I elected to use full size TC TRF shocks on my M07 with the kit springs. I had to wind down the collars a long way, as I am using sweep 55mm tyres, however the car works well.
I did not measure my ride height, I do it more by eye and pushing down on the car. I do have the front lower than the front.
I will measure when I get home. Photos of my M07 are attached.

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Is there a gearset to convert the minis' (M07 particularly) spur to 48/64 pitch, or does everyone just buy mod .6 pinions?

just purchase 0.6 pitch pinion gears

Don't know if this has been posted before, link to Tamiya's M07 patrs list.

http://www.tamiya.com/japan/download...TS_CATALOG.pdf

That's a great resource. Thanks.

Does anyone know what needs to be changed to switch the M05 dcj axles over to the M07 version? I'm thinking just the dogbones?

Would be just longer dogbones, think the m07 is 33mm and older m03/m05 is 30mm...i think

Can you expand on this? Why is the M04 a wannabe touring car?

Just need to track down a part number now. I think iv confirmed th outer sections are the same.

I think he's referring to the M04s with TC sized wheels (BMW, S2000, etc.).

But then don't forget that the MX5 which has M-sized wheels was released on the M04M.

The biggest flaw of the 04 was that gearing was off by 1 tooth, compared to the other minis. I wish I understood why Tamiya did this. Maybe it's because the "standard" mini FDR had only been used in one model by this point, so there wasn't much history to stand by.

Anyway, the 04 was wickedly fast and agile if conditions were good and you set it up well. In very other case, it was a horrendous pig. And for some reason, the last few I ran chewed through stock gear diffs like a fat kid on a cake.

What's the consensus or general view towards the m05 ver ii r?


There seems to be a clearance sale for this kit. Not sure if sales for this kit is bad or just clearing space for the m07 kits.

the m05v2r is the best M05 kit offered. comes with all of the parts that make the M05 work at it's best. the clearance is due to the release of the M07 kits.

I took my M07 out for a test run today. Was a bit twitchy with the Team Powers 36 tyres, but when I switched to the Pit Shimizu 33 front 27 rear it felt rock solid. No idea if the lap times were quicker than my M05v2R as the practice timing system wasn't working for some reason.

I noticed my M05v2R pulls left when accelerating, but tracks straight once up to speed, and tracks straight under braking. Will need to check the balancing on it, and retest with the Shimizu tyres (only ever run TP36 on that car).

The aluminium glass fibre tape used to seal the gearbox didn't last long. This was after roughly 10 laps.

So I think I found out why my M05v2R was pulling left when accelerating. I checked the corner weights using 4 small scales and found that the front right and rear left wheels were carrying a lot more weight than the opposing ones. I checked the preload of the shocks, and the corners carrying the most weight were set quite a bit shorter than the others, yet those wheels touched the ground first when testing droop. I suspected the chassis was twisted, so I loosened all the screws connecting the front half to the rear half of the chassis, gave it a wiggle, then tightened it back up. The corner weights balance pretty close to even now with roughly equal length shocks. Hopefully it runs straighter next time I take it for a spin.

Yeah, you can ignore everything I wrote here. :-) Go and drive minis.