It's been a good while since this car has seen any action but I feel this is long overdue. This car is an ongoing build in progress and after it's last (and first) run I worked out a few areas that needed more attention.
This car was pulled down...
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Wow this thing is sweet talk about needle in the hay stack :o :shock:
After two years of collecting parts (used partial Radiant and Pro Radiant cars and NIP parts) and six months of off and on building (almost as slow as scr8p! :D ), my Pro Radiant is complete:
--Used chassis plates
--New and used suspension...
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Thanks thumb! Yeah, I was glad he could just keep following the car :D .
Yes, it does run smoothly, although with that special sound that only a chain can make!
DennisM: to answer the burning question, I actually made it flip, but definitely not...
From what I can gather, Paranoia was a Japanese company. They made original diffs, spur gears etc... I even saw some C Hubs for an Optima after searching this board. J.M. had a thread of some different parts but all the pics are gone.
So as luck may have it, I was able to snag a basically brand new rarely used Radiant. Off of Craigslist of all places. This time it's complete with box (in decent shape), speed controller, radio, bumper... all the good stuff I was looking for, for...
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Actually a month or two. I lowballed him after it was up for a while but since it wasn't a pro radiant I wasn't willing to up my offer.
Haha seriously. Dang, I know its not a Pro, which would be awesome... but I figured, hell for a good price it's...
After a long, hard search trying to find something--ANYTHING--to replace the thin-shafted stock axles on my buddy's Buffalo (one of which broke at the dogbone end while trying to remove that weird-ass lock-washer that practically welds itself onto...
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Still way too much for the budget for this car, unfortunately. I'm not putting $50 axles in this thing. :)
Ok i picked this up at a flea market this past weekend and there is a lot of response on my other thread so here is its own thread with what i have learned about it and if anything catches ur eye that i havent seen please let me know as im not at...
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Yeah, those are nice cars. I almost bought one bitd. Got an optima instead.
:shock: I don’t know what I was thinking when I laid down a bid on this Buffalo if I didn’t have enough project as it is. :?
I don’t know much about AYK except that the Buffalo was realest in -85. 8)
Hey guys, I haven't had much to say over the past several weeks. Lots going on with my family and it's summer so less time to think about rc. :?
I got a real vintage ride too, a 1981 Suzuki GS1100E. Between that, the car projects and other...
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Very Nice Gary.
You have a top wife there. Can't really complain mine helps me alot too.
Hello,
I joined this forum because I have an AYK Buffalo and internet searches kept coming back to this forum. About 2 years ago I tried to repair a nitro duratrax truck for a friend and it was ready for pickup. I gave it to him when we were...
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The screws came in. Socket head cap screws were available or wait for phillips head and pay more. So SHCS it is... I like the look of SHCS even though they are on the bottom of the chassis and stick out a bit more than phillips. Ah well, time to...
Well got this off eBay for 55 bucks (Less the rear wheels and AE shocks on the back)
I just gave it a tare down and rebuild and it was in pretty good condition, The AE shocks are temporary, I have a set of front and rear AYK shocks in route from...
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It's an AYK armature blank, hand wound by Race Prep. I have one of the AYK Magnum versions new. Great score on that motor 8)
I just got offers for two old 1/12th cars AYK NX101 and Mugen Cosmic. Both are not complete and maybe not in perfect conditions but interesting cars. I´m sorry I have no pictures currently for posting.
Someone has those cars too or is an expert for...
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nice find v12, had a chance to buy 2 nib cosmic's but let them slide. ill try track them down and see if you want one :P
A few years ago I build up a Boost for the race track. On its first race I clipped a side board and snapped the factory steering levers which sadly put the car out of the event.
Not to be beaten I decided to investigate a more reliable system and...
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I have the Race Prep hop-up steering rack, if you would like to compare! :D
with help of a good friend :wink: im lucky to own the other variant of the viper, the shuttle! built from the best part's i could find she has been sitting partly finished for a good year or so. now minus a decent paint job :roll: she is complete....
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Still like the black rollcage viper the best, but this is one sexy one nonetheless. superb score!!!
This arrived today..... and I just wanted to show it off, as I know there's fans of this sort of car here.....
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Will be looking to rehome this soonish.... but for now it can stay in the showroom.
More...
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Just did find this AYK thread. After some other 1/12th cars I bought the RX2000 with the golden Aluminium radio tray and red bumper. One of the nicest cars that time and quite expensive. That gear rear diff also was something special.
