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xx4-nutter
28-09-2006, 04:57 PM
as the heading says anyone made any?

looks harder than the buggys to do . . . i think:rolleyes:


cheers garry
BenG
28-09-2006, 05:34 PM
Yeah, it will be a lot harder;)
B3buggy
22-10-2006, 02:23 PM
Hi,
Yep, a few years ago now though.
See http://hometown.aol.co.uk/b3buggy/RCR%20Racing/rcr_racing_006.htm
Still have this car. Doesnt run very often though.

Regards

Ross
Rob Fitzgerald
22-10-2006, 03:29 PM
Nice job

did fibrelyte make the chassis to your design ?
B3buggy
22-10-2006, 03:37 PM
Hi Rob,
Yep they did, good spotting.
Doesnt it look very similar to the JC BJ4WE? :p

Regards

Ross
xx4-nutter
22-10-2006, 05:06 PM
wow looks like a bj worlds real bad ;) , looks sound tho , u still race it ?
B3buggy
22-10-2006, 05:29 PM
Hi ,
Havent raced it for a while. Maybe its worth giving it a spin:D .


Ross
burgie
22-10-2006, 05:32 PM
not my handywork, but here's a prototype touring (http://www.alienracing.co.uk) car for you...click on the prototype button, and the pictures will appear in a new window.
B3buggy
22-10-2006, 05:47 PM
Hi burgie,
That car has been round for a few years is various versions.
Never seen one in person. Think it had trailing rear suspension at one point.


Ross
DCM
22-10-2006, 06:51 PM
Thats a PTI sopmething or other.
Chris Doughty
23-10-2006, 08:33 AM
custom made touring cars I would say is 'easier' than a buggy, you don't need a custom body, most TC parts bolt onto flat carbon chassis.

however, making a good touring car is a completely new challenge
BenG
23-10-2006, 08:47 AM
yeah, it can be done, but if you look at small to medium companies who make TC's ( I dont really know of any) compared to small to medium companies who make buggies( and well, Jcocnepts, X factory, teamYRD:D) there are practically no touring car makers LOL.
Chris Doughty
23-10-2006, 09:16 AM
lets be fair, JConcepts and X-Factory rely on the big players parts.

someone like warpspeed (I don't know TC so this might be wrong) they make a chassis for the TC3/4 or whatever, that is just as much a 'car' as the X-5 is, speaking VERY widely, that is 'just' a chassis for the xx4.
BenG
23-10-2006, 10:11 AM
good point LOL so there are no companies LOL maybe Durango? they make a hack of a lot of parts
Garry
24-10-2006, 01:05 PM
BMI make conversions for the Xray T2, HB Cyclone, TC3/4, but they are mostly just tweaked original chassis.

Diggety Designs do a nice TC4 chassis, but its expensive.

I have loads of ideas for a custom TC chassis, mainly along the lines of a 2 deck, single belt JRXS, or an improved RC Lab, but a. I haven't got the time and b. I haven't got the money.

Anyone want to fund me? :lol:
BenG
24-10-2006, 01:36 PM
errrrrrrr, nope:D
xx4-nutter
24-10-2006, 07:30 PM
Diggity Designs !! :D awsome conversion for the tc3/4 :O
Fabs
09-01-2007, 11:16 PM
Just to clear a few things up, the guy behind Alien Racing had contacted PTI to produce the car. PIT didn't design the car at all. It had been racing in the French nationals for nearly a year at that point with what I have to say were mixed results. Apparently the handling was great, but the drivetrain wasn't that good, and the chassis design with its side plates was a bitch for tweak.

As for making your own TC prototype I used my own design car for the whole of 2004 season (starting 2 weeks prior to the LRP TCM and ending at the end of 2004). By the end of the year I got the car to get well enough to make the A at the BIWS in modified (at that time there were decent drivers doing mod there), but had got tired of having a DIY'd car so decided to get a 415, with which I did just as well. I got a few mates to try the car and they all said the car felt awesome, super easy to drive yet responsive.

Besides the car had gotten up to a point where I wanted to make modifications that required a few new parts so the plan was to make them and carry on with the 415 for nationals and proto for club racing. I never made the car, instead went on to further modifications and a completely different car is in the works...
PaulRotheram
09-01-2007, 11:20 PM
pics would be ace!!
BenG
11-01-2007, 10:19 AM
they would. I am aiming to do simmlar with a buggy I am building, and am constantly seeking help lol
Coastal
11-01-2007, 06:20 PM
Probably the most succesful was the Andy East chassis, which he put in production with Fibrelyte.

We also have a very succesful custom built chassis at CMCRC the Sanders SD now the PS I believe.

In the hands of it's designer Paul Sanders this car has proved it's self in the STCC series even winning a couple of A Finals in the stock class.
These results include beating the BRCA Nat Stock champion for 2005.

The car is constantly being improved.
Cooper
11-01-2007, 06:35 PM
they would. I am aiming to do simmlar with a buggy I am building LOL I think every internet-reading-RC-racer knows that by now .... ;) ;)
Fabs
15-01-2007, 10:00 PM
pics would be ace!!

sorry not putting pics on the net :p
losidan
17-01-2007, 08:58 PM
interesting...one of those prototypes has a single shock for the front suspension....i was just pondering that the other day and if it could work while i was sat in traffic on way home from work.....

things you do to pass the time on the commute eh.
BenG
18-01-2007, 09:04 AM
LOL I think every internet-reading-RC-racer knows that by now .... ;) ;)


prolly:D:D