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Right, had mine off today, as I have been building a 3Rwacing conversion, so I thought, I would try the touring car TRF pistons, and you know what, they fit!!!
dan_kitty
03-03-2007, 03:31 PM
nice, so how do they compare to the df-03 pistons? what is the advantage?
ta
smaller holes, much MUCh better pack, they no longer allow the car to react like a pogo stick and can use decent oil (like 35wt) and not 60wt.
dan_kitty
03-03-2007, 04:12 PM
ah good, im using 40wt (highest i have) and its well underdampened
will have to get some of them
cheers
If anything, these might just need drilling out just a smidging.
jimmy
03-03-2007, 05:45 PM
got some parts numbers steve? I found even the hop up shocks to be poor compared to B4 shocks just because of the pistons.
darryl
03-03-2007, 06:18 PM
i have changed over to associated shocks and they seem a lot better for overall handling,blue springs front,silver on rear,seemed pointless spendind x amount of pounds on tamiya ones when i had these lying round doing nothing
jimmy
03-03-2007, 06:31 PM
Yeah, can't go wrong with those - plus they mount up at the front wishbones better! Can't understand that sloppy brass bushing thing..
That brass bushing thing is just a mare!!!!! I grease mine in so I don't lose it, till I find something better
3 hole pistons 53573
2 hole pistons 53572
Elliott Hopkins
03-03-2007, 07:14 PM
Groovy.
jimmy
03-03-2007, 07:46 PM
Are those pistons in a range of hole sizes or just one size? how many in a pack?
The 501X pistons are top-banana, but too thick :(
they are three hole and two hole, 4 pistons in each pack, the holes look to be about .7 or .8mm so if need be, you could drill them out a little, but I am going to try two hole in the front, three in the rear.
pgeldz
18-09-2008, 10:31 AM
That brass bushing thing is just a mare!!!!! I grease mine in so I don't lose it, till I find something better
3 hole pistons 53573
2 hole pistons 53572
they are three hole and two hole, 4 pistons in each pack, the holes look to be about .7 or .8mm so if need be, you could drill them out a little, but I am going to try two hole in the front, three in the rear.
DCM,
I just bought the same pistions as listed above, and intend to try the 2 hole up front and 3 hole out back...what weight oil did you find to work best with that setup?
v/r,
- Paulie
Toonz
19-09-2008, 04:09 AM
these are the touring car pistons that i've been using in my df03, front 2hole and rear 3hole with 40wt oil all round. :thumbsup: so far so good.
pgeldz
19-09-2008, 07:05 AM
Sweet!
About the oils, I only have access to 4 different brands...Yokomo 100% silicone shock oil, HPI 100% silicone shock oil, Tamiya shock oil, and AE Factory Team silicone oil...
Which would you choose?
I remember back in the day the AE stuff was awesome, but I also remember it saying 100% silicone on the bottle. The AE factory Team oil they have here just says "special blend" silicone...
Out of all the ones I have access to, which should I go with?
- Paulie
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