RE-Xtreme RE-DRB CSG 1.8 - SOLD

Here is an update to the chassis now it's ready for a new home.

SOLD

looking amazing.

Yokomo DRB SSG Conversion Chassis
Yokomo CS optioned
FCD 1.8x included
7 degree castor carriers and Ackerman  hubs
Rear 0.5 Hub with  0.0 and 1.0 rear setting bars included
Belt stabiliser
Suzuki springs.
88 spur
 set up is perfect!
carpet run only

Ｙｏｋｏｍｏ　ＤＲＢ フルスペック ドリフトシャーシ 

DRB用 ハイパードライブユニット (ブルー)
フロントワンウェイAssy(フロントベルト右側用・ブルー)
FCD1.8倍用 ソリッドアクスルユニット(ブルー)
リアベルト スタビライザーセット(1２T・ブルー)
ワイドタイプ F/R バルクヘッドキャップ(ブルー)
kazama センターバルクヘッドの底上げプレート（1.5㎜）
アルミ製 フロントステアリング ハブキャリア(キャスター7度・ブルー)
アルミ製 ステアリングブロック (アッカーマン7度・ブルー)
アルミ製 リアハブキャリア(トーイン0度・ブルー)
F: D-MAX HSS用 多重巻きロングスプリング (イエロー・2本入り)
R: D-MAX HSS用 多重巻きロングスプリング (ブラック・2本入り)
RC SQUARE　広角ユニバーサル用アクスルシャフト
RC SQUARE　アルミボディマウントキャップL
EnRoute　Weds　SA-55　＋９（４本）

I love this one.

just a DRB but the new bridge makes it.

very pretty.

Super bling.

Kazama chassis spaceris in there.

It has served it's purpose

You want? It could be yours!

Yokomo DRB Chassis
Yokomo Hyper Drive Update Bridge
Yokomo CS options
Yokomo One Way
Yokomo FCD 1.8x included
Yokomo 7 degree castor carriers
Yokomo 7 degree Ackerman hubs
Yokomo Rear 0.5 Hub
Yokomo 0.0 rear setting bar fitted
Yokomo 1.0 rear setting bar included
Yokomo 3.5 rear setting bar included
Yokomo Rear Belt stabiliser
Yokomo Suzuki Springs. soft / Super soft
Yokomo Oil 200.
Active slow rebound pistons (not really needed for this oil.)
Kazama chassis spacer
88 spur
Full RC square 44mm universals and 4mm extended axles
Upgraded drive belts. 3.5 and 4mm
RC square alloy body mounts.
some setup tweaks
currently about 11deg front camber and 5 deg rear

Set up is perfect! I used this as a carpet test chassis but it ended up being Awesome.
But it's no longer needed.
Chassis has no scratches underneath. Only slight blemish where the ESC was mounted.

Some extra springs and Wheels En Route +9 Weds SA55

FOR SALE 58,000 Yen + 5000 shipping*
To purchase New approx well over 85000Yen even with discounts. recommended retail over 100000.
(* international purchases may be subject to local import taxes. I'm in Japan)

RE-Xtreme TA-06 PRO Tsunami Spec Phase 2.2 - SOLD

Here is the presentation of my amazing TA-06. Not only does it look good. It is an incredible performer.

SOLD

For a begginner looking to step up, and wanting the best of the best in a single purchace. Or a Tamiya drifter who until now has only had the VDF as their only option, this chassis takes the Tamiya item and raises the bar.

When I first tried the TA-06, it was incredible with only the Overdose steering and C Hubs, But I didn't want to have a 1.3 or 1.5 FCD machine. I wanted the crazy style of 2.2. With the standard Tamiya components you can really only get to about 1.5 FCD.  

As I became familiar with the TA-06 settings which are extremely forgiving. the chassis was performing well. My initial target was asphalt. But as I began spending more and more time on Carpet. I wasn't enjoying the plastic tub of the base car.

The opportunity arose to go for this drift spec carbon chassis conversion and that changed everything, what was already great, became amazing.

The balance on this is very nice. The center of the chassis allows for a lot of different configurations. Especially with short batteries. I was using a small patch of velcro to help an already secure centre section.

Parts from Tamiya, Tech Racing, RC-Square and Overdose eventually replaced ALL components. About the only real TA-06 original parts include the gearbox housing and idler gears.  

I love the chassis design also. It's tribal, wave is ultra cool!

The dry carbon finish is awesome!  I'll finish the story here and leave you to peruse the final shots of the bare chassis. With the right components, the result is amazing.

