My girlfriend sighed as I floated towards the counter in a river of my own drool as I chanted:
"TENTH TECH TENTH TECH TENTH TECH TENTH TECH TENTH TECH"
I didn't buy it. They only took cash on used models.
I went back the next day, cash in hand, but it was gone.
Turns out, my beautiful girlfriend bought it for an early birthday present to me.
So I've had it for a few months now. I checked out my nearest carpet racing track and I think I've caught the on road bug...
Thus begins the official start of my Tenth Technology DTM resto Mod. I plan on racing this in the USGT class. I won't be the fastest, but I think I'll have the coolest chassis.
Enough talk. Here are some pictures of the teardown.
The biggest issue so far has been bearings. This car doesn't look like it was assembled correctly.
There are no flanged bearings anywhere. All of the tenth tech pred manuals I've looked at show lots of flanged bearings, and they make sense in the hub carriers, so I'm gonna buy some and put them in.
Here is what I have in mind:
Shock absorbers:
And there's the shock oil...
Why are these open top ball cups used everywhere? I just threw an rpm ball cup on to see how it looked.
Arms off. I love how the hing pins slide right out. No E-clips anywhere.
The steering arm things were broken from the store. I designed some and 3d printed them, and they work well, but I already ordered some proper replacements.
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Making a mess of my kitchen
Just noticed the layered carbon and (what I assume to be) G10 shock towers)
Elite Speed Products
All of my screws and bearings are accounted for. I'm gonna order some blue anodized aluminum screws for some bling, and some proper flanged bearings so the car actually works.
Anybody know anything about these TT DTM cars?
