Strawb's 1996 Tamiya TA-03F Pro 110% Overdrive

I've had this kit for awhile and i have been running it the way it was til i recently got re-hooked into Drifting!

Countersteer drifting that is

So onto the re-build that is!

First challenge after installing the Tamiya FRP conversion was the battery holder .... the old 1996 technology didnt cater to the beefed up 5200mah lipos of today ....

Thanks to jebjeb and Jay for the odd off tree parts they had i was able to come up with this custom stock looking battery holder set-up















a view from the rear showing the lipo batt snuggly fit .... plus i added a protective sticker to avoid scratches for the FRP plates





a view of the 10* Caster C-Hub





The OD pulleys were a pain to source out ..... but it had to be heavily modded to fit its purpose ....

20T 21T and 10T pulleys fresh from the oven




after they have been bored, lathed and tapered!!!





a comparison of the stock Tamiya 15T pulley beside my custom one off 20T pulley ...... can anyone say 'original'???




Rear 10T installed



Front 21T squeezed in tight




this thing was crazy to drive ..... i switched bact to a 20T infront maintaining the 10T in the rear to have a 2.0FCD plus i added 3* of camber just to see how it would handle ....

Tamiya Hard white springs in front and 'ginnackle's' soft red springs in the rear with HPI 5wt shock oil ..





still a lot of practice ..... but its getting there

the best drift chassis!

I'm back up 110% .... After testing the 20T front pulley ... I didn't feel that much difference which can't be tuned with the 21T ....

I'm gonna knock my head getting used to this ...

that is what you call "old school drifter with new school technology!"

speechless....



now try to get some tensioner pulley instead of using the old plastic bearing...

nice pulleys you got there allen!!!


what about a 10teeth center pulley for the VDF???

just let us know.....

thanks

@carlo .... old school is where its at

@bandik .... thanks ..... you wanted something like this?





@clyde ..... 10T for the VDF .... does it look something like what i have on my goldie?








back to my 03f

i switched back to the 21T up front to give me that 2.1FCD .... after switching to softer springs for the rear and adding more camber ..... i felt improvement in handling ....

practice practice practice

i wish you can mass produce those 10t pulleys..you have a lot of people waiting...

i wish

Its really not that simple to get the pulleys ....plus it was a risk on my end that the T's won't match ....

My caliper skills did work out pretty ok

hope this pics will show up...notice the ball connector?

Red X .... Broken link

Never Mind the Red X! just buy Baygon insect killer!

Having the tensioners under the belt or on the teeth wear it out fast and add more drag on the drive train

Jeremy.

i was lucky enough to see this thing in the flesh, theres alot of work into that old schooler

The GPM universals couldn't take the extended steering angle .....

I got these

CVD's