256LikesTamiya TRF419
09-26-2014 | 12:46 AM
#196
Tech Apprentice
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 95
From: Gruendau, Germany
Hi,
the new dampers may have a slightly increased bore inside (big bore style). So the pistons are new and the cylinder is thinner, than the previous ones.
The Tamiya numbering method is also very easy: As soon, as the internal gear ratio will be changed, the number changes. The current diffs seems to have 38 or 39 teeth, so it has nothing to do with the "old" 37/18=418 ratio.
I hope, that together with the new lowerdeck this car will be more suitable to all racetracks all over the world than the "stiffy" 418 was. Smokem had shown us, where the direction can go, when taking the apropriate material.
the new dampers may have a slightly increased bore inside (big bore style). So the pistons are new and the cylinder is thinner, than the previous ones.
The Tamiya numbering method is also very easy: As soon, as the internal gear ratio will be changed, the number changes. The current diffs seems to have 38 or 39 teeth, so it has nothing to do with the "old" 37/18=418 ratio.
I hope, that together with the new lowerdeck this car will be more suitable to all racetracks all over the world than the "stiffy" 418 was. Smokem had shown us, where the direction can go, when taking the apropriate material.
09-26-2014 | 12:50 AM
#197
Tech Apprentice
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 95
From: Gruendau, Germany
By the way: I have tried to run the "black" TRF springs on carpet. They were really nice to drive. Carpet was ETS Carpet (Nurburgring Track). So I hope, that there will be no need anymore for me to drive the progressive 53440-style springs anymore.
09-26-2014 | 06:32 AM
#201
I must say, after owning a BD7 and a bd7 2014, dealing with the leaking diff and shocks that always get air inside after a few runs, i think i would get the Tamiya because it's more reliable, if it's a copy, it should be just as fast.
09-26-2014 | 06:40 AM
#202
Tech Elite
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,972
From: All over the place
I actually run right now a Tamiya spool up front and a 37 tooth diff at the back on my BD7. You can even run Xray if you want to shed more weight and even better quality (plus a lower IR to boot).
09-26-2014 | 06:43 AM
#204
Naa, sold the car for an Awesomatix!
09-26-2014 | 09:46 AM
#206
BD7 2015 images will be released in the next few days. This will be a good chance to see what the TRF420 will look like for next year. 
All kidding aside...what I'm more interested to see is what kind of direction Tamiya has taken in regard to the chassis composition of the 419. Whether they goto the softer chassis of the TRF417V5 or the stiffer 418 type...
All kidding aside...what I'm more interested to see is what kind of direction Tamiya has taken in regard to the chassis composition of the 419. Whether they goto the softer chassis of the TRF417V5 or the stiffer 418 type...
09-26-2014 | 10:03 AM
#209
Tech Master
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Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 1,126
From: La Mirada, CA
Hi,
the new dampers may have a slightly increased bore inside (big bore style). So the pistons are new and the cylinder is thinner, than the previous ones.
The Tamiya numbering method is also very easy: As soon, as the internal gear ratio will be changed, the number changes. The current diffs seems to have 38 or 39 teeth, so it has nothing to do with the "old" 37/18=418 ratio.
I hope, that together with the new lowerdeck this car will be more suitable to all racetracks all over the world than the "stiffy" 418 was. Smokem had shown us, where the direction can go, when taking the apropriate material.
the new dampers may have a slightly increased bore inside (big bore style). So the pistons are new and the cylinder is thinner, than the previous ones.
The Tamiya numbering method is also very easy: As soon, as the internal gear ratio will be changed, the number changes. The current diffs seems to have 38 or 39 teeth, so it has nothing to do with the "old" 37/18=418 ratio.
I hope, that together with the new lowerdeck this car will be more suitable to all racetracks all over the world than the "stiffy" 418 was. Smokem had shown us, where the direction can go, when taking the apropriate material.
The 418 is 37/20.
