Hey guys,

Just picked up the Type S today. This is my first foray into on-road Bought it as a Xmas gift for my 8-year-old. Picked up the alum center shaft, heat sink and Yeah Racing adjustable motor mount as hop ups. Looking forward to enjoying the build. Cheers,

You will definitely benefit from buying aluminum steering uprights. It's a weakness of that chassis and the other cars in the TT's series.

This?

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/ite...oduct-id=54574

I'm trying to keep the hop-ups as few as possible Cheers,

I got the plastic drift kit and was very happy with it (mentioned in the last couple of pages, think I even through in some pics somewhere in this thread), very comprehensive for the price.
A little hard to put together (instructions in another language) and you'd probably have to buy the full kit in order to get replacements, but does the drifting job well.

It's pretty similar to the newly released type s.

I'm selling mine on eBay if your in Aus.

Cheers,
Crouch

Nope he is talking about the front uprights.

You will not need these on the TT02S as it has the TRF 416 uprights. These are fine and you will not need to upgrade anything on it to start out with.

That's the way to go..

Key hopups id say are

-bearings
-aftermarket servo saver e.g. medium kimbrough - to fix up the poor steering of the stock tt02
-adjustable steering setup, tie rods etc if you want to change toe settings
- oil shocks
- maybe a couple of different pinions to fine tune gearing if required

The stock servo arm I'd say is possibly one the biggest flaws with the TT02.

Luckily the TT02S has all of the things you list.

Hey guys, finished building the kit. Overall it's nice and there's no rocket science behind it. Some initial thoughts:

1. The turnbuckles into ball cups are super tight. Even with black grease it's quite a workout wrenching them in.

2. I'm not quite sure with holding the hub hinge pins with a grub screw only. The pins are not keyed in or secured at the ends. At worse could do with some e-clips at both ends?

3. Speaking of e-clips, I'll never be able to remove them off the shock shafts to change the pistons..

4. The shocks could use some green slime to seal the tops.

I followed Oatmix's blog, but up to a point as the Type-S version is much different. The front c-hubs and rear hubs are improved as well as more tuning options. The original had no turnbuckles?!

Now to prep the body and give it a run. I would say overall it's a nice and easy kit. One does get a sense of underwhelming though. It's slightly better than a re-re IMHO! But as an entry level kit it's great. Personally I would not put anymore hop-ups into it, and put the budget into a higher level chassis. Cheers,

yep, the base model didn't have turnbuckles. With mine, I didn't change the camber links at all. The only links I converted into turnbuckles are the tie-rods and the servo linkage.

The TT-02 is an entry level kit and I think it's not bad for its cost. Question is - how much can you ask for say a $100 kit. What are your goals for this kit? Are you expecting to compete in say stock class? If it's underwhelming, are you being reasonable comparing it to higher kits that are 2/3x more costly..?

I think with a good driver the tt02 is capable with even the basic of mods/right tyres/select battery on a track.

it is capable. but as with other classes (or kits), it's about proper maintenance of your car. and if you happen to compete in TCS races, you would come to know that there are lots of little things that other people do to their TT02s for it to be at a higher level than the 'normally' built TT02.

Hey guys, it's all cool It's a great kit for the cost and serves my original objective as a gift for my lad. I can only imagine how fun and innovative the mods are in a TCS event say. I say it's underwhelming for it's vanilla build under the hood but hey the whole thing works well and that's the main thing. There are many things to admire in developing a design with limited budget/starter customers in mind. I also think it's great for my lad who's more interested in the numerous scale bodies available to us now! Cheers,

Hi guys,

where can I find a TT02S-manual for download?

Ronald

I have found one.

Ronald

Could you provide a link please? Or set it up for download?

Much appreciated.

Cheers,
Crouch