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what car is this? thanks!

gomachv wrote:I cant see very clearly but i am guessing ofna

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I cant see very clearly but i am guessing ofna

gomachv wrote:I cant see very clearly but i am guessing ofna

is it HPI rs4 not sure thou

definitely Ofna/ Hong Nor Z-10. do a google search, there isnt much but you will see a few pics.

ireg wrote:

gomachv wrote:I cant see very clearly but i am guessing ofna

is it HPI rs4 not sure thou

Doesn't look like it, unless it has aftermarket plastic parts about everywhere...

gomachv wrote:definitely Ofna/ Hong Nor Z-10. do a google search, there isnt much but you will see a few pics.

thanks, its Ofna/ Hong Nor Z-10 alright, based in the net.
do you have any info on performance about this car? is the parts still available?
I have Tamiya TA04 and this unknown car, configuration wise looks the same. But Im thinking which to use for drifting.

it was a decent basher but not really much more than that. I think parts are pretty well gone based on my searching the website

Ofna Z10 was actually a bad ass car. Basically a YR4 copy, if you put YR4 caster blocks on it to get rid of the crazy amount of caster the stock pieces had, it was really good. A one time 1/12 stock national champion from the late 90's used to run one for a while, and he was fast with it locally, along with a few other people...

i know they are rc10 titanium turnbuckles, but which brand?



and yes, missing one, replaced with the infamous all-thread.

Tecnacraft, one looks bent and oddly there were some steel copies out there too-

I have 2 full sets of the "narrow" versions (like the 2 lower tie rods), but hadn't seen the "wide" version before.

They made some HD versions, I have them on a 10t...I assume they made buggy ones too

The wide versions pictured are actually regular 4-40 but in longer lengths (rc10t or lxt). These have been "customized" (cut) to fit the rc10.

Tecnacraft did make 6-40 turnbuckles, but they required the modifed rocket city (gray and black) ends that came with the delaer box or the gray RPM ends that came with the individual sets.

As for bent rods, I've been luck enough to do this Tecnacraft actually gave a life time warranty replacing any bent or broken buckles. They said that if you bent one of their buckles, you have to spend much more money fixing your car.

This car indeed is a Ofna/Hong Nor cars. In Europe also sold as GM-Racing TC-4. Regarding quality of parts it wasn´t very good but with the right setup the car to beat. Faster than the Yokomo and HPI cars right from the beginning.

I also was using GPM casterblocks for reducing caster what helped a lot and replacing the heavy steel diffs with leightweight nylon diffs. Also using some Yokomo parts. Overall I was able winning a large touringcar series here one year and a 2nd place overall the next year using this car.
Somewhere in storage I still have this car and parts. Have to look out for the box if someone is interested in pictures.

AscotConversion wrote:Ofna Z10 was actually a bad ass car. Basically a YR4 copy, if you put YR4 caster blocks on it to get rid of the crazy amount of caster the stock pieces had, it was really good. A one time 1/12 stock national champion from the late 90's used to run one for a while, and he was fast with it locally, along with a few other people...

The Z10 was also sold under other names... in germany it was the GM TC4 for instance. Helbing himself ran one and he did pretty darn good at the first IWC (B-main I think). Definitely a competitive car, but obviously still not a yok

Paul