Wish the weather would clear up so I could get some wheel time with my new TT02R.

Hello guys. As here in Italy spring is coming, few days ago my friend bought a HPI RS4 Sport 3 to bash with me. We did some bashing in a roller skating rink today. It has a smooth, dusty surface. We did also some drag races to compare our cars. My friend's rc has a 15T brushed motor, 2000mAh NiMH and 8.53 FDR. My TT02 has cheap chinese tyres found on Amazon (waiting for my HPI X Pattern to be shipped), 13.5T Trackstar combo and 5000mAh NiMH. I raced with stock FDR and timing set to the center mark and acceleration was quite the same but my car has a bit more top speed. Next I tried with 5.74 FDR and max timing but the result was the same, maybe a bit worse. I know I'm still noob but with lower FDR and higher timing I thought that my car would be even more quicker. I know my tyres haven't good performance but I know my car can hit about 45 km/h. So I'd like to know if changing something in my setup could give more traction

Your looking for radial type tires?
I have been using these with lots of success for my 10yr old son (medium grip asphalt track).

TowerHobbies.com | Associated Rubber Tires & Inserts NTC3 RTR (4)

These are inexpensive, ...they grip well.

I also switch between these and TC slicks. -various brands.

My son is running the Torque tuned motor w/ upgraded gearing ...speeds aren't insane so these get the job done well.

If your son is prone to hitting things, I would go with Tamiya's reinforced mesh wheel part #53336. I have several of these wheels and have never broken one.

I know the radial tires are 24mm and these wheels are 26mm, but they will work fine.

Thanks for the recommendations.

I have a couple sets of the #51237 Suzuki Swift wheels for my Mini. Do you guys think the offset will be ok for the TT-02?

Do standard sized stick (full length) lipo packs fit in these without issue?

Anyone using the +9mm Tamiya Hex hubs (part #54610)? If so, what axles did you use?

Yes absolutely.

Great. Thanks.

yeah, the outdrives are for the larger ball ends like the stock TT02.

Here's my completed TT02 upgraded to Type S spec.





The car started as a stock TT02 rally. I updated the propeller shaft to aluminum, added the sport tuned gear, motor cooling fins, shocks to the black coated and added the 6mm clamping hubs. To upgrade to the Type S, I found a vendor on Ebay that parts out kits and bought the B bag from a Type S kit, that gave me the updated shock towers, dogbones, new axles and outdrives. The only thing I had to add was the front and rear bearing carriers, c-hubs and a-arms.

I've locked the front diff with the locking spool and I am still searching for a solution that will allow me to run the ball diff with the smaller dog bones. The car will be running the Raikiri GT body

Nice! Do you have a link to the vendor?

See post #1238 of this thread

Can a few of you post some pictures on mounting the electronics. I'm going to be running a low profile servo, justock ESC and the g2 3650 motor. Can't figure out any clean way...

I just switched to the harder lower deck and I cleaned the cable position. I also have a light kit so cables were messy. They were all around the esc. Now it is cleaner but without light kit cables they could be even cleaner. I put them between motor and esc but i'm thinking about a cleaner position
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