I sold my soul for a Yokomo

[ralphee]

One vote is enough for me

The only blemish I was able to find was, not surprisingly, some oxidation on the magnesium motor mount. Hopefully one day I can find an alloy motor mount...

I got a NIP mount, its unopened but its still very dull from age, id just get your one bead blasted, they look amazing after that, then seal it up with a dullcote to keep it pristine!

lee

[naushad]

One day you'll regret selling your soul for a yokomo

I use a brace on my '94

[ralphee]

Naww, souls are two a penny Naushad lol!

lee

[naushad]

Thing is Lee there are always yz10 '94 coming up on ebay but souls rarely pop up!

[stickboy007]

I was looking in Fibre-Lyte's website for that brace. Their labeling of the different YZ10's is a bit confusing. I suspect the part number is wither YZ10 09 or W93WCS04, as they look substantially similar. I assume here that what they call the YZ10 is the '94 model and what they call the 93WCS is not the 93 Works but instead what was used at the '93 Worlds, which is basically a '94 YZ10...?

[Charlie don't surf]

The WCS is very different all though at first look they look the same, your car is a 94' YZ10

[stickboy007]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/YOKOMO-YZ10-94-RARER-THAN-KYOSHO-OPTIMA-TAMIYA-EGRESS-VINTAGE-/231015751198#ht_207wt_1273

Vile Temptress!!

I really shouldn't. I already have two '94's. I should focus my wallet on a '93 Works...

[ChisaiKuso]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/YOKOMO-YZ10-94-RARER-THAN-KYOSHO-OPTIMA-TAMIYA-EGRESS-VINTAGE-/231015751198#ht_207wt_1273

Vile Temptress!!

I really shouldn't. .....

Yeah ... you really should.

[stickboy007]

Funny

Seriously, though, considering what comes (or doesn't come) with it, I got a heck of a lot more for my money with this box art YZ10. I understand it's mint, but almost $600 for a roller with no body, undertray, instructions, decals, box, or upgrades (I don't see a TCS on it, at the very least) is a bit much.

[stickboy007]

Speaking of crazy money:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/yokomo-93wcs-vintage-NIB-/111120053658?pt=AU_Toys_Hobbies_Radio_Controlled_Vehicles&hash=item19df45759a#ht_62wt_1273

Anybody have $2500 they want to give me?

[Charlie don't surf]

Speaking of crazy money:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/yokomo-93wcs-vintage-NIB-/111120053658?pt=AU_Toys_Hobbies_Radio_Controlled_Vehicles&hash=item19df45759a#ht_62wt_1273

Anybody have $2500 they want to give me?

Let's stop posting eBay stuff in the Yokomo forum, unless you just bought it. And 1) that's the rarest of the rare. I paid $450 for a NIP chassis only for the WCS, but you'll never get the one in that link. That's one of our infamous members revolving eBay accounts, he's a thief and a con artist, and loves vintage RC. Do a little reading in the complaints dept, and PM me with any questions.

The seller of that 94' (S. Dros) is not the same person and has great stuff

[stickboy007]

Ok, fair enough.

[stickboy007]

Guess where this is going...

I also picked up and mounted a steering brace assembly. Since this car is the prettiest among the '94s that I have, it gets all of the goodies. New pics coming soon.

[stickboy007]

Some pics with the motor mount installed. I also included a picture here of the new steering rack (original Yokomo parts for the rack, not repro parts).

The steering rack went together rather easily, although the bearings needed a bit of force to get them into the rack (I just used a set of pliers). Bit of a tight fit there, but I'd rather do it that way than bore the mounting holes out and risk the fit being too loose. I had to get shorter steering turnbuckles, though, since the original ones were too long for the new inner ballstud positions (~ 1cm further out).

The motor mount is pretty self-explanatory to assemble, although mounting the layshaft was a challenge. Normally, with the motor mount screwed to the chassis, I run the layshaft through the rear pulley and then the front pulley and then (with the belts properly mounted on the center pulleys) kind of twist the layshaft into place onto the motor mount so that the bearings slot into place. Takes a little bit of force, since the belts don't like to flex too much, but it works no problem with the magnesium mounts. With the Suzuki mount, this was never going to happen, for some reason (maybe there's a small offset? Or maybe the belts, being so "fresh" on this shelfer, aren't worn in?). I had to actually mount the layshaft (with the belts in place) with the motor mount not screwed to the chassis, and then after everything was in place, twist the motor mount to line up the screw holes and screw the motor mount to the chassis. In any case, it looks quite nice, and I used the opportunity to swap out the Reedy DS that was previously in there with a Reedy Sonic2 12TD.