IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:22 am
This seems like a prototype. Anyone has more photos or info of this car??
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Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 5:31 am
To me it looks like a SRB with lots of Parma hop-ups from the early 80’. I have similar pictures of SRB/Scorpion crossover from a Japanese magazine
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:50 am
Definitely looks like a hopped up SRB...similar to the JG Rough Rider. http://tamiyaclub.com/article.asp?id=189
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:09 am
got more photos
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:03 am
That one is a Scorpion. A very sick looking one. 
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:30 pm
TomahawkPhin wrote:That one is a Scorpion. A very sick looking one.
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:35 pm
Yet another one... but 4WD
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:39 pm
Crazy! I like how they used two set of lower arms on the front (kind of Scorcher style). I'm building a 4wd Scorpion right now. Interesting to see someone else's take on it.Hcp22 wrote:Yet another one... but 4WD
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:52 pm
this 1 has 3 shocks, and the other pics show 4 shockstiger1 wrote:got more photos
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:56 pm
with hirobo wheels and tiresHcp22 wrote:Yet another one... but 4WD
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Looks like a mini landjump
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:03 pm
Hard to tell, but it can be a rear mono-shock assembly from DirtBurners made for the Circuit 1000 series like this...
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Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:34 pm
That's inspiring. I've got an idea for some cool inboard shocks now
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:59 pm
I don't see a heatsink on the trans case so, until I see the pics of it you've probably seen, or learn Japanese, I'm calling it a Scorpion.Hcp22 wrote:TomahawkPhin wrote:That one is a Scorpion. A very sick looking one.
I'm loving the front axle mounts on that chassis, and thinking I could do a set of one piece chassis rails based off that design with built in clamps. Kind of like the front axle mounts on the old Cheetah, Hyperdrive or TRC pan cars.
The 4wd front end is a clever piece of art too, but I think the car should be shaft driven and have a Sidewinder shell on it.
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:28 am
I think it probably says IRS200, because this is what Eustace Moore called the "Independent Rear Suspension " hop up that I can tell is on that car.tiger1 wrote:This seems like a prototype. Anyone has more photos or info of this car??
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.
Re: IRS300 (tamiya buggy??)
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:53 am
I don’t see any tube, so I call it a Tomahawk…Phin wrote:I don't see a heatsink on the trans case so, until I see the pics of it you've probably seen, or learn Japanese, I'm calling it a Scorpion.Hcp22 wrote:TomahawkPhin wrote:That one is a Scorpion. A very sick looking one.