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Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:56 am
by Incredible_Serious
Y'ernat Al wrote:tiger1 wrote:I know of a similar SRB that was cobbled together from southern california hop ups (mostly RCH) and sent over seas and was fairly popular in places like Australia. Maybe one of those old Ausies will chime in and remind me of what I'm thinking of.
As an old Aussie, I'll chime in. The car I'm guessing you're referring to was the Taipan. There was a discussion about it on TamiyaClub a few years back - link here:
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37095
Alex
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:22 am
by Lonestar
Mr. ED wrote:That's inspiring. I've got an idea for some cool inboard shocks now
Make sure you use a STIFF rear rollbar or a rear solid axle... this design is a recipe for insane leaning outside of turns!
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:36 pm
by j-sou
Incredible_Serious wrote:Y'ernat Al wrote:tiger1 wrote:I know of a similar SRB that was cobbled together from southern california hop ups (mostly RCH) and sent over seas and was fairly popular in places like Australia. Maybe one of those old Ausies will chime in and remind me of what I'm thinking of.
As an old Aussie, I'll chime in. The car I'm guessing you're referring to was the Taipan. There was a discussion about it on TamiyaClub a few years back - link here:
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37095
Alex
Yep, the Taipan. I stumbled across one of these a while back not knowing what it was, and now I'm addicted to SRB stuff!
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 3:12 pm
by Y'ernat Al
Incredible_Serious wrote:Y'ernat Al wrote:tiger1 wrote:I know of a similar SRB that was cobbled together from southern california hop ups (mostly RCH) and sent over seas and was fairly popular in places like Australia. Maybe one of those old Ausies will chime in and remind me of what I'm thinking of.
As an old Aussie, I'll chime in. The car I'm guessing you're referring to was the Taipan. There was a discussion about it on TamiyaClub a few years back - link here:
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37095
Alex
That was exactly it Alex. The Pitstop Taipan Thanks. And I even found the particular one I was thinking of..
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=81062&sid=25642