Arms with adjustable camber, oil filled shocks and propeller joints for the drive shaft. All are Aluminium replacing plastic parts. Shocks need to be built and filled with oil so they will need to set overnight.
Category: Car
Ball Joint Steering Upgrade for Silvia (TT01 Chassis)
Today I fitted a part aluminium ball joint steering upgrade to my TT01 chassis. This replaces the stock steering track which is all plastic and screwed in. This upgrade has improved steering control which is especially handy when drifting.
The upgrade item is a 3Racing Steering Track. It says it is for the TT01E but comes with the parts also needed to fit it to the TT01.
New steering track in action.
Fitted Motor Heatsink and Indicator Lights to Silvia
Today I fitted some more parts to my tt01.
I added an Aluminium heatsink to the motor as they tend to get hot when drifting, I noticed this myself last time I took the car out. The heatsink comes as standard with the drift edition of the tt01 chassis but as I am building from the standard chassis I had to buy my own.
I also added some indicator leds to the body shell. I prefer to have all the lights left on so I have put aside the light controller that come with the leds and just connected them to the standard tamiya one.
Added some xenon lights to my Nismo Silvia (TT01)
Already Stripped the Spur Gear on my Buggy
Luckily they are cheap and easy to get hold of.
Listen for the nice crunching sound in the video.
Got Sebastion Vettels head through the post today. Yes its the second Red Bull 7 Delivery!
The second 4 parts of the series include the main chassis, the front chassis, the front lower wish bones and the first Tyre.
Strangely they have also sent Vettel’s head which I can only assume they have included as an option if you do not like Mark Webber. As far as I know British and Australian subscribers get a Mark Webber edition where as Germany are further into a Vettel themed model.
You can see the First wheel and tyre glued together in the Photo along with a battery to give an idea of scale.
New addition to the fleet Thunder Tiger BX Buggy
I traded the majority of my Xbox games in today and picked up one of these with some of the money. It is a Thunder Tiger Phoenix BX 2 Buggy.
This is an old model and therefore was being sold off cheap. I brought it in mind that I wanted a 2.4ghz receiver anyway to convert some 27Mhz cars so it was worth it for the parts alone.
I will not be stripping it down though as after a quick drive around in the Sun today I found it to be good fun and fast for an old RTR model.
It come with a 17t Thunder Tiger branded motor which is much faster than the stock motors you would usually get with a Tamiya kit.
I have already ordered some race bearings for it from the United States.
Why I can drive my car in heavy rain.
Waterproofing the receiver is as simple as stretching a party balloon over it and tightening the end where the wires come out. I had already replaced my stock speed controller with one that happened to be water resistant so no action was needed there.
Upgraded Monster Truck Rainy Bash With Jumps
Taking our souped up Tamiya Blackfoot monster trucks for a bash in the park and skate park.
Shane's Shed 