I then...
Hi,
I have been collecting the parts for this build for a few months now and have only a few more parts to find so I thought I would build it anyway.
(This is my first build thread besides the Bulldogs which are still in pieces lol)
My parts were...
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Thanks heaps. Looks like all the good bits are gone but I sent him PM anyway.
Chris
Im not sure why but Mike Dunn's Pro Radiant has always sparked my interest. While the box art Boost paint sceme is also very cool I wanted a Pro Radiant that resembled the car that Mike ran here in Australia back in the 89 worlds.
I have watched...
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Great work Jase. We are gonna have to start calling you the Rattle Can Man. :lol:
Seriously great work mate. :)
i was very lucky to come across this un-run ayk viper a while ago, there were a couple things missing but also quite a few spare's! i have to admit these are one of the best looking buggies there is, the material's used are very cool and that...
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Very nice, I can say im jealous, That is one of the nicest looking buggies.
thanks champ! ill let ya know if i find another :wink: Nice Gary.
Are the viper Before the Radiant, Boost. Or after. I should think before the Radiant.???????
Its been a long time coming but I finaly have myself another Viper. I bought this car from a TC member and it was in pretty poor shape for a 'mint' car. The front has seen a small colision and has been bent back into shape.
So I picked this up at a Swap meet a few weeks back. Pretty cool RC and rare. Chassis rails are broken but looking to see if I can find used ones. I sent an e-mail to InetRc to see if they can help me out. So far I have not heard back from them. I...
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Hi,
what pitch of the pinion are you using for this kit or any brand and when can i get?
i want to restore mine as well but do not have idea what pinion should i use
to be exact what i have is Bobcat
It was my intention to wait until I had progressed a little further on the car to post anything, but after several requests to see pictures I could no longer hold out. Obviously the pictures are attached, but what really makes this great is the...
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Did I hear belt drive? Ooh I can't wait to see it. :D :D
I HAVE BEEN OUT OF RC A LONG TIME BUT I WAS A RACE PREP TEAM DRIVER IN 1988-90 AND RECIEVED ONE OF THE 1ST 8 CARS THAT CAME TO THE USA. I STILL HAVE IT AND WOULD LIKE TO RESTORE IT BACK, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EXTRA PARTS FOR THESE CARS? THEY DID A...
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easiest way without using a hosting site is to open the file in microsoft paint, select 'image' then>> 'stretch/skew' and change the X and Y to 50%. this should have a huge effect on the file size, then save as .jpg, and you should end up with an...
A Replica of the Mike DUNN car from the World Champs 89 in Australia,
I release some parts:
-Alloy post
-Alloy wing post
-Slipper
-Graphite chassis
I have some problems with the Ball on the sway bar,
I need...
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Mike Dunn may have used different axles. His look different. And I think I remember he mentioned in this thread he made custom unis.
The previous owner of my radiant might have just tried to copy Mike's and went with what he had (he had a few...
For years Ive wanted a 2 speed MAVERICK and its only now that I can come close to owning one.
This is just the early stages of my project but I have a new 2 speed waiting to go in and many other nip parts on their way in the mail as I write this....
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you going to run that? :shock: guess that's what you built it for with the ninja and pb bits hey jason.
I recently picked up a load of nip old spares from an old r/c hobby shop in Melboure. It seems these parts have been forgotten by time. The bags are dusty, the header cards are hard to read with the ink almost drying up off the card and these items...
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LOL! I dont even own the car these parts belong to. Its just a thread about cool Race Prep parts. :lol:
This little treasure was just pulled out of its storage box to see the (sadly weak) Sun again....This car was the first review I did for R/C Car over 4 years ago now. Amazing what a better camera can do! Should have tried to clear a bit of the dust...
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I found him!!!
very good conditions
but seens no manual, motor & speed controler parts missing
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Looks like something out of a Mad Max movie. I like it. Looks pretty cool! :)
I just stubled on an old CD I made years ago when I stated storing whatever images of AYK buggies I could find. I remember seing this very cool radiant on some japanese site (could have been time tunnel as I was just starting the virtual RC interest...
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I have some pulley stock that will be making it's way to Jake next week. If it works I will of course post a build thread.
Well I finally got a little time to get started on the shuttle I recently purchased from ebay a while back. I broke down the shuttle and cleaned all parts sofar the shuttle is sporting a new chassis, new trannies, new body, and new tires and wheels...
