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Posted: **Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:19 pm**

Asso_man! wrote:I worked a bit on the car recently and I'm slightly pissed off with teh way things are (not) fitting: the Yokomo adapters do not match with the stock front bearings and I have no clue about what should fit there, I guess flanged bearings but the OD of teh stock bearings is too large. Similar problem on the rear: the Yokie adaptors do not slide freely on the rear Thorp telescoping kit axles. On top, the Trinity underdrive gears also show some fitting issue with the counter gear being not tall enough and requiring an extra shim or spacer on the counter gear axle. Last but not least, I cannot use the nice Robinson Racing diff with the Thorp telescoping shafts as the outdrives cannot be adapted. Really not as smooth as working on an RC10...

No worries, just send those horrible telescopic shafts to me

Is the Yokomo adoptors ment for Imperial or metric?

Posted: **Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:57 pm**

If it doesn't fit, make it fit!

Kinda like, if you can't sing well, sing LOUD!

Posted: **Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:40 am**

RichieRich wrote:If it doesn't fit, make it fit! Kinda like, if you can't sing well, sing LOUD!

That's exactly what I did! So after a little massaging and dremeling here and there:

- front shock tower has been cut
- rear a-arms have been slightly filed to clear the telescoping driveshafts
- diff was totally rebuilt as it was stuck with 20 year old dried out grease
- Trinity gears were also fitted with a few added shims
- Yokomo wheel adapters were, well..., adapted lol

here is the provisional result and note that everything is still at mock-up stage. I need to find back the nice motor guard I have and the front bumper. Shocks will be replaced with nicer ones too. In the meantime I also received the JPS decal sheet wooooooooot, stay tuned!

Posted: **Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:50 am**

Looks fantastic!!! Are you going to add a motor guard? Nice job making all the parts work together too.

Posted: **Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:34 pm**

Superb! Everything together fits perfect

Posted: **Sun Jun 09, 2013 1:39 pm**

Yup, it ended up being a badboy

Looking forward to seing it painted.

Posted: **Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:40 pm**

Stunning! I would not put a body on there as you will hide that cool chassis and cage.

I feel your pain with after market parts not fitting correctly. That is one reason I reverted to original wheels, bearings and shafts to get it perfect.

Posted: **Sun Jun 09, 2013 6:14 pm**

Nice looking car! What does telescoping mean when it comes to a diff? I have seen one like that on the Ultima Outlaw truck. Is it thick for better support and strength?

Posted: **Sun Jun 09, 2013 8:24 pm**

Nice work on the Ultima, here's a bit of inspiration.

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=87930&id=26895

Keith

Posted: **Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:36 pm**

kink wrote:Stunning! I would not put a body on there as you will hide that cool chassis and cage.

I feel your pain with after market parts not fitting correctly. That is one reason I reverted to original wheels, bearings and shafts to get it perfect.

The only thing the mkI body will cover is the topdeck, the cage sits on the body

Posted: **Sat Nov 08, 2014 8:19 am**

Finally sourced a motor mount and a front bumper at an affordable price, it's amazing the prices asked by some evilBay sellers for these two items.
The body was trimmed as well in the meantime, but made some mistake and trimmed it too much on the sides. I'll probably order another body.
Next step is to fit the electronics and I have saved a nice Futaba bundle for this one, namely a MC116 ESC and a period correct receiver.
More progress in a year or so

Posted: **Sat Nov 08, 2014 8:25 am**

Very nice

gotta spead the Kyosho love a little

Posted: **Sat Nov 08, 2014 9:10 am**

Pm sent

Posted: **Sat Nov 08, 2014 12:37 pm**

Certainly good looking!

If You can pry that JPS body out of RC10Eh´s hands, I´d say the overall impression would be 10 out of 10

Posted: **Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:49 pm**

thats one nice looking body

it would be a nice add to the build .. kind of the ideal i was going for

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