General description.
Tech Racing Carbon Drift Chassis Conversion with Finned heat sink Motor Mount, IFS dampers and one way front spool.
Overdose Drift Steering conversion, rear rigid axle, 8-8 deg C Carriers, Alloy Hubs, shorter 44mm shafts with 4mm extended axles, and alloy chassis stiffeners for IFS
RC Square alloy chassis bulkheads
Tamiya and X ray Alloy suspension mounts
+ much more and many spares. I've replaced lots.
Top line DRS 10 wheels included, tyres not included.

In this config it has done about 2 hours running only.

Please take it off my hands before I'm tempted to start using it again...
I have too many chassis right now.
I'm cleaning house.

Full Spec list.

Tamiya TA06 Pro Chassis Kit
Blue alloy Turnbuckle and Ball Joint set.
Team Bomber Short Front Turnbuckles
Yokomo Servo Turnbuckle
Kawada Hex Screw Set
Custom Tamiya Carbon rear suspension tower

RC Square
RC Square Lower Bulkhead front
RC Square Lower Bulkhead rear
RC Square Upper Bulkhead front
RC Square Upper Bulkhead rear
RC Square Stiffener rear
RC Square Aluminium Servo Mount
RC Square Aluminium Tensioner Support
RC Square Blue Aluminium Suspension Spacers

Tech Racing Drift Spec Chassis set.
Tech Racing 2.0mm Dry Carbon Lower Deck
Tech Racing 2.0mm Dry Carbon Upper Deck
Tech Racing 2.0mm Dry Carbon Upper Deck Stiffener
Tech Racing Blue Aluminium Deck Supports
Tech Racing Screws and Battery stays.
Tech Racing Motor Mount

RE-Xtreme CS 2.2 pulley set
Tech Racing TA-06 Three Way front axle (One Way Setting)
F Kazama 41T Alloy
FC RC Square 13T Alloy
FR RC Square 20T Alloy
R Tamiya 16T Plastic
RC Square Front Belt 171-57T
Eagle Pulley Mount
Kawada Low Friction Main Belt (to be upgraded free. Just a bit tight)
Overdose TA-06 rear rigid axle
Overdose 44mm front universal driveshaft and extended stub axle set.
Overdose 44mm rear universal driveshaft and extended stub axle set.

Overdose Tamiya 8 degree castor 8 degree camber Hub and Knuckles
Overdose Steering for TA-06
Overdose Front Stiffener for TA-06
Overdose Front IFS Rocker Arm for TA-06
Overdose Rear hub TA-06
Tamiya Carbon TB-Evo Graphite Long Suspension Arms
Team XRay Blue Aluminium Suspension Mount FF 1XC Bar
Tamiya Blue Aluminium Suspension Mounts FR 1XC Separate
Tamiya Blue Aluminium Suspension Mounts RF 1XD Separate
Team XRay Blue Aluminium Suspension Mounts RR 1X

TRF Damper Main Set
Overdose Long Spring Seat for Tamiya (Link)
Active damper pistons.
Yokomo Oil 300 F&R
Spring Rear: Kazama Soft
Spring Front: Kazama Soft
Tech Racing Blue Aluminium IFS Dampers Alternate setting Medium.

RE-Xtreme TSUNAMI Spec TAMIYA PRO TA-06 CS 2.2 TR SQ OD
with Overdose Tech Racing and RC Square

Tamiya TA06 Pro Chassis Kit
Blue alloy Turnbuckle and Ball Joint set.
Team Bomber Short Front Turnbuckles
Yokomo Servo Turnbuckle
Kawada Hex Screw Set
Custom Tamiya Carbon rear suspension tower

RC Square (Link)
RC Square Lower Bulkhead front
RC Square Lower Bulkhead rear
RC Square Upper Bulkhead front
RC Square Upper Bulkhead rear
RC Square Stiffener rear
RC Square Aluminium Servo Mount
RC Square Aluminium Tensioner Support
RC Square Blue Aluminium Suspension Spacers

Tech Racing Drift Spec Chassis set. Link
    Tech Racing 2.0mm Dry Carbon Lower Deck
    Tech Racing 2.0mm Dry Carbon Upper Deck
    Tech Racing 2.0mm Dry Carbon Upper Deck Stiffener
    Tech Racing Blue Aluminium Deck Supports
    Tech Racing Screws and Battery stays.
    Tech Racing Motor Mount

RE-Xtreme CS 1.8 pulley set
    Tech Racing TA-06 Three Way front axle (One Way Setting) (Link)
    F Kazama 41T Alloy
    FC RC Square 13T Alloy (Link)
    FR RC Square 20T Alloy
    R Tamiya 16T Plastic
    RC Square Front Belt 171-57T
    Eagle Pulley Mount
    Kawada Low Friction Main Belt
    Overdose TA-06 rear rigid axle ( Link)
    Overdose 44mm front driveshaft and stub axle.
    Overdose 44mm rear driveshaft and stub axle.

