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I need advice!! I'm new to compulsive RC buying, and just finished spending way too much money replacing almost everything on my old 3905 Emaxx to convert it to brushless 6s. It's my only RC vehicle, and I had a huge blast. I'm enjoying it still, but now I want something I can just blast around in the street with. I'm in love with the Kyosho 1969 Camaro body. Should I buy the MK2 roller, which has a couple of upgrades for brushless prep, and a brushless setup, or will the Camaro body fit on a different, better, platform? Also, what's the best 3s sensored brushless combo for a 1/10 touring car? Not looking to drag race.

IndyRC_Racer

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A few things you will need to know about 1/10 bodies and/or chassis is the wheelbase dimensions and the track width. Most of this information can be found by using your favorite search engine. Just search for terms such as Kyosho MK FZ02 wheelbase or width.

The short answer to your question is that most 1/10 touting bodies will fit most 1/10 touring chassis, but there are exceptions. Worst case will be that the tires won't line up in the wheel arches properly or the tires may rub on the body.

One more thing to keep in mind is that some manufacturers sell bodies with pre-cut wheel arches and pre-drilled holes for body mounts for specific chassis. In this cases you made need to make modifications to mount these bodies on a different chassis (such as making new body mount holes).

Keeping reading for additional information.

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Most 1/10 touring car chassis are going to have a wheel base around 257mm. This is the length distance between the front and rear axle. Most 1/10 touring chassis that are designed for racing will have the ability to adjust the length of the wheelbase +/- a few millimetres by adjusting shims on the a-arms or suspension arms. This adjustment can be used for tuning the car or it can also be used to center the wheels in the wheel arches of the body. Most 1/10 touring car bodies are designed to fit the majority of 1/10 touring car chassis wheelbase, but you will run into exceptions.

Here are a few exceptions that I know of (off the top of my head).
- Kyosho makes/made longer bodies such as the El Camino or Dodge Hellcat that were 275mm wheelbase. This body was designed for the Kyosho MK2 FZ02L chassis. If you want to use standard touring car bodies you would need the Kyosho MK2 FZ02 chassis that has a 260mm wheelbase.
- Tamiya makes some shorter wheelbase bodies such as the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup VIP body which is 251mm. This body was designed around the Tamiya TT-01/TT0-02 chassis which has rear suspension that can be adjusted for 2 different wheelbase (251mm short/257mm long).
- HPI RS4 Sport 3 has a wheelbase of 254mm.
- Traxxas 4-Tec 2.0 has a wheebase of 256mm. This car does allow adjustments on the body mounts to slide the body forward 3mm or back 3mm to better line up wheel openings.

The cars I listed above are what most people consider to be good entry level cars that are good for "bashing" on the street or parking lot since they have a lot of plastic parts. However this isn't a comprehensive list at all. There are many more "entry level" chassis out there and I didn't even include any "race" chassis that have carbon fiber chassis. However regardless of the chassis, most 1/10 touring car bodies will fit okay on most touring chassis as they all have a very similar wheelbase. But if you have a odd-ball body that is longer or shorter, it will be easier to mount it on the chassis it was specifically designed for.

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The other thing you will need to know is width of the chassis (with wheels installed). Most 1/10 touring car chassis will be at or around 190mm wide as are most touring car bodies. These chassis/bodies are designed to be used with 24mm wheels. Some bodies such as VTA or Vintage Trans Am style bodies (late 60's-early 70's Mustang/Camaro/Cuda/etc) will have wider dimensions such as 200mm front and 210mm rear. These bodies are designed to be used with 26mm front/31mm rear tires, but can also be used with 24mm tires with spacers/wider wheel hex adpaters.

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If anyone is a fan of late 60's and early 70's muscle cars that were raced in the Trans-Am series, check out the USVTA rules. This is a 1/10 scale racing class that uses the bodies from that era. The rules include a list of legal bodies for the class which includes manufacturers and part number (not all bodies may be currently available). Also if you are looking for pre-mounted wheels/tires for these bodies, Protoform Racing makes tires that will work well on most surfaces (but aren't always ideal on dusty asphalt surfaces)

I hope this info helps.

IndyRC_Racer

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As far as running 3s lipos in 1/10 touring cars, most of the chassis aren't designed for that size. Most 1/10 sized touring cars are designed around 2s lipos with smaller ESCs/speed controls due to limited places to mount electronics. Also most 1/10 touring cars are lighter than 1/10 off-road style vehicles and are usually 4wd (some are FWD). Therefore it is easier to get them up to speed with smaller motors. Also most 1/10 touring cars are designed around smaller 540 sized motors, but that is not to say a 550 sized motor running on 3s cannot work. However to get larger motor and/or batteries fit into 1/10 touring cars with shaft drives, it might require some modifications to the car or sacrifices in usable space to mount electronics.

If you are looking for brushless combos for 1/10 touring cars, you should check out the products made by Hobbywing (https://www.hobbywingdirect.com/) or Castle Creations (https://home.castlecreations.com/surface)

Hope this information helps.

raydengt2000

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Get any short course truck like the slash and slap an on-road tire. It's a blast!

1/8 IC Fan

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Touring car huh??? 🤦‍♂️

DirkW

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Disregard. He kept posting to dozens of threads just to reach his 90 posts. Don't expect him to stick too much on the real topic on top of that achievement.