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Chris if you ever find spare parts (especialy a chassis) please let me know. :mrgreen:
I was recently given this document from my good friend Rob in Melbourne. Haven't seen this one before but it had me wondering if Jeff Harris was the guy leaning against the Pro Radiant?
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That's a pretty good catch Jason. Most of the pics I've seen of other team cars show them with the AYK shocks. I'm sure there's others out there, but mine is the only team car I've ever seen that used the gold shocks.
Picked this Pro Radiant up this morning. 8) Wasn't really that interested in it when the seller put it up for sale 2 weeks ago. But while searching for Kyoshos in the local classifieds, the ad for this car keeps on popping up as the seller also had...
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I always wondered why the front tower on my Radiant have this exact setup. My first thought was that the original 2 holes might have been cracked or something. :lol:
Reading the same thread, the front UJs might actually be Kyoshos, with the lock...
I'm starting to fiddle with my pro after years of just collecting dust. It's got Kyosho Ultima universals in the rear. Works fine with the Ultima hubs. In the front it has some modified universals. Very similar to the Ultima ones but I'd say...
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ju ok, so who does them on ebay? and thanks for the measure
Just type kyosho lazer in the ebay search and you will find them.
Here is a new find that I just picked up it came with a bunch of tamiya buggies I plan on turning this into a Boost
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The Kyosho diffs can be modified to fit the Boost gear casings. I had Bugle machine me up some bearing carriers from Delrin. They basicaly step the smaller Kyosho bearing O.D. size from 14mm up to an O.D. of 17mm (that of the AYK bearing). Also...
I thought I would explain my Mike Dunn question here rather than hijack the Dunn QA thread.
There are a huge number of Boost shelled Pro Radiants on the internet, even stickered with Pro Radiant decals.
InetRC suggests that the Boost shell was...
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You are correct. The Pro Radiant body did not work with the saddle pack conversion. Perhaps that explains why the different bodies on the ones pictured. I know we ran a different body, but just can't remember which one. To be honest, I never liked...
It's a slow news day in here so I subject you to, I mean present, this farce. I wouldn't do this to my first or sixth Viper but this set of parts needed some direction as I wasn't going to buy the parts necessary to complete it as a genuine new...
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I'm not sure I can squeeze painting this into my lifetime at my snail pace hence the 2032 estimaed time of completion. Congratulations to any doers out there.
The rear gearbox is from the current ebay bottemless pit of gearboxes yes (by my count...
Just thought i'd get a post up here for anyone who might have any info on the DUNN brothers and/or the old Race Prep team from California. If anyone has any paint scheme's, pics of cars or any other information of relevence to this team please add...
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Hello,
sorry for being a little off topic, but do anyone have a link to a topic or some pics of a truck converted Yokomo?
I saw this as soon as it hit the bay could not move my hands fast enough to email the seller which was very fair on the price. It must be AYK month I have been trying to get my hands on a viper for the past 2 years and now to find a viper and...
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Firstly I accuse myself of and concede that I am now harping (sorry :) ) Prolonging this is not directed at the author but at Vintage Racer and the seller.
Lest I be accussed of 'bagging out' I reread the auction description because the seller...
A couple of years ago Woober Goober was good enough to lend me his saddle chassis plate for the AYK Boost/Radiant 4WD buggies. I then took the chassis to an engineer who struck up a deal with me to have all the plate work drawn up on C.A.D. It cost...
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Hi tried to design the chassis in CAD for my friend PRP, but some dimensions looks wrong, and the width are missing, 150mm ??? not sure !!!
Hi, this a new project from the Dunn Car Prototype from the World Champ 1987 in Romsey:
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I need to make an other rear shock tower and change the rear tyre by CAT XL tyre like on the front:
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I finally found the holy grail of AYK buggies!! Now I just need to set back until it arrives here are some pics of this little gem
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The reason I subconsciously am thinking of the shock mounts is...this one has them back to front...it is tall mounts in front, short in the back....the effect on handling would be...would be...don't know, but the feng shui is out of whack.
Hi, I'm searching for pics of the turnbuckle on the front upper arm for the Pro Radiant...
The manufacturer of rear black wheel used on the Mike and Steve DUNN car.
and shaft on the Front and the Rear of the car.
Thanks in advance!
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On my ProRadiant I have Optima wheels in the rear. I also have universals which I believe to be Optima as well.
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