Overdose Tamiya 8 degree castor 8 degree camber Hub and Knuckles (Link)
Overdose Steering for TA-06
Overdose Front Stiffener for TA-06
Overdose Front IFS Rocker Arm for TA-06
Overdose Rear hub TA-06
Tamiya Carbon TB-Evo Graphite Long Suspension Arms
Team XRay  Blue Aluminium  Suspension Mount FF 1XC Bar
Tamiya  Blue Aluminium Suspension Mounts FR 1XC Separate
Tamiya  Blue Aluminium  Suspension Mounts RF 1XD Separate
Team XRay  Blue Aluminium  Suspension Mounts RR 1X

TRF Damper Main Set
Overdose Long Spring Seat for Tamiya (Link)
Active damper pistons.
Yokomo Oil 300 F&R
Spring Rear: Kazama Soft
Spring Front: Kazama Soft
Tech Racing Blue Aluminium IFS Dampers Alternate setting Medium.

+ Many Many Many spare parts.

Tamiya TA06 Pro ドリフトスペックコンバージョンシャーシ　 

◆RC Square◆
アルミフロントロアバルク
アルミリヤロアバルク
アルミフロントアッパーバルク
アルミリヤアッパーバルク
アルミリヤステフナー
アルミサーボホルダー
アルミベルトテンショナー
アルミスペーサー

◆Tech Racing◆
ＴＡ０６ドリフトスペックコンバージョン
2.0mm ハイトラクションマットカーボンメインシャーシ
2.0mm ハイトラクションマットカーボンアッパーデッキ
リヤマットカーボンステフィナー。
アルミデッキサッポート
モターマウントヒートシンック
Tech Racing IFS　ダンパー
CS 2.2 pulley set
Tech Racing TA06 3WAYワンウェイハウジングセット

F Kazama 41T アルミプーリー 、 FC RC Square 13T アルミセンタープーリー、
FR RC Square 20T アルミセンタープーリー　、 R Tamiya 16T
RC Square カウンタードリフト用フロントベルト 171-57T、
Eagle アルミセンタープーリーホルダー
Kawada Low Friction Main Belt　＊＊
OVERDOSE　リヤリジットアクスルセット
切れ角UP対応ドライブシャフトセット　
(44mm/2mmピン,　フロントとリア 、アルミCハブ＆アップライトセット8-8（For タミヤ / ライトブルー）
アルミリヤアップライト　ライトブルー
アルミステアリングクランクセット
アルミフロントステフナー

Tamiya Carbon TB-Evo Graphite ロングサスアーム
Team XRay ブルアルミサスマウントFF 1XC Bar
Tamiya ブルアルミサスマウント FR 1XC Separate
Tamiya ブルアルミサスマウント RF 1XD Separate
Team XRay ブルアルミサスマウントRR 1X
TRF ダンパー

OVERDOSE アルミスプリングエンド（For タミヤ/ライトブルー）
アクティブ ダンパーピストン
Yokomo Oil 300 F&R、
Spring Rear: Kazama Soft、Spring Front: Kazama Soft

ブルーアルミ ターンバックル
Team Bomber フロントターンバックル
Yokomo Servo ターンバックル
Kawada Hex Screw Set、Custom
Tamiya カーボンリヤショックタワー
DRS－１０　ホイール　ＯＦＦ＋９（２本）ＯＦＦ＋１２（２本）
The Chassis is FOR SALE. CLICK HERE for more details

Wild Rusty

Lets have a rough look at Wild Rusty.

I didn't spend long on this. It really was a rush job in an hour or so.Driver is a Wild Willy II driver set. Cost is about $5

Servo is high tec. cheapest available. I was just lucky the blue matches the chassis. I had originally planned to mount the servo inside the body of the driver, that's why there's a bug cutout in the back. 

But mounting troubles led me to simply locate the servo off the chassis and use a weak bell-crank to operate it.

