Shock towers coming loose....huh?

Literally never heard of that before

Me neither, in my years of running Tamiya plastic kits I do not believe I have ever had a self tapping screw loosen up.

So, I was running at the tennis courts last night, with all the pollen the little used back courts where I run were super dusty and slick. With that said it was tricky putting the power down on turn exits and I got one wrong and ended up collecting the car on a fence post and broke a rear arm, if the car was 6" further forward or aft it would have just hit the chain link fence. I ordered a new 51528 "B" parts but my question is when you order the 51528 do you get two trees or one? Looking at the Tamiya web site it looks like you get two.

Cheers,
Jim

I have a TT02b, with fiberglass shock towers. Maybe that's the thing? Regardless, this solves the loose shock tower problem :-0

Hi all, this is my first post and I am also new too TT02...just bought it 2 months ago. I found that this site has the most active TT02 thread which is nice!

Attached my TT02, I basically follow the great page below (ca't post link yet ) to enhance my TT02, really learn a lot from it
Tamiya TT02 guide, Mods, tuning and tips for club racing | The RC Racer

For the servo position, instead getting another servo stay I used 3 * 1mm shim to move it forward so it can form a straight line with the bridge so the left/right turn can be equal
I also replaced the suspension mount with carbon 54639/54640 recently, not test yet but it seems rigid and gives more options on mounting position/ground clearance and looks cool too!

It comes with two. Wish you said something before ordering....I've got tons of standard TT02 arms. I've bought several bags of the B parts because I run several different style bodies and need body posts of various lengths.

Nortran,
Oh man...I will keep that in mind if I need arms again. With that I was curious because I am finishing up the Suzuki SX4 WRC body and I was thinking it would just be easier to have a dedicated set of posts for each body....great minds thinking alike.

Thanks.

Cheers,
Jim

Anytime....just reimburse me for shipping and you can have em. I've got probably 4 sets.

Might keep one set....through upgrading, I've got enough parts that all I need to do is order a diff and a chassis tub and I've got a second TT02

We finally had our first DTM race on a parking lot. A one of the drivers is also a photographer and made very nice pictures of our TT02s! You can check them out here:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/blautalr...35215326596877

I want to build a Tt02d but I want to put an hpi 190mm trueno body on it. Will it fit and if so what settings do I need to build it with? Thanks

Yes

It depends on the body. I tried to look up stats for that body and it didn't list the wheel base. It's probably 257mm so build it with the longer wheel base and low ride height

Just ran two packs through the TT02 with the Suzuki SX4 body. Pretty amazed at the difference in feel over the Porsche body, feels like she changes direction much faster and tends to under steer more, I am chalking that up to less overhang both in the front and rear.

The ride 26MM Radials sure put off a lot of dust.

Cheers,
Jim

Hi Everyone, I am also new to TT02, just bought it 2 months ago. I tried to post my car in my reply previously but seems failed to do so.
I just changed mine to brushless system and excited to see how it goes

MR,
Have you changed the gearing? I was pretty unimpressed with the umphhh of a 17.5T motor till I geared it a bit steeper.

Have fun.

Cheers,
Jim

Yea, my motor is 10.5T so using 64/25 and set it without turbo now as a start...the weather here is hot so would like to see the temp first.
I also replaced quite a lot of stuff for its power...piece by piece through out the month propeller shaft, universal drive, rear toe in, suspension...will try upload a photo later if possible