's way into the gearing.

My $100 eBay find TT02R that was converted with the Yeah Racing competition suspension and complete with electronics (Futaba TX/RX not pictured). I then modified it to have increased down travel and replaced the front spool with a 2nd sealed diff. This thing has more clearance than a Rally TT02, and obscenely more steering angle. Also has sway bars which is cool! Hope to finish it up and try it out soon.

For those that are curious, the Yeah Racing kit does have replacement suspension parts, they're the same as the Xpress XQ* line of cars.


Yeah Racing TATT-S04 converted for rally.

Recently bought adjustable upper arms for my tt02 drift build, and much to my chagrin when I adjust them so the wheels have negative camber the drive shafts get smooshed, and the wheels become harder to rotate, does anyone know if they make shorter driveshafts for the tt02 or if there is a solution to this problem, thanks.

Are there any o-rings or spacers in the drive cups that you could take out?

Thanks, Do you need to buy new drive cups for those? they don't look like they just fit right in.

The tt02 doesn't have any o rings from stock.

So you replaced the stock with tt02r drive cups and then the driveshafts fit?

Yeah Racing makes M07 33mm driveshafts does anyone know if those fit?

I spent time turning laps last night at our local indoor carpet track that was setup for 1/10th........was able to get some good consistent laps in but that consistency would melt away into unpredictability after a couple minutes.

The main culprit was one of the through-chassis mounts for the steering rack, and while I have the upgraded aluminum rack one of those mounts would loosen and lead to a ton of slop and wander, add in that I had a C-clip in one of my shocks come off and the piston was floating up and down independent from shaft.

Pulled the whole front end apart today and I think I came up with a permanent fix for metal on metal mounting through the chassis which means LocTite is in play.....so that should solve that crap show. I also finally got off my butt and got some nylon washers that were the right size to eliminate the slop in the front A-arms...... rebuilt it all and this could be the winning combo......

Been working on some floor aero the past couple days. Hopefully this keeps some air out of the body!