I had already started to hollow out the head, so it was pretty easy to make a little adjustment to the servo horn.

The driver has a post mounted to the arm. It's in a favourable spot for the drb. First mounting with a tapping screw and plastic post was not secure, so I used metal mount and spacers to get the height I needed.

So there it sits with uncleaned up wired looking pretty ugly. I later added the stickers for visibility.

 But the chassis needs a clean up.

I have a small plan for another channel so stay tuned for the super Wild Rust.

ps. please excuse the poor photos...

Yokomo DRB versions

I'm often asked about the Drb Versions, There are a few variations and options. Here is basic explanation.

Most of the changes are associated with four things.
1. the motor Mount and Bridge known as the Hyper Drive
2. the Chassis Material.
3. the Chassis Design.
4. the Aluminum color

1. Hyper Drive Bridge and Motor Mount.

The original release was the Yokomo Drift Package DRB in June 2010


This first version has since been discontinued. The thin bridge bar that connects the steering to the chassis midpoint doesn't connect to the motor mount. The chassis was considered a little too flexible and some binding on the front components is a very slight possibility.
The screw used to hold the top pulley wears out quickly therefore destroying bearings in the process.
Either sleeve this bearing or wait for bearing failure.

Not the rear of the bridge bar has 3 holes use to control chassis flex. center only or two in the outer can change the flexibility of the chassis.

Some options such as the Vertex and Overdose Chassis still require this old bridge bar.

New and current DRB Hyper Drive Special Bridge Bar is thicker and mounts directly to the motor mount.

Aluminum bridge bar bolts directly to the motor mount with no gap. this creates a solid front structure.
Also the top pulley is now mounted on a real shaft to avoid bearing collapse. 

The SSG Chassis Kit was introduced as an interim that included the new bridge and a new chassis material... we will check that is next.

2. Chassis Material

DRB Chassis is NOT carbon. It is a graphite chassis with a carbon look outer layer.
I think the stock one should be called CSG or Carbon Surface Graphite.

The Optional "SSG" version is the same black graphite centre with a Silver Surface Carbon look
That is all.

The SSG Conversion chassis Kit was introduced as an interim that included the new bridge and this SSG carbon chassis of the broad flat design which is quite stiff...

3. Chassis Design

The DRB chassis now has two versions. the Normal chassis is a wide flat stiff design that is great for using the suspension to control the car but settings have to be "right".  Normal chassis spur clearance is around 84 and with Kazama Spacer is 88.

The newest option is the Drift Package DRB Hyper Drive High Traction (HT) chassis shown above. It is available in Carbon or SSG.
It includes a few benefits.

Rear flex is higher.
A cut out for motor cooling is included.
A cut out for Spur clearance is included up to 91T 48P is ok.
The Upper desk includes an extra set of holes for a rear belt stabiliser gear. Useful when running FCD2.0, it keeps the belt further apart.

This HT chassis is very similar to the DIB.

4. Alloy Color

The DRB Aluminium parts are quite extensive. They also had a black bridge bar option.

The red and black carbon Drift Package DRB  Red version
The red and Silver SSG  Drift Package DRB Hyper Drive High Traction Red Version.

The red alloy HT versions were a limited release of 100 items.

All Sold out very quickly.

But red parts are readily available to build your own.

Options

Overdose Silver Carbon Chassis (with steering and motor mount options)
Vertex red or Blue Alloy chassis (with motor mount options)
Kazama motor mount option.

In my opinion a great, easily serviceable high end chassis.
Designed originally from the world champion BD5 1/10 touring race chassis.

Samurai 86 "STREET JACK"

I know everyone is 86'd out. But before I went to destroy the car at the track, I did get some outdoor shots.

I usually run on carpet at MAX ONE.

But in August WELD / OVERDOSE in association with MAX ONE and DRIFT MAX Akihabara will be attacking the street in Oi Town. "STREET JACK" 26 August 2012.

They are going to set up two outdoor tracks, one carpet and one asphalt. So the color on the 86 may see the sun yet.

Even without my polarising filter on the camera. There is enough depth in the clear and transparent clear to see the full effect of the chrome backing.

Even some of the imperfections in the Transparent RED simply soak up the sun. No problem.

The ol' Hachi turned out ok in the end. Makes me want to build another for some tandem...

Gold looks good! but that blue and black wheel image in all the magazines is amazing.

Or perhaps a modern Toyota TRD image. Silver White, Orange and Red.

 " Wild Rusty " at the wheel.

I like the reflections